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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1903
Page
3
A runaway electric car struck a car and collided with a house wall near Joliet. A passenger named Agun Westborg was injured as the vehicle crashed through a fence and the car toppled into a storefront, with debris and damaged surroundings reported.
A garbled police or court note from New York hints at a large check tied to a destitution case and a suspected misappropriation involving a vessel or property. It mentions an investigation, a suspect named Coxe, and references to a ship, sale, and officials. The readable fragments convey a confused narrative about a financial instrument, a cover, and a legal consequence.
Report from Washington outlines pension expenditures and proposed cuts for the current year 105. The Interior Department estimates total requirements at about 2 000 000 dollars, with 106 000 000 requested for next year. Deaths of pensioners drive the reductions, as the pension commission notes. A separate note: Neriam Tach, a New York forekeeper, was sentenced for perjury in a related municipal case following testimony at City Magistrate Court.
Fragmented OCR summary describes a Cleveland jewelry store robbery, a High Seas cruiser contract issue, and a Superior Michigan police encounter. Mentions a 16.2 hot. References to Cape Ann Massachusetts and Wheeling dates. Lacks coherent timeline and many garbled terms.
Fragmented OCR text discusses U S and British interactions, citing Senator McMyffen and a potential island dispute. Mentions Dimicelty, Sir MacKenzie, and colonial officials, with references to Washington correspondence and consent for actions. Readers see a tangled account of governance and international tension.
A Montana court decision resolves a noted mining dispute among several entities including Tudgu, Heinze, Fudge Clancy, and Andre Glauny. The ruling grants an injunction affecting distribution and bars certain dividends, while ordering a $94,000,000 payment to F. Augia Reine from a joint stock holding, with further matters postponed for an unspecified period.
A garbled report from a financial column describes a failing enterprise and unsettled stock exchange actions. It notes a bank or trust organization with ISG capital $950,000 and surplus $100,000, plus an HTM portion of $25,000, and deposits around $1,100,000, amid investor speculation about a coming crash.
A damaged, scrambled report notes a major seizure involving a $70,000 haul from a retired captain named Wrench in a city with references to a feminitunic vessel and a smuggling case. It mentions a widow, a fire in San Miguel, a divorce in Pittsburg, and a Berlin election pace at 1325 miles per bow, all in a disjointed digest.
A fragmented account from Kinpemesne in The Hawkeye State describes a dramatic elopement involving Goldie Way and her betrothed, with family and neighbors in turmoil. The narrative follows a missing man and a planned marriage amid suspicion, travel to Des Moines, and clues of a potential couple fleeing together before a public inquiry closes in.
The report describes Mrs. Merain Merriam, about 70, killed at a railroad crossing three blocks from Hopkinton town. She was struck by a Chicago and Milwaukee Railway train as she attempted to cross, suffering a fatal skull fracture. Her husband Gus Merriam, once head of the Raperrisara foundation, mourns her.
Clinton Maw Clains claims to own a champion corn field near Clinton, with ears averaging over 12 inches and 7,14 kernels per ear. He asserts a yield of about 2,400 bushels, valued around $12,600 at 80 cents per bushel, based on a pony wagon sample and a four day observation by Sima Shoecraft and others.
Reports from the area describe a series of mishaps and incidents. Miller escaped serious harm after a near collision with a tie engine during a work halt, while a two year old boy died after drowning at a distant farm. A horse named Stadler was burned in a nearby ranch incident four miles southwest of Sloan. Separate events include attempted break-ins, a grand jury case involving Johanna Anderson, and a farmhand named Wordtick being kicked in a field. Each scene indicates tense local conditions and ongoing investigations.
The article reports onappointments and grand lodge business tied to the Per Capita Tax reduction, naming officers such as Grand Master and Treasurer, plus a lengthy account of meetings at Des Moines with delegates to a San Francisco gathering and opposition to subordinate lodge membership. Also described is a Des Moines gasoline fire injuring Mary Innes, and a separate incident of a son assaulting his father, with hospital status noted.
Seventy five years ago notes reflect Beane and John Maieu discussing re election bids while waging party strategies. Reports describe campaign efforts in a stalled effort to remodel the constitution and align with reformist principles. President Adams is mentioned as seeking a campaign document funded with $80,000 by a prominent political group.
The article recounts Civil War echoes and pre-war tensions with references to Union generals and battles, Confederate armies, and wartime leadership. It mentions President Jefferson Davis and Lincoln era events, reflects on Yorktown celebrations, and notes press and stock market mentions tied to wartime memory.
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