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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
4
Insurance commissioners from several states endorse a plan at St Paul to force annual apportionment and accounting of life companies surplus. The bill would credit or pay policyholders portions of divisible surplus, lowering net insurance costs if enacted next winter.
Insurance firms to pay 1 225 000 for Palace Hotel loss in San Francisco. Adjusted total loss 1 302 610 with building insured at 1 265 000. Ninety eight companies share liability of about 1 250 000. Noted as the largest loss on a single risk in the country. Building valued at 1 802 610.28. earthquake damage estimated at about eight percent.
The Walter Reed Memorial Fund is revived following Howard A. Kelly's Johns Hopkins publication on Walter Reed and yellow fever. Surgeons General and scientists across the U.S. and abroad back the cause to support Mrs Reed and her children and to erect a memorial to the physician who proved mosquitoes spread yellow fever. The goal was $25,000, with $17,000 already subscribed.
A large blaze Friday night partially destroyed buildings along West Fourth Street between Mercer and Green. Nearly an entire block of business firms suffered damage, with losses exceeding 250000 dollars across about a dozen firms.
Seizaburo Shimizu the Japanese consul at Chicago has returned from a two weeks tour through Minnesota and the Dakotas. He spoke warmly of the country and expressed enthusiasm for the regions he visited.
A fragmentary report notes a 21 year old man named in a mob near Dorchester County. The text is garbled and several names and places are unclear.
Pennington of Denver was sentenced to one day in county jail after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of his wife Annie Tobin from Sioux City Ia. He struck her at a room on Curtis Street after a quarrel while she was intoxicated.
Irregularities in New York divorces over twenty years uncovered by William H. K. Jarvis and fifteen Census Bureau examiners. About one in five files lack a final court decree, invalidating many records and risking bigamy and illegitimacy claims. Action to unseal papers may be sought to reveal thousands of incomplete filings still on file.
Three hundred fifty telephone girls at the central exchange struck on Thursday, plunging about 7,000 phones in the business district out of service. The walkout followed a company order to use a rear entry through a 100 foot passageway deemed dirty and objectionable by the workers.
The relief corporation of San Francisco announced that after August 26 no more provisions will be supplied to able bodied refugees. Those worthy or aged may still draw rations. Nellie Rainey, kidnapped last October from Bedford Indiana, was captured with Ernest Tanksley in Evansville Indiana on Wednesday night. The girl's father spent a fortune hunting for her. Thirteen Chicago firemen were overcome by smoke or injured by explosions while fighting a paint plant fire at John Lucas's facility. Losses totaled sixty six thousand dollars.
A New York stock exchange seat sold Thursday for 93000, the record price for a seat on the exchange and a figure reached only once before, signaling strong demand in the market and a notable peak in trading activity.
The Republic Iron and Steel Company of New York declares the usual quarterly dividend of 1 percent and an extra dividend of 2 percent on the preferred stock.
The steamer Francis H. Leggett arrived in San Francisco on Thursday bearing a remarkable monster log raft as part of a noted maritime arrival.
The South American earthquakes and fires may influence the San Francisco disaster insurance scene. Anglo and continental firms operating in Chill seek to shield against quake hazards via policy clauses. A new Chill law requires foreign firms to post deposits based on paid up capital, potentially squeezing smaller companies.
United States postal authorities halted operations of the Tabasco-Chiapas Trading and Transportation company and the Lumeha Mills company in Chicago. Henry D. Bushnell president and I B Miller secretary treasurer were arrested and held on bonds of 2000 each awaiting August 30. Officials say five years of activity netted about 85000 from investors while the firms claimed 2 million in capitalization with coffee plantations and steamers.
Post revolts and mass arrests fail to reduce crime in Russia as murders and robberies continue in major cities. Police are unable to capture perpetrators while political parties drift and struggle to agree on tactics.
Frank Ammann of Sioux City filed a $1,500 personal injury suit against the Milwaukee Road. He alleges he was thrown from a caboose seat during a freight train trip from Webster to Groton last January due to careless operation, suffering three broken ribs and other injuries.
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad appeals to the United States circuit court of appeals in St. Louis after being convicted in Kansas City for giving rebates to a packing company. The carrier argues the jury was misinstructed claiming shipments were destined for a foreign port.
A Tokio correspondent reports that the united diplomatic representations of the United States Great Britain and Japan have led China to promise the establishment of customs houses on the Russo-Chinese frontier.
One of the largest orders for locomotives ever issued is being delivered by eastern builders to the Chicago and Burlington railroad. The order comprises one hundred thirty engines.
A schedule shows Western League games to be played at Sioux City in the near term with Lincoln and Omaha teams. Dates listed include August 20 27 28 29 for Lincoln and August 20 21 September 1 2 for Omaha.
Railroads entering Pittsburg Pa are in sore straits for men to operate trains. Some have raised the agent established for new employees years ago, while others are abandoning it altogether. Death of Tay Morse noted.
The text notes Secretary James Wilson of the Roosevelt administration touring Sioux City packing houses after inspecting facilities. He endorsed the two plants as well kept and operated and forecast Sioux City becoming a major packing center as farmers shift toward meat production, with ongoing improvements at the Cudahy plant.
