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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
8
Fragmented dispatches describe Barcelona calm after riots as American minister notes safety for Americans. reports from Madrid reference rebel fears, prisoner releases, and foreign reactions. Musings on arrests, convent actions, and crowds amid ongoing conflict in Spain.
A Vermont harbor scene reports a boxing boat accident during a bout in Proyindatown near two sailors. Foster sustained fatal injuries. Williams remained wounded as surgeon Posteor noted doubtful recovery. The fight ended in the sixth round with Foster unable to continue.
Fragments mention plans about a place called Bull House and Malice in Meanwan City. References to Hig, Kanaan City, and a seeming list of disrupted terms suggest an incomplete notice or OCR errors. No clear event or outcome can be determined from the readable text.
The final typhoid tests involve Sergeant Filter and Privates Behmldt and Goodman at Fort Omnia. They were given typhoid serum and developed disease in a frail form after vaccination then tested ten days later by drinking a gallon of stagnant water. They were observed in hospital. initial signs suggested syanulopis with a flyer to weave.
A would be kidnapper and blackmailer tried to obtain $10,000 from Jamra a McChirg and family by sending a note threatening to dynamite Mhikor D C Moffat’s daughter MeClurg. Police traced a sealed package to a messenger boy but the suspect vanished before interception. Detectives followed the boy and observed the scam but the assailant did not appear.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an incident in the German southwest with mentions of an estimated cost and a probe by Ottawa officials. Names, places, and figures are garbled, but reference to a naval investigation and potential casualties or damage is evident, with no coherent narrative.
A head on collision between Spokane and Toland Railway electric trains near Coldwell Washington on Saturday afternoon left ten dead and at least sixty injured. No. 20 westbound from Coeur d Alene collided with No. 5 eastbound at about 4 30 p m. at speed of about fifteen miles an hour. Coaches were crushed and passengers hurled from seats or through windows. Several cars left the tracks. Coeur d Alene hospital aided the injured as crews worked amid wreckage.
Transcribed text shows scattered figures claiming over $100,000 in bonds notes and gold found. Mentions a court date and search terms with references to a person named Elizabeth and a town location. The fragment references a large sum and legal action without clear details.
Fragmentary OCR fragment mentions a person named Mrs Hartfésd, a place Leuven, and a possible financial figure of $2,000. Details are garbled with many unreadable words and do not form a coherent event or notice.
A passenger train near Belmont ten miles from Crawford Nebraska halted within feet of a steel rail obstruction. The express car carried $250,100 in New York bullion. Farmer Chris Berger was arrested claiming innocence. he says he was flagging for medical aid in Alliance when a gas shell discharge sparked the incident. Nebraskan authorities continue the probe.
Four girls aged 10 to 14 drowned while wading in the Agawam River near West Springfield. Alien Riley slipped on a nail and fell into about fifteen feet of water. The others formed a human chain to rescue but also sank while assisting.
In Byaton Superior Court a jury found Michael J. Mitchel, Thomas T. Maher, and others guilty of conspiring to defraud the City of Moston of 13600 by submitting forged quotations for flagstones and excessive industrial products. The case cites involvement of church figures and local figures linked to Brown University affiliates.
The House adopted the conference report on the tariff bill by a vote of 183 to 19. Republicans split, with twenty-two opposing the report, while two Democrats supported recommit. The note of the day centered on alleged jokers in the lumber and leather provisions, triggering wide press attention.
Heavy midwinter snowstorm illusioned as myriads of white moths swarmed New York hotels and restaurants, clouding streetlamps. Large brown moths accompanied them, some five inches long, fluttering at lights and vanishing at sunrise with no explanation from entomologists.
The Grand Army of the Republic will hold its forty third annual encampment in Salt Lake City on August 4 with auxiliary meetings by the Woman's Relief Corps Ledled of the Grand Army and other veteran organizations, including ex prisoners of war and Naval Veterans.
The Pearl button cutters at Iroquois Pearl Company's Prat rin' du' Chien plant strike for higher pay. The Carnepia Goal Company plans a 51 million expansion in building two powder docks at Superior Wisconsin. Schmidt Brow will hire 260 men for the project with SAyTINE on the work.
Mayor Tom L. Johnann suffered a major defeat as the Schmidt Atreat railway grant was rejected by a 3,768 vote margin. The measure failed 31,022 for and 4,786 against, proposing an 8 cent fare over 2.5 miles on Payne avenue to absorb Cleveland Railway Company franchises.
Report notes the protracted dispute over railway grants ending in January. Public preference leans to the Taylor plan. it would grant Clare land Railway Company income based on a percent share to stockholders at a fair valuation, with service guaranteed on all lines. Mayor Johnson conceded defeat and said the fight would continue after the May municipal election.
The Jeanie left St Johns and entered the Atlantic en route to Smith's Sound north of Greenland with provisions for Robert E B Penry and his party. Captain Bartlett expects return by Oct 1, aided by stout provisions and local game.
Stephen Eiser, of Steelton, Pennsylvania, shot and killed his brother in law Georg Goritz and his sister Indaw Kathebis Goritz in a rooming house at 11404 Front Street South Chicago. He then fatally shot his wife Merlin and himself. Eiser, 42, was angry over shelter arrangements after Goritz and his wife married sisters and moved to South Chicago two months ago.
A fragmented report notes a proposed withdrawal of about 42,000.20 acres for water power development in Colorado and Utah, with Interior Department Acting Secretary Pierce and Washington involvement. It mentions nation wide administrative moves and references to water rights and land actions.
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