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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR hints at a discussion of pending public works and a president’s approach. Names and details are unclear, but the item signals government action and criticism surrounding an upcoming project.
An official note from Catatonia cites serious disorders near Tarragona with fighting at Alcoy where gendarmes fired on protesters. At Calhorta 10,000 residents attacked a railway station, destroying switches and blocking troop trains. soldiers fired, some killed, and train service was restored. Similar acts disrupted rail lines at Kendrel and Meilla reported as bloody encounters with Moors, with twenty one officers and about two hundred Spaniards dead or wounded.
Harry Pulliam, president of the National League, tried to end his life with a revolver in his Midtown New York City hotel room. He fired once, striking the temple and destroying his right eye. doctors doubt recovery. Friends say his apparent good health contributed to the act.
The land department officials in Spokane Washington ordered 60 000 more registration blanks to handle a rush of applicants for Indian reservation lands. With about half the time for registration posted Superintendent Witten has received 148 955 applications. It is estimated about 6 400 homesteads are available in the Spokane and Coeur d'Alene districts.
Despondency over finances is given as the cause of the suicide. Investigation notes that he lost control of the company amid mounting debts. Authorities report the former secretary James Bie Hyde Moe died by his own hand, with details pieced together from an incomplete record.
Workers at James Phelan and Sons Lynn factory resume operations Tuesday after agreeing to the packers’ terms. The plant was one of four affected by a strike involving packing employees, and production returns to normal as labor disputes begin to ease.
Describes Barcelona facing martial law after rioting and a general strike in protest against Morocco troop deployments. Regiments reinforce garrison as fighting erupts on Rambla and surrounding streets. Dozens killed, food supplies cut, communications ruined, and widespread hardship reported.
Orvills Wright and Lieut. Frank P Lahm shattered the two man world aeroplane record at Fort Myer with a 1 hour 12 minute 40 second flight covering upwards of fifty miles at about forty miles per hour. The previous record of 1 hour 9 minutes 30 seconds was held by Wilbur Wright.
In Little Rock Arkansas a dramatic courtroom incident ends a civil suit over child custody. W Billis of Pine Bluff fires a pistol at Nathaniel Parker Wills of Indianapolis, hitting him in the heart. Willis dies almost immediately as the courtroom scene unfolds following the divorce and remarriage of Willis’s wife.
In Jamaica Plain near Boston Massachusetts Harry Pierce a 2 shoe designer shot and fatally wounded his wife during a burglary scare at their home Tuesday. Pierce was taken into custody pending investigation.
A blaze raced through a Halleybury road Chinese restaurant early Friday, leaving about three thousand people homeless and triggering about 100000 dollars in damages. The fire destroyed the entire business district north of the square.
Fragmentary report from Baltimore area describes Senator Stone of Mrs Bourt briefly under arrest Tuesday night amid a disturbance at the central police station. Morgans were involved in a fatal fight aftermath with unclear timeline and identities.
A kitchen stove explosion near Storm Lake, Iowa, killed Charnes Traum and left Eve Traum aged 80 severely burned. The home burned completely with $3,000 in losses. Shyshelans say the girl Shyshelans cannot live.
State Dairy Commissioner H. J. Wright faced his first setback as a Des Moines ice cream firm was cleared of charges for not meeting Wright s 12 percent butter fat standard. The judge ruled the evidence showed the product complied with state law, despite Wright s crusade against selling impure ice cream.
John G. Honeywell, son of a prominent Shelby County farmer, who vanished from home about a month ago, may have taken his life. Council Bluffs police found a note on a railroad car door allegedly written and signed by Honeywell stating intent to die and to have his body sent to his father in Harlan. A similar note reportedly reached the father.
Two Rock Rapids residences owned by B. W. Stewart and Olaf Dison were entered and a large amount of silverware taken. Nine sets of spoons are among the heirlooms reported missing. A suspect was arrested after silver fragments were recovered. authorities seek a second man.
Owners of thirty six threshing machine outfits in Ida county have formed a combination and issued a statement with a new price schedule. Wheat five cents per bushel rye six cents per bushel barley three cents per bushel oats two and a half cents per bushel timothy fifteen cents per bushel. The threshers claim they have not made a cent in the past five years.
