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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1913
Page
7
A fragment from a political discussion notes a contentious tone about mayoral elections. The speaker reflects on the turnout and the chance for future public service, mentioning supporters and the desire to keep working for the community.
Mrs Arthur Haworth writes of her four year old nephew's red blotches and blisters spreading across the face. After applying Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, the blisters burst and cleared within about ten to fourteen days with no scarring.
Dialogue reveals a potential breach of promise case between siblings with warning of a gallant retaliation if demands are not met. The tenor focuses on favoritism and moral leverage within a domestic dispute.
A 77 year old farmer, Mr W D Smith of Ey writes of long time use of Dodd's Kidney Pills. He credits them with curing back strain related inflammation and kidney trouble and says they help prevent backache. He invites publication and photo, and notes 50c boxes and free household hints and recipes offer.
William Allen White reports a so called model boy has been found by accident. A baseball fan posed a question to ten year old boys about Sunday amusements and Henry answered Read the Bible and pray. The note appears in Hearst's magazine.
A terse maxim contends that labeling error as a mistake fails to improve outcomes, suggesting accountability and learning follow from owning missteps rather than denouncing them. The note reflects a caution against branding faults as mere errors.
A report from New York notes financier Morgan's grave illness and presumed withdrawal from active duties. It states his attack occurred days earlier, with family and associates confirming medical concerns and planned travel adjustments.
Washington, Feb. 1. Senator Root's plan to repeal free passage for American coastwise ships was tabled 7 to 3 by the Senate committee on inter-oceanic canals. Senators Brandegeee Page and Percy opposed. The committee's action forecloses action this session and denies a minority report. Some senators sided with tabling to protect time for broader canal issues.
Tokio, Feb 18. The new Japanese premier M Gombei Yamamoto completed cabinet formation today. Premier Gombei Yamamoto. foreign affairs Viscount Sutimi Chinda. home affairs Nei Hara. justice Mas sihiga Matsuda. finance Baron Takahashi. agriculture Baron Nobuaki Makino. education Sakunoashin Metodo. communications Guuin Okuda. navy Admiral Baron Minoru Saito. army Lieutenant General Baron Fusutsuna Hikoshi Viscount Chinda.
The French polar ship Da Curiese arrived in Montevideo Uruguay after sailing from Boulogne Sur Mer last July. It carried an expedition to study fauna and flora of little known Atlantic and Pacific islands under the auspices of the minister of public instructions.
Washington, Feb. 18 Captain AL PL Carden, assistant doorkeeper of the House, was found dead in his rooms with his throat cut. An incoherent note, apparently hastily written, said he took his life while temporarily deranged. Carden, from Wheeling, West Virginia, was to be appointed United States marshal there soon.
A Dayton, Ohio jury convicted the officers of the Gas Register Trust on charges related to financial misconduct. The treasurer and key executives faced prison terms and fines for the alleged schemes involving the gas company’s securities. The court ordered restitution and outlined further penalties for the remaining defendants listed in the indictment.
In a murky court report, Wiss Maries Mrickam, wounded in an apparent shooting, is said to have survived after hospital care. The text mentions Misarickson confessing to a related incident and an unfinished charge at Treston.
Hon. Struble, former congressman from the Eleventh Town district, served 1882 to 1890. He collapsed at the diner table at noon after a period of diabetes. He had appeared at his office earlier in the day.
New York report details police raids on opium activity in Second Avenue tenement rooms. Detectives say a joint was often used by schoolboys and girls, with a 14 year old boy among those found in a dirty room with six young men, one unconscious.
In Evanston at the Wheadon Methodist Episcopal church mothers rejected a plan to check babies at the door. They favored an anteroom care system but balked at checks guaranteeing correct baby retrieval after services.
William G. Rockefeller plans a costly up to date amateur wireless station at his Lake Avenue home in Greenwood. His sons Godfrey and Stillian Rockefeller are learning to operate it and show rapid progress for the project.
The article reports continued heavy fighting around Mexico City with President Madero under pressure to resign. Diaz remains firm while De La Barra negotiates for armistice terms as foreign intervention looms and exodus of civilians grows.
Rebels extend lines near the capital as Diaz strengthens positions in the Juarez colony. Diaz and federal commanders push to force President Madero to resign amid a dawn bombardment and a night of heavy shelling. The British legation reports Madero's expected resignation as De La Barra’s visit prompts a pause in fighting.
At Juarez 1,000 government troops include many irregulars under chiefs who fought in prior revolutions. Colonel Junucin Elcarate vows to disband if Madero resigns, while Colonel Juan Vasques claims Juarez command. Rebel leaders hint at recognizing the Tiaz administration and invite Gen. Inez Salazar to aid if needed as Salazar’s 1,900+ rebels near Juarez. Communications are cut, with no telegraph or rail service below Juarez and no word from nearby American settlements.
A Canadian advocate outlines reforms aimed at stabilizing finance, including tighter oversight and potential restructuring. The proposal urges shifting focus to core banking duties and suggests monitoring private bankers while expanding large banks in major cities with regional branches.
Fragmentary report describes planned official testing of a Friedmann serum and public health device. It mentions a surgeon general, a New York arrival, and proposed transfer of culture, with talks of pilot projects and Treasury safeguards before distribution in the United States.
In Los Angeles probate court Mrs. Elisalda a wealthy member of a prominent Spanish family seeks permission to marry Plasantino Leon 46. Judge Rives postponed ruling for one week to allow personal observation by the attorney for Elisalda. Leon who loved Elisalda for over fifty years attended as an auditor while relatives contest the marriage with Claudia Lugo the elderly woman’s guardian driving the family fight.
A caravan of suffragists reaches Philadelphia with eight female walkers joining General Hosalie Jones as they press toward Washington. The group includes Colonel Spratt Corporal Martha Kilatchen and several others plus two scouts Olive Schultz and Mary Baird who joined after a 27 mile march.
The Interstate Commerce Commission withdrew today orders enforcing freight transit privileges, reopening the entire subject of transit rights across communities, with emphasis on grain and lumber shipments. The move leaves the status of transit privileges in unsettled form.
Feb. report from Trot Johannes Cibiger, director of Copenhagen Pathology Institute, claims cancer origins traced to growths in the esophagus and stomach caused by minute worms in the alimentary tract, some of which are from common kitchen cockroaches.
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