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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1906
Page
4
A mob of 3600 Italian mothers stormed a Williamsburg public school after rumors of murder doctors cutting pupils throats. Police faced fierce resistance. several officers injured and a detainer arrested. Doctors then examined pupils eyes and throats to quell a feared contagion.
A gas main leak in a Philadelphia Rapid Transit subway under Sixth and Market streets caused a blast just before seven. Seven men are dead and about forty eight injured with thousands of dollars in property damage. Reports say three more may be buried under earth as debris. An unextinguished lamp lit escaping gas, igniting the explosion amid a busy city corner.
Dawson and Dawson letter manufacturers file an inventory petition in the United States district court in Chicago on Friday. The filing sets up combined debts of almost $200,000.
The Bermudian with 100 passengers ran aground Friday in New York harbor as tugboats failed to refloat her during high tide. The steamer had been rounding the area when the mishap occurred.
An armed band of about forty men attacked a mall train near the Biela river by Ufa Russia on Friday, killing four soldiers and wounding three others before escaping with $125,000. Also listed are stock market quotations from Sioux City and a world pool champions match in New York, along with a bridge collapse in Wisconsin that killed a pupil and injured four others.
A Russian lieutenant and the wife of General Oushakoff arrived in Paris by steamship with an elderly chaperone. They fled St Petersburg weeks earlier to avoid the general’s pursuit, traveling under assumed names and staying in hotels while planning further travel. The general followed to Hamburg and then learned they had departed Europe on the Savoie.
Bulgaria issued an ultimatum in the frontier dispute report regarding the Delimitation of a part of the vilayet of Adrianople. Delays by Turkish commissioners to sign the inquiry report provoked a clash between Bulgarian and Turkish guards at Sujuk and Dervish Mogila. Bulgaria warned that if the report is not signed by October 14, troops will reoccupy Sujuk immediately.
The emigrant steamer Charterhouse foundered near Hainan Head on Sept 30 with Captain Clifton and sixty passengers lost. The steamer Seohsichang rescued a raft from the Charterhouse holding Chief Engineer Dowse twenty three crew members and two women after forty three hours adrift.
Readable fragments describe Mrs Tone Cottier suing for divorce from Senator Platt. The court seeks to know truth about alleged affairs and a rumored return of a former wife, with witnesses mentioning Mrs Pratt and connections to Platt. Publicity warned against further disclosures.
Robbers entered the Kimmo bank at 1688 O'Tarret Street in San Francisco on Wednesday. They assaulted manager A. Sakalo and teller Urakate with a gas pipe, stealing $5,000 in gold. Manager Grakata died two hours later from injuries. Police believe the same criminals recently robbed Pfeltzner and Weled merchants.
George Keller, a Waverly railway operator, admits he robbed a central depot till drawer to deflect suspicion. Special Agent W S Dinnen induces a full confession after days of questioning. Money is recovered. Keller pleads guilty to petty strongarm, fined ten dollars plus costs totaling fourteen dollars.
Fort Sheridan sends units to Cuba as the Fourteenth Artillery with 4 officers and 133 men sails in two trains to Tampa for Havana. Two battalions of the 27th Infantry with 36 officers and 542 men depart in three trains for Newport News to be carried by transports to Havana.
Alonzo Curtis a prosperous farmer from three miles east of Litchfeld attacked his wife with a butcher knife after a drunken return from Hillsbere Wunsday. He resisted aid, fired a shotgun at neighbors, and then was found in the yard with his throat cut. Both he and his wife lie in St. Francis Kogpstad ward in Litenfeld, expected to die.
Delegates to the fifty third annual Royal Arch Branch convention in Marshalsown select officers for the year. Most Trusted Grand Master Tt C Shadbolt of Emmetsburg serves, with Deputy Grand Master A S Lawrence of Mauser tine and other grand officers from Ames Des Moines Atlantic and Marshalltown among the appointees.
A balloon ascent in Reading Pennsylvania turned perilous when a spectator became entangled in the rigging and was whisked a thousand feet upward. The aeronaut pulled the spectator into the balloon and later released him safely by parachute back to Earth.
British Columbian sealers plan a protest to the imperial government over interference by Japanese vessels in Behring Sea hunting within limits and using firearms.
