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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1908
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Hunting Comrade and alleged assault actions. The readable portion indicates a report about violence or intimidation connected to a political or wartime context, with names partially visible. Further specifics are unreadable in the provided snippet.
Jury clears two bankers of misapplication and falsifying bank books amid lively courtroom drama. Judge Huphi delays sentencing and warns of federal penalties from five to ten years and fines up to five thousand dollars as court cases near verdicts for multiple defendants including Mr Mora and Mrs Curtis.
An untidy OCR fragment notes leaders and Alashdivists turning to vote on prohibition in independence parties. It claims socialists fell short of one million votes, estimating nationwide Debs support around 600,000 with Chicago at 46,000 in 1904 and under 20,000 on Tuesday. Milwaukee shows about 1,000 present, contrasting with expected gains for the prohibition platform.
A terse report notes cross border leaders respond to a present danger, with Honorable officials confirming cooperation between Germany and France. The situation remains tense as observers seek clarity on who is responsible and what actions follow.
Wealthy widow Mrs Rebecca Veit and her son Nelson Veit die in a suspected murder suicide. Nelson allegedly shot his mother then inhaled gas, their bodies found after an evening with Miss Veit and a phone call to the city. Police note a possible motive tied to Nelson's secret marriage.
Republican National Committee chairman Frank Hitchcock said a full list of campaign fund contributions will be published in printed form. The tabulation work has begun and will be released later this week. Hitchcock will depart headquarters to settle campaign business in New York after visiting Hot Springs Virginia and President Taft in Washington.
John McMullen was arrested on a charge of wrecking a Duluth-Milwaukee-Omaha line train near Augusta Wisconsin. He reportedly confessed to his sweetheart, who alerted authorities. The wreck threw the train at fifty mph off the track after a rail was removed. eight people suffered minor injuries.
Jury was secured after an all day effort for the trial of George Young for the alleged slaying of Frank Parker last June near Kellogg Iowa. Parker and Young, former Denver partners, had a quarrel that led to Parker attempting to leave with Parker’s daughter when Young and Arthur Robinson intervened. Parker was shot after the struggle. Young claims self defense. County Attorney H. T. Mathber leads the state in Newton with McKlin and Campbell assisting.
Gladys Freeman allegedly aided Joe Collett a.k.a. Joe Simpson by marrying him to block testimony after a burglary at Larson Swan Dry Goods worth near 1000 dollars. The Sioux City police planned extradition as Chief Dineen moved to pursue charges while Gladys Treeman aided in Collett’s capture.
The report says James Wilson of Town is likely to retire January 1, 1910 from the Agriculture Department after twelve years in the cabinet under McKinley Roosevelt and soon under Taft. If Taft keeps him for nine months more, Wilson would surpass Gallatin’s record as longest serving cabinet member.
George Weare of Sioux City aged 78 years and 11 months died Thursday morning after a long illness and a heroic struggle. He faced death with determination and grit, living 53 years in the city and serving at the president's desk in town. An operation was performed in August after a bout of illness, but doctors said he could not live more than a week.
A damaged OCR snippet contains jumbled words and quotes from an unknown town item. Readable elements are sparse, no clear event, names, dates, or places emerge to anchor a concise news card.
In Warren County jail Indianola Sunday night a daring inmate Reuben Bean attacked Sheriff Grant Kimer with a poker as he entered the corridor to lock doors. Bean was subdued by inmate Hd Donthe and restrained by Donke. Bean, jailed for horse theft from a Lacona preacher three weeks earlier, was confined after a brutal brawl in which Kimer sustained head injuries.
Explosion at a Christian Endeavor meeting in a Walker church traps five youths and adults. Pastor Rev Charles J Fisher and Nile Fisher are seriously burned, while Miss Cora Butterfield and Stella McCawley suffer hand burns. Firefighters report bravely evacuating through windows.
Washington official Dr. Whitaker of the Department of Agriculture travels to Des Moines under the anti tuberculosis league to discuss bovine tuberculosis in milk. He will meet city dairy clubs and organizations to inaugurate a broad education campaign on the tubercular germ and its presence in milk.
Bloodhounds trail a man named Bauzort in Coon Rapids after he’s linked to burglaries at Roger and Childa drug stores. He was arrested near the opera house where he worked after dogs twice followed the burglarized stores to him following Sunday night reports.
Fifteen year old Simon Pierce, son of farmer W N Pierce near Marshalltown, asserts the town crown for corn picking in the 16 year old division. He worked six days last week, ten hours daily, picking husking and cribbing ninety bushels each day despite a warning whistle from an approaching locomotive. An unknown man was killed near Oswego Sunday evening in a separate incident.
Henry Philips, 16, suffered a non serious chest injury when a bullet was deflected by a rib during a Halloween party at Raymond. Colfax high school senior Mauricia Pabst broke a bone in his foot during a football game Saturday. Both incidents were reported with limited readable details.
Tomas Hatenda Paton Palma the first president of Cuba dies at Saytiago after a pneumonia illness. Once driven from office amid disputes and abdication amid American occupation, Palma lived in exile on the Cnuto River estate until his death.
Harvard President Charles W. Wilit resigns after long tenure marked by radical reforms at the colonial college. He transformed Latin Greek philosophy and mathematics instruction, introduced a continental system of study, and unified scattered colleges, elevating Harvard’s rank among American universities.
The Swix State Council approved an arbitration treaty with the United States while a Turkish steamship collided with the steam ferryboat Stamboul near Smyrna, causing 140 deaths. Melbourne buyers faced a wool terms dispute as trading halted at the opening of the federal exchange, and in Pekin reforms faced resistance. A boxing match concluded with Lutthog defeating Pottayat Normanna in two twenty minute rounds, after a long bout. A ship from Britain, the Agron, departed nearly two months earlier, and inland coral formations near Suva were noted. A priest’s wife gave birth to a child later reported, with a ceremony involving a chaplain.
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