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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
2
A fragmented passage describes the sultan at Stamboul showing dignified conduct as heads of diplomatic missions gather. It notes observers and subjects, and hints at a ceremonial display reflecting imperial stature.
The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill allocates 500000 to protect public lands and forests and prosecute grafters, quadrupling what was asked for the Treasury Secret Service. Representative Walter I. Smith helped add the provision, while the amendment also limits Treasury Secret Service detective loans to other departments.
Reported outbreak in Caracas sees soldiers confront a populace enraged at Castro. An unruly crowd, aided by police absence, wrecks property owned by Castro supporters and burns statues and pictures in clubs and public buildings in Plaza Beliver. Venezuelan regime collapse implied amid Netherlands tensions.
Marshal F C Woods of Greenwich Huron County Ohio was fatally wounded and an unknown man killed in a confrontation with five assailants in the railroad yards early Wednesday. Woods approached a suspicious stranger near the post office who offered to leave town by freight. As they reached the tracks four others sprang from behind a car and opened fire. Authorities search the area for the attackers.
A passenger dropped a lighted match at St. Cloud Station igniting a curtain and a window. The fire quickly spread through one car and to a second Pullman car, burning both to the trucks with damages estimated around 40 100 dollars.
The trial of Beach Harel charged with murdering his father Judge James Hargis was called at Irvine Kentucky on Wednesday. Members of the Harglay family sit on both sides of the case as the wife of Judge Harel seeks funds to defend the atricide.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a Kansas City hall murder incident dated December 8 with vague details. Context remains unclear, but the reference indicates a homicide linked to a city hall setting and involves unnamed individuals. Further readable specifics are unavailable in the fragment.
A fragmented note reports four people killed at the Martina area near the new bridge over the Potomac River. Details remain unclear in the damaged text.
A congressional inquiry unveils questions about the country life commission using government frank on farmer mailings. Lawshe explains that while the commission itself may not use free postage, related official correspondence under a supervising department could be sent postage free under penalty envelopes.
The U S circuit court at New York declares American Tobacco Company and affiliates a monopoly in an anti trust action. The decree bars holding companies from interstate and foreign commerce until competition is restored. Receiverships denied. government appeal to the Supreme Court stays the decree temporarily.
A vigorous House contest Tuesday centered on a Gardner led motion by a so called insurgent faction to amend resolutions for information from the secretary of state. The plan would have created eight members to report on revising house rules but was ruled against by the speaker and sustained by the House, ultimately killed by tabling the resolution. Twenty Republicans voted against sustaining the speaker in the final vote.
The Dutch battleship Van Heems kerk arrived at the harbor Tuesday towing as a prize the Vene zuelan coast guard vessel De Mayo captured Sunday. The De Mayo is part of the Venezuelan navy though her crew and strength are minor. The crew was landed on the Venezuelan coast.
The state board of canvassers met in Lansing on Tuesday to canvass and announce the November election results. Taft and Sherman lead with a plurality of 169000 votes, while Gov. Warner trails the ticket by over 100000 but holds a 9631 plurality over remaining candidates.
The disfigured body of Chief of Police Biggy was found Tuesday morning by a freight boat crew in San Francisco Bay. He had drowned the night of November 30.
Ferdinand Mella, a leading hotel proprietor and famed chef at Leavenworth Kansas, died Tuesday from dropsy. He was a personal friend of William Jennings Bryan and a prominent figure in local hospitality.
In Baltimore Maryland, Harry Kestler was killed and Franki Radford Samuel Rosenberg and Wm Reynolds were seriously injured in a non automobile incident. Names and details appear in early reporting with limited confirmation.
Roban Oklahoma Bank in HuFaula, Oklahoma was robbed early Tuesday when robbers dynamited the vault and escaped with about $2100. Authorities in surrounding towns have been notified and a pursuit is underway with regular 3 day intervals referenced.
The supreme court handed down multiple rulings Thursday. Several cases were affirmed, reversed, or otherwise decided, including Armatrong v Campbell, Farmora Cooperative Creamery, Marshall v Bennett, Hill v Waight, Kelly v Ryan, Kuhl v Chamberlain, Gilman v Welser Dicknson, H C Moore, Inc town Ixtrna, Whitted, Phillipy v Homesteaders, Wenck v Carroll County, and Cline v Calhoun, with various counties and appellants named in the decisions.
