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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1904
Page
2
Fragmentary note discusses twelve work items and a large expense, mentioning increases and comparisons to recent figures. The readable parts provide few concrete facts, names, places, or dates to anchor a clear summary.
Fragmented OCR text references a beneficiary policy and a lodge body with unclear names. Core idea notes life policy effects and pay for children, but specifics are unreadable.
Testimony in a congressional inquiry reveals that Mormon officials required endowment house oaths for political backing. Witnesses, led by Mr Roberts, describe sacral secrecy and the clash between religious duty and civil law. The witness list grows, with expected sessions in Salt Lake City and further prosecution-focused testimony anticipated.
Es Capes the Noose as accomplice to Chicago car barn gang is found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Otto Bauder in a saloon. Marx testified he shot Bauder to spare Roeski, while defense argued a plot with Van Dine and Marx. jurors debated before verdict.
Reports from Turin say about 100 miners are buried near Pragolato after an immense avalanche amid a violent storm. The village and nearby soldiers rush to the scene hoping to rescue survivors, as further slides threaten the area. An avalanche from Spitzhorn also struck Muehlback near Breig, Switzerland, killing thirteen residents.
Charles Woodruff McKown, actor and former Methodist minister, was sentenced to one year in prison at Wauponee for embezzlement. The Oshkosh report notes his past as a promoter of amateur entertainment and ties to Albion College, with his father once president there. The piece threads several unrelated items across Wisconsin about arbitration, rail strikes, and local figures.
A huge fire began at a Wellington Street factory and spread rapidly across both sides of Toronto’s Bay Street, burning for hours and drawing aid from Montreal London Hamilton and Buffalo. Firemen fought amid falling buildings and tangled wires as winds shifted, with Chief Thompson injured and a Canadian official missing. Estimated damage tops ten million dollars.
In Garrett Pennsylvania a fierce labor clash erupts as striking miners, mostly Italians, seize the town and barricade the Garrett Coal Company works. Armed mobs patrol streets while a sheriff’s posse moves toward the scene. About 200 shots are said to have been exchanged with no fatalities reported so far.
Robbers blew open the Bank of Naper late Tuesday, securing about $1200 after a plate glass front was shattered. Sheriff with bloodhounds was expected from Butte as investigators pursued leads on the south or west getaway. The bank held $500 insurance reward offered for capture.
The Iowa coal strike concludes after 17 days as miners and operators sign a two year scale from April 1. Ratified 139 to 110 by the miners. About 18 000 workers return to mines statewide, with costs totaling around 87 580 dollars in settlements and losses.
Des Moines man C. W. Graves faces a murder trial for the alleged killing of his wife. The trial opened Monday with most evidence circumstantial and the state’s case not clearly proven. The testimony suggested strangling signs, though not definitively established, and Graves contends the wife died from an accidental burn while he was away from the house.
Release from vows expected from Rome within a week allowing Sister Annette to marry her former music pupil. Archbishop Keane of Dubuque requested the dispensation. The ceremony may be held in Dubuque Cathedral. Sister Annette reportedly left Cedar Rapids convent, but mother house says she remains in cloister until approval arrives.
In Washta Mayor John Bunn was shot while attempting to arrest Harry Thompson, a well digger. Thompson fired three shots wounding the mayor in the neck as a mob of about 100 men roamed for his capture. Sheriff Hogan intervened, moving Thompson onto a train to safety.
A special Rock Island train carrying Prof. Holden from the state college and Director Sage of the Weather Bureau embarked Monday from Des Moines for northwestern Iowa to preach seed corn knowledge. The Graiy Dealers Association reports large farmer audiences and a very successful tour with plans for many stops.
Des Moines sees rising labor strife as employers and unions clash in a brewing conflict. Merchants in the business men's association refuse sales to women or nonmembers and even to carpenters and other workers, cornering lumber and building materials. Builders have locked up workshops, leaving about 8,000 men idle as the dispute likely grows.
A Burlington meat train No 70 from Omaha to Chicago pulled into Glenwood with a double header and stood twenty minutes before the engineer found fireman B C Carlson missing. A search found evidence at a bridge a mile and a half away showing he fell from the engine into the creek below. Carlson, 24, unmarried, formerly of Plattsmouth, was recovered dead from the creek.
A countywide fraud netted operators between 1000 and 1500 dollars as a solicitor posed as a club representative to recruit teachers for a supposed county club. Teachers signed membership applications that later became promissory notes for 12.50 each, left at local banks for collection.
The postal department ruling allows rural route carriers to act as news agents selling newspapers and periodicals and handling subscriptions, provided they do not secure exclusive agency for any one publication. Carriers must apply for appointment and register as news agents before acting in this capacity.
The jury in the Martin Wescott case from Worth County returned a verdict of manslaughter after seven hours deliberation. Wescott, a Fertile blacksmith, was tried for the Dec 41 killing of George Logue, a barber from Hanlontown. Sentencing is set for April 25 in Magon City.
Reported Saturday evening a large stash of explosives two revolvers and other items were concealed in Missouri Valley rail yard. Authorities speculated the cache may have thwarted a planned bank robbery before payday. Also noted are other local incidents including a controversial accounting inquiry against ex sheriff John Steiner and two girls allegedly enticed toward St Louis. A man wounded by accidental rifle discharge in Broxton is mentioned along with a train incident involving a German traveler.
The text surveys multiple political and legal figures including Marcus A. Tanna and Charles Dirk, early career paths from clerking to bank cashier and law, and remarks on Judge M. W. Thompson’s stance on naturalization. It mentions Judge Thomp son, Judge Swayne, and potential impeachments, plus references to Jameson raid, Dr Jameson, and figures like Grand Duke Cyril. The piece touches Topeka pensioners, colonial politics in Cape Colony, and other scattered biographical notes including Lola June Follette and Miss Lola Follette.
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