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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1903
Page
4
A fragment listing titles and character names including Rosamond a Guy enmore's Wife Dora enney Pretty Geraldine and Lillian My Lillian with copyright credit to Streat and Smith in 1887. The brief item notes authorship and publication detail in a catalog style record.
Grace Clendenon, aided by Mrs. Clendenon and the Olendeanons, tirelessly nurses fever patients in a rapid outbreak. She endures exhaustion, lack of news from family, and a grim hospital routine while Willard and friends sustain her resolve amid mounting casualties. Grace’s devotion tests health and heart as Lulu’s letter hints at a possible heir mystery back in London.
Captain Clendenon languishes with a fever that resists treatment as his devoted mother Grace and Mrs. Winans tend him. Nurses fear exhaustion while Dr Constant’s stern verdict shadows the room. Grace bathes, fans, and consoles, yet the long illness presses on, promising a bitter wait for relief.
A mixed extract from recent dispatches and school notes. It recalls Yu-hsien, the Chinese official who ordered executions, being beheaded after resigning to his fate and seeking mercy for the emperor and empress dowager. The piece also mentions a school essay on the human body and a light exchange about a pink tea with Mrs Cornwallis-West and Olphs Churchily.
Washington announces a new general staff for the United States Army authorized by Congress last winter. The staff will take command August 15 as General Miles retires, replacing the old “General Commanding” with a President and Secretary of War supervising a 42 officer corps led by Chief of Staff M. B. Young. Henry C. Corbin and William J. Carter named as first senior assistants.
President Roosevelt writes Gov. Durbin of Indiana condemning lynching and mob law. He warns that lynching fuels anarchy and endangers justice, urging swift, certain punishment for crimes like rape or murder while preserving fair trials. He stresses law must be free of delay and technicalities and urges all public figures to oppose mob violence. A separate note mentions a libel suit by Eva J. Dorsey over typhoid-contaminated water claims.
Miss Marie Murphy of Pontiac Pointiac Newfoundland died in Denver Ohio after stepping on a match that lit her clothing while returning from church. Neighbors smothered the flames but she died shortly after at a hospital before her father could reach Colorado. The fallen victim was to be cared for by Dr Albert Anderson of Montreal on her return home.
Fragmented OCR notes reveal ambitions to equip telegraph lines between New Orleans and West Palm Beach with telephones, acquire Charleston shore terminal, and route fast passenger service among Chicago lines. Rail projects include Missouri, Kansas and Texas appropriation, Atlantic Coast Line expansion, and potential Stickney Act revival with Chicago yards. Negotiations cited, with Michigan rate challenges and Reed section mentions.
The article outlines a new chemical treatment for bank paper that would replace soaking and lengthy drying, cutting production time by about sixty days and keeping ink fully dry in forty six hours. It notes implications for clerical job prospects, detailing Civil Service exam results for men and women and the distribution of appointments. It also mentions Gen Isaac Khan’s Persian residency announcements and the Capitol’s extensive infrastructure.
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