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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
2
Unclear reports describe a Lake Shore wreck with bodies unidentified and fatalities suspected. Officials state investigation continues as cause remains uncertain and speed at impact noted to be around fifty miles per hour.
Fragmentary OCR note reports a denial related to a warder and a husband. Names and contexts are unreadable, but the item suggests a court or legal ruling affecting a protective person. No clear date, place, or organization available.
A flash fire destroyed the Century Limited wrecking eleven killed and twelve to fifteen injured near Mentor Ohio on a Wednesday night. The coach and baggage car burned, eight officials identified, including John R Bennett and Newt Walters. engineer Tyner died, several bodies unidentifiable at the scene. Fire crews from Mentor and Paynesville fought the blaze as the runaway train left Cleveland on an eighteenth hour Chicago to New York run.
Thomas Lobb a 28 year old Englishman barricaded in the United States Hotel on the fourth floor after a two hour standoff. He killed himself after wounding nine people with a shotgun, all victims hit by No 4 shot except a Chinese man struck by a life ball. He placed $50 and $100 bills in the weapon muzzle as papers scattered across the street. None of the wounded are expected to die.
Philadelphia Wednesday bank failed and went into temporary receivership after discovering forged withdrawals by Benjamin H. H. Gaskill totaling about $80,000. The May 20 statement showed resources and liabilities of roughly $2.237 million, with $1.386 million owed to depositors. The institution, founded in 1886, operated as a safe deposit company.
The article notes a convicted wife murderer and an unnamed accomplice may receive reprieve amid broader political turbulence. Vetoes halt traction work and interurban lines toward Paris Wisconsin as Gov. Deneen blocks a corporate expansion bill. Revenue official Clarence Meeser removed amid Salter fraud ties.
A Washington special reports the dismissal of Hartri Ws Bowen, long time United States minister to Venezuela, and the exoneration of Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis. President Roosevelt, in a letter to Secretary Taft, denounces Bowen as reprehensible for soliciting a witness to join a company to steal documents and for months of scandal hunting, saying Bowen is unfit for service and his resignation would imply misconduct.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars involved in forged certificates bearing the name of Benjamin H. Gaskill. The Philadelphia stock exchange warns members not to negotiate these certificates. The case centers on a 100 share certificate of the Philadelphia Traction Company raised from one share. Miller & Co. unearthed the irregularity after the death of Gaskill.
New York dispatch reports charges that several Wadleigh high school teachers used private tutoring to boost income. Parents claim hundreds weekly in fees at two dollars an hour, alleging marks were tampered with and students labeled backward despite proficiency. School officials deny the accusations.
Edward Rickett, a National Express Company driver, was assaulted outside the teamsters union headquarters by four alleged strike sympathizers early Tuesday. He suffered a broken finger and torn nails, and was found unconscious by a police officer.
Drops Dead at Chicago independent tele phone convention Engineer Wallace reports Taft seeking permission for return from the Isthmian canal zone. Indiana political and business figure P. Sheerin formerly secretary of the Democratic national committee died suddenly of apoplexy while reading a newspaper.
A Wood Wagon carrying three people was hit by an automobile twelve miles east of Portland Oregon. The driver and two women are reported perhaps fatally injured while the Wood Wagon occupant is badly hurt.
The Iowa abstracters at Des Moines decided not to seek a state license law this winter. Gov. Cummins urged high qualifications, likening abstracting titles to law or medicine. The association backed keeping current book assessment practices and opposed bonding or special regulations, electing new officers and an executive committee.
In Homer, a large five to seven foot coal vein near the Boone River sparks revival hopes. The town, once a county seat with pioneer rail connections, now anticipates a railroad as the Crooked Creek road is expected to extend its line to the new mining shafts, reviving the historic community.
A Sunday night tornado in Hancock County wrecked the public school and church at Duncan and tore the roof off the poor house. Inmates were not harmed. Many farm buildings and hundreds of windmills were blown down. The storm was widespread, with a heavy rain and hail at Marshalltown.
Edith Brown aged 15 along with her two younger sisters were kidnapped from Lake City and taken toward Perry. Money for the trip came from the mother’s pocket book. After an extensive search, authorities learned she had gone to Perry en route to her grandmother’s home in Minburn.
