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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1903
Page
2
A fragmented report notes a hearing on strike impacts involving Gov Coates chairing the committee. Names appear as Lea Logan Ingles Eads and Hei. details are unclear but indicate a municipal or community dispute with potential escapes mentioned.
A passenger train on the Fiahoma and Gulf route jumped a fifteen foot embankment near Hot Springs Arkansas. All cars except the Pullman sleeper were wrecked with a collapsed bridge into Gulpha Creek. One man died and at least twenty were wounded including an engineer in critical condition. Officials cite heavy rains loosening the embankment and spreading rails as the cause.
In Cincinnati Ohio William Daly Louis Burbank and two other Adams Express Company employees drank poisoned whisky from a bottle addressed to Mrs Kate Nobbe. Benjamin Ficker died Wednesday night and two others remain seriously ill though not expected to die. B B Ficker noted a leak in the bottle and warned this was too good to waste before the drink was shared. The men were rushed to hospital.
Miss LaGrange of Los Angeles traveled across the continent seeking her miner sweetheart G W Atherman in Joplin district. She reached Webb City to learn he was buried in the local cemetery and wept as the sexton opened the grave. She returned to California in deep mourning after this somber journey.
After a secret conference between General Manager Ward and a Great Northern committee representing employes at St Paul, hope grows that a basis for action has been reached and an amicable conclusion will follow. Rumors say Northwestern system has settled with its trainmen on similar terms.
Gas exploded in a sleeping car attached to the New York express as it stopped at New Haven. The car caught fire within moments, and occupants escaped in their night clothes with few possessions. The car was destroyed and the cause remains unknown.
Bartender Noah Sprading divulges information after selling whisky to Cantmir Reichlin directly following the murder in Lorain. Detectives Goldsmith and Mintz escort Sprading to police headquarters while public officials debate reopening the case and increasing the reward, now about 7000 dollars, with Chicago broker Peter Fahey contributing 4,000 dollars. Authorities promise further detective work to uncover the killer of Agatha Refehlin.
A Denver man reports from a hospital in Kishineff that his mother sister and brother likely perished in the recent massacre. The father, badly wounded, writes of blood in the streets mothers and children attacked and women slashed as mobs shouted anti Jewish cries. He says thousands died and homes burned.
In Wharton New Jersey Henry Waldee lies in a hospital badly hurt after a club duel over Rosa Latazky an 18 year old Hungarian girl who arranged the clash with two suitors present with ten witnesses Rosa and a young man she invited watched as both duelists fought until they collapsed and were later found unconscious. the two men were married by a justice of the peace.
A major fire in Buffalo destroyed the Diamond Mills and an elevator, plus about forty railroad cars, with the Lake Shore and Erie Railroads affected. Sparks damaged nearby homes and city fire crews prevented further spread. Estimated loss reaches 250000 dollars.
Edward Schradzki proprietor of the Masonic Temple building in Peoria lost his life when a blaze broke out at 3 oclock Wednesday afternoon. The disaster details are sparse but indicate a fatal fire at the temple structure.
Charles City area investigators and county officials probe a rumor of murder after Cedar Township farmer Clarence Walker vanished on January 10. His wife has fled to a sister near Clear Lake while neighbors and authorities suspect foul play and target a neighbor named Raymond who lived with Mrs Walker and has threatened violence.
The grand lodge of the A O U W closed its convention at Sioux City on Thursday. The following officers were elected for the coming year Master Workman Will M Narvis Muscatine Overseer Geo Heck Burlington Recorder B F Nehkopf Des Moines Inside Watchman L Southard Shenandoah Trustee P H E Sommerfeld Dubuque Representatives to Supreme Lodge W H Berry Indianola B F Carroll Des Moines B F Nehkopf Des Moines Foreman A V Proudfoot Indianola Outside John W Wilby Waterloo Outside Watchman G A Pitts Ottumwa
Mabel Lund an 11 year old adopted granddaughter of Mrs J Lund from south of Webster City was taken by her stepfather John Eddington. The child, illegitimate daughter of Mrs Lounds daughter, had been raised by Mrs Lund since age three after her birth. They moved to Des Moines after marriage. Mrs Lund seeks legal action though no adoption papers exist.
East Des Moines residents were alarmed by a rabid dog that ran down a street and bit several dogs before being corralled by a policeman in a barn. A woman warned children, avoiding injuries to people, but the mad animal killed a number of small dogs. In another area a girl was bitten three times by a dog showing odd behavior.
Andrew Frae, a 55 year old tramp, died of injuries after a badly broken leg was amputated Sunday following two weeks at a Aurelia hotel. He claimed to have been thrown from a moving train by a brakeman near Aurelia. Relatives reside in Austensen Switzerland. Cherokee County to bear expenses.
Five inches of rain fell in forty-eight hours causing railroad washouts. The Chicago and Northwestern main line suffered a six hundred foot washout at Bronson and the Omaha road had a bad washout inside the city. Town basements flooded and corn crops washed out. local insurers and financial firms are noted amid the damage.
Deputy Sheriff J. O. Baker of Corticlls was shot near Weston while assisting Deputy Stimer Knox in a jewelry store robbery arrest. George Matheson, a 10 year old, fired at close range wounding Baker. Knox pursued Matheson along the Rock Island tracks before losing him.
B Steck remains in precarious condition after an attack by Mike Gunther in Rock Valley Thursday afternoon. Gunther, who had returned from Minnesota, allegedly struck Steck with a shotgun as Steck attempted to eject him, fracturing the skull and breaking the gun stock. Gunther was bound over to the September grand jury after a preliminary hearing. he remains jailed for lack of $2,000 bond.
A roughly dressed man on a brown horse rode to the Kossuth post office Monday and forced Postmaster Richard Hedges to hand over stamps and cash totaling $150. The bandit fled. authorities fear capture is unlikely as locals react with excitement.
Mayor Hemenway of Cedar Falls fines a man who acted as agent to obtain intoxicating agents for a habitual drinker. He warned that a second offense could bring the largest possible fine and remanded the offender to jail until paid. United States authorities will be notified of such agents and they will be pursued under bootlegging regulations.
In Des Moines the case against Edward Puckett for the death of Alex Euchre proceeds with belief he will be convicted. Investigators found the fatal blow struck away from the old wound and the skull crushed by a bhint instrument. A loaded whipstock was found near the crime scene.
Robbers blew open the safe in the J. O. Stearns feed mill at Clarion and stole about 65 dollars in cash along with notes and insurance papers. Two charges of ultraglycerin wrecked the exterior safe door and office windows after forcing entry through the front door.
The Union Electric Company at Dubuque notified Mayor Berg and Sheriff Steiner it would resume service once adequate protection is provided. It cites telephone threats that have forced workers to quit. No date was given for restart and officials gave no comment. The report also lists a $10,000 creamery fire and a fatal elevator accident with many dependents.
Partial readable fragment notes a hanging death linked to an individual named Pepe Bahnt and mentions fear and mail concerns. details are severely mangled. The item reads as a terse obituary or crime note with limited coherent facts and several garbled terms.
Conservatives held Copenhagen mayoralty for years but a Socialists backed by Liberals won. Malev Jensen, long prominent as chief official of the Central Committee of the Trade Unions, becomes mayor, signaling a strong Socialist majority in council soon.
General Tyner of the Postoffice Department faces resignation amid charges his aides colluded with investment lawyers to grant immunity and aid blackmail. Also covered are Hanna Bey of Turkey diplomacy, the Carnation League backing McKinley memory, and profiles of John J. Lynch and James R. Garfield.
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