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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1904
Page
6
The Chicago strike expands to ice wagon drivers, with Teamsters appointing pickets to enforce a boycott on retail butchers. Packers report reduced hiring while claiming higher costs on each animal, amid broader disruption at stockyards and meat markets.
The document outlines an appeal by Arether Chapine in the Meamond Rothery matter with Ned Linedty and Tom Demdeon of Omaha named in the case. It alleges the court erred by not allowing a jury trial and questions the admissibility of a California letter, arguing expedition would violate the constitution and that Dennigh was not in Iowa.
The coroner’s inquest reveals Alice Satie Butler died at St. Dennis from starvation while traveling to Lincoln, Nebraska to visit sisters and fiancé. Her brother in Lincoln says she seemed well off and had friends in St. Louis who might have helped if they knew she was in need.
Four harvest workers were robbed and wounded near Hutchinson Kansas after a desk room hold up on the Santa Fe line. A. El Frozier was shot in the leg and foot while J. Frasier was stabbed in the throat. William Peel and Scott Fleming were badly beaten. Frasiey and Hoss hailed from Ramaner Missouri. All were hospitalized and expected to recover. Three men were stabbed in a separate Brooklyn incident where two others fled during a street fight context on a Sunday night near Pamiltian Ferry.
A drowned pair, Michael Slaven and cinta Owen, were found bathing near Philadelphia re dist, while a separate shooting near Chariton left a man dead and his sweetheart injured. Slaven’s home is in Taston as stock market chatter fills the Star. Rat stom was arrested as the companion escaped.
A New York market report shows refined sugar grades financed 20 cents per hundred pounds on Wednesday amid advancing prices. the notice highlights overall sugar price movement and market financing terms.
Packers and strikers dispute the impact of a four‑day strike at Armour and Co. Chicago yards report many holdovers and cattle in pens, while officials claim rapid rehire and near‑normal business. Shippers foresee price slumps as stock remains unsold and bids wane.
Building Trades Alliance of New York City calls a strike against George A. Fuller Construction, halting work on five large buildings. Philip Weinsheimer, president of the Ruide Trades Alliance, ordered the action after weeks of tension. The strike aims to protest work conditions and labor actions.
The Branded Mine Workers district No. 1 at Scranton Pa votes to enforce a conciliation board decision. Miners threaten strikes against operators who refuse to comply and challenge the umpire Wright on pay for check weigh men.
Maj Franklin Gordon, son of Gen John B Gordon, is in the Jacksonville jail awaiting transport to a Florida asylum after arrest on a writ of lunacy. His detention follows his father’s death and reports of alcohol related instability. Police report the Mt. Vernon Tracey case involves another listed son of a New York judge.
San Francisco reports hundreds of dapsunese are being imported along the Pacific coast to work at wages of one dollar a month. The article notes Mexican workers also being sought for similar low paid labor.
Fragmentary report of an accidental shooting at a Winnipeg fair with a revolver mishap. Separate item notes a turnkey beaten by prisoners at Bellefonte prison and mentions an alleged murder case under investigation. A misidentified death linked to a school principal in Crawfordsville is described as a mistake.
Four armed highwaymen robbed passengers aboard the Illinois Central Chicago St. Louis special near Mattoon on Monday night. They secured money and valuables from thirty passengers, two passengers were hit with a hatchet, and the robbers escaped in darkness after locking the Pullman car, with over $1,000 taken.
Port au Prince unrest deepens as violent disorders spread over the city. Stores run low, exchange rates surge, and foreign residents are warned amid President Nord's address promising hard measures to defend the government.
The Mine Workers Executive Board for the Wyoming and JiackaWanna district gathers in Scranton to decide on a strike to enforce weight checks and the Wright decision. The Pottsville dispatch notes most Schuylkill coal mines idle, except Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company's plants, with 60 to 100 men idle.
Heavy receipts at Kansas City yards signal plants resume operations with partial strikers applying for old jobs. About 200 to 440 workers are expected to return once vacancies exist. some are discouraged by upcoming strike benefits.
