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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1906
Page
2
A fractured speech fragment centers on U S policy in Santo Domingo, Sen Tilman’s remarks, and calls for a formal investigation. It cites alleged executive-subordinate failures, requests inquiry into relations with the republic, and criticism of Senate independence amid a charged exchange.
In Annapolis Maryland on a day of parade for the midshipmen the full brigade was dismissed from the United States Navy. Midshipmen Patterson Por to Mirzoni and W. W. Foster of the first class and Jemor Coffin Jr of the third class were publicly dismissed for boating. The secretary of the navy ordered the action and addressed each midshipman personally.
Pilot Po France reports that Clement, president of the senate, was elected president of France to succeed Loubet. Revised figures show Fallieres 445 votes, Doumer 171, Wellieres born November 6 1841 in Lat department of Garonne, son of a blacksmith.
A young man and a woman were found dead in a Chicago hotel on a Wednesday morning. The bodies were located in a fifth-floor room with unclear circumstances. Police are investigating the incident as a possible murder suicide hedge, with initial identification pending.
Fragmented OCR notes report firemen in Pennsylvania and Baltimore connected to rumors of strikes and rising tensions. Officials in New York weigh a strike as a remote possibility while disruptions spread to nearby towns.
A New York special reports merchant Prince Meld died on Tuesday afternoon at age 70. Marshall Piola, renowned and wealthy, once one of the era’s richest men with an estimated fortune from 100 to 200 million dollars. Meld married twice. his first wife died years ago. His widow, Mrs Figid, has two children Eth el and Marshall Meld Jr. Jr died in a home accident in 1906, five days after a 1905 death. Meld’s London marriage to Mrs Caton links him to Arthur Caton’s widowhood in New York.
L W Burlen secretary treasurer of Provident Securities and Saving Company Boston arrived in Montreal Tuesday night and registered at a landing hotel. Burlen said he came to Canada on the advice of an attorney in search of a raid.
Mrs Anita Dub McCurrow, widely known as Countesa de Battencourt, died at her Philadelphia home under suspicious circumstances. Police detained a person believed connected to the case as investigators probe a claimed vast estate worth 82,100,000. The death draws national attention to the Countess’s fortunes and residence.
Captain William EL Vanschank, commander of the steamship General Blocume, faces federal court charges for alleged negligence after the vessel burned in the Hudson River near New York in June 1904, causing losses exceeding 1,000 lives.
Readable fragments describe seismic or environmental shifts in Southern California's Salton area, formerly Salton Sea region, with reference to a United States Geological Survey director ordering an immediate survey of the entire area.
Mrs. Pratt testified about her husband s death last June and the couple s troubled life. She described his spells dizziness and stomach problems while detailing Med Persing s alleged involvement. children Cressy and Penri Pratt testified. Court recessed as arguments closed and a jury faces the verdict in Rockwell City.
Bert Myers 21 of Morale and Emma V Dewcrest 16 of Missouri Valley arrived in Onawe today to obtain a marriage license. A telegram from their parents halted proceedings. Sheriff Dd Rawlings intervened, took custody, and punished them, returning them to anxious parents without a license. DeForest objected to delaying their marriage.
A Cedar Rapids city attorney says the biennial election law lacks a provision for municipal elections in towns and omits voter registration for municipalities. The law’s flaw affects spring elections and may prompt a legislative fix in the current session.
Mrs. Dla Vang Jones died after lying in a paralytic condition for seven months from a gunshot inflicted by her husband William Jones. He is serving a life sentence for the murder of Ernest Donner at the same time. Convicted of attempted murder. council blunt S Yater found guilty of intent to murder after stabbing John Warhyte on Christmas Day following ejection from a venue. Odd Fellows of Megan City plan a fireproof hall on the site of a former building. Town teams to schedule upcoming season play. Waterloo man found dead in Tremont Motel Walesley. morphine overdose under investigation as accidental or intentional. Prominent lawyer Dion O. Fathom referenced as alder.
Members of the Marshall County political area faced intensifying tensions as factions clash over voting rights and representation. Reports cite contested proposals on eligibility and ward boundaries amid a broader push for fair election access in the county.
Davie, a tanner from Dunlup, died Monday after taking two ounces of laudanum with other preparations in a tent. A coroner jury ruled the death accidental from the overdose, noting his age about 40 with untroubled affairs though poor health. He was brother to W A Device a Crawford County Iowa legislator. A sedative named Sandanya was repaid to the man Saturday. Authorities found four empty laudanum bottles in his bed upon discovery.
An ex convict, WR. 4. Clap ton, warned he would use dynamite to blow the capitol from its foundations if his demands were unmet. He was arrested by capitol police after the message caused a tense scene at the Iowa State House in Des Moines on Tuesday. He is jailed pending further action. The article also notes the imprisonment of Jewiid van Kentenech for murder, linked to past family motives.
A partial and fragmentary report cites Nels Tohnyan, a farmer, accused of attempting to defraud two threshing machine firms by forging a check on Chimona State Bank of Dunlap. Sonn Natl Johnson is arrested for forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses, while Chief Detective Nardin pursues leads. The story includes Johnson’s possible Des Moines departure, a missing wife and child, and a separate note about a murder incident and other local events with no arrests listed.
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