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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
2
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A fragmented report describes a legislative session discussing Confederate graves marking. Motion to establish a memorial commission advanced, then paused amid applause. The bill, led by Mr Prince, included a Confederate memorial commission and a coast ship provisions package, with Underwood steering related actions and opposition from the south noted.
Dispatch reports former Speaker David B. to be held for appearance in Henderson court Thursday afternoon. The case involves a dub tied to a prior incident and a tailed dispatch from the region.
A fragment reports Senator Gallinger introducing a bill to raise salaries for presidents and other officials. Details are unclear, but the measure appears aimed at updating compensation. The text is garbled with OCR errors, mentioning $75,000 and workers but lacking complete context.
Incomplete OCR fragment mentions Dayton and Martin with unclear names and roles. Reading lacks full sentence structure or context to identify event, date, or organization. Limited readable items suggest person names but no concrete action or outcome.
A Pittsburgh conference on March 19 debated granting a 95.56 percent wage advance to miners. The session opened with heavy exclusion of nonmembers as operators voiced opposition to any raise. A later statement claimed the meeting was called to honor the US president and produced no settlements or agreements. Several operators reportedly spoke passionately, signaling a tumultuous gathering amid divergent views.
The Chinese government says it will punish all involved in the massacre of French Jesuits and four British subjects in Nanchang. It pledges willing to make reparations if demanded. Foreigners in Peking view the Nanchang governor as capable and friendly, while American Consul General Rodgers reports fourteen American missionaries fled to Itue Alang safely.
Will Arnold and his wife were found with throats cut at Engineer H. H. Arnold's home in Herrington Kansas Tuesday evening. The husband was dying from his wounds when discovered and the wife showed evidence of having been murdered hours earlier. Will Arnold, a railroad man, had recently come from Rock Island Illinois and was staying at his brother's home. An attempt to murder both Mr and Mrs Arnold is suspected.
In New York, Thomas Dettman shot and killed his brother in law Thomas Fennen during a quarrel over Fennen's wife, Dettman's sister. Dettman then shot himself, dying instantly as his sister's body lay in an adjoining room awaiting burial.
An American, A. W. Moerke, postmaster of Columbia, Isle of Pines, held in custody after refusing to pay a storekeeper's tax. The island is claimed not to be under Cuba's jurisdiction, according to Havana advices.
A blaze at the Big Texas Fire compress owned by Meuars Schumacher Rosenberg & Co and the timber yard of Alamo Lumber Co in La Grange Texas destroyed 2,436 bales of cotton stored in the compress. Estimated loss is $200,000.
Mrs. Sarah BD Ray died Wednesday morning at age 102, possibly Baltimore’s oldest woman. A Civil War nurse who served in the field and in hospitals, she long endured infirmities of age.
A fragmented OCR line hints at a ship or voyage involving Goya, Europe, and the Amer steamer. Details are unclear, with garbled names and phrases. The readable bits point to an international travel or maritime context centered on a voyage or ship named Amer.
Fred McCutchen of Holstein was found not guilty on fraud banking charges after a 13 hour 30 minute jury deliberation. The case stemmed from the 1904 bank failure of McCutchen & Co where a $100,000 shortage was revealed. McCutchen and Oscar Berger were indicted. Berger awaits trial next term.
Bedford jury declares James Hendrickson not guilty of the murder of John Woodside at Blockton last August. The defense pleaded insanity. Hendrickson, aged 21, shot Woodside on the depot platform after jealousy over Woodside's supposed attentions to Hendrickson's wife. Public sentiment in Blockton favored the acquittal.
Mrs George Wymer who runs a feed and candy store at Manson was robbed of 40 dollars Wednesday morning. She stepped out for coal and returned to find the cash drawer empty. The incident suggests a gang’s activity as other locals report losses of canned fruit and feed. A watch is being kept on the case.
Defense rested in the Carter Gresser murder trial in Des Moines. The defendant did not testify. In rebuttal the state began impeaching several defense witnesses and rapid progress was expected toward a jury verdict.
A Bangor area resident launches a chicken hatching service promising to hatch chicks or provide eggs. Pioneer May Alabough offers hatching and egg supply at 8 dollars per hundred, or 3 dollars per hundred if the customer supplies the eggs.
