30 Apr 1903
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1903
Page
1
A fragmentary note references Opava med and a testing situation with uncertain impressions. The text hints at resilience or resilience tests after a turn, but the exact events, dates, or involved parties remain unclear.
Fragmented report summarizes diplomatic chatter on Britain Russia Japan and China regarding military actions in Manchuria and potential evacuations. It notes uncertainty over Japan's plans and possible protest coordination, with cautious interpretations from various officials.
A catastrophic explosion at a Minnesota plant injures and traps workers. W. H. Davis and crew, including Misa Caroline Keeper and Harold Col as With Roundy, face collapsed walls and raging flames. By nightfall three bodies recovered. firemen battle fumes and tanks. financial loss estimated around 55,000 with partial insurance.
Miss Sawyer, a high school skater from Omaha, eloped with William Ostrander on December 3 last year in Cornnell Bluita. The couple wed secretly after prior reconciliation efforts and a court order granted April 2, 1903. Ostrander’s mother aided the scheme, driving the bride nearly every day.
Indianapolis report says Cantrell, a Black man labeled a ghoul, was found guilty by a jury on two counts in criminal court. First count charged robbing the grave of Tose Nedlinger. Second count conspired with Dr Joseph O Alexander at Central College of Physicians and Surgeons to reopen the grave. Punishment ranges from three to ten years on the first count and from five to fourteen years on the second.
Police raid seized about a dozen companies linked to Halfa including Rally Specialty Curtis Novelty Sporting Novelty Art Need lework Home Industrial and Poxtile Manufacturing firms. Curtis Novelty Co is described as controlling the group with alleged ties to the operation.
Disjointed OCR notes recount attacks on Jews with references to riots, casualties, and authorities. Mentions twenty killed and 275 wounded with unclear attributions to Beasarabia and April six. Notes anti-Semitic rhetoric and security measures amid unrest.
Dispatch dated twenty miles west of Galadi Somaliland reports a flying column under Col Cahhe failed to reconnoiter Walwal road. A battle April 17 cost Col Plunket's party with only 37 men reaching safety. Aden reports Hardinge to Berbera confirm British defeat. ten officers and 180 men killed from a 220 strong force.
Alexander Ramsey former governor of Minnesota secretary of war under Hayes and two term U S senator died at his St Paul home aged 88 He was born in Pennsylvania in 1816 and moved to Minnesota in 1849 He played a leading role in Minnesota's 1857 constitutional convention and was elected governor in 1860
Wilkesbarre dispatch reports the 1902 annual U.S. Bureau of Mines summary shows anthracite coal production at 86,011,551 tons, down 22,004,400 from 1901 due to a five and a half month strike. About 300 lives were lost and 41 workers injured out of 148,141 employed. 1901 saw 513 killed and 1,245 injured.
A Chicago special reports Judge Grosscup issued a federal court order enjoining fourteen railroads from discriminating against small shippers in the western territory. The ruling, the first under the new law, affects six defendants in local court and eight under Kansas City jurisdiction. Typhoid fever cases at Stanford University rise, with 82 victims reported and more expected.
Grace Molden, a girl not yet six, sues Ulion Central Company for about 1500 dollars after a coal car rolled over her at the Hunton Produce site near Mirat and Virginia Streets. Her father Edward J Molden claims damages for injuries he says will prevent Grace from ever working. The suit alleges lack of warning by trains and absence of a flagman at the crossing. The Grace Molden fund has raised around 1500 dollars to date.
Sioux City dispatch reports a 1870 murder mystery clarified when a farmer plowed up near the city the skeleton of Sol Roberts, 33, matching the description. Roberts vanished in March 1870 and was long believed murdered by a homesteader who disposed of his property and fled. The skeleton was found near the employer’s former property, aligning with local suspicions about a German girl’s involvement.
A Dubuque theater policeman named Tyler was dismissed by Mayor Berg for refusing to name two men suspected of stealing goods from two city residents in the north part of Dubuque. The officer was asked to arrest them after a tool description, but he declined, and sources say the suspects were well known friends of the officer.
Frank Brown, a Black man charged with attempted murder in Muscatine, was acquitted Thursday after the jury was discharged on county attorney B T Ingham’s motion. Brown shot Barry Holzhauer a month earlier, sparking a mob of about fifteen hundred men who threatened lynching and created two days of intense unrest before the verdict.
Des Moines barber Bert Kindle caused a serious incident when he cut a boy's hair and singed the scalp with a flame. He reportedly returned the torch to the head a second time, leading to burns until wet towels were used to extinguish the fire and save the boy.
A young child named Jacob Kine, described as 0 years old, was playing in Des Moines near Ninth Street when a streetcar traveling downhill could not stop in time. The boy was struck and ground under the wheels, dying from injuries. George A. Tonkel reported the accident, with preliminary notes indicating a serious incident in the street.
A Newton area man, Willan Toln, allegedly threatened by a crowd at a local barn, took his own life by hanging after being restrained. A coroner's jury ruled death by own action. the remains were sent to his Minnesota home.
Matt Hunter faces a second murder trial in Ocala for the 1901 killing of Homer Holland. Sheriff J M Miller transported Hunter, who previously received a life sentence after a second degree murder conviction that was reversed by the Supreme Court. Attorneys and relatives failed to post the $10,000 bond as Parrish indicated.
Warren Beebe, a wealthy farmer near Stratford in Webster County, reportedly killed himself with a heavily charged shotgun. His body was found after his family returned from a funeral. A neighbor dispute over a township road location is cited as a contributing factor. Beebe left a large, respected family.
Sioux City Traction Company owned by Armour Swift tore up tracks on Jackson Street from Pitth to Twenty-ninth to avoid a threatened injunction. Work began at midnight and finished by daylight after property owners protested and served notice. No police interference occurred.
A switch engine collided with freight cars in the Union Pacific yard at Council Bluffs Tuesday afternoon, killing Julius O Buyder a switchman of 2401 Seventh Avenue and fatally injuring engine Sylvester H Finney of 2802 Ninth Avenue who is in critical condition. Dr V L Respudts treats Finney and is hopeful for his recovery.
Des Moines report says Margaret Tossack, once convicted of murdering her wealthy farmer husband and sentenced to life, is to be freed after a second trial ended with a hung jury. Prosecutors moved to dismiss the case to avoid county costs. Also noted: A.R. Sheets found guilty in Rock Rapids court. Judge Hutchinson set May 14 for motion and possible sentencing. A Sioux City man, Frank Walls, killed himself after a gun accident at the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis shop. Damages sought in a separate case total 2,500 for a prison-related matter.
The weekly crop report surveys the upper Mississippi valley and coastal districts noting cooler than average temperatures, frequent rains, and slow progress in corn planting. It reports frost and wetness affecting oats, wheat, cotton, and early spring sowing, with varied regional impacts across Indiana Ohio Illinois Minnesota Wisconsin and nearby states.
A garbled OCR batch presents mixed quotes and names, mentioning General Gordon, Roosevelt, and Corter H Harrison, with disjoint notes about elections, terms, and gender views. The legible content hints at debates on unity, leadership, and social roles but lacks coherent narrative or dates.
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