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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1903
Page
2
The article reports a derailment near Denver City causing several deaths and injuries. Debris, broken equipment, and a damaged bridge are noted as engineers struggle to restore uptime. Witnesses describe a chaotic scene with collisions and a tense aftermath at the scene.
Discussion notes that the Hay Bunau Varilla treaty text cannot be public yet due to unwritten law and pending senate decision. It outlines a perpetual right of way lease to the United States, a neutral canal, a simplified form aimed against the void treaty, and a price of ten million dollars.
Reports from Colorado indicate a growing coal shortage as miners' strikes bite. Greeley faces rationing with orders sent to Illinois for five cars. coal may reach ten dollars per ton for consumers. Eaton and Whiteash mines see output diverted to farmers, while Fort Collins electric plant operates intermittently and Pueblo streetcar service is halted.
Dr. Andrew L. Nelden of New York performed the ear graft on a western millionaire in Philadelphia. The patient’s name was not released due to a bond. The surgeon claimed the operation could be successful, but District Attorney Je ’Tome allegedly interfered, calling the procedure unlawful.
Reports say severe fighting blocked rebels from entering the capital around San Domingo Monday night. The US cruiser Baltimore landed marines to protect American interests while the situation remained otherwise unchanged and losses for the rebels are not known.
A gang robbed Lyons National Bank in Lyons Nebraska at 2 o’clock. They destroyed the safe, escaped eastward with about $2000, leaving only $100 in silver and $400 in gold. Witness M L Gump, nearby shopkeeper, heard four explosions but did not alert others. Sheriff Lusk pursued. Lyons once had a night watchman funded by the saloon revenue, which ended after temperance action. Bank officials include George W Little, Joby Forest, and Harold Forest.
An Austin Texas special quotes Mexican authorities warning that yellow fever is epidemic across the country. Thousands of cases remain unreported and public knowledge is suppressed by officials, with the disease beyond the control of the medical department and worsening daily due to local ignorance.
Reports from Camden recount the deaths of Col. B M Boykin, bank president, found near a fence with a shotgun, and E O Zemi, cashier, who shot himself shortly after. Authorities note no clear cause tied to bank shortages and promise investigation.
The Nebraska grand jury indicts Senator C H Dietrich amid political malice claims in Washington. Congress members express sympathy and accuse US District Attorney Summers of overreach using court machinery.
James Dunn, a former Sioux City saloonkeeper, shot his wife twice and then killed himself at his father’s home on East Sixth Street. The couple, married less than a year, had argued over separation and business troubles amid weeks of drinking. Mrs Dunn, shot in the chest, lies at St Joseph’s hospital between life and death. Dunn died by self-inflicted gunshot.
Safe crackers attempted to burglarize the First National Bank at Doon between midnight and early morning. They entered by prying the front door then tried to open the vault wall but fled after triggering the alarm. Tools were left behind, borrowed from the Omaha section house and Schulz's blacksmith shop.
A morning blaze in Pocahontas damaged the telephone exchange for $2000, Quinn's Hardware for $3000, and three IL J Mureny owned buildings housing Hub Clothing, stock loss, plus Murray’s Pool Hall and Bowling Alley with $5000 loss and $2000 insurance. Water pressure failed, hampering suppression efforts.
The Onawa saloonkeepers Wixie Andrews B OConnor and sons Abel Anderson and John Batmgartner faced $8000 in damages claim by W Andrews husband of plaintiff. In district court at Onawa the jury returned verdict Wednesday morning in favor of the defendants for selling intoxicating liquors.
Prominent Grandy farmers are named as defendants in a 50000 dollar damage suit filed by P. A. Seguin alleging mobbing after he delivered an anti Catholic lecture. The case centers on alleged threats and intimidation surrounding the event and seeks redress for damages.
Mrs Sarah Kuhn of Sigourney, convicted of her husband murder in 1900, filed a pardon application with the Koreynor for transmission to Phil Heth General Assembly. Hand crushed in thresher injuring fingers. Wigene Pflug injured while thrashing a Papillion outfit. miner Audrey Anderson killed near Boone by rock, leaving a widow and six weeks mourning. Mrs Schaurty of LeMarra mourns death from wagon accident. marriage news reports fifth nuptial to Sophy LieMire.
Arlington reports a severe smallpox outbreak with over sixty percent of inhabitants affected. The illness has emptied the town, closing schools and churches as residents flee and the Board of Health cooperates with the state to contain the spread.
