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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1912
Page
3
An article promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative to treat a peevish child by easing digestive issues. It claims mild, effective action, pleasant taste, and suitability for children with bedtime dosing. Bottles cost 1.00 dollars and samples are offered by mail from Dr W B Caldwell.
A minister invited to dinner and a six year old boy Willard refuses to eat his potatoes. After spilling his plate he is sent to bed. At breakfast the next day he senses tension and asks his mother to admit she is upset about him.
A sportaman recounts photographing an alligator while a boy waded into mud to drag the creature ashore. A girl questions danger, but the sportaman asserts Florida alligators are harmless unlike the man-eating Indian crocodile.
Flood relief plans advance as Mississippi river valley residents begin to return home.Crews report improved conditions around Memphis with levees holding and river levels receding, though warnings persist for areas south and east. Modoc and nearby towns remain largely evacuated while rescue boats aid stranded residents.
The Weather Bureau reports the Mississippi River at Cuatro is falling with 2 feet decline and the river above Helena Arkansas shows 4 feet rise toward Memphis, down 1.6 feet from last high water mark. The Mississippi trend continues southward as forecast.
Hillisville Virginia April reports claim a member of the Allen clan may betray Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards in exchange for $1000 and protection from publicity. Investigators deny progress while the fugitive hunt continues along the North Carolina border.
Twenty people were awakened as a blaze damaged the Chicago Inner Mission Society house of the Evangelical Lutheran church on LaSalle avenue. A gasoline tank exploded, destroying two automobiles and jeopardizing firemen. Loss is put at $25,000.
The U S Supreme Court refused a second hearing in the patent case today. The court had previously ruled that a patentee may require buyers to use only supplies from the patent owner, even if those supplies are not patentable. The government sought rehearing and asked to be made a party to the case.
The steamer Ontario, carrying 15 passengers and 40 crew, caught fire off Montauk Point early today. Life savers in boats and three revenue cutters aided the crew, a breeches buoy was used, and the vessel was brought under control with the passengers transferred to the tug Asco for landing at New London.
London reports show activity returning to coal districts with many miners descending shafts in Scotland and North Wales while small gangs resume in England and southern Wales to clear roads. North Wales has the full workforce back and large quantities of coal already raised. 6000 miners in Flintshire started work and Derbyshire pits prepare for coal extraction tomorrow.
Abraham Ruef, 14 year San Quentin convict, begins a series of articles in the San Francisco Bulletin promising a complete exposure of graft prosecution figures. He will recount actions and the roles of directors of public utilities, railroads, and officials over the past decade, detailing money promised and paid.
Light rain spoiled Easter in New York as crowds gathered for church services and planned parades. Morning sun drew shoppers and floral displays, but by noon rain forced fashion to seek cover and the Fifth Avenue parade thinned out.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled existing local grain rates from South Dakota Iowa Nebraska and Minnesota unjust and discriminatory. It did not order new rates but kept the case open for proposed readjustments. The decision notes Sioux City lacks a real disadvantage and the back haul privilege is not enough for action. A separate report details a gas stove tragedy in Des Moines and other Iowa items.
Philadelphia April 9 175000 idle anthracite mine workers and thousands of others watch a Wednesday conference in the city between miners and operators. A new agreement is sought to end the April 1 suspension. Union recognition may shape talks, risking longer work stoppage if split arises. If an agreement is reached workers will vote at a convention.
Wylan Pratt was shot and killed this afternoon by a woman who was formerly his wife. The shooting occurred at the Pratt home in North Des Moines. The woman surrendered to police claiming self defense.
Attorney General Wickersham sent to the House copies of charges against Leslie J. Lyons United States attorney for the western district of Missouri.
Miss Esther Mercy won a $2,500 verdict in her slander suit against Miss Marion Talbot, dean of women at the University of Chicago, for $160,000 damages. The trial, marked by sharp courtroom exchanges, upheld the university’s right to enforce conduct standards, while Mercy claimed no special damages and argued the words were spoken in good faith.
Rear Admiral Robert E Peary, discoverer of the north pole, voices the view that both Amundsen and Captain Scott reached the south pole. He spoke at a celebration marking three years since his own discovery, receiving a medal partly made from Arctic meteorite. The event was hosted by the Peary Arctic club, the American Geographical Society and the American Museum of Natural History.
In Milwaukee on April ? Judge Sanborn appointed receivers for Allis Chalmers Co. PD W Call, company president, and Gen Otto H Falk were named. The action followed filings by First National and Wisconsin National banks of Milwaukee and bondholder stockholder T W Nichols of New York.
London reports Russia has agreed to participate in the six power loan to China amounting to 56 million dollars. The Daily Telegraph’s St. Petersburg correspondent cites definite Russian participation.
In congressional action yesterday Senator Catron of New Mexico was named chairman of the committee on expenditures in the interior department. Senator Fail of New Mexico was assigned to the committee on expenditures in the department of commerce and labor.
The residence of Senor Sebastian Mier former Mexican minister to France was robbed in Paris on April. Thieves took jewels valued at 60000 dollars.
A Canadian migration wave is explained by settlers’ gains under new homestead and purchase options. A former Minnesota resident reports nine years of no crop failures, high wheat yields, affordable coal, good water, and strong cattle futures, noting wild land at 18 to 25 dollars per acre and improved farms pricier.
A traveler laments the heavy laboring car on scarred wet roads. The exchange questions their location near Wareville or Trutland, with Garraway unable to identify the exact town. The passage preserves a dated midwestern or eastern setting.
A brief ad notes years of steady sales and urges trial of Alien's Foot fuse antiseptic powder. It promises sample free and targets tired swollen feet with a claim of genuine merit and popular use.
In a dialog, Cobwigger defines morbid curiosity as a trait that blurs sight of reality for those who dwell on disturbing topics. Freddie-Say prompts the question, and the exchange suggests a caution about fixating on grim details.
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