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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1906
Page
4
Monon Railroad Fails To Enforce Ad Payment Rule
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled only money could be accepted for transportation payments after a new rate law. Monon Railroad officials argued contracts for publication services paid in transportation at tariff rates were lawful. They contended the commission aims to prevent evasion, not restrict contracts, and Monon ordered passenger dept to continue contracts with payment in equivalent advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merce
Legal Department
Monon Yailroad
George Skretzinger
I. G. Field
inter‘State’. Commerce’ Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kretzinger
Field
McDael
Jassenger Department
Con
Garlington cites secrecy over Brownsville shooting in 25th Regiment
Gen Garlington says officers exhausted all means to obtain evidence about the Brownsville shooting and claims the three companies evaded questions and refused to discuss events. He notes the secretive attitude of the troops and emphasizes the aim to separate the innocent from the guilty in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Garlington
Brownsyale
Garlington Bays
United States
War, Department
California relief fund denial under scrutiny
A California committee rejects claims of misused relief funds. The Red Cross and local groups say over eight million dollars contributed were properly accounted for, with audit of books up to date and found correct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Comec
TRS
É Ndj
Avery” Dol‘tarde
Adirondack Murder Trial Details Crom Gillette Case
The district attorney presented key testimony in the Chester D. Gillette trial for Grace Brown's murder. Mrs. Margaret Carey testified she heard a shrill scream near Big Moose Bay as Gillette and Brown traveled together, a statement later disputed but allowed. Witnesses placed Gillette and Brown at Big Moose the day of the event, with Gillette using the alias Carl Graham Albany and staying at a non registering hotel. The scream testimony, described as a high pitched two syllables, was contested but admitted and linked to the body’s discovery area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamohida
Serite
Ward
Nick
Chester D. Gil
Grace Brown
Courtland
Derepidant
Syenid
Adirondacks
Gillette
Miss “Brown
Margaret Carey
Dast Orange
N. J
South Bay
Big Moose
Girlette
Miss Brown
Devendorf
Tuppers
Carl Graham
Albany
Big Moose Lake
Negro Troops to Be Discharged at Fort Reno
The war department announces the president will not grant a rehearing on the discharge of enlisted men from three companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. The secretary of war, after considering arguments against the order, directs continued discharge proceedings without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Reno
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Secretary of War
Peter Gettman Suicide After Family Quarrel Near Sanborn
Peter Gettman a 40 year old German stock raiser living near Sanborn killed himself with a slas knife after a domestic dispute with his wife over property. An inquest found no verdict of suicide. checks show prior religious work and a family of seven children. The body was moved to Swea City for burial amid speculation of temporary insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Gettman
Sanborn
Gettman
IOWA B P ORGANIZATION FORMED AT DAVENPORT MEET
The Iowa State Association of B.P.E.H formed in Davenport with delegations from major lodges. Officers elected include President J. W. Patterson Dubuque and vice presidents Victor E. Bender Council Bluffs T. W. Henry Des Moines L. R. Doris Fort Dodge, secretary J. R. Frailey Fort Madison treasurer C. L. Kingsley Waterloo doorkeeper Claude A. Baker Centerville sergeant at arms A. P. McDade Dubuque chaplain A. W. Breen Waterloo trustees named Phil A. Baland LeMars and W. 73. Whitney Decorah. Next convention time and place to be decided by the board of trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iown State Association of
B. P
Dubuque
Victor E. Bender
Council Bluffs
T. W. Henry
Des Moines
L. R. Doris
Fort Dodge
J. R. Frailey
Life Sentence for Mard Supreme Court Affirms Murder Conviction
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the life sentence of Charles Thomas for the 1901 murder of Mabel Scofield. Thomas, indicted four years after the crime and convicted in a sensational Polk County trial, disappeared after the ruling as Des Moines citizens contributed $5,000 and the state $500 in rewards. Detective Com Hockersmith notes the rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Charles Thomas
Mabel Scofield
Supreme Court
Lfe
Fecht Found Guilty of Assault After Saloon Death
In Fort Dodge the state jury found Fecht a bartender guilty of assault and battery in a saloon fight that led to William Church’s death from a broken neck. The verdict carries a maximum fine of $100 or thirty days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fecht
Fort Dodge
Wiliam Church
Church
Pug Charged With Murder After Grand Rapids Fight
The coroner's jury in Grand Teaplds Mich returned a verdict that Mike Ward died from a fall caused by a blow from Harry Lewis during a prize fight. Blame is laid on the promoters and abettors as fully as on the principal fighters. A warrant was issued for Lewis's arrest on wilful murder charges following the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Ward
Harry Lewis
Grand Teaplds
Mich
Ward
Besterman
Lewis
Largest Inland Boat Built Albatross Slides Into Harbor
During this month the transport Albatross, the largest inland boat ever built, will slide down the ways into Dubuque harbor. The 305 foot long vessel, 63 feet beam, is destined for railroad transport service between Vicksburg and Delta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque Harbor
Vicksburg
Delta
Black man Waives rights in Groveton death case
