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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1925
Page
2
Part readable text references counties, banks, twenty five, and 1925 dates. Mentions Toledo, Iowa, churches, solicitation, and an institute. Lacks coherent events or clear individuals. summarization reflects fragmented record with institutional terms.
A sprawling Iowa session weighs three road plan options to rebuild primary highways in eight to fifteen years, with governor Hamlin backing a gas tax approach while others push bond financing. The fight extends to tax measures, banking rules, and potential special session moves as lawmakers race to act before adjournment.
Washington reports the Senate approved the Isle of Pines treaty by 60 to 14, ratifying ownership rights in the Inland with Cuba as part of Latin American policy. The vote included Borah and Reed reservations to apply Platt amendments and ensure Americans on the Isle of Pines receive favored-nation protections, amid protests from locals worried about their rights.
Wheat suffered the greatest break in Chicago Board of Trade history amid unprecedented turnover with no clear cause. May prices fell about 14 percent from Thursday’s close, dipping to 89 cents below the season high as veterans recalled no prior disaster comparable to this week’s turmoil.
Chicago report says W. E. D. Brokeshan Stokes was acquitted in 61 minutes by a jury after a five year legal battle over alleged defamation of his wife Mrs Helen Elliwood Stokes. The defense labeled the accusations a grotesque scheme backed by the underworld presence in Chicago. Investigator Robert Leo, hired by Stokes, testified to a supposed "design" behind the allegations.
Five people, including a Lawrenceville married couple and their three-year-old daughter, were killed when their automobile was struck by a passenger train between Cairo and Danville. An infant died three hours after arrival at a hospital due to injuries and premature birth. The crash also involved Ruth Akin, age twenty, and the unnamed infant born alive after the accident.
Secretary of War Weeks directs the army staff to conduct a thorough study of the effectiveness of the air defense system. The order signals a high level review of existing defenses and potential improvements for readiness.
President Coolidge publicly greeted Baro Ago Von Maltzon the new German ambassador and expressed hope he would study America s century and a half of democratic government to help Germany return to prosperity and peace. The envoy thanked America for social cultural aid and economic reconstruction and reflected on President Harding s legacy. Coolidge urged mutual understanding as the foundation of lasting peace and noted America s long republican history for Maltzon to interpret to his nation.
Kansas City report says Nee Jr M Turner once Kan- Bag football star denied charges as Dora Gage of Atehlaon Kans died after a hotel room assault. Two women described Turner as he allegedly talked and offered poison. Turner was arrested as Dora Gage, previously divorced from William Gage, was found dying in a four room hotel.
A fragmented report notes the death of Bun Yut-Sen, former president of the South China republic, at Peking. The piece recalls his leadership of the Chinese revolutionary movement, his stance against communism, and his earlier provisional presidency in 1921 amid debates on unifying China under a single government.
The Senate rejected Charles Beecher Warren as attorney general in a tight 41 to 40 vote after a tense debate. A tie seemed possible until Senator Walsh moved to table, and a party-line shift by Senator Overman plus 9 Republicans and one Farmer-Labor member led to Warren’s defeat amid accusations tied to the sugar treaty and his connections with trust influence. Vice President Dawes was absent during the crucial ballot as timing and party lines shaped the outcome.
Reported misspellings suggest a Chicago courtroom handled a case tying Shepherd and his wife to new evidence in the death of Ila McClintock from typhoid fever. Dr Charles Malhiuin testified on how to recognize and handle the germ and how it could be injected unseen in food.
Mrs Joseph Pulitzer, wife of Joseph Pulitzer Jr of the World and New York papers, died following an automobile accident in Manhattan. The Vanderbilt-linked publisher’s widow was reported in newspapers of record, with the tragedy affecting the Pullitzer family and media circle.
Washington officials of the Internal Revenue Bureau said it will be several months before authorization for publication of income tax returns. The notice indicates delays in publicizing returns and the process governing disclosure.
A garbled OCR item notes a largest building sale at 120 Broadway involving a party named Yong Mie enon hula with unclear details. The fragment mentions ep AON and indicates a major property transaction with limited legible data.
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