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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1903
Page
5
The Hull Index announces Will Tamplin as editor and proprietor. He assumes leadership of the newspaper with plans to guide coverage and community reporting from Hull.
A poll will be taken among Wabash trainmen and conductors after failed talks with President Ramsey over pay raises. The union seeks 12 percent for freight crews and 1d per ced for all, with a proposed westward limit. Ramsey rejects extending to the entire system. If no deal is reached, a strike is seen as likely.
A New York investigator reports oiling insurance fraud schemes as part of a broader inquiry. Officials vow a sweeping probe into a remarkable criminal case tied to lavish payouts and suspected fraudsters in the city.
A man named Irank- Tin Baer alias Joseph Afeyer, arrested for robbery, says he helped in a Northern Pacific heist taking $11 050 and spent $6 000 to alter his appearance and location. He claims a Butte, Montana homestead and sent a letter to his wife under the alias Garer from a Chicago hall.
A Columbia special reports Allan Orens and five others known as the Bilnoly Nine were found guilty of murder in the second degree for the Sept. 28, 1962, killing of Edward Chapinacz, the Brown Station station agent. Orens received a ten year term. other trials postponed to March 24.
An unclear report outlines a dispute labeled Fiat N S involving Atlantie siteua and Gitunbua. The narrative covers several events and voices from local observers, hinting at procedural questions and disputed actions within a regional context.
A Norfolk special reports a cyclone struck the Virginia coast sinking the passenger steamer Olive between Franklin and Edenton. Eighteen people are known to have drowned with survivors rescued hours later as the crew and passengers faced a cold, perilous river ordeal near Woodsey's pier.
A severe storm hit the south from Tennessee to Kentucky with heavy rain snow and sleet and high winds causing railroad delays and near standstill streetcar service. Reports from several states describe snow drifts flooding and damaged infrastructure with several deaths and widespread outages.
An Illinois traveler saved about a hundred riders by flagging a Cleveland Columbus Chicago and St Louis line train near Marre larg after stalling aboard the track in extreme heat. He faced a hostile situation in shirt sleeves, risking his life to alert the engineer as embankments rose and the train slowed to a stop.
A severe coal shortage endangers Paris Hospital with 700 patients at risk. Trains run hours late due to fuel limits, telegraph services slow, and city operations including the courthouse closed after insufficient coal supplies emerged during the cold snap.
Mary Martin resident of the new Unde well school at Thayer acted bravely during a blaze that destroyed the building. She guided her pupils to safety by lowering them from a second floor and leaping to a safe ledge. Several children sustained minor injuries, but no serious harm occurred.
Coroner's jury evidence in the Flugstad case indicates Daniel Flugstad, 62, was beaten to death by his 40 year old son Dankie in a farmyard altercation. Dankie seized a towel rod during the fight and delivered fatal blows after a struggle that followed the elder Flugstad's drunken outburst. The county attorney plans prosecution despite the coroner's verdict.
A Davenport woman, Diora Withers, attempted self harm in a troubled episode linked to alleged spousal tension. The husband entered, her clothing caught fire, and she was burned on her head and face. A physician attended. authorities report she inhaled no smoke and is expected to recover.
A Detroit woman Edith Martin used four guns to fatally wound her lover Kaplan and then killed herself on Grand Avenue after a quarrel. Kaplan died, Martin died instantly. Police and doctors believe the woman fired the shots.
An article from Kaua Township reports a five month old infant of John Tinilg in the Searl of Progress family is fatally burned after a younger sister dropped the child on a kitchen stove while carrying it. The incident occurred while the parents were away, and a neighbor was alerted by the older siblings.
Oliver Nichols a lumberman shot and killed Mrs. Ira Shaffer near Edie Post Office, then killed himself. Shaffer was en route to her father's home with two young women when Nichols emerged from behind a tree and ordered them aside before firing. Jealousy is suspected as the motive.
A Grande Western passenger train struck a large double sleigh at Eighth and South Streets in Salt Lake City. The party of ten was hurled about 100 feet with wreckage scattered. Miss Pearl Qualler was killed and others injured.
Fragmented OCR reveals a tentative Washington reference to a secretary and a president signing a treaty or act. Names and places are garbled, but mention of United States authorities and a formal action is evident amid distorted text.
