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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1903
Page
2
A fragment hints at a big class related clash involving travelers named Haher and Eas Haher. Details are unclear due to truncated text, but the event points to a notable disruption or confrontation during a travel segment. Further context is unavailable.
Reports from Kansas describe a sweeping storm system in Greenwood and Coffey Counties. Aliceville townsfolk, 200 residents, faced total destruction of every home while at least one resident, William Bruce, was seriously hurt and likely to die. Across the region, farms near Hamilton, Atherton and Bear Creek suffered major damage as funnel clouds moved southwest damaging buildings, crops, and telegraph lines with no confirmed fatalities beyond the Aliceville area.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at negotiations over sovereignty in Manchuria. The exact participants and outcomes are unclear, with phrases mentioning states and a possible reference to negotiations about that territory.
Fragmentary SAR note references alleged prison cell frailties in an officials inquiry. No clear names, dates, or locations readable. Further readable context needed to identify involved persons, organizations, or actions.
An escaped prisoner named John Prost alias Harry Egbert killed two men, attorney John G. Saxton and rancher Jack West, as they confronted him in a Wild Horse valley ranch house 135 miles south of Burns. West died from a back wound. Egbert fled.
Storm damages across Germany with torn tower sections at Charlottenberg Berlin and Dresden wall collapse killing four workers and injuring eight. Lübeck mill blown down. Bremen and Hamburg vessels stranded. In Arkansas a head on freight crash four engines demolished delaying traffic. Philadelphia fatal wood alcohol poisoning case. Mule mauling leads to rider death.
A Colorado governor’s spokesman announced a court martial to investigate serious charges against Col. Chase led Colorado National Guard officers. Allegations include padded payrolls, overstaffing, excess salaries, contractor graft, wholesale transportation charges to Denver, poor camp bookkeeping, nepotism in officer raises, buildup of costly colonel quarters, spoiled beef procurement, and reckless state finances.
Chicago aldermen authorize a nine member committee to probe city departments and appoint three confidential detectives under the civil service commission to detect graft. The action aims to discharge dishonest workers while complying with civil service rules.
A dynamiter explosion wrecked a section of track eight miles west of Bird's Eye station near Helena Montana injuring no one and halting an extra westbound freight for repairs. Detectives rushed to the scene as a special train proceeded to the site.
Philippine officers fled with cash from a Mindanao safe, seizing $6,000, then boarded a native vessel for Borneo after coal ran short. A steamer was sent to intercept the fugitives.
A 15 year old, Freline Simpson, daughter of W D Simpson of Merrill, was killed by a lightning bolt while trying to close a window. The same storm caused a tornado in Lawood wrecking J C Jensen Lumber sheds and a restaurant, damaged telegraph lines, and toppled grain stocks. At Rock Rapids a wind storm destroyed barns near Lester, killing one horse. Wapello buildings and fairground structures were torn apart. lone stock deaths reported, no other fatalities confirmed.
A Stockport special reports Carl Loot burrow a 20 year old man killed himself with carbolic acid at his parents home three and one half miles east of Stockport. His body lay in the attic near a bottle and a slate message reads I am going to rot like a chicken. He had not been well since July 4 and refused medical help though he entered Mt Pleasant academy three weeks before.
Home Savings Bank of Iowa Falls uncovers cash irregularities suggesting cashier Edward O Soule is short several thousand dollars. Exact amount awaits exhaustive audit. Directors replace Soule with an accountant and staff. bank solvency remains intact and all depositors will be paid in full.
David C. Beaman formerly of Ottumwa donated the state’s only cannon ball fired in an engagement in Iowa. Originating during the Civil War attack on Croton Illinois from Missouri, the ball passed over agent Belman at a railway station, landed in his father's field, and was later dug up. It will be kept as a state relic in the Historial Society of Iowa collection.
Burglars entered the Hicks postoffice and general store for the second time in two weeks, taking about 200 in goods and cash. Sheriff Law and Deputy Yordy tracked scents with bloodhounds toward Reintec but found no solid leads.
Thomas J. Ward former vice president of Lemites National Bank Mars pleaded guilty to embezzling about fourteen thousand six hundred dollars. Siou City court Judge Smith McPherson sentenced him to a twelve thousand dollar fine and possible imprisonment up to ten years. Ward faced status while the bank recovery and his bond were addressed as he remains jailed in Woodbury County with prospects of paying the fine uncertain. The case outlines maximum penalties of fifteen thousand dollars and ten years imprisonment.
On the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway near Ute W d Smith Covenan was seriously hurt while replacing ties as a train approached. A rock four inches in diameter was hurled from a gravel mound on the track striking Smith in the side, breaking ribs and injuring a kidney.
A heavy Tuesday night storm struck Burlington with tin and wind bringing down telegraph, telephone and electric light lines. A washout near Onuimwa delayed traffic. a passenger train on the Keithsburg branch was reported in the ditch but injuries were not severe. Widespread damage hampers full assessment as wires remain down.
Dee Martin, a suspected horse thief and bank teller pursued across Missouri and Iowa, surrendered to the Schuyler County Sheriff near Lancaster, after being surrounded in the woods near Bloomfield. He cited weariness from the chase as the reason for giving himself up at his father’s home.
Sarah Sullivan, aged 23, is under arrest in Dubuque on a charge of attempted infanticide. She allegedly threw her 24 hour old baby into a vault to hide her shame. the infant was rescued in time. She confessed but would not name the betrayer. her mother was also placed under arrest as sensational developments are anticipated.
Miss Tenule Keith county recorder and a woman friend met two young men in Clarion. The pair attempted an advance. Keith struck one attacker with a left hand, causing him to retreat. The incident leaves the story in a controversial, early 20th century tone with local names.
A 1780s notice notes a reward in New York for Willan Goldsmith an apprenticed gunsmith who fled his master. The Spanish in New Orleans refuse to cede Trouisiina to the United States and mobilize to occupy the territory by force. Samuel Adams, Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration, dies in Boston at 81. Fleet actions include the Constitution and Nautilus in Mangiers Bay firing on Wanderer of Morocco and securing the release of an American captain aboard a brig.
Seventy five years ago a campaign scene stirred by political figures polled public meetings to compare Adams and Tackgon popularity. Reports show 34 748 718 spent on a coppered structure in progress at Washington. Jackson faced calls from Adams allies over a Chickasaw treaty issue. A two deck stage coach for Bordentown New Jersey to Washington was completed, with baggage tender.
The article lists broad plans for expanding the U S capitol and extending its surrounding grounds. It notes possession of Cuba by the United States was declared to be manifestly necessary, and touches on various wartime events and political shifts across states and ports. The record also mentions a range of maritime, military, and public concerns, including attacks on Union forces and currency actions during a Black Friday panic.
A historical notice recalls a 19th century suit against Postmaster General Walter Q. Grehollm for $100,000 over an order stopping money orders to a Louisiana lottery depository. It notes acts affecting foreign residents in Onaton Ohio, and lists 19th century figures and sums such as William Waldorf Astor and the Vanderbilts in New York.
Ten years ago Stonewall J. De Mrance, a bank forger from the Rotors, was arrested in Detroit Michigan. The text also references Arthur Gormin accused of blocking repeal of the Sherman silver purchase law in the Senate, and reports on tensions involving Rio de Janeiro and naval defense under Admiral Mella PREPAC MBO PES AME, indicating a period of international and domestic political upheaval.
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