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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1903
Page
6
Boston Sunday Globe essay urges action over despair. A voice promotes simple deeds to lift mood and aid someone else as a path to happiness amid cloudy skies. The piece frames happiness as a choice expressed through small acts.
A poor farmer’s wife saves for years to buy a blue dress. Madam Jackson tailors and lends her own skill to create it, helping the wife feel young again for a brief moment before life’s hardships return. The dress brings a tender moment between the wife and her husband as they share a quiet, transformative evening.
A writer describes a Japanese travel scene with a native lady removing her shoes before sitting, lighting a cigarette, and smoking two quick puffs. Passengers bow to the ticket collector in a blue uniform who collects tickets from each rider as they board. An abrupt account ends with a passenger leaping from a moving train.
Drol K Funk of New York, president of Bank & Wagnalls Company, founder of the Homiletic Regesy and other journals, and compiler of the Jewish cyclopedia, once faced Bevelbur’s ghost and spoke with the famous preacher. Born in Ohio sixty four years ago, he studied at the theological seminary and served as a minister from 1801 to 1872 in various parishes.
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Paul upheld a decree against the Northern Securities Company. It enjoins further stock acquisitions or voting rights in Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railway, requires transfer of stock back to holders, and voids corporate control by the Securities Company. The decision, written by Judge Thayer, is unanimous with four concurring opinions.
A fragmentary report claims 11 000 Christians in Okhrida were slain during a night raid by Albanians, amid fighting 65 miles north of Saloalea. The scene includes Turkish forces with German officers and insurgents led by Captain Stoyanoff. Villages burned and the region filled with troops and fear.
A deadly cyclone struck Whita and Cleburne counties in Arkansas killing nine and wrecking vast property. Homes and barns were leveled, animals perished, and a large church was blown down near Pangburn. Survivors include A G C Williams in Heber and others cited with destroyed fences and buildings.
Idle labor force swells to 160000 as September 7 Labor Day looms. Turkey mine workers reach 3000, Toledo ship carpenters demand high wages, miners raise funds to 2 645 324.42. Syracuse bakery job lines extend after May 3 1903. Arbitration costs for coal set at 750000. Greece pays 40–50 cents daily for unskilled labor. New York police helmets to bear union label. Oklahoma City unions form labor temple association. Beaton builders parade support. Santa Fe contractors seek 20% wage hike. British pottery employs 70000 with 28000 women and children. San Francisco bricklayers report no strike for 00 days. San Joao teachers union forms. Chicago teachers join. American Moderation of Machinery meets May 10 in Indianapolis. Chicago working girls form a club pledging to accept attention only from union men. London Shop Assistants Union and Homberk numbered. New York Typographical Union No. 100 pays per capita tax for January. International Typographical Union dues cited.
The commissioner of finance releases a bulletin detailing price variations in life necessities from 1890 to 1902. It lists 60 to 205 commodities across groups such as food, clothing, fuel, metals, lumber, drugs, and furnishing goods with some years showing peak or low prices. The report analyzes increases and decreases in 1902 compared with the 1890–1897 base average, noting more commodities rose than fell overall and highlighting ranges of percentage changes by group.
Secretary Wilson plans to teach plant life in public schools to cultivate practical farming skills in children. He argues farming is too broad for four years training and urges normal schools to provide instructors and students with hands on lessons. Children should bring plants and parts to school to study germination moisture soil and grafting concepts.
In Columbus the army post considers local candidates as potential selections. Notes indicate Darby Elte may be chosen for a key role amid ongoing staffing decisions at the facility. Further details on dates or formal actions are not provided in the fragment.
The article reports Carter Harrison as mayor of Chicago with 188,485 votes, Stewart 0,080, and other candidates receiving minor totals. It notes Democrats winning City Treasurer by over 10,000 more votes, Republican holdovers for City Attorney and City Clerk, and a mostly issue-focused campaign. Regional ward patterns show strong support for Harrison in Harlan area, with broader city-wide distribution and several Illinois cities voting similarly, including Bloomington Clinton Danville Decatur and Joliet with Republican wins, while many towns favored Democrats or non-partisan tickets.
Aggregate pluralities in Ohio city elections favor Republicans with gains in Columbus Mansfield Zanesfield Dalnoce Delphos Van Wert Shelby and Toledo. Democrats gain in Youngstown Springfield Akron Troy Lindsay and parts of Cincinnati. Prohibition efforts succeed in Wellington Aliberta Norwood. Cleveland polls show Ives Johnson leading in mayoral race by 6085. Wisconsin and other states report mixed results with Republicans securing police, council seats, and judgeships in several cities.
The Buffalo Commercial reports Arthur K. Pennell, named principal suspect in the Burdick murder case, as a defaulter. The paper cites amounts totaling 200000 and 15000, suggesting financial trouble as part of the context surrounding Pennell's alleged involvement.
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