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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1904
Page
2
The case centers on an injunction request by a company alleging rights in a Hem Mond building. City opponents claim the structure lacks required walls stairs and windows per ordinance. Evidence focused on the second floor stairs and fire escape compliance. proceedings continue with Judge Brenteno presiding.
Readable fragments describe a public notice or personal column with references to dates, names, and events. The text shows partial phrases about celebrations, decompositions, and possible oblique remarks on figures and actions without clear context.
A four year old boy in Lincoln Nebraska died in a suspected self harm incident involving morphine discovered after he was secreted by relatives. Physicians worked to restore life but the child passed away. The notes indicate family distress and a mourning period following the tragedy.
Flooding cuts across parts of Arizona, affecting communities between Yura and end seme. Officials warn of rising water levels and urge caution as rain continues to complicate relief efforts. Local shelters report residents seeking safety and resources.
The text appears garbled with unreadable phrases and misread names, providing no clear people places or events to summarize into a coherent newspaper card. No actionable details are present.
Fragmented OCR text mentions stock market themes and named entities in a chaotic form. No clear events, prices, or dates readable. Requires readable source to produce a proper card with concrete facts.
Two persons were killed and five others injured when fifteen cases of dynamite exploded on the Avis Sonnie mine platform at the Minden depot. A southbound freight engine struck fallen dynamite causing the depot to collapse and damage nearby box cars. The dynamite had been unloaded earlier and was headed for a mining company.
A man was shot to death Monday night then burned on the public square near Defertons Georgia. The incident involved a white girl and a dogged trail of clues left in the aftermath. A mob gathered as investigators pursued the case and identified a suspect with ties to the local area.
A fragmentary report notes a gain for strikers in Chicago amid unrest. The text mentions Thoragnd and non-Chion men, with references to quitting, a wage discussion, and an effort to prevent violence. The garbled OCR leaves key names uncertain but points to labor action and city response.
The fragment mentions a person nicknamed Lower and references a death or injury event with terms resembling grave dispute or mortgage. No clear names, places, or dates are readable to establish a full news item.
Fragmentary text mentions a storm eye, Helene, and a feud over nomination. Details are unreadable. no clear events, people, or places can be reliably identified.
Sioux City hosts a six day Interstate Live Stock Fair September 5 to 10 with $39,000 in purses and premiums. Special rail fares and trains are planned. Entertainment includes the Patterson-Drsinord Carnival with Blackman’s Glass Blowers, Hindoo torstory, London Ghost Show, Electric Fountain, Edison machine, and death-defier Carla. Daily acts feature Divers Johnson, Denbars, Einsners, Oliphans, and a trolley car trio. There are seven trotters seven pacers eleven running races plus forty amateur horses in a ten mile relay. Top stock and agricultural displays are promised along with three major automobile races.
A severe storm across St Paul and surrounding areas caused extensive damage along the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers near Port Snellive. The disaster killed sixteen people and injured many, with private and public property damaged or destroyed. Business offices and wholesale houses suffered severe losses as wind and floodwaters struck the Twin Cities.
Unclear report from Washington outlines Japanese naval actions and captured German units. The note cites a telegram from Minister Griscom and claims of a Japanese attack near Harsekervik with Novik sunk off Sokar. Details are fragmentary and conflict with ongoing reports.
A decomposed body of an unidentified man was found near the Milwaukee tracks in Perry, Iowa. The skull shows crushing injuries, the victim appears to be 34 to 28 years old, about 5 feet 3 inches tall, 155 pounds, with dark brown hair and No. 7 shoes. A Des Moines News fragment was found in the hat lining. A coroner's inquest was planned to determine the circumstances.
Judge S. M. Weaver in Tows Falls granted the attainers EL & Birdenburgh a further month to file their abstract. The motion cited heavy workload and physical difficulties. Birdenburgh, a school teacher, was charged with poisoning his wife in a sensational trial.
Patsick Noonan, about 30, a deaf man, was instantly killed when struck by a passenger train on the AlHosis Central Railroad track half a mile west of Remsen Thersder evening. The engineer could not warn in time as the man walked up the track in a cut after a bend.
Reported assault near Ashland Avenue after tense strike scene. Mack Frer and John Bartholomew dragged from an Ashland Avenue car as two attackers pummeled them. Frar’s nose broken. Bartholomew sustained severe injuries but no broken bones. No arrests reported.
