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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1904
Page
6
A damaged report details a cotton price collapse hurting textile workers and merchants. It notes producers facing lower demand, buyers delaying purchases, and dealers fearing further declines as the industry stalls and prices drop across markets.
Secretary of the Geographical Society reported surveys showing France has lost about five square tiles of land to the sea in recent years. Destructive waves scattered debris into bays near Mont Saint Michel and along the coast, extending land outward into the sea.
Fragmented garbled text recounts political anxieties and wartime chatter. Mentions Pittsburgh and St. Louis events, labor and army matters, cries for reform, and political figures like Chadwick and Loeb. Describes public panic, economy notes, and a rebus contest won by an insane woman.
Famine-stricken western Ireland faces renewed hardship as potato crops fail and scarcity deepens. Reports describe thousands affected by privation, with farmers and communities struggling amid rising prices and limited relief available.
A boy in Passaic, New Jersey, underwent a radical skin graft after a severe leg burn. A live rabbit’s skin, shaved and prepared, was clipped from its tail to neck and transplanted over the wound at the hospital in Clifton. The procedure, performed under anesthesia, required careful stitching and will need nurse care for many days.
A suspension bridge at Charleston West Virginia fell into the ice filled river at 8:30 am causing six teams and many school children to plunge into the water. Thirteen horses perished. drivers Jordon Lang and Lom Michie survived by clinging to the edge. The elevated structure built in 1852 had been deemed unsafe for some time and was blocked from use on Labor Day.
A bold blackmail scheme by an organized gang aims to extort 160000 dollars from Canadian railroads, with threats of wrecks on the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern lines. Detectives are on the case after multiple derailment attempts and railway robberies across western Canada, tied to the same group.
Testimony before the Senate committee on Senator Reed Smoot describes oaths of secrecy in temple ceremonies, including threats of mutilation and death for revealing rites. Witnesses from Brigham Young University, Mormon informants, and Utah teachers discuss legal conflicts and alleged polygamy linked to temple sealing.
In the Senate and House lawmakers clash over a pure food bill, civil service attacks, and impeachment of Judge Charles Swayne. Debates cover Philippine governance, railroad bonds, and tariffs, with adjournment plans and various appropriation bills advancing. The era’s political frictions highlight reform efforts and partisan divides in Washington.
In a Sunday School meditation on Isaiah, the lesson sketches a bleak Hebrew world under threat from invasion and captivity, yet hints at salvific light. It links the prophecy to Jesus as the light of the world and foresees a broader fulfillment beyond Israel, with future prosperity for believers and a universal Kingdom.
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