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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1910
Page
4
Aboard the North Dakota in the lower bay near Old Point Comfort a fuel oil fire killed three sailors and injured several others. A board of inquiry was named to investigate. Wounded men were removed to the hospital ship Solace for treatment.
Three people including two women, Miss Anna Baker and Mrs Lester, died in a mobile car fire after a slag train from Wisconsin Steel struck the vehicle on the tracks. The car burst into flames and the explosion afterward engulfed the scene as a slag-laden train halted.
A fragment notes a steamer Burne and a K Word received on the steamer Flanitoba, with passenger boats plying the river and Lake Win. The text suggests a river and lake navigation context with vessels named in a historical setting.
Edwin Waller a leading Chicago bar figure died at his summer home in Michigan. Mrs. John D Rockefeller seriously ill after a cold. Daniel Sheehan, Civil War veteran, released after four months in Alameda jail for forged check. companion confessed. Frank Tucker, Wisconsin official, found dead by his river, ruled suicide. Lord Kilmarnock wounded at Balmoral. Curtiss flies record over Lake Erie. Fairbanks to build Indianapolis home. Divide, Colorado train thwarted by bandit. bystander captured. Polley bic bribery case unfolds. Ostermann files against him. Oxygenated fish shipped to Germany from New York Aquarium. Cholera precautions renewed. Illinois coal strike nears Peoria contract settlement. Brooklyn boy nearly drowns in pipe. rescue succeed. Grand jury indicts Glass in Browne bribery case. Ostermann warning letter enters Chicago hearing.
A wide slice of 20th century items notes New York census results and population figures, a Grover Cleveland executor tax dispute, Saratoga Futurity results, Glenn Curtiss setting a new aeroplane record, a Mount Pleasant bank closure, Vermillion missing, Readville trotting records, and a sensational Springfield telegram inquiry tied to Senator Lorimer. The report also mentions heavy rainfall in Bayannaba Georgia and police threats at the Iowa State fair grounds, plus bar association actions involving Jammer Watts and Joseph Choate.
The national carpenters convention in Des Moines runs Sept 19 to Oct 10 with heavy entertainment planned. Frank Duffy warns delegates may have little time for business as the program features parades, banquets, theater outings, and tours, plus multiple welcomes from city officials and unions.
Figures from State Labor Commissioner Van Duyn show 1,100 Iowa employers reported 140,007 workers in 1906 07 with 4t hG wage earners and 7 002 on salary. For 1908 09 reports from 142 employers show 75,864 workers, 66 927 wage earners and 8 027 employed. Average work days and salaries are given, plus wage distribution by gender and total wages paid over two years.
Iowa reports multiple accidents and injuries across counties including a Willson runaway incident, a Davenport death visiting a son, and a Moscow freight knockdown. Officials publish thousands of corporate reports and a Cedar Rapids dynamite incident damages a residence. Buena Vista votes on a county hospital with construction slated next spring. A new interurban rail line enters Iowa City, while other local events include a fatal fire in Dubuque and a wave of civil and employment notices across the state.
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