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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
2
The fragmentary OCR mentions Russian troops and regional activity, with unclear references to a defense or confrontation. It also notes an accident or award of 3,000 dollars tied to deprivation of a ship and a wife, but details are bare andunclear.
Fragmentary OCR note indicates a New Jersey company asserting proximity to Norfolk for peanut products. Details are unclear, but connection between the company and a Norfolk area facility is mentioned with incomplete phrasing.
A rock fall collapsed a ledge trapping nine workers near the edge as a solid section gave way. One man died instantly and several others were badly injured, with hopes of recovering others fading as further rock could be dynamized and removed.
In Eliott court, Vorinern Ames, former mayor of Minneapolis, was found guilty of bribery after a jury verdict. The case prompts usual motions for stay and execution of judgment, with an appeal likely to follow.
Sioux City Indiana will host a grand midsummer festival from June 20 to July 4 featuring the Jabour Carnival and Circus Company with about two hundred performers. A Night in Japan spectacle includes Japanese acrobats, juggler acts, a Japanese wedding, and a 24 dancer ballet led by Mile. Rose Edyth. A two hour fireworks display closes the show alongside industrial street booths and mercantile displays attracting a large crowd for the region's biggest Fourth of July event.
Polio Puzzled by Oase of Wiliam Patterson in Muncole reports a shooting at the Patterson home in Muncie Indiana. The family says a burglar fired five shots ten to fifteen minutes before police were summoned when doors and windows were locked. Patterson survived the incident.
Advices from Manila report Major Pershing’s column engaging a large Moros force in Taraca County near Lake Lanao on Mindanao. American troops captured ten forts along the Taraca River. Moros suffered 115 killed and 13 wounded with no prisoners, including the sultan. Two Americans were killed and seven wounded. The forts blocked the Moros as Pershing advanced.
Father Walser departed Lorain with Rev. Bonsthide Rus for unspecified Eng ysine destination after two months rest. Central priests expressed respect. Rev. Charles mschin among them. Walser to rest two months then resume work in this territory. Filipinos Santos and DeLacring sentenced to death for brigandage and conspiracy in Rixal Philippines. execution date not set.
Philip W Delano of New Hampshire assistant paymaster of the United States Navy has been placed under arrest in Washington pending an investigation of his books and financial conduct. The report mentions a priest from Oneida and a ceremony tied to the Episcopal Church near Green Bay by Bishop Gratton, with a Washington cable from General McWade.
Paris authorities confront crowds as Capuchins resist disbanding and barricade monasteries. Carcassonne police, with dragoons and infantry, storm the monastery after hours of resistance. 3,000 demonstrators gather. Three Capuchins are among the detained.
The Hawkeye State article notes a labor dispute at state hospitals where patients treated for drink addiction refuse work. At Cherokee, sixty men were set to work on tree planting. most declined, while some offered limited duties. Reports show movement in the inebriates and changes in admissions, escapes, and parole at Pleasant and other facilities.
Damage was limited with farmers reporting about 25 to 26 percent loss. State officials including Saxe of the Iowa crop bureau and Greene of the State Horticultural Society expect an only modest overall fruit crop, noting cherries and plums bore the greatest injury while southern apples fared worse in some areas. The danger of further harm is considered past.
Detectives Col John Bryant of Burfalo and Phil Kerigan of Chicago with EB Averill of the United States Express announce $3,000 hidden under the express office and disclose the theft totaled $4,000 rather than $10,000. They say the method and guilty parties remain undisclosed but local involvement is suspected and arrests are expected soon.
Sioux City couple Mr and Mrs William Lubert celebrate sixty years of marriage with relatives and friends. Married May 1 1843 in Hagenow Germany they sailed May 1 1851 to America living in Cleveland Rock Island and Sioux City since 1858. Mr Lubert was a tailor by trade.
An 11 year old boy from Sheldon died after grabbing a live electric light wire near Postmaster Stewart’s yard as a storm damaged line hung low. Doctors arrived but he succumbed within minutes. The accident is being investigated and local conditions may have caused the contact.
Iowa officials report glanders discovered in several herds across the central region near Ackley and Guindy County. State Veterinarian Wyck ends days of inspections, recommends quarantine and disposal of affected cattle, warns the disease is highly contagious and requires strict measures to prevent spread.
A prayer meeting at the home of Mrs G F Sprague in Sue City ends with her sudden death during a fervent plea. Sprague, born in Ontario in 1886, had lived in Iowa since 1875, with prior residencies in Boone and Grant City before moving to She City.
State board of control will use inmates from the Eldora State Industrial School to install plumbing in the new school hall and workshop buildings. Many skilled boys have years of experience in the engineering department and seek hands on plumbing work to gain experience and noncompliant skills for better jobs after release.
J Y Greenwell, an Davenport glucose works machinist, was arrested by U S Marshal Geo M Christiangndet on charges from the Mexican government that he murdered J B Stanfield, an American who went abroad with him in 1902. A preliminary hearing followed the arrest.
Nine Buena Vista County farmers sign contracts for home telephone service with Norther Telephone Company. About twenty six more farmers favor a Storm Lake to Alta line to eliminate tolls between Storm Lake and Alta, enabling direct rural communication. company to decide soon.
Burglars broke into J. B. Olson’s general store in Superior Dickinson County, blew open the safe, looted contents, then fired the building. Loss estimated at $10,000, insurance just expired. The post office was inside the store. Robbers used tools from a Rock Island tool house to commit the break in.
George Burrier, linked to multiple burglaries in several towns, was sentenced to fifteen years in an Iowa prison for breaking into the homes of Dr. Hamilton and Ed Heale on February 28. He confessed to other robberies including in Faydine mood and Grassman fur cases. Judge Nichols presided. In Knoxville, judge granted change of venue for W. S. Richards, ex United States marshal, amid alleged complicity in a robbery, sending the case to Warren County for hearings.
The Washington house where Lincoln died, opposite Ford's Theatre, has been restored and opened to the public. Once decaying with visitor fees, a preservation society revived it last fall, making it a premier sight near the capital with its collection of Lincoln relics.
A massive explosion at the Thor Manufacturing Company on 647 Orange Street in Cleveland destroyed a torpedo caps and explosives plant. Four people died and twenty seven were seriously injured as shattered windows and debris swept the area. The blast occurred during the plant’s busy season with many workers, including ten girls, four boys, and one man present.
A Baltimore era summary shows 1890 and 1890s mortgage and owned home percentages by state. North Atlantic states lead in mortgaged homes with New Jersey 62.2 percent and Vermont 42.4 percent, while Florida and South Carolina are lowest. The text notes high ownership regions often align with prosperous manufacturing areas and cautions against equating high mortgage rates with poverty.
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