14 Nov 1912
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1912
Page
1
Mason City Iowa November news reports Democratic candidate D G Dunn pledges to fight delays and alleged ballot juggling in the gubernatorial vote. He vows to pursue challenges in counties where fraud or manipulation is alleged and waits for the final official tally before taking further action.
London authorities release the royal commission report urging equal grounds for divorce for both sexes. It recommends adultery desertion after three years incurable insanity after five years and incurable drunkenness. It calls for hearings by a single judge with power to seal records and restrict publication of details.
In New York on November 12 a national Cathelic theater movement forms with Cardinal Farley backing and a papal bull. founder Misa Elias O R Luminis outlines organization to archbishops across the United States and Canada. Active appeals seek broad, creed-spanning support to cleanse immoral drama from American stages.
Governor Trewer warned of possible militia deployment as 260 men walked out after President Hightower barred visiting young women students in dorms during study hours. Governor Nrawer defended the order as unfounded and threatened arrests for strikers. senior students warned they would be jailed if remaining on college grounds.
Philadelphia November 12 George J Baer president Read ing company said if people are patient the pullle cannot be fully supplied with coal without suffering He blamed anthracite shortage on miner strikes and noted output limits due to labor action in discussing the canal fleet report
Larrabee heirs Charles Larrabee and Senator Lynden Larrabee were summoned to Clermont for their father Governor William Larrabee's decline. Davenport resident Pred Lucht was struck and killed instantly by a engine on the Rock Island line near Davenport on the west end of the fly.
The article catalogs various drought rainmaking rites from Russia and Serbia, including three men sprinkling water from a vessel, beating a kettle, and a man using a thunder drum, plus a procession of girls in Romania and a “drought is dead” coffin ritual. It notes church blessing abuses and ritual execution in different regions, with women sometimes dragged into water or river rites.
A Chicago Record Herald item notes the decline of the old office boy and the rise of the modern clerk, with civil service commission figures. It cites office boys earning about $480 yearly, clerks from $900 to $4,200, and a shift to higher pay to attract capable workers.
An archaic humor piece depicts a monarchal lord surveying his estate and a pair of country women debating the value of the poor while observing the land and their brewing, with rustic banter about drying a wheellug for a joke.
Mrs Logan Koope remained busy after her husband John A Logith died, devoting herself to advocacy, lectures, and journalism. She supported charitable undertakings, maintained mental activity, and continued public service through magazine writings and public lectures.
A Clinton grocery store damage from a wire fire caused 500 dollars in losses. Two Great Western railway coaches burned in Fort Dodge yards. Anthon area installs major updates at the New State Telephone office. Fort Dodge reports rail and industry accidents and construction projects across several towns. Various civic events include opera houses nearing completion and new block developments at Laurens and Wall Lake.
N Nov N 12 report indicates Sherman left a short will dated April 23 and signed in his handwriting. He names his widow Car Tabenck Sherman as executor, claiming the estate exceeds $10,000 in value. The estate’s full extent is not yet settled, but Sherman was among the locality's wealthiest residents.
A 1920s Paris taxi fleet now includes drivers from China, Germany, Italy, Spain, and various other nations. The Chinese driver, born in Peking, has been at work for two years and envisions a future motor garage in his hometown under the young Chinese Republic.
A three day trial near Zurich found four directors sentenced to imprisonment from 15 days to three months with one year penal servitude for Albrecht. Muller, the chief manager, had lost the money and shot himself after the collapse. Several directors since 1910 died and creditors faced ruin.
The article traces roller skating from early wheeled devices to the modern four wheeled skate. It credits a New Yorker with the 1860s invention and notes rapid wheel and bearing improvements. Early skates used boxwood wheels and later rubber and paper, eventually giving way to hard wood, iron, and steel with ball bearings, boosting popularity among youth.
The text discusses that a square foot and a foot square are not interchangeable in practice. It notes area equivalence in theory but cites variations in surface dimensions and forms such as circles, hexagons, or triangles enclosing the same area. It also explains fixed form with equal sides and right angles and gives examples of differing configurations.
A brief literary note reflects on honesty in fame comparing a dry log up to a tear with Byron's verse. The piece hints at the value of restraint over sensationalism and signals a cultural appreciation of plain truth.
A group of women, including Mrs Bascom and Mrs Collins, discuss husbands and devotion while Miss Winters feels solitary. A bellboy, then a distraught husband, Edward, arrives with his wife and the scene shifts to a playful, ironic tableau of marital roles and affection.
In a fragmented exchange, Motter and Barlow press a debt dispute as ald mun prompts taking action. The terse dialogue hints at a local quarrel over a five pound claim. No party provides a formal resolution in the readable portion.
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