Three men raided the First State Bank of Mapleton at 2 Saturday evening and failed to obtain cash from the vault worth about $20,000. Only pennies found in a dryer yielded any loot. They also broke into two saloons, took around $20 in cash, plus cigars and liquor, and fled with a team from TY Strethmier’s barn.
Wealthy brother from Pittsburg arrives to claim the body of his sibling who died two weeks earlier at Mercy hospital after a long decline. The deceased had been a dissolute man with rumors of tarnished reputation and poverty in life, while the Pittsburgh brother is described as very wealthy. Relatives were sought, and the Pittsburgh sibling was located to arrange burial.
A woman identified as Florence Tack of Tract died by her own hand in Iowa City after leaving a letter with friends instructing it not be opened until a set hour. The note expresses disillusionment in love and lack of money. Her father is connected to the state University hospital.
A horse and wagon were stolen from James Shepard’s barn three miles north of Altoona. A posse pursued a camper suspected man through the night toward the south. Deputies were sent to aid the posse at dawn and the thief is expected to be captured amid threats of lynching if found.
Mrs. Robert Murray of Des Moines received notice from her attorney that a pension was granted after nearly twenty years. The claim, filed long ago and delayed by errors, was accelerated through Gen. Busby, but Murray died before relief could come. She is interred in the potter's field.
Mins May Buckley of Clinton, a telephony operator, plunged from the Weston building’s 11th story and survived. She struck the iron cage top, suffered a broken arm a badly bruised leg and a cracked hand, and is expected to recover.
The Spurbeck Lambert Company’s Algona factory burned to the ground. The blaze follows a past fire about eighteen months ago. The recently burned section was the new building and no tools were saved.
A small blaze struck the millinery store of Mrs. A. B. Chafee in Ida Grove. Fire damage estimated at about $200, fully covered by insurance. A gale blew as the fire raged, posing a serious threat to nearby frame buildings.
A gas explosion at Cooper's restaurant near Lake Park caused widespread destruction including the barber shop of G. Palmer, Flungen's general store, and a residence. Loss estimated at $10,000 with insurance value around $4,000. Silas Krom, 65, Persia contractor, died by taking poison at his home. authorities report alcohol-related distress and poisoning suspected.
The annual convention of the Town State Dairy Association opened at Wit herloo on Wednesday with over 660 visitors already arrived and expected attendance around 4,500. Gov. Cumming will speak.
A garbled summary from a century ago recalls the Democratic Party announcing plans for territorial governance, Albert Gallytin cites US fiscal totals from Florida and Louisiana, arrivals in New York City include Thomas Paine and Jerome Bonnypainte, Anthony Merry binds at Norfolk, and a British seizure of the ship Providence near Amsterdam portends tensions tied to Napoleon.
A cleaned up digest notes Daniel Webster’s criminal proceedings with editor Dos jun and a polemical press war over British correspondence in the War of 1812. It reports New York trials for women cases, a British naval incident, a Boston warning rumor, and early experiments in raising Indian corn with predictions on a Lincoln era outcome.
The record recalls Tounie Lind v Mme Coldschmidt with mentions of a fortune total around 130000 dollars. Reports cite President Franklin Pierce’s era debates on annexation of Hawaii and trade ties with China and Japan. Cabinet factions allegedly split on a bounty policy with figures like Webster and Nyd opposing Marey Jefferson Davis and Guthrie, accused of Spoils Fieolon.
A Lake Erie rumor from Fortyseventy tells of two Confederate raiders seen off Sandusky prompting fear among ship captains. The note cites Canadian based crews and frontier tensions. Concurrent labor unrest in New York and Boston sees thousands striking for higher wages and shorter hours. Canadian authorities report plots to alter rebel prisoners on Johnson's Island. In Tennessean action, Wheeler era cavalry under Sanders faces Canon troops near Port Sunder.
Thirty years ago a large New York gathering denounced Spain over the Virginal affair. William M. Wyatt presided with notable figures including William Cullen Bryant John Jacob Astor John A. Dix Alexander DP. Stewart Gen. Franz Sigel Fernando Wood and Cornelius Vanderbilt among attendees. Secretary of State Hamilton Fish opposed annexing Cuba citing a $27 million yearly revenue loss. Mass meetings nationwide denounced the Virgihaly ersy incident. Gen. James Longstreet reportedly mobilized 10,000 men in New Orleans for a Cuban expedition.
Fragmented reminiscence notes Sevession from the doumlntoy of Changida alleging Manitoban dissent over Ottawa policy. The Catholic bishops of the United States and Wallington government referenced. Collector Robert 81 clarified Changida land access issue after supposed obstruction.
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