10 Dec 1903
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1903
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR lists several individuals and groups including Dy W Cameron and Ivararin with unclear roles. The readable text hints at a legal or organizational notice naming participants but lacks complete context or actions.
In Emmetsburg a Pat Crowe type scheme unfolds as M L Brown of Palo Alto County Bank receives a demand to deposit 5000 at a Milwaukee depot freight room under threat of burning his home. A Chicago detective and Sheriff Jones monitor. Larry Murphy, a local drayman, is implicated after the money package is found in his barn. Murphy confesses to the scheme, others may be involved, and the case widens as investigators probe who wrote the 300 word letter.
Partial notice reports a red spring calf sighting or possession, instructing to notify M Helgo in Graettinger. No further context available.
Rev Irl R Hicks and Hicks Almanac staff announce the 1904 Hicks Almanac and allied works. The annual almanac and related publications are offered for 30 cents for delivery or one dollar per year by mail, with high praise for their public service and affordability.
A Chicago divorce filing cites an enthusiastic amateur pugilist husband. The item blends social quips, farming hoaxes, and oddities about prohibition, insurance schemes, Chinese and foreign affairs, and a Missouri Arkansas claim of cow ice cream. It notes Oregon sobriety measures, a Methodist bazaar, and a self washing soap promo.
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