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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1910
Page
2
Unearthed notes reference memorandums in a royal archive as officials in the king’s armoury handle sealed agreements. The fragments suggest prior conservation work and possible governance ties within the offices.
Nate charged with conspiring to defraud the city of 484000 as indicted. The case lists Rodiewict McGovern and others including McNicholas and Maher as defendants. They allegedly plotted to obtain warrants to pay 254000 to Chicago Redlake and coordinators sought influence over city contracts.
State Insurance Commissioner probes a large graveyard swindle tied to Walter Rider's death in Louisville. Exhumation follows a questionable death certificate claiming intestinal trouble while autopsy indicates extensive lung damage, with insurers in Indiana and Tennessee pushed to recoup losses. Archaic spelling and garbled OCR obscure details. authorities pursue alleged policy payouts and cross state schemes centered near Albany Indiana and Louisville.
Richards the promoter Brida made public a contract signed by Sam Berger and J BF. The fragmentary OCR notes indicate a promotional agreement involving these individuals and parties. Further readable details are unavailable in the excerpt.
A Waterloo dairymen meeting led by State Dairy Expert Hugh Van Pelt and Marsh’s $1000 prize offer a year long contest for town cows producing meat butter. The top 160 cows will be judged as the season runs August 16 to August 15, with prizes awarded at year end. A Burlington system train excursion will tour the southern state with lectures and cattle demonstrations to promote feeding and milking.
The 35 year United States circuit court clerk Mason announced his resignation after irregularities were found in his accounts. Special examiners reported a $15,000 shortage and a January 18 realignment request by circuit judges. William C. MacArthur is expected to be appointed circuit clerk.
A Chicago and Northwestern overland passenger train No 1 derailed near Maples River four miles west of Carroll Tuesday morning while traveling at about thirty miles per hour. The entire train including the diner baggage car and sleepers left the track, tearing through the embankment for hundreds of feet. Miraculously no injuries were reported though cars were damaged and a heavy rail pierced a sleeper floor narrowly missing a sleeping passenger. The wreck is blamed on a broken track under the tender though the engine remained on the rails.
Tom Mohan night watchman for the Martin Holmes Coal Co shot and killed Jack Sears a driver for the same company in Sioux City. The killing occurred outside the Holmes horse shed near the office after a longstanding dispute. Mohan is jailed on a murder charge.
The Des Moines Commercial club will distribute 120000 seed testers across Iowa in three months after a meeting with Prof. P. G. Holden of Ames. Holden warns that careless handling could ruin next year’s corn stand, noting 75 percent germ loss from an early freeze. The club will lease and lend the testers free in various cities and towns.
Fire of unknown origin wiped out property valued between 10000 and 15000 at Hawarden. The Granite block roof and upper story and Wilkinson hardware stock suffered extensive damage. The Hyinx general store’s clothing and fur goods were damaged.
A fragment recalls Weis, son of guardian Gertrude Trusty, wed by the early freeze last fall. Guardian Mrs Anna Crandall presided. The bride once appeared as a child wife of John Leeper, then 70, aged nine at the time. The case prompted an annulment and the girl later joined the Crandall family. Now she is eighteen.
The Logan jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree after one hour of deliberation. Guy Marley was found guilty for allegedly murdering his stepmother, Mrs Henry Marley, on December 2 1909 with the penalty set as life imprisonment. Henry Marley his father and Ira Brundridge await trial on the same charge.
City council members voted four to one to remit taxes on baseball property amid claims by Western League officials that President Liggins lost about 12,000 dollars on the 1908 season and 5,000 dollars last year. The report mentions attorney figures and a coroner’s inquiry into a poisoning case involving Charles Sheridan and a physician.
Ptomaine poisoned family near Oto claims two young lives. Charles Otto’s sons Jesse six and Lester four ate canned corn and fell ill. Doctors initially misdiagnosed the sickness as peritanula before two post mortems confirmed the true cause. The younger child Lester shows little hope of recovery.
A fragmentary report describes a accident where Warrior Slaty Tumaway Gorge Cummings of Fairfield was killed after falling from a load of goods. Roy Whitham, also on the wagon, survived with serious injuries as the wagon came off.
Judge Fred O Connell was appointed chairman of the executive committee by the Dubuque Early Bett ers association to arrange the 109th anniversary funeral and commemoration of Julian Dubuque whose death is mourned on March 4.
A 26 year old man identified as Bhakley and two others were killed when a train struck pedestrians near their home in Wins Wednesday. Police reported the accident occurred on the central tracks and investigations are ongoing.
Fragmentary notice reports the Itht plant at Onawa will shut down Monday due to coal supply issues causing a winter energy disruption. Local officials advise residents of potential dark outages as operations suspend.
A report says John H. Lector, a prohibition state committee speaker on temperance, was mislodged at several Boone hotels and then rescued by Mayor Wilder who took him home and kept him overnight.
Mrs John Oi aged 61 wife of the managing editor of the Bigux City Tribune died at her home in Sioux City from heart trouble. The notice lists her as Kelly iDlog, with names and relations garbled in the OCR but identifies her as Mrs John Oi and ties to the newspaper family. Funeral details are not provided in the fragment.
Lyons, found with two bullets in his body in a Cedar Rapids hotel bedroom, regained consciousness and claimed the attacker acted in a personal crisis. The incident prompts police to pursue leads and verify his account.
Unclear report describes an Alton town marshal brought to LeMardh city hospital with an iron wound. the body is paralyzed and Ee is suffering. Further details are unavailable due to fragmented text.
A 1900 sermon analyzes Matthew 6 1 1 on almsgiving prayer and fasting. It warns against ostentation and vain repetitions, explains the Lord's Prayer as disciples' prayer, and outlines two works of grace for entire sanctification and renewal.
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