A Della special election produced a clear 689 vote margin in favor of establishing a free public library. Wednesday night a barn fire at Kate Foarck's property behind the Commercial Bank, near FB J Freeman’s home, threatened Audubon but was contained by the fire department with no serious losses.
Fire gutted the FP Bowman Hvery barn at Muscatine injuring thirteen horses removed from the blaze. Authorities suspect a boy loft lube started the fire, with estimated damages around five thousand dollars.
Axtel Johnson, described as acting in a fit of temporary insanity, entered his parents' Des Moines home kitchen and severely injured himself with a razor. Authorities report the event as a family assault during a disturbing outburst.
Muscatine reporter notes the Mississippi flood worsens with seventeen inches rise in twenty four hours. The crest has not arrived yet. Roy Bowlesby, 12, son of Mrs Bowlesby, a Des Moines widow, drowned while swimming in the Raccoon River west of the old mile track at around 11 o'clock Sunday morning.
An 11 year old Clinton boy, Lewis Matthews, saved Marie Webb after she fell from a barge into the river. A swift current and deep water endangered her until Matthews caught a rope and pulled her to safety, strengthening his family’s Northwestern engineer background.
Charles Sheker, 17, was killed by a bolt of lightning near Fort Dodge while returning home with two other youths. He stood in an open pasture when the strike hit his head, tearing clothing and causing instant death. The other boys were knocked down but unhurt.
In Des Moines the stabbing of Herb Martin by his brother in law Ole Cunningham occurred at 9 PM Sunday at 807 South Fourth Street. Martin was cut across the face and chest nearly to the heart, the attack following a domestic quarrel. Martin had been released from prison about four months earlier after a five year sentence for shooting his wife in a Des Moines quarrel several years ago.
The Marshalltown court report on W S Gower’s estate reveals Lillian May Gower, long married to Gower, killed herself two weeks after his death. She had three prior marriages, all ended without divorce, and all her husbands died. The filing hints that fear of exposure from the settlement may have driven her suicide.
Bar ney McCord spoke last words Catch this hook as he dangled on a slender rope stretched along the rounded side of an eighty foot smokestack at the Capital City Gas Light Company works. He misjudged his grip and fell fifty feet to the cement below dying instantly.
The body of 8S. G. Starger of Mandelph was found suspended from the rafters of a box car in the Erie railroad yards at Chicago Monday. Four handkerchiefs tied together held the rope, and his name was tattooed on his right arm. Starger was a farm hand employed by M. W. Sells near Randolph and had left that farm Saturday.
Deep mystery surrounds the sudden death or disappearance of Virgil H. White a prominent young Des Moines lawyer and son of Ford White a twice Democratic governor candidate who is believed to have been drowned Sunday night in the Des Moines River
Judge Kansen with a 120 farm in Colfax Township near Holland have recently sold land at a remarkable 135 dollars per acre. The Grundy County property is described as fairly well improved and commands strong prices.
Early Wednesday a dispute at a stone quarry seven miles north of Seokuk turned fatal when Charles Lewis was shot and killed by Henry White. Both men were Black laborers employed at the site. White surrendered to authorities after the incident.
Iowa firms won the majority of contracts awarded by the board for state institution supplies on Monday in Des Moines. The meeting included competition from outside firms, with several bids reviewed and accepted.
Bernard Ballard of Wagle Grove, a Northwestern Railway brakeman, was crushed between cars and killed at Alton on Monday evening. The accident occurred during routine switching, with investigators beginning work to determine exact cause and contributing factors. Ballard was about 30 years old and survived by his parents and a sister. Local authorities reported no other injuries and expressed condolences to the family.
Verne Ballard of Eagle Grove was killed at Alden in a freight brakeman incident aboard the Northwestern line. The crash is under investigation as authorities review nearby rail yard records and gather witness accounts.
Work has begun on the erection of the Central Reformed church at Sioux Center. The brick structure will measure 64 by 100 feet and stand one block from the business center. Estimated cost is about $8,000.
Nathan G Roosa of Border Plains, reputed Iowa's oldest postmaster, dies after a sudden illness. He had served as postmaster for many years, beginning his tenure long ago in the border region, leaving a legacy of steady service.
A jumble of quotes and snippets from newspapers including Staunton Lender, Town Topics, Spoke man Steview, and Chicago Record Herald. It notes remarks on graft indifference, public figures, lawsuits, beauty trends, immigration, and political figures, showing a broad collage without a single cohesive story.
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