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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1903
Page
2
A mangled OCR fragment describes a strike related event with references to a restaurant and employees. The readable portions mention a strike and names or identifiers that are incomplete. The piece lacks clear details on time, place, or participants.
A terse, fragmentary report notes a death tied to a family tragedy involving D. T. Hedges and a mother figure. The sparse OCR text hints at a personal tragedy rather than a public event, leaving the exact circumstances unclear.
Reports say forests near Waterville ten miles south of the city are destroyed with many lives feared lost. Fires cut communications, reaching Simpson where wells lie amid fierce flame. People were rescued via a special train to Davis City, while Mt Jewett faced destruction threats but was saved after several buildings burned.
An officer of United States Express at Britt, Iowa, was forced by two masked robbers to open a shipping office and turn over a package believed to contain about $10,000, along with other money. The bandits bound and gagged him and fled, taking the registered $10,000 package intended for transfer to Milwaukee and Minneapolis. Peterson, about 60, was unable to identify the two traveling men connected to the robbery.
National Live Stock Association says 26 009 000 dollars has been subscribed to stock in a plan to curb the beef trust. The group contemplates building a chain of packing houses if mergers prevail, as president John W. Springer notes urgent conditions may require action. strong entities include National Live Stock Association and John W. Springer.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a death and an office, with unclear names or places. Readable parts indicate a fatal incident or crime note, but essential details such as persons, dates, or locations are missing.
Frankfort Kentucky jury found James Howard guilty of murder in the Goopall case. Eleven jurors initially voted guilty and debated punishment. On three ballots, the panel split between death and life, before nine settled on life imprisonment.
Geo D. of Sioux City was named temporary chairman of the Republican state central committee for the coming convention to be held in Des Moines on July 1. W Weeks, Guthrie Center, elected secretary. Garver Laurens, assistant. Cook Hampton, reading clerk. Proudfoot Indianola, assistant reading clerk. Delegates apportioned as before, one at large per county plus one per 200 votes for the head ticket at last election. Harmony marked the meeting with full representation and unanimous actions.
Nancy Jennette Mood, also listed as Mrs Flood, was arrested Thursday in Grand Rapids Mich charged with the murder of John London two weeks earlier London worked on Barney Tingletons farm near Ada where Mood was a housekeeper London was shot in the kitchen as Mrs Wood cried that he was dead Initially the death was deemed accidental or suicide The case notes Mood recently took out a $1000 accident policy on Londons life with herself as beneficiary
Anna Palmer aged 23, touring with Della Worx, was struck by a ball of lightning during a violent thunderstorm near her brother's house. The blow left her partly insane and she collapsed, delaying plans to travel to New York for a GW engagement on Werth's vaudeville circuit.
An oncoming forest fire endangers Onaway Michigan as flames spread in all directions toward lumber yards and camps. Strong southwest winds drive residents to safety while log trains shuttle people to safety through the night. authorities fear loss of life unless rain arrives.
A Washington special reports Russia denies plans to secure exclusive privileges in Manchuria. London dispatches note no Tokyo reports on American war vessels assembling at Yokohama. The Japanese and British ministers at Pekin have warned China against accepting Russian demands.
Disrupted transmission reports the suspension of the British expedition’s advance in Somaliland following recent reverses. Maj. Gen. Edgerton may replace Brig. Gen. Manning. Madam Wilhelmina designates an umpire for US Venezuela arbitration. Rockefeller funds Salvation Army citadel in Cleveland. Santo Domingo shelling kills soldiers and damages homes. Millionaire Al Adams jailed in New York. Mrs Snowball insured a $10,000 life policy.
Des Moines conference ministers press forward a fund to support superannuated Methodist pastors. Rev. Pletcher Brown has raised about 36000 toward a 50000 goal for a permanent income. The money will be invested to aid aged ministers no longer in service. Brown expects to secure the remaining amount within two years.
Defense claims death by own act. District court in Council Bluffs hears case of state of Iowa against Mrs Ella Mc Daniels and A M Livix charged with murder at Macedonia Beeb. Barney MecDuniata, husband of Mc Daniels, questioned after tragedy. Prosecution rests after witness A W Smith testifies to fleeing from home and hearing cries. Defense argues despondency from ill health led to strychnine attempt followed by self harm.
A Waterloo dispatch reports a midnight incident on the Nruth Street bridge where an unknown highwayman attempting a hold up was thrown over the railing by a citizen defending himself and property. The hero is Herman Buttke of 185 Argyle Street, partner in Sibert and Buttke, billiard parlor and bowling alley proprietors on West Fourth Street. Additionally, a Rock Island depot break in yielded little except a grip with files and matches. swaths of storms sweep Iowa, crippling wires and trees. a Dubuque case suspects murder in Michael Morgan's decomposed body. Mason City notes a college building deeded to the National Military College by the United States Sons of Veterans.
A late Monday night fire at 11:16 devastated Melbourne near OL W. Camas dog store. The blaze destroyed major businesses including Lamar's drug store Hunt's Arg store Central Hotel Bollingbacker's barber shop McCarthy's furniture Good ultn's restaurant postoffice Vins Boone's millinery Buck's office bini parlor city hall Hine's hardware Brandt's harness shop and the Pearson Huge. Only the meat market and barn survived after diligent effort. Several insurance offices and residences were also burned. insurance will not fully cover losses.
Charles F. P. Rademacher, a prominent Sioux City bookkeeper and manager for Charles Shornbury & Co., died Sunday from a self-inflicted gunshot to the left lung. Despondent over impending unemployment after a company absorption, he reportedly bought a revolver and fired. He was a member of the Elks and known in high social circles. witnesses say his accounts are all right.
Frank Liddle, former Northwestern engineer, drank two ounces of carbolic acid and died soon after. He had a history of insanity, once plotted to kill his wife and two children, wounded his wife with a meat pounder, and after asylum confinement and a brief recovery attempted to resume work before relapsing and drinking again.
Dr Dante A Callahan physician of Purley vanished a week ago and was found wandering in a field near Washbourh three miles south of Waterloo. He was brought to Waterloo and deemed demented. His brother a Farley druggist took him home saying overwork caused the condition and rest will restore him.
An Osceola special reports Matt Hunter was found guilty of second degree murder in the Homer Holland case. The jury reached unanimous verdict after four hours of deliberation, with a teat vote before and after discussion. Judge Parrish to sentence Wednesday morning. defense attorneys say appeal unlikely.
A Davenport special reports Dan Breen, famed steamboatmate on the Missieaipp, was Saturday declared to have acted in just defense when he killed Christopher and Edlaworth Leonidas, long haired medicine men on the steamer Dubuque last July. The verdict clears Breen of a double murder indictment and quashes two $15,000 damage suits against the Diamond Joe Steamboat Company. A Schaller special notes a lightning strike set a large barn at the G B Gould farm near four miles southeast of here, sparing stock with neighbor aid. A Guthrie Center special mentions plans to bore for coal on Stover Bros and Motz land northwest of town, with belief of no coal bed in the valley. Eddyville reports Brad Watkins and Frank Comutack, both about 15, charged with attempting to assault Frank Comutack’s daughter.
Fragments describe a scarce tale involving Wad and a room claim. The text is jumbled and omits clear names, dates, or events. No coherent action or outcome emerges from the readable phrases.
The article outlines Joseph Little Bristow’s rise to Fourth Assistant Postmaster General in 1907 and hisKansas origins, noting his role in investigating a postal fraud. It also recalls Rev. William Henry Milburn’s long Senate chaplaincy and a brief biographical arc from early education to Methodist ministry and politics.
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