Charles F P Peterson of Clarion was nominated on the first ballot at Eagle Grove Thursday for the Republican senatorial seat in the Thirty-seventh Iowa district. Hardin county shifted support to Peterson, with Wright and Hamilton backing him, while Ward and Chase split other votes. The convention, after four sessions, had cast 3,698 ballots. Hardin county opposed a Wright Hamilton alliance and opposed Chase, backing Peterson as preferred nominee.
Edward O. Lowe ex-banker of Iowa Falls, jailed 18 months for $64,000 embezzlement from Home Savings bank at Town Falls in 1904, is indicted by a Hardin county grand jury on embezzlement as baile. Change of venue likely as Soule seeks fairness outside the county. He reportedly works as a Chicago broker’s bookkeeper and is on bonds from Franklin county parties.
Miss Alice Iseminger of Manilla who husked 117 bushels in a day wed George Nelson of Oklahoma. Nelson, a noted corn husker, visited Manilla after seeing stories and pictures. The couple planned to live near Enney Oklahoma after a correspondence and courtship sparked by their feats.
Thousands attended the Monroe old settlers reunion with 8000 to 10000 people. Hon W W Gleason of Oskaloosa delivered the principal address. Welsh Glee club furnished vocal music and a Reasnor band provided instrumental music. A. Jetter read from Hon John M Too of Edmund Oklahoma, an original settler from 1843.
While guiding a cow, Mrs Will Anderson of Dstherville accidentally bound a rope to her right hand. The cow bolted, she grasped a tree and the fingers were severed. The mishap left her thumb and forefinger completely cut away after the rope snagged the tree. Mapleton couple weds despite gossip. Henry Kraft and Mrs Rebecca Alexander marry at Mapleton courthouse. A crowd at the depot saluted with rice and farewell rites.
Jud Miller a pioneer merchant tailor of Walrbanks drowned Thursday night in the Wansis river while bathing with his wife who nearly drowned while trying to save him. The couple were accompanied by his wife as witnesses to the accident.
Funeral services for Durwood Hall, two year old son of Mr and Mrs Hull of Atlantic, were held at the family residence after a brief illness caused by poisoning from popcorn and peanuts and heat. Witnesses noted the small child died within hours, and services were conducted Wednesday at Punt Meta GAR.
The Boone Webster City and Interurban Railway company will survey three to four potential routes to Webster City. A corps of surveyors under Consulting Engineer Budd will start Monday from Boone, tracing paths via Gooppinger farm, then northeast to Stanhope and Webster City, with alternate lines past eastern Star Masonic home. Right of way work to follow.
Farmers Co-Operative-Association sues F Wendt Dougherty manager and two bondsmen Patrick Murphy and Thomas Conners alleging a $1,326 shortage from his year in charge starting March 1, 1906. They seek repayment and claim Wendt converted funds for personal use during his tenure.
Claude Clemmer, winner of the half mile in the state high school meet at Iowa City last May, drowned Wednesday evening in a lake near Missouri Valley, Iowa. Son of Rev. W. B. Clemmer, pastor of the First Christian church in Cornell. While visiting Bird family six miles south of Missouri Valley, he reportedly suffered cramps while swimming.
A remarkable reunion at Webster City near Mrs. Sophia Griggs home ends quietly after a gathering that includes Mrs. Griggs in her 89th year, her four children, one absent for twenty years, and five generations. The oldest relative serves Mrs. Griggs, while the youngest child is under a year old, with Irving Butler and family also residents of Webster City.
Miles Humphrey of Newton seeks a divorce from Mrs. M J Robinson Humphrey on the grounds of desertion. The 85 year old petitioner and his 60 year old wife report they cohabited only two weeks before she drove him from the house and barred return.
Miss Henrietta Summers, 18, of Cedar Rapids died from injuries after wearing a steel corset too small for her during the city’s semi centennial celebration parade. She collapsed from fatigue and internal injuries after a long procession on an allegorical float.
In Cats county threshing nears completion with one of the largest yields. Oats run 28 to 80 bushels per acre, averaging 60, while wheat averages about 38 bushels per acre. A separate note reports a wife attempting suicide over worry about her husband committed to the state hospital for the insane at Independance. she was found early and sent to the asylum.
Efforts of a St. Cloud Minnesota law firm to locate Wellington Russell ended with the discovery that the man sought for years at Bidora and Union has died and is buried at Union.
A report from Sheldon details the death of Girt attributed to lockjaw after an incident involving a girl named Martha Hockatar. The fragmentary text notes a collision or crash tied to the events, with unclear circumstances and missing wording about who was responsible. Further details are unavailable in the provided snippet.
A sprawling chronicle lists events from 1610 to 1904, naming executions, battles, inventions, and notable deaths. It notes figures like Sir Edward Empson and Dudley, Napoleon, and Victor Emanuel, alongside events from the Jesuit order’s founding to postal currency and maritime disasters. The text mixes dates, places, and names in a rapid, archival style.
A 1905 labor bureau statement notes shifts in wages and hours, stating purchasing power of wages rose modestly from 1904 to 1905. The report highlights rising costs and evolving labor conditions affecting workers like laborers and other occupations.
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