The Getapus, a new submarine for the United States Navy, was successfully launched Thursday at Fore River shipyards in Quincy Massachusetts. Distinguished officers and civilians attended the ceremony marking the debut of the vessel.
Quartermaster General Humphrey received a Manila cablegram in which the transport Thomas was reported under control. The message stated the damage was not serious and described no further injuries or loss.
A bomb struck Gen. Sterynkewitsch, governor of Shabirsk, injuring his hand and leg but he escaped with minor injuries. Reports name Mercia as the new governor and note Fielder Prector as a former Vermont official in Montpelier on Thursday.
A London statew figure warns the unionist party against a banker who threatens that home rule for Treland will become a reality. In Canada, Toronto university football player Cameron Paulin, 21, died after a practice scrimmage.
A sensational murder case rocks Essen Prussia as the body of Miss Madelaine Lake daughter of an English army officer is found horribly mutilated in the city park. Police have yet to uncover any clues or motive.
Minister of Public Instruction G Q confirms Madrid project to loan 10 million dollars to construct 6000 primary schools over the next five years. The initiative aims to expand education access across Spain with new facilities and resources for students and communities.
The armored cruiser California, just finished at Union Ironworks, departed San Francisco for Santa Barbara where a trial trip will occur.
Four men were killed and eight injured at the Maryland Steel Company in Spitzcrows Point Maryland when a furnace exploded a blast hole sent a flood of molten metal over the workers. The disaster occurred Wednesday as a hot metal flood overwhelmed employees in the furnace area, leaving several victims in serious condition.
The president on Wednesday appointed Nugene Z Lewie as marshal for the southern district of Dnio, replacing Fagin who was removed.
The convention of W. S. and W. SP. UL factions sparked tension as Addie M. Estey demanded partisan backing before remaining with the organization. She left the hall after an intense standoff, while leaders toasted unity and wrapped the old factions in a ceremonial handshake.
Ralph Uolding, clerk at Eliott hotel, was shot early Thursday in Des Moines. The body was found by a fellow clerk Jesa Manley. An investigation will determine murder or suicide. Mantey is held on suspicion. Frank Bonemus, Kansas City chief carman, arrived to handle a Trailway strike and ordered 49 strikers back under penalty of charter surrender. Jake Winder, a Cedar Rapids horse show judge, collapsed and died during judging. Mr Jikher lived in West Liberty, a local foreman, about 60.
A local applicant named CW Tackson of Sisux Gy, who has served nearly six years near Woodbury County, has begun an active campaign for the warden position at the state penitentiary in Anarmoerato to succeed the late W A Tunter.
Docery, known as HW, received a four year sentence at Anamosa for robbing the Chinattan general saloon west of Clinton after pleading guilty to the charge. Executed by the court, the case details place the event in the Clinton area with the defendant facing a lengthy term.
An employe of Maranaitown Bugsy Company, A J Glidden, was robbed of sixty dollars at Amex. A thief entered the relatives’ tarry while Glidden slept, stealing money and disrupting the scene.
Mrs. Delle Iblott of Creston died Saturday afternoon after shooting herself in the wake of her husband Brobremin Hardy Plath's death in a railroad incident some time ago.
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At the agricultural college in Tows, pumpkin breeding work analyzes 90 pumpkins of various varieties for sugar content. Prof A B Veneh notes sugars range from almost none to 4 percent with high grade near one third of sugar in sugar beets. Weight pumpkins show less soil matter than milk, prompting seed selection to breed crosses from top varieties.
In Buclmiain County Uangk Thagelr Willan Ville a man hanged himself Friday after an apparent dispute with his wife Chawe and children Myn Tile Venentiy. Neighbors say his actions followed threats and a bid to separate the family. The body was found in a barn.
Beet sugar factory at Waverly announced with a $500000 plant cap, capacity targets from 700 to 900, and plans to print beets acreage next year before full operation. The project aims to process about six thousand acres annually once fully running.
The article details widespread labor tensions from the United States to Canada, noting union organizing, wage trends, and strikes. It cites specific unions and figures, including wage changes and membership shifts, with references to railroad clerks, carpenters, and other trades, highlighting the growing labor movement and governmental reactions.
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