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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1903
Page
4
A farmer outlines a detailed water system for a farm including tanks, pipes, and supply routes. Notes cover tank placement near feed yard to prevent freezing and heat for stock tanks, plus an extensive discussion on farm water management and irrigation.
United States Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Paul rules against the Northern Securities Company. The decree forbids acquiring or voting stock in Northern Pacific or Great Northern Railway by the holding company and orders return of shares it holds. The decision, with four judges concurring, enjoins control, dividends, and transfers while directing stock return to original holders.
Eyewitness accounts from Sofia claim Okhrida with 11 000 Christians was attacked by Albanian forces at night. Turkish and German units clashed with insurgents led by Captain Stoyswell in the Moenelik district. killings and terror reportedly followed.
A cyclone swept through White and Cleburne Counties Arkansas causing numerous deaths and injuries. Homes and barns were destroyed as the storm damaged farms, killed livestock, and uprooted trees. Affected residents include A C Williams who died ten miles south of Heber aged 70, with his wife injured.
A survey of labor activity notes mass unemployment in London, wage disputes among ship carpenters in Chicago, and strikes in San Francisco bricklayers and Santa Fe contractors seeking higher pay. It records union drives in Oklahoma City and Winnipeg transit limits, with forecasts of May and fall demonstrations and a forthcoming American Federation of Musicians meeting in Indianapolis.
In Buffalo the Pennell Inquest left the deaths of Arthur R. Pennell and his wife unresolved, with attorney Thomas Penney saying no papers show links to the Burdick murder. Judge Murphy read a verdict citing an automobile plunge as uncertain, while Wallac e Thayer testified no Pennell papers mentioned Burdick or motives.
Government April report shows winter wheat condition at 97.9 on April 1, with a December area of 94 million acres. If yields meet expectations, total winter wheat could exceed the 1901 record by about 115 million bushels, reaching around 1.35 billion bushels.
The report lists bishops and clergy including Bishop Clarke of Rhode Island at 90, the oldest Anglican bishop, and I Vikhov stepping down from the Greek Russian Church in America. It notes appointments at Hartimnure City Missionary and Ghardh Extension Bociery and a fiftieth wedding anniversary for Rev Theodore L. Cuyler.
Letter to the editor argues that emigration from the United States to Western Canada has grown, driven by farmers seeking free wheat lands. It claims railways and real estate interests oppose the movement for profit, using biased Canada letters from St Louis to sway public opinion. The piece cites 87,000 Americans already settled in the Canadian West since 1897 as evidence the opposition is unfounded and that Canada offers ample land.
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