Levi Cross of Corydon dies after overheating while stacking straw. His death leaves a wife and family to mourn. Local authorities report the incident occurred in the county, noting the dangers of extreme heat during manual labor.
A large factory fire broke out at a mill in the area causing significant flames and smoke. Fire crews arrived to tackle the blaze, with emergency responders directing traffic and evacuations as a precautionary measure. No injuries are reported at this time. Local authorities are investigating the fire’s cause.
A juvenile has been held in connection with a mail fraud case. The defendant faces charges of using the mail for a fraudulent scheme involving misrepresented actions. Authorities report multiple attestations by filers and related officials as part of the case.
The article recounts Jim Brennan Brenton, once Des Moines mayor, who after a varied career including teamster and county official, now returns to public notice by operating a beer and whisky service in Des Alpines. The piece notes a rise from modest trades to mayoral power and a later decline.
Delia Jenks, wife of a Waterloo barber, left Des Moines with her six week old infant from the Salvation Army home. In Marshalltown she dumped the baby from a moving train into the water, then fled. Authorities pursued, Jenks fled to Waterloo but is being brought back to answer a charge of abandonment. She claimed poverty prevented caring for the child.
Nellie James of Defiance filed for annulment in district court near Council Bluffs claiming Gerald Edward James married her on February 9 at Tawa City after marrying Daisy Stefford in Glenn Eurs HL ten days earlier. She says she is his second wife and notes his the family faces further separations as other marriages are alleged.
Two separate gasoline explosions rocked a valley town injuring a woman and heavily damaging a grain elevator and a house. Clarence Stevens was near a caseline stove when the first blast occurred, badly burning her face and body. Firefighters responded to save the home, then another tank exploded at the James grain elevator, wrecking the structure. No one else was hurt.
Des Moines chemists will investigate the death of Harry Selsbarr of Red Deak found under a city bridge in twelve feet of water with no signs of drowning or external injuries. He held a $1,000 poker in the Maccabees. Funeral rites were halted by the organization’s officers who demanded a stomach examination and their samples were sent for analysis.
A strange man about four years old was run down by a gravel train on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway near Denison. He died instantly, his body cut in two. A notebook listed Odd Fellows dues with a Belden, Nebraska lodge name TL Seri. A Chicago address note appeared, suggesting a wife or sister. The Denison Odd Fellows have the body, and the event is tied to a cancer operation. Background mentions unintended misfortunes and local figures.
A married man from Geant Township, identified as 2Miam Markley, was arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot his wife Mrs. Peters and demanding she be placed under bonds. Authorities say the man, a man with a 1 year marriage, threatened her during a dispute and was charged with threatening to shoot.
A brief record notes Francis II assuming the title Emperor Francis I, a lead mine discovery on the Perkiomen Creek near the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania, Aaron Burr arriving on Florida's east coast, and the destruction by fire of the lighthouse at Old Point Comfort at Chesapeake Bay entrance.
Seventy five years ago the Missouri Governor’s militia went to the frontier and returned to camp without Indian trouble. A slave ship from Africa arrived at Havang with 60 sick slaves, having lost 600 on the voyage. Delaware and Pawnee tribes grew hostile in Kansas. Fear of an attack on Fort Leavenworth prompted help from Jefferson Barracks. A riot occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in Baltimore.
A violent tornado damaged the Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad delaying traffic. The Russian government sent a negotiation note to the Czar. The first American trading vessel to Japan departed for home. St Napoleon celebrated in Paris with Napoleon III absent. Russians blew up fortifications at Hangzhou as fleets watched. Panic in southern Illinois from Confederate raiders. Deaths and injuries from river and lake accidents. Three decades ago Bishop Whitehouse died in Chicago. A race war in Austin Mississippi left many killed and wounded. Custer’s report on Black Hills trading gold released. Spain, Belgium, Italy recognize the Spanish republic. Famine reported in Palestine. Twenty thousand marched in Glasgow.
Fragmentary 20 year old wires reference cannibalism charges linked to CGreech case and global diplomacy. Mentions Paris contacts with Marquis de Caux and Henry M. Stanier. Congo Free State federation plans. U S finance figures James G. Wom and Emer Starrsnd name ministers. Divorce and Republican camp tensions described amid court chatter.
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