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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1910
Page
13
An advertisement invites readers to request a free sample bottle of Peruna by mail from the Columbus Ohio company. It urges mentioning the readers saw the offer and promises free medical advice and health literature from the in charge physician.
Mrs. Lapaling insists the prowler caught near their home was a burglar. The man denied the charge, but police recovered a 44 caliber revolver on his person.
A vintage home remedy from a 70 year old source claims a painkiller soothes stiff joints and sore muscles caused by cold rheumatism or neuralgia. It emphasizes ease of use at home without hospital care and notes common usage patterns.
The article discusses Charles Edward Russell’s view in Everybody’s on Japanese silk control. It explains the Silk Guild’s hold over silk, law requiring government inspection of export silk, and the potential impact on small producers as foreign exporters face new regulation. The bill faced defeat in the House but is expected to return.
A Brooklyn man says an adult food saved a starving eleven month old baby after his mother’s nourishment failed. Grape-Nuts given soaked in warm milk helped the child gain strength and later reject other foods preferring Grape-Nuts.
Colonel D B Cooper and his son Robin J Cooper were linked by the Carmack murder case. Governor Patterson granted a full pardon for D B Cooper minutes after the Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed a life sentence for the elder and ordered a new trial for Robin. Public fury and rumors spread across Nashville as crowds debated the action and possible consequences.
Governor Hughes in a special message to the Legislature calls for immediate thorough and impartial investigation of legislative practices and procedure amid disclosures of dishonor and graft. A preliminary fire insurance inquiry report by Superintendent Hotchkiss outlines developments and obstacles in pursuing leads, noting authority shortfalls and urging further action.
A Baltimore and Ohio switch engine struck a Chicago street car at a street crossing in Chicago injuring thirteen passengers. Victims blame the missing crossing flagman and raised gates. Debris and wreckage blocked the track as the front car portion collapsed, sending passengers flying in all directions.
A fragmented note suggests a legislative inquiry into state land purchases spanning years. It mentions a committee report to Governor Hay of Washington. the text implies systemic planning or manipulation by buyers, but details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders reduced Pullman car rates, especially Chicago to the Pacific. Upper berths are priced lower relative to lower berths, with key reductions for routes from St. Paul to Chicago, Superior, Fargo and Seattle. The St. Paul to Chicago 400 mile run drops from 2 to 1.50 for lower and to 1.10 for upper berths. the St. Paul to Seattle through rate falls to 10 for lower and 8.50 for upper berths.
Thomas I Walsh, noted Colorado mine owner and multi millionaire, died at his Washington home after months of illness from heart disease following pneumonia. At his bedside were Mrs Walsh, daughter Mrs Howard McLean, and Edward McLean. He had been taken to San Antonio in February for treatment before returning to Washington. He wished to see his infant grandson, the so called million dollar baby, before death. A sun room on his house roof, akin to a solarium, gained prominence during his final days. His wealth was variously estimated from 10 million to 40 million dollars. Walsh’s life had been marked by the 1907 automobile accident that killed his son Vincent Walsh and gravely injured his daughter Evelyn Walsh.
The fragmentary OCR text references Baltimore and Ohio and involves women, but the meaning is unclear. Key names or dates are not readable, making a concrete summary impossible.
Four desperadoes armed with rifles held off a crowd at the Mitchell Hotel in Lane North Dakota as they tried to blast open the Citizens State bank vault. After a dawn standoff lasting about an hour they escaped in a stolen preacher’s rig toward Virgil, with townsfolk alerted by telephone.
Kansas City police accuse ten switchmen of the Kansas City Southern Railroad of running a theft ring that siphoned goods in transit. An estimated 60,000 to 100,000 dollars worth of merchandise stolen over two years, with 3,000 dollars missing last month. Arrested: Joseph Fitzgerald Frank Jones Co B Culver S R Stafford H A Bagwell M Allen J P Murphy C G Hiatt G C Brewer L B Parlin. A loaded potato car was boarded at Sheffield Kansas, after ten bushels removed the rest abandoned.
In New Haven Connecticut a jail fire trapped six firemen amid locked metal doors and barred windows. A back draft caused deadly flames as comrades struggled to rescue them while others sustained burns but remained at work.
The National House approved the naval appropriation bill by 62 to 110. It funds two battleships at six million dollars each, plus two fleet colliers and four submarine boats. An amendment for one, and then three battleships, failed amid debates on naval strength and eight hour law compliance.
Two masked bandits tried to rob Pioneer Limited service from Chicago to Milwaukee and St Paul shortly after midnight. Conductor A P Shumway of Milwaukee confronted them on the sleeping car platform at Tonagon. they demanded the stop signal, struck the lantern, then fled into the car and escaped. Hours later two colored men were detained in LaCrosse on suspicion of aiding the bandits.
Winona Minnesota police arrest a Champaign Illinois man on counterfeit money charges. Charles Oakes of Champaign allegedly had about $200 in bogus currency, mostly $10 bills, pasted together and printed on one side. Police report details unclear due to fragmented text.
Hazy fragment hints at a local event labeled as a parade or rail gathering with figures named Eee, PT, Pee, and Ee. Sparse readable words suggest a playful or typographic piece rather than a formal report. Further details are inaccessible in the fragment.
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