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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
6
An oblong ad touts a new parlor game called Whiz offered free, promising educational and entertaining content. The piece intertwines product promotion with speculative health claims and a long, rambling passage of text mimicking period advertisement style.
The readable scrap shows a collage of fraudulent and quack patent medicines, testimonials, and stray social notices. It references Watnina Winslow, wholesale deaughts, and various dubious cures, with scattered names and localities, all presented in a dated sensational voice.
A severe blizzard swept the country as far west as Nebraska Minnesota and Wisconsin with fourteen inch snow depths and deep drifts. Transport lines stalled trains and telegraph service slowed while roads proved nearly impassable. In Chicago the storm disrupted travel and communications and caused fatalities and property damage across the region.
The article surveys Republican maneuvers across states, noting Representative Hobson’s bid aid, John Sharp Williams entering the U.S. Senate race, and Secretary Caft endorsing the President’s message. It covers Mercer County signatures for a Chicago saloon question, Hlock’s Boston address opposing current administration policies, Cousins quitting renomination, and planning for the Chicago Republican convention at the Coliseum. It also mentions Hughes's new United States league and the two counties where primaries did not stage candidates.
A new Fresh Air School has opened in Providence Rhode Island featuring large operable windows and extensive ventilation aimed at improving study conditions. The institution stems from efforts by the School Board and Legion for Tuberculosis prevention, with a design emphasizing air flow throughout classrooms and adjacent spaces.
Jamey Ellsgarth, a New York coal operator, has protected Hudson in northern Ohio for decades. He plans to transform the village into a premier educational and aesthetic site, spending heavily after a $190,000 gift. His agents buy and tear down unsightly buildings to erect new structures aligned with his vision. Allsworth, a 60 plus year old coal operator, grew up near Hudson and later built a major independent coal business in Chicago.
The Cabbine Workers Union of St. Paul and Minneapolis forms a district council while Minneapolis Trades Assembly represents about 13,000 union members. Reports note unions in Germany and Canada organizing branches, labor reforms in Alabama, Clyde shipyards labor disputes, Tennessee Federation of Labor pushes for policy gains, and Spokane plans a $75,000 labor temple with 7,000 union men.
The Senate discussed the criminal code revision and a proposed currency bill. Champ Clark and others spoke on issues of the day while debates on government deposits and a large appropriation bill continued. House action included the census bill and a limited cost expansion for the thirteenth census.
Wire at Rochester, Minnesota caused 70,000 in losses while Rome, New York saw 250,000 in damages in the business district. Florida Coast railway extension from St Augustine to Kay Wert opened without ceremony. Representative James T. Lloyd of Missouri, seen as closet chairman of the Democratic campaign committee. The loot from Pekin to be sold in New York. In a pistol battle in Farrell, Mississippi, Baxter Griffith was killed and Sandy Shepard plus three African Americans injured. Stuyvesant Fish warns stockholders of a $30,000,000 short form loan secured by locomotives and cars. The Liberal London newspaper suspended publication. The Bonso committee investigates 178,000 treasury robbery to Chicago. Over 250,000 in New York City treasury of former employees remains uncalled for. Two thousand Italian citizens massed in New York to oppose the “black hand.” New York health authorities report at least hydrophobia cases treated in New York City.
A proposed inland waterways program urged by Newlands and supported by Burton and others imagines spending about 500 million dollars over ten years to improve rivers and coastwise routes from Cape Cod to the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware River to Norfolk, across Albemarle Sound, Croatan Sound, and along the Atlantic coast to Florida, Gulf of Mexico, and the Mississippi to the Rio Grande. The plan envisions a network of canals and cuts linking major watersheds, creating an inland shipping corridor and expanding national commerce.
The University of Wisconsin plans four more roster changes for next season while Nebraska offers its Thanksgiving football date to Ames for a Lincoln game. A Chicago yacht club boosts Great Lakes racing interest and a track title bid from Geinuell’s team is anticipated.
A dense OCR list catalogs historical milestones and figures from 1400 to 1905, noting monarchs, wars, treaties, explorations, and political shifts. Entries mention Richard I, British naval actions, colonial events, abolition acts, wars involving Sweden and the United States, and notable patents and disasters, with many dates and places abbreviated or garbled.
The Orexon potato yield doubles last year with strong quality. Texas broomcorn crop expected. tuberculous hogs marked in La Crosse per Dr H Roome. Minnesota show exhibits praise at St Paul fair. Timothy Jay sells Chicago season at 21 per ton, cars shortage cited. Over 70 percent of wheat graded No 3 or better through Aug 31 1907. A band of 23,000 sheep moved from Roswell NM to Southern grazing. J C Dellman of Cedar Rapid buys 0,000 acres in Farris TX for a commune. Walker in Missouri charged with default in Mexico City matters.
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