The Hull Index Editorial Note
The Hull Index shows WILL TAMPLIN as Editor and Proprietor, with the masthead declaring him in charge of publication.
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1905
Page
6
The Hull Index shows WILL TAMPLIN as Editor and Proprietor, with the masthead declaring him in charge of publication.
Reports describe a Yazoo and Mississippi Valley wreck near Vicksburg with many killed and injured as Train No. 15 derailed and plunged down an embankment. A Second wreck at Bellefontaine Ohio on Train No. 4 left several dead and many hurt as brakes failed and trains collided at Sandusky division crossings. Local physicians were summoned to both scenes and survivors were rushed to hospitals for treatment.
A blaze at the corner of Mreadway and Bizebeth Bipeet in Grand Rapids injured multiple people including 76 year old and 70 year old residents. Fire officials say the cause is under investigation as flames caused rapid damage and an adjacent storefront sustained broken windows.
Chaos erupts as rioters delay traffic on Westnerday with chained wagons blocking Citars and Washtueinn Streets. Henry Levingberg, a transporter, beaten after goods delivered to Wael & a. Wards suffer damage as crews struggle to clear wreckage and authorities search for suspects amid a wave of disorder.
A formal arbitration offer by Mayor Dunne failed to break the deadlock between Montgomery Ward Chicago retailers and garment workers. The Joint Teamsters and Federation of Labor protested street closures and police action while urging peaceful, lawful conduct as talks adjourned without a settlement.
Train disasters described in Kansas and Atchison line. at Queeneme and Hiingsby Kansas several cars wrecked. No. T derailed with five cars damaged and passengers injured. A Chicago express and California limited collision near Emporia context notes unknown names and significant damage.
A Chicago special report notes imminent changes in freight charges across the bridge at St. Logs and across eastern routes. The new tariffs would cut or add fees on goods moving to St. Tavis and Fast St. Linitis, affecting road traffic from Chirigee to St. Tamia.
A letter allegedly written by Mabel Scofield proposes she will end her life by poison. Mrs. Lauren Bryans asserts she sent the note to defense attorneys McEleary and Graham in Des Moines, claiming possession of the letters until after the Thomas murder trial. Skepticism remains about authorship as letters surface during pretrial events.
Henry Miller of Connell Biuffs disinherits his adopted daughter Alice in a $75,000 estate. Despite years of kinship and his plan to make her heiress, she wed against his wishes and won a separate $2,000 wage claim. The will cites grievances and cuts her out, with remainder shared among other relatives.
George Coffey was acquitted by a Sioux City jury after nearly seven hours deliberation in Judge Oliver's court. Coffey, indicted for stabbing Joe St. Pierre at Emma Kebble's resort on Pearl Street, walked free as the judge ordered the judgment of acquittal and cautioned him about future conduct.
Storm damages were widespread across Wen tarky and Ohio as a cold front swept in Monday night. One resident, George Merrocks, died from heart disease during the storm, and Charles Murray was killed by lightning in Liberte Teed. Several others were injured in Roserilie, Ohio, and nearby areas.
Police clash with workers at Montgomery Ward and Coach Cleese sites as freight yard action escalates. Officers waded into the scene with batons, arrests followed the throw of missiles during a tense march toward a Ward building.
Fragmentary report from a court hearing in Iowa involving Officer Charles Wooden and a requisition for Frank Shercliffe. Text is garbled with names and places, reducing readable facts to a vague domestic legal matter and phrases about witnesses and subpoenas.
Andrew Carnegie offers to provide 100000 pounds for Westerns College Toledo. Major I Clark pledges half the sum, others intend to raise the rest. The United Brethren institution with 209 enrollment eagerly welcomes the endowment and begins a campaign at once.
A large trust deed from the New Asset Telephone Company of Sioux City to First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago was placed on record Thursday by Recorder Oliver at Onawa. The instrument covers real and personal property across several counties and secures twenty year debt at a stated rate.
Christina Bordensen, a Miller Dros laundry employee in Clinton, suffered a mangled hand in a morning accident. She was removed to hospital in undetermined condition as doctors fear possible amputation. This follows a prior blaze at the same union laundry where Alise Geise lost fingers in a similar machine incident.
In Caserta a fatal strangling of Catherine McIlready of New York prompts police to pursue elusive evidence. A barber and others are arrested or named in the mystery with further arrests expected. A separate report notes a bishop’s offer to fund foreign missions and President Harper's quiet university visit.