Judge 8 M Weaver writes the opinion upholding the town mulet law as constitutional in the case of J T Campbell anti saloon league worker versus Jackman Bros Waterloo. The ruling cites the English bill of rights and classical law to deem liquor sales a legitimate business and legal under long standing societal norms.
Four year old Orpha Potter of Sioux City, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Potter, is hospitalized with a rare skin peeling illness. The condition resembles leprosy in appearance but the shed skin does not die, with periods of powder use noted. skin beneath regains color and recovery is seen.
Judge Reed in federal court at Dubuque sentenced three violators of the liquor statute tied to Winnishick and Mitchell counties. O. R. Moore the horse doctor received one year in Leavenworth prison and a fine. he disposed of up to eight pints of alcohol. Frank Crocker and William Fowler of Mitchell county pleaded guilty and drew thirty days in Mitchell county jail and $100 fines each.
E W Musgrave a Magnolia wealthy retired farmer dies at Helen Archer resort in Sioux City after an evening of drinking. He entered with W J Jenn and Jared Schoonover around 11 pm and was found unconscious in a room about 3 30 am with a gas stove slightly on and a gas light burning, body discovered minutes later.
Hans Nygaard of Clermont faces district court on a string of offenses accusing him of brutal temper and cruelty toward his wife and children over a long period. He allegedly dragged his wife to a stove and forced children to sleep in a calf shed during cold weather as punishment for imagined wrongs.
Four people including Eugene Sehulty Mrs Isabella Corley Frank Piles and Mrs Nora Sims a runaway quartet from Grand Junction were arrested in Des Moines Tuesday. They were found in East Des Moines occupying two beds in a single room. The women said abuse by husbands drove them to flee but both later returned to their spouses.
Auditor J F Carrall reports Iowa banks show large gains in deposits and assets between calls. From last call to the one before there is a 3 354 664 67 increase in deposits and 4 010 083 19 in toll assets. Since last December deposits rose 6 785 409 85 the largest yearly gain in the state.
Sensational discovery Tuesday reveals Charles Thomas, a former M C A worker, shot himself in the heart at the Chamberlain hotel in Des Moines. He was a paroled convict from Muscatine County, sentenced in 1906 for attempted murder, and paroled a year ago. His attempts at reform and later surrender to drink are viewed as the causes of his final action.
James H. Hull aged 67 and Tda Strong aged 89 of Marshalltown married Thursday morning in a common law union after sixteen years together. Shortly after, the pair faced police court where the older partner pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was fined $25.
Scholarships to be awarded to boys achieving the most efficient work at Amex this winter feature the lx Armour scholarships. The program highlights merit and marks a notable incentive for student achievement in the school year.
A disturbance arose in Des district as Winston of the Wisconsin Domimigalin company faced a court over the alleged operation of a bucket shap. The case concerns an incident lasting about thirty minutes and involves a complaint filed in the local district court.
The federal court in the southern district of Town, via Judge McPherson, revokes the citizenship of Whitlam I. Rogehid a Syrian born man who had been naturalized in 1901. Records indicate Rogehid had not resided in America for five years when he applied for naturalization.
The Chicago and Northwestern railroad sets up a dust theft investigation unit with offices at Boone. The bureau will study stolen and damaged freight and begins operations on December 10.
Maj Edwin Gueus of Patricia, member of the Pitty fourth regiment, has been appointed assistant adjutant general and has accepted the position.
Tadletments were reported against Frank Barnard of Abarduen eight g Nul furmerly of Clenr Lake in charge. With fraud against Robert Reed of Cerra Gard county charged with jeviminule BSI Mandy against Howard Danian Mae va vealdent LCULy bi.
John Sullivan aged 68, a railroad worker, died Thursday in Dubai after an illness. The obituary notes his long career and surviving family members.
The president sent a special message to Congress defending the Panama Canal purchase and accusing Joseph Pulitzer and the New York World of libel. He argues Pulitzer’s charges are false and harmful to the American people, demanding government action against the publisher.
Eleven men die when a large quantity of dynamite explodes prematurely during canal works at Bas Obispo on the Panama Canal. The blast, from a charge intended to fire, shook nearby Colon about thirty miles away and halted work. relief trains were sent to the scene. Official statements cite twenty-two tons discharged by the concussion, with most victims reported as Spaniards amid ongoing labor unrest in the region.
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