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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
2
The muddled column mentions an explosion destroying a storage area with losses around $50,000 and a sequence of earthquakes in California and Nevada, plus reports of tsunamis, fires, and unrelated international notes. It lists ports, ships, and officials amid rapid, disjointed references to fraud charges and cholera inquiries.
A wide sweep of Iowa events dominates the page. Accidents, drownings, and drownings mark the week with five buildings destroyed by fire in Cantril causing heavy losses. Nelly Conroy, a noted journalist, was killed in a street collision in Ogrer Rapid. Several drownings occur at Chariton and near Davenport during a Sunday school outing. A notable fire at Davenport threatens the power grid as a bridge sustains damage. Church and civic events appear with the Iowa Music Teachers Association electing Wy Matlack as president and plans for a warship house.
Fragmentary lecture notes recount Manasseh king of Judah and his long fifty one year rule marked by idolatry and reform, Babylonian captivity, and Assyrian influence. It notes Jerusalem’s trade prominence under Assyrian dominance and the king’s youthful misrule before eventual punishment.
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