Dick Garrett, a Black man who fatally harmed Dr. Paul in Groveton Texas a few days earlier, died in a related incident Wednesday afternoon according to the sheriff. He had waived all rights and pleaded guilty at a Wednesday morning hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Garrett
Paul
Groveton
Tex
Bride and groom die in Casnovia double tragedy
Two young farmers near Casnovia Michigan faced a domestic dispute over furniture purchases. A man shot his bride of three months and then killed himself. The case ends with no survivors. Police report details remain limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delon
Highland
Casnovia
Mich
Cincinnati Bank Teller Arrested in Embezzlement Case
Cincinnati bank teller Bi Gy Cavagna was arrested by U S Marshal Lewis on Wednesday night. It is alleged Cavagna received $81,600 from First National Bank accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Cavagna
Cinairinati
First National
Banks
Wes
United States
Lewis
Fire Damages Berkley's Hardware in West Waterloo
A furnace overload sparked small fire at Berkley's hardware store in West Waterloo causing $1,000 damage. Dense smoke extinguished lanterns and firemen battled flames in darkness. several firefighters suffered smoke injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Berkley
West
Masons of Mapleton Open New Temple With Reception
The Mapleton Masonic fraternity held a reception at the new temple on Wednesday evening November 21 to mark the opening. Grand Master Cleveland of Harlan attended and gave an address. Farm spellings and a real estate deal near Rockwell City were noted, including the sale of land for an even $300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Fraternity of
Mapleton
Masonic Temple
Cleveland
Harlan
Ini
George
Brower
Rockwell City
Ehler
Human Anatomy Sets Sent to State High Schools for Study
Professor J H Prentiss of the State University College of Medicine leads a plan to extend anatomical education into high schools. Complete bone sets will be sent in hardwood cases for physiology teaching, initially 12 to 24 sets, with more to follow if demand exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turaishee
J. H. Prentiss
Annatomy
College’ ‘of Medicine
State University
Atnto
Joan
Fatal rear-end collision near Riverside Park Sioux City
Two extra freight trains on the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul line collided rear end near Riverside park in Sioux City Sunday afternoon. William Gates rear brakeman died. Frank Wood conductor seriously burned. Robert Sherman fireman badly cut and bruised. H Hopkinson engineer of second train had a broken leg. The second train ran at high speed and could not be stopped after the first crash was discovered. All victims were in Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peeight
Bates
Met
Sioux City
Methodists Hold Sioux City District Conference at LeMars
The Sioux City Methodist district conference met Monday at LeMars first Methodist church with strong ministerial and lay turnout. Presiding Elder Smylie led proceedings and Rev J B Walker of Hint on served as secretary. Afternoon panels discussed routine business. Evening speakers included Rev Dr Lewis of Morningside College and Miss Gay Dolliver, dean of women at Morningside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goml
Sioux City
Mias Gay Dolliver
Morningside College
Student Missing From Cedar Falls Normal School Found
Edith Campbell of Wiota, Iowa, a student at the Cedar Falls State Normal, wandered from study and was found Sunday afternoon at a private Waterloo home where she had sought work. She had been discouraged by study and deprived of sleep, causing faint anxiety among faculty and friends for several hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Wicchen
Edith Campbell
Wiota
Iowa State Normal School
Cedar Faille
Waterloo
Maniac Enters Death Chamber in Bold Miracle Claim
A maniac entered a farm house near Fort Dodge and seized Ellen McDonald’s hand at her coffin before fleeing after bystanders intervened. Other items note Sioux City fair tensions, a Clinton scientist’s back yard telescope, Sioux City’s hosting of a Piromen’s tournament, James W. Hutchingan’s Sioux City death, a normal school term end, Payette county road work, and a Trast way church dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Ellen McDonald
Mmoumora
James Greenhill
Clinton
Mr. Greenhill
Fragmented historical timeline of events and figures
A dense OCR list covers varied items from 1600s to 1905, naming battles, executions, explorations, political changes, and notable actions. It mentions Sherifmuir, Spain and Cuba events, Suez Canal opening, Sherman’s march, abolition, and other scattered incidents with dates and places.
Sidon’s Futuristic City Prophecy by Thomas A Fidison
A signed prophecy by Thomas A. Fidison envisions a smoke free future city a century hence with universal skyscrapers of concrete and steel thirty stories high streets bridged at different levels and machines each with its own motor electric chimes for houses and a factory landscape powered directly by fuel without engines or dynamos electric street vehicles and airships portable by the new battery a thousand year durability for buildings and a transformed urban soundscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Fidison
Gorky Sketches U S Impressions From Milan Dispatch
Milan dispatches report Maxim Gorky has published Impressions of the United States. The first part targets New York as the City of the Yellow Demon, critiquing money and greed amid American life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorky
Milan
Italy
Maxim Gorky
United States
New York
Town of Five Thousand Boys Plan Assembly
Trustees announce Judge William Brown of Salt Lake juvenile court will organize a town populated by 6000 boys. It will be policed by boys and governed by boy leaders as an attraction for next year’s assembly. A school for officers and YMCA youth workers will accompany the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Ind
Npsembly
William Brown
Salt Lake
Acheme
Yi. M,c. A. Bunday Achooa
Ria Cacao
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