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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1911
Page
14
Fragmentary OCR text shows testimony about a chemist and alleged government operation case. Content is incomplete, with garbled names and phrases, making precise facts unclear. the piece appears to reference a hearing or investigation and possible charges but lacks coherent details.
A condensed weekly digest: the monetary commission led by ex Senator Ulrich must wrap up by January. The wool tariff bill advances in the House 206 to 90 and heads to the Senate for passage. Senators investigate Stephenyon of Wisconsin over possible bribery. National forests across several districts face intense scrutiny by forest service officials. A severe rail disaster near Pittsburgh prompts a major safety demonstration for miners in late October. The Standard Oil Company faces trial on rebating charges. The International Typographical Union holds its fifty-seventh annual meeting in San Francisco. Fifty-five hundred New York women pledge a denial week to fund suffrage efforts.
Sporting Harry N. Atwood, the Boston aviator, flew from St Louis to Chicago in a biplane. He circled amid cheers after arrival, then completed the air journey in five hours thirty four minutes, about 1500 miles total daylight to nightfall. The record flight average was 66 miles an hour, with the Cleveland Grand Circuit trotter Delmar setting a 1:40 record at Glenville on July 22, 1906.
The body of American actor Jameson Lea Finney was cremated after a large service attended by Mr. and Mrs. Willem Faversham and Nise Ada Dwyer. In Liverpool riots troops fired on strikers, injuring soldiers and police. rail workers’ meetings and broader strikes loom amid an unsettled labor dispute. The Hague painter Sosenh Terasis, born 1824, died in The Hague. Also noted are Queensland docks at Antwerp damaged by agitators and Secretary Walter L. Flaher visiting Fortland and Alaska areas.
A chaotic account reports a deadly crash in Hope where a construction car collided with a smoker’s vehicle, leaving a woman burned and in critical condition. Nearby items note a court hearing for Mrs. Rush in Sheffield, church dedication in Sweally, and various regional incidents, including drownings, fires, and civic updates across multiple counties.
The ninth annual Interstate Live Stock Fair at Woodland Park Sioux City opens the week of September 18 with expanded cattle exhibits led by Hereford stock. Vendors plan a full midway, education talks by USDA and Iowa State College, and a top vaudeville program. Tickets offer reduced round trips from several states with open rates for others, aiming to attract widespread patronage.
A Spartan recalls a long dusty road to a village hotel where a party member asks a washed ashore driver to drink and be stabbed, but the driver refuses citing his principalities against muty.
A fragmentary note describes a woman troubled by a brealing of expansive floor linoleum. She attempts a filler using sawdust and yellow pigment but the text is garbled, leaving the outcome unclear and details sparse.
A fragmented OCR note mentions an Emporia woman who went to the public library seeking a cook book. The garbled text suggests a want or wish related to printing in the Gazette.
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