Wednesday afternoon telegraphic information from Los Angeles California announced the death of George Fairburn of Fonda Iowa. Fairburn was the eminent grand Inspector General of the Scottish Rite Masons for Iowa.
A Des Moines project received $1,000 for a babies home while Sioux City’s Florena y Crittenton home was appropriated $1,000. The notice cites Wednesday payments and references O N Sepyon of Woodbury as introducer.
A major blaze struck Cheriton’s warehouse district on a recent Monday night, damaging multiple buildings and causing an estimated loss of over twenty thousand dollars. Fire crews battled the flames for hours, with authorities investigating the cause.
Fragmentary OCR item references a contractor from Milwaukee connected to a man described as Ja Killed Dayla Grant, a former resident of Atuseat stand, with scattered place names including Burlington, Kankakee, and Ottumwa. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
The Des Moines meeting on Wednesday saw a sweeping anti Sunday amusement bill approved 28 to 3. It bans any Sunday theater, athletic exhibition, concert, or performances when rewards are involved, affecting Des Moines, Sioux City, and most river towns, likely to crash baseball business and end Western League play in Iowa.
A Des Moines man mistook gasoline for kerosene while starting a fire in a base burner. He, his wife, and four daughters were hospitalized after the explosion. Mrs Tlecka is severely burned and a daughter suffered broken legs from a window escape. Neighbors helped, and the house sustained serious damage.
The Iowa delegation shipped a huge five foot wreath, seven feet high on a base, to Dubuque for former Speaker Henderson's funeral. It features red and pink roses lilies of the valley and asparagus fern with a miniature American flag carnations and purple violets and a carnation gavel. Over 2 000 blossoms compose the piece. Town senators and representatives could not attend the obsequies but sent the wreath.
W M Hatun, a center of Emerson, operates 200 galvanized iron tanks to freeze water without cutting. As cold weather arrives the tanks form congealed ice which is released by turning the tanks and pouring hot water to yield crystal ice. The ice costs him just over 20 cents a ton.
A head-end collision Friday night between Alvin White and a Mr. Johnson occurred in Iretom. Neither had attended any town party. both rode one horse buggies. Johnson's buggy shaft pierced White's driving horse, which died within five minutes.
Des Moines house committee on suppression of intemperance recommended indefinite postponement of a bill by Senator Smith of Mitchell. The measure, passed by the senate, would require renewed five year consent for operating saloons.
A man identified only as Michael J. Murphy was killed when struck by a train near Wort Dodge. Several letters signed From Your Sweetheart Mary were found on his person, all dated at Manvon, Indiana. He was not a stranger to locals, but his identity remains unknown.
John Absher of Wagner D is considering building an electric light plant at Wagener. He expects to secure guaranteed subscribers to make it a paying investment and work is expected to start on the new system soon.
Thieves broke the plate glass window of Wim Hilos Jewelry Store in Bronx City about oclock Saturday morning and stole goods worth about 30 dollars. A line of arson or burning on each corner is noted in the report. No injuries reported.
Police reported a series of arrests Sunday at saloons and resorts in Albla amid enforcement of prohibition laws. General activity included coordinated actions by authorities to curb illegal alcohol sales and enforce local ordinances.
In Dubuque federal court, Charles Keptm sues Chicago Great Western for 25000 dollars, seeking damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained in a collision on March muttered text in filing indicates a negligence claim against the Chicago Great Western by a named plaintiff.
An OCR fragment shows officials in Washington discussing executive session items on a Tuesday. The readable bits reference a formal meeting context with unspecified topics and participants, suggesting a routine governmental proceeding at the state or federal level.
Former Speaker David W Henderson dies at Morey Hospital Dabudee after months of paresis illness. Born March 4 1840 in Aberdeenshire Scotland he came with his family to America as a child and settled in Winnbeg County. The obituary notes his early life, ascent to the national House and long public service before illness.
Henderson migrated with his family to Fayette County and helped form a local company that joined the Twelfth Iowa Volunteers. He was wounded at Mount Battle and later commanded the Forty-sixth Iowa Infantry before becoming a colonel and later Speaker of the House. He served in Congress from 1882 and was noted for his leadership on appropriations and judiciary affairs. He withdrew from politics in 1902 and died shortly after.
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