New York dispatches report more than 400 complaints against a Jersey City connected group tied to Adalph Jaccolson of Barone NY in a merchandising network. Federal authorities and Jersey City police investigate possible fraud across multiple law firms.
A 13 year old girl and a 15 year old boy fled home and hid in a city sewer edge residence. Police found them with love letters filled with affectionate terms. The girl is 11, but both youths are described as deeply in love like Romeo and Juliet.
A Hazelton Pennsylvania telegraphers' raise takes effect February 1 across the Delaware Susquehanna and Schuylkill Railroad, serving Coxe and others. The action follows White House notice of nominations to key posts including Cartel to head the commerce and labor department.
A Shelf Rock dispatch reports W IT Fennell died after a dental procedure where teeth were pulled a week earlier. The wound worsened as bleeding continued despite medical efforts, and the patient grew weaker until death.
The readable fragments report a New York special about Consolidated Exchange trade activity and a proposed design. It mentions a set of investors or traders and questions surrounding bailes.
The Buena Vista County farmers institute holds its meeting at Storm Lake from February 28 to 29 with topics on farm matters, prize contests for best corn samples, and a judging contest. Citizens have raised funds for the event and a telephone franchise election is discussed as a separate issue.
Nonsense OCR fragment describes an unclear poet subject with damaged wording and no readable event or names. The text provides no verifiable facts or entities to summarize into a coherent news item.
Des Moines revival of a bill by the State Association of County Auditors aims to secure uniformity in property assessment. A yearly state convention would set valuation standards for different property classes and transmit agreed procedures to county assessors during annual conventions.
Des Moines report notes growing mutual satisfaction between Iowa coal miners and mine operators. Both sides anticipate a smoother wage scale discussion at the upcoming joint meeting. Union secretary John White cites unusually high harmony in district one and a possible small wage increase next year.
A Des Moines special reports the Ministerial Association's plan to reform city affairs and curb evils. Rev. Douglas, temperance chair, cites strong current crimes blamed on cafons and lax oversight. Next week a committee will present a plan to action against criminal cliques.
The Remsen area reports Kemnen Man aims to break the birth record in the district for a large family. Mrs Becker, mother of seventeen, cares for daughters and sons amid steady attendance at weddings each month. A separate notice confirms the engagement of Affsa Lacy Decker to Frank Smith and a son’s forthcoming marriage next month.
A lone robber entered the Chicago and Northwestern depot in Mechanicaville at 2 o'clock and held the night operator at gunpoint. He demanded the money drawer and took several hundred dollars before ordering the operator to telegraph the train dispatch with his compliments and promising a return call.
Roy Alnirs of Ghent was poisoned in a peculiar manner Saturday when rats in the cellar carried poison into apples. A boy ate one apple and received medical aid. Doctors think he will suffer no serious effects.
In Macedonia dispatch, coroner Terbert Livts and Mrs Tarney McDaniels are charged with killing her husband. McDaniels was found Saturday in the road near home with a neck wound. Inquest testimony implicated McDaniels and Livts while David Merchant suffered a wood chopping accident. Arthur Turner, newspaper representative, committed suicide at his wife’s grave in Chicago.
A Rock Rapids special reports the jury's decision in the Angst Renee case. The trial closed with a fatal shooting and the fate of the accused, Helmer Dee Leer, decided in December. Pec 8, 190%
A livestock accident near a fence leads to severe injuries when a cow kicks a person who was guiding the animal. The incident happened while the animal was moved, resulting in a fatal outcome for the worker.
Fragmentary OCR passes no clear events or names to anchor a valid summary. cannot determine main person place or outcome from available readable words.
The Weekly Trade Review notes strong iron and steel demand, rising pipe and structural material orders, and large wire and wire nail exports led by Australia, South America, and Europe. Wheat exports for the week total 2 856 439 bushels, with cumulative shipments rising and sentiment optimistic amid firm prices and potential future supply concerns.
A long, noisy listing of Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee grain and livestock prices. Horses, hogs, cattle, sheep, wheat, corn, oats, rye and butter values shown with varied No. 2 grades and regional ranges. Policy notes: prices in dollars per unit, market names included.
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