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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1903
Page
2
A Toronto tram incident during routine service caused a wreck on wet rails. Several passengers were thrown from the car as it slid, with multiple deaths and injuries reported. One official arrived at the scene to take charge as investigators assess the wreck at the company's works.
Fragmentary text mentions grave fever and a marine hospital with experts on the ground. States side concerns Neuvo Laredo and cites United States Vice Consul J. Kimball in a partial, uncertain context. No clear event date or outcome is provided.
Five people were killed near Sharon Hill Pennsylvania when a passenger train struck a motorcar at a crossing. Seven miles from Philadelphia the party waiting at the Sharon Hill station saw the death and injuries occur in front of the station amid a family gathering and departure, with soldiers arresting several men and a woman reported among the victims.
The text describes unrest at Wilde station during a labor dispute at Soo Navalay area plants. Militia and police guard facilities as workers, around 600 in company camps, demand work offers. detachment arrival expected to quell protests. Authorities plan to move workers off-site once troops arrive. streetcar service on Canadian side considered.
An inquest in Middletown road north of Washington Pa heard the death of contractor Ferguson by dynamite explosion. Suspects Frank Francis and Joseph Huston were exonerated by the jury but remain prisoners until Norton of Ferguson Construction withdraws charges. Reward for Ferguson murder raised to 6000 dollars.
Ex deputy U S marshal W A Richards of Creston Indiana was found guilty at Indianola Iowa of robbing Mr and Mrs Peter Sullivan of Hamilton Indiana on the night of January 20 Justice Thy verdict was first ballot and there was no difference of opinion Frank Baird serving time testified the state’s evidence Richards guarded the door while he and a man named Rednp tortured Mrs Sullivan to reveal the hiding place of $1800
About 3,000 Milwaukee residents gathered to condemn corruption in city and county governance. A committee was to be appointed to identify guilty parties and pursue prosecution, while some speakers urged socialism as a remedy.
Deputy U S Marshal W A Richards of Creston found guilty of the Hamilton robbery and Mrs Peter Sullivan of Hamilton was sentenced to eighteen years in the penitentiary by Judge Applegate. The verdict came after a forty minute jury deliberation and was announced just before 11 o clock.
Seven people, including Ewald family members and a telephone operator, were poisoned after eating questionable cheese in Sioux City. Wywald, Lineker, and Artie Ewald suffer heavy days with others mildly affected. source of contamination unknown, workers at a local packing plant affected but able to move about.
In Orange City the jury found Michael Guinther guilty of assault and battery for the killing of Berend Steck last May. The verdict followed a 22 hour deliberation after Guinther, a guest at the Steck residence, claimed Steck attacked him with a shotgun and he struck back, killing Steck during an intoxicated confrontation over alleged impropriety with Steck’s wife.
Two Rock Island freight trains collided head on six miles from Centerville causing widespread property damage. Ten injured with John Goodman dying from injuries and James Holleran and James Scrambeck of Eldon fatally hurt. Dispatcher blamed for improper orders as trains traveled at thirty miles per hour. engines and fourteen cars demolished. This marked a second head-on collision in a week at the same site.
A Saturday morning blaze leveled the Sanborn roller mill and electric light plant, a large frame building owned by J. A. Boyd of Crookaton Mills. Very little was saved as the facility could not be operated. the loss is described as heavy. The electric lights, central to the mill operations, will be greatly missed, though the plant may be rebuilt. Nearby, the Gallangher farm, once owned by James Gallangher the man murdered years ago, is noted in the coverage along with related local notices. Sheriff S. Confer collapsed and died at the county jail in Maxon City after a period of illness. The report also mentions two farm parcels, one 11 acres selling for $38 per acre and another 11 acres at a different price, details unclear.
A farmer near Sioux City is accused of assaulting his wife and daughter, driving his son and others to the scene, and fleeing to Mapleton before custody. At a preliminary hearing he allegedly bit and struck his wife, dragged his daughter to a bed, and threatened further harm amid a village alarm and mob presence.
Daniel J Reed, a mechanical engineer at Union Pacific shops in Omaha, shot his sweetheart Glenna Tynes at her 1403 Webster Street apartment, wounding her fatally and attempting suicide. Police arrived quickly, Reed was stopped, and Tynes died at Clarkson Hospital from three bullet wounds. Jealousy and past declined marriage proposals fueled the crime.
A 14 year old boy died after a hay wagon upset the horse team spooked and a fork pierced his abdomen near Center Point. Witnesses describe the boy, David Freybsms, falling and being found unconscious. In a separate case, a mayoral wrongful quarantine suit in Center Point was decided in favor of the defendant Hawsh, jury verdict directed by Judge Miller.
Walter Crandall pleaded guilty in Davenport to four counts of embezzling $12,000 from the Modern Woodsmen while a clerk in Rock Island. He received an indeterminate penitentiary term at Joliet. Prosecutors say the theft involved drafting orders to pay phantom claims.
The long transcription charts diverse political figures including Oklahoma Governor Ferguson and his critics, Ohio lawyer Glucke, and diplomat Joseph Ghote, noting shifts in party loyalties and governance. It references Mrs. Jefferson, widow of the Confederacy president, and mentions George J. Green’s bribery case, plus congressional and diplomatic developments in London and Washington.
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