James Sanderson, a farm hand near Nevada, died after a pitchfork pierced his body while moving hay. He was found by colleagues near the hay chute and died en route to medical aid. his body was returned to Batavia for burial.
Irregularities at the First National Bank of Grinnell show forgeries linked to cashier H C Bovencer and a mysterious double drowning death of him and his son. Monday uncovered forged notes totaling 7404 dollars with transposed signatures and misspellings raising questions about other similar notes and the bank’s receiver awaiting evaluation of further claims.
A southern Chariton hotel burned when a light wire ignited. guests escaped via windows and many lost wardrobes. The Chariton House burned fiercely as insurance valued at about 700 dollars and losses to owner MH Feodareen were noted. Meg suffered cuts while escaping. The fire department controlled the blaze, preserving adjacent buildings. the hotel stood as a local landmark for forty three years.
Des Moines Mayor Matterns campaign against saloon window obstructions under the state law prompts peranial letters to saloon owners. The town seeks to ensure windows of buildings with saloons are not darkened by scrons or other obstructions, establishing standard enforcement despite criticism of the mayor’s methods.
Dave Morgan of Smoky Hallow was shot in the right arm and shoulder by his son Dick Jenkins when the gun discharged as they walked home. He bled heavily and had his arm amputated at the shoulder before help arrived. Also noted is the death of prominent Odd Fellow Derd Smith of Iowa Balls after a long illness linked to dropsy.
Mrs Anna Butterfield wife of Jett Butterfield of Iron Cedar Township northwest of Jefferson has vanished leaving husband and 11 year old son with a large corn crop to tend. Sheriff Anderson investigated last April and neighbors doubt she left without word. Butterfield left home with four children taking them to Carroll County as neighbors monitor the crop and await further inquiry.
Michael Donnelly, president of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, heads a union that has expanded from 15 locals and 600 members to 270 unions with about 500 000 members, uniting packing centers nationwide and boosting wages and conditions.
William Stone, a longtime Cherokee County resident and former grocer and restaurateur, drowned in the Little Sioux River near White mill Runday while fishing for minnows with a small seine. A search recovered his body about fifty feet from the accident site in ten feet of water. He was a bachelor with one brother in Ohio.
North western Lonsbalds dealers met in Bheldon Thoreder to form a hardware dealers association. The group aims to establish a distributing station to ship goods to dealers at better prices, benefiting consumers through lower retail costs.
A notice from the United States Bureau of Agriculture explains a new regulation to prevent the spread of disease in stock cattle. It requires immediate action by railroads and railway officials to implement safeguards effective August 1.
Carpenters employed by Sheets and Frerder on the Carnegie library and related buildings strike after disagreements over pay and manpower. The contractor says no union workers will be used, risking wider labor actions as other firms may become involved.
A Cedar Rapids couple sought to marry in Vinton, claiming age via affidavits. Finton Harry G. Darker, 18, and Miss Frankie Baker, 14, obtained a license, married by Justice Connel, then returned to Cedar Rapids at the bride’s mother’s request.
An agricultural survey across Story County finds variable corn yields with estimates ranging from 9 to 10 bushels per acre. Torp of Store Cite reports the tallest field, with the overall average around ten bushels per acre.
A 106 year old colored woman Mrs Delpha Revers will be queen of the Towa negroes emancipation celebration to be held in Clarinda. The article notes her age and white hair as tokens of her years.
Charles James, jailed in Marshalltown, bound over to the grand jury on a murder charge after alleged attempt to harm Tarvey Poole. In Gedar Fails, Folin Meskirk, a local driver, injured his own eye driving to market when a large blacksnake whip struck him, blinding the left eye.
The steamship San Jacinta of the Malinry line was nearly destroyed by fire while at Reach's shipyard in Chester undergoing repairs. The vessel, built by Reach Shipyard, launched in 1860, suffered extensive damage as crews fought the blaze.
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