Officials report numerous fatalities in Kaagra district and surrounding areas after a recent earthquake. Emergency teams search for survivors in Padaiaperr and Dharzs localities as authorities assess structural collapses and shattered barracks.
A nearly forty five year dispute within a Presbyterian church in Rochester New York centers on leadership and property. The debate involves church officials and a move to address division at the local chapel.
The readable text notes a fire at a machinery plant in a city, with references to ignition and damage. Names and exact location are unclear due to severe OCR errors, but the event involves a factory affected by a blaze and ensuing measures.
Proposals for a duel at St Petersburg surface between Capt Chade and Capt Film ii while internal Krassing admiralty tensions loom. A separate collision between workers and police at Memding Ca Permeda injures several, amid chaotic scenes.
Fred McCausland and others filed a petition in Onawa seeking a writ of injunction against S Tilson county treasurer and Whiting independent school district to prevent the election of rates on lands claimed to be within Whiting. The Whiting district has faced controversy over its shape.
The longtime editor of the Anamosa Eureka, Edasund Branth famed as perhaps the oldest editor in the United States, has died in Spriseficht Massachusetts. The obituary notes his pioneering work and a lifetime in journalism amid faded local details.
Friday afternoon Wil Adams, a farmer, was feeding corn into a shredder when a fodder clump fouled the mechanism. His hand was drawn in and mangled, resulting in the amputation of part of a finger.
The text notes uniferns for Gaara and Adjt. fen Thrift may be purchased in line with war department guidance. It mentions paying for gear and outfitting a gourd, with town guards and national ties referenced in vague terms.
Fragmentary OCR reads Ao Tandon and Comity report about a state representative award or dispatch limited Monday, with prominent messages unclear and missing details.
The document reports a dramatic confession involving a wife and an accused person. Details are fragmentary but indicate a personal crime case with an implied motive and court action. Further readable specifics are not clear in the source.
A damaged OCR snippet mentions names and places in garbled form. The readable items hint at an archival notice or genealogical record with unclear dates or actions. No complete event or outcome is extractable from the fragment.
The report notes that inmates face penalties for visiting restrictions. Court records show authorities enforcing limits on visitation amid ongoing legal actions.
A local man was struck by a vehicle near Often before being taken to hospital. He died Thursday from his injuries after the crash on Rueiiare Tew. Police are investigating the incident as details remain unclear.
A traveling criminal named Rd Garaan pleaded and lis in court for a Lenlora shoe store robbery. He was sentenced to eighteen months in the penitentiary.
Dever and Kennedy purchase 20 acres on the Big Bivny near Six Tey to create a river park. A country club may locate there, with rhdrey free acres planned for development.
The Jewish oath bill repeatedly passed by the Commons was rejected by the House of Lords. About 500 Indians held a war council at the mouth of the Wabash. Emanuel Isa founded the first trade there in Bellevue Nebraska. New Hampshire passed a law divided. The U S government negotiated for 2,000,000 acres of Indian land west of the Wabash opposite Vincennes. The Spanish consul in Philadelphia said St Augustine port was opened for provisions. Russian troops were assembling in Gotu and nearby Islands.
Seventy five years ago uprisings in Belgium signaled near revolutionary times. Georgia Legislature voided Cherokee laws. A state road from Michigan to Madison along the Ohio was started. New Orleans parish prison cost two hundred thousand francs. East Tennessee suffered a cyclone. Surveyors began mapping Chicago. France pressed Algiers for public reparation and sixteen million dollars indemnity for war costs.
The fragment recounts Butler University at Irvington Indiana opening, references Charlotte Bronte and a treaty involving Mohammed of Cabul, mentions exploration of Powder River bend by General Jeckoots, and notes Pottawatomie incidents near abolitionist actions. It also alludes to a Kansas election day disrupted by Missouri emigrants and frontier tensions.
Dispatches report Union forces under General Sheridan overtook Lee at Bailers Creek after a day of heavy fighting. Lincoln visited the army at City Point as Petersburg and Richmond fell under Union pressure.
The Illinois Legislature passed municipal incorporation. Ghartes RJ Ingersoll won Connecticut governorship. A Maximilian monument was unveiled in Trieste. A Burlington collision killed and injured many. Archbishop Manning became cardinal amid English and American spectators. The Pope issued an encyclical on Swiss Catholics. Beecher defended himself in the Brooklyn court over the Thon Beecher case.
Twenty years ago British forces under General Graham captured and burned the Arab village Tanai. Cabinet debated noninterference in Colombia’s revolution while preserving free transit across the isthmus under an implied responsibility.
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