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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1906
Page
2
Fragmented text references a minister and resignation, with garbled phrases about authorities, imitation, and informing forces. It mentions a stated reform or punitive context and hints at an institutional leadership change amid unclear details. Further readable specifics are not present.
Seven men from miners and operators were appointed to jointly address the issues at stake. They will work to reach an agreement and report to the conference, with good feeling and no strike anticipated.
Washington reports January immigration totals by country. A total of 61,127 newcomers arrived from all countries, down 9 percent from January 1905 but up 79 percent from 1904. Europe contributed 46,260, Asia 1,374, and other regions 3,484. Italy sent 12,29? entrants, Hungary 4,108, and the Russian Empire and Italy combined 10,382.
A Japanese government telegram to the U.S. president expressed thanks for his famine relief efforts. First secretary Mii Hoxhi of the Japanese embassy presented the message, acknowledging the American appeal and support for relief.
Judge Henry T. Reed sustained the demurrer to the evidence and dismissed the case charging Charles L. Branton, a Treasury Department employee, with alleged conspiracy in the location of a post office. The trial had lasted a week with many witnesses from Missouri and Arkansas testifying.
Alienists examine Jas Brady who confessed stabbing women but report finds no insanity. Peoria inspectors adopt a resignation clause due to school forgery embezzlement. bondsmen and past treasurers implicated. Mysterious poisoning kills Stockton Barnett and his daughters. Mrs Barnett gravely ill. An explosion near Hercules Paringdo Company yard destroys nitroglycerin unloading gear. several horses killed. Other items reference Mankato contracts and local incidents involving figures like Ruth and Hartman.
Unsettling tremors rocked a Michian town early last week. Residents reported repeated shocks lasting days, causing alarm and mass plans to leave the district. Property disturbances and scattered unrest followed midnight events, with shops ransacked and shelves disturbed as fear spread.
Janesville Wis three trainmen died and several others injured in a head on crash two miles south of Janesville between the Dekalb passenger and a Chicago and Northwestern freight. Authorities say crew mistake amid a blinding storm caused the collision. Conductor R A Peck of the freight was fatally injured.
Fort Scott Kansas coins stumble after wreck on the Joplin express northbound on the St Louis and San Francisco Trailway. Two men died in the fire and another died from overexertion and excitement during escape. Five others were injured as the train caught fire except for the Pullman car. The dead include Harry Roundtree express messenger J H Lockhart newsboy and A H Herke who died of heart disease in Weir Kansas.
Officers note rising tensions with China and plan to deploy 160 Marines under Lieut Ellis to the Philippines next week. Dispatches also expect orders for more Marines and to resume repair work on several ships. The relief hospital ship Jow lying here could be used as transport on twenty four hours notice with capacity for 140 men.
Sophomores and juniors at the medical school of a St Louis university clashed in a fierce class fight Wednesday. Davis was knocked through a lecture room door, a wall partition and Warren's laboratory were damaged, and substantial apparatus burned. The juniors were declared victors with no arrests reported.
Fragmentary report describes a river disappearance during construction at Green Bay delaying the Northwestern Railroad project. A worker named Ita is said to have disappeared after attempting to cross the drained riverbed near Waldron and Kankakey, with no confirmed corpse found.
A headline on a Hawkeye State page describes A Rogers swindling dozens in Council Bluffs and nearby towns. He won confidence, sold worthless sale rights, and fled with thousands. Thos Smouse lost $2000 cash. Smouse had bought sale rights for several counties and signed $1600 in notes. He later deserted Miss Gertrude Slough after eloping, leaving her relatives and her grandmother $1765 out of pocket.
The triennial convention of the Iowa Court of Honor closed at Marshalltown with officers and delegates chosen for the supreme session in Detroit in May. State Chancellor J. W. Wells of Marshalltown was named, along with State Recorder Mary E. Dutton of Des Moines and State Treasurer Anna D. Irons of Toledo. Supreme delegates include J. Th. Knoblick of Emmetsburg, George Goodrith of Creston, J. N. Day of Clinton, Ray Brown of Osceola, Mary E. Dutton of Des Moines, J. W. Wells of Marshalltown, Frank Bailey of Davenport, W. Marshall of Storm Lake, and A. Ryan of Kansas City.
Herman Reese aged 18 accidentally shot and killed his mother while playing with a revolver thought unloaded. He pointed the gun at her in a playful moment and pulled the trigger. Mrs Reese leaves a husband and five children. She was a prominent Guthrie County settler.
Report describes a patient with appendicitis undergoing surgery under amplified beta-eucain while fully awake, with the surgeon noting the heart could not tolerate deep sleep anesthesia, and the patient expressing pain during the procedure. Separate items note Iowa legal action to stop dam removal at Marshalltown, a street assault on I. S. Struble, Mapleton delegates selecting the Maple Valley tournament site, a Toledo railway clerk found dead, and walnut timber sale by Walian McFarlane to Dun Molinos.
A Charter Oak dispatch reports a spate of accidents over forty eight hours beginning Saturday afternoon. William Lewis, an elderly farm worker, was thrown from a wagon load of fodder and suffered a compound leg fracture. Patrick Colling, returning with lumber for William Wilson, was thrown when his team balked and injured though not fatally. Red Wright was struck from shingles and believed unable to recover. A frozen ground head injury befell an unnamed man as well. Monday morning railroad grader Sharpe collapsed and died from heart paralysis.
A destructive blaze struck Nemaha nine miles northwest of Sac City on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line. About 18 000 dollars in damage occurred as the fire destroyed two stores a billiard hall a livery barn and the Dixon lumber yard. The Sac City fire company helped save the B C Smith store and other buildings by prompt action. The fire began in the S McTigue implement building at 1130 p m and spread rapidly in two directions.
Sixteen workers at Amer Icean Garment Company in What Cheer formed a union and walked off for shorter hours and higher pay. The plant hired sixteen substitutes, sparking clashes as strikers pelted them with hats and scraps of fabric. Police restored order as confrontations left many with facial scrapes.
A Dubuque archbishop denies a Chicago press report quoting him denouncing certain principles of trades unionism from a Sunday sermon. The archbishop says the story was distorted and could not understand how such a distorted report circulated nationwide.
A Christian Reformed church in Sioux Center burned completely between 10 and 11 Sunday morning. Worshipers followed the minister's calm directions and escaped unharmed as furniture and fixtures survived. Loss estimated at 7000 with no insurance. the fire started in furnace flues.
A late 17th to 19th century inventory lists London Bridge carried away by flood and multiple royal and political executions. It cites James Lymes executed for murder, Catherine Howard beheaded, Edward VI crowned, Lady Jane Grey beheaded, and numerous historical events from 166 to 1890. The fragmentary notes cover battles, treaties, colonial events, and notable figures across English and American history.
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