John Arenstorf also spelled Arensdorf, a central figure in Haddock murder trials, died of Bright's disease in Sioux City at 69. Rev. George Haddock, pastor at First Methodist, was murdered August 3, 1886 for crusading against Broux City saloons. Arensdorf was twice tried, acquitted at the second trial. Fresh Water Pearl brought to Davenport weighs fifty grains, found by W. L. Gardner of LeClaire, purchased for $8,000 from a Lansing fisherman known as Unlucky Jim. Doctors save life of Mrs Burnett after she attempted suicide at Storm Lake, morphine ingestion. Burnett is a brakeman on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul road.
Fragmentary account mentions Company B Wornored Ida Group with six men detailed for the state rifle team heading to Camp Perry for national competition. Died at Hudson editor L B Wheeler, and Des Moines brick accident attributed to A M McDonald. Other garbled entries note Radolite, July, and Des Moines incident with a brick falling five stories.
A child of the proprietor of a show at Rockwall City fair grounds was injured when a wild animal named Mysterious Helen attacked. The child, left in the charge of a show attendant, suffered a deep throat wound and lacerations to the windpipe. Doctors fear the injuries may prove fatal.
Goods stolen from freight cars on the Milwaukee road were recovered at Albert Lea Minnesota and Albert Fleetwood a local youth was arrested. Value estimated at 400 dollars with many items linked to mall orders from Chicago and eastern houses. Fleetwood is thought to head a northern Iowa gang, per detectives.
The council finished discussions and set the state tax levy at 3.4 mills per dollar, a reduction of one-tenth of a mill from last year. Interurbans receive boosts, farm land valuations rise in twenty four counties, while the railroad assessed valuation remains practically unchanged.
A crowd of local boys gathered five miles northwest of Spencer for a casual baseball game when Joseph Rubes aged 10 was struck in the heart by a pitched ball. He died about a half hour later leaving the community in shock.
References to cases allowing wine service being targeted by temperance forces of Dos Moinas. Allegations claim the practice ruins young girls. It is implied the supreme court may rule it unlawful for Walters to serve intoxicants under evolving interpretations of the law.
In a tragic case near Montleth, 12-year-old Lauren Laidley, son of farmer Edward Laidley, reportedly hanged himself in the family barn after a dispute with his mother and sister. Found alive by relatives, he died before a doctor could arrive.
Fort Dodge and Marshalltown lost Dr. A. R. Van Sickle a veteran dentist of thirty one years. He collapsed on a couch after reading his morning paper and died of heart failure without warning.
A preliminary survey announced Tuesday for a new railway from Desa Molinos to Nebraska City, planned to strike the Union Pacific at Talmage Nebraska. A merchant, Clarente Strommen, of Juice, was found dead in a room over his store with a bullet in his brain, self-inflicted with a revolver. Amos Kohl, owner of 440 acres of land near Mechanicsville, died by his own action with a revolver at age 78. the land value is noted as $125 per acre.
In a case challenging local resort abolishment, the town’s inn was tested in district court Tuesday with Prisoner Gots Bail. Mrs William Oliphant faced a child-related accusation and was admitted to bail at 36,000 at Iowa City. Neighbors and a brother provided support. Creamery exhibition urges dairy commission to push exhibitors.
Henry Murphy, a young man, was arrested in Omaha on a federal charge of passing counterfeit money. Authorities report a bogus $6 gain and counterfeit notes tied to a grand jury investigation. Local police work continues as the case develops.
After a brief idle period the Senate and House recessed for labor on tariff legislation. President Johnson witnesses a stream of confirmations including Charing St. Crane as minister to China. Rucker and Macon spar over records while deliberations on gifts to lawmakers surface. An extradition treaty with the Dominican Republic is ratified as House reconvenes Thursday.
The Suburban Farms Association formed in Nelleve City aims to move residents toward land ownership and farming. It offers large tract land outside the city for division into small farms with loans tied to permanent improvements and rent-equivalent payments over twenty years for households earning 1500 to 2000 dollars.
Professor Todd of Amherst envisions a balloon and wireless antenna in a September project. The craft would reach about ten miles high with a gas-filled basket, two oxygen tanks, windows, and a rotary pump to replenish supply. A safety valve would vent at 14 or 15 pounds to ensure pressure control. He hopes to receive vibrations from Mars inhabitants.
A fire at a building in Pittsburg occupied by the Sho Company led to a buried claim of about 76000 dollars. The secretary reported the loss as the blaze engulfed the premises, with authorities tracing talks to insurance and recovery efforts.
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