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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1911
Page
3
Minnesota farmers urged to use a formalin seed treatment to prevent smut in wheat barley and corn. The method requires cleaning grain choosing formalin mixing 1 pint to 40 45 gallons water dipping or spraying kernels ensuring full wetting then drying 12 to 24 hours before sowing.
A New York World report claims asthma may be caused by tight collar buttons pressing on the neck. The doctor describes how long rigid collars press the medulla and vasomotor nerves, potentially triggering breathing trouble and distressing symptoms. A shorter looser collar is suggested as a possible cure.
The World's Work critic Clotworthy argues the army is in dire condition with $106,000,000 yearly in military insurance for a policy of no value. He cites a combatant strength of about 70,000 across arms, notes excess noncombatant units, and warns of inadequate protection for the Panama Canal and overseas posts.
The piece recalls George Washington born in Westmoreland County Virginia on February 22. It traces his youth his roles as surveyor adjutant and leader under Dinwiddie and the British army and notes his retirement to Mount Vernon and eventual presidency. The article details Christ Episcopal Church in Potomac Maryland its Washington pew the historic church furnishings and memorial tablets for Washington and Lee.
The piece recalls George Washington as the first chief executive to serve two terms and a third nonconsecutive, highlighting his eight-year span and national honors. It notes his early survey work in Washington city, his Mason ties in Alexandria, and landmarks like Christ Church, Carlyle House, and Braddock House.
A prayer in American Magazine asking for truth telling writers and newspaper men to resist lies and prejudice. It pleads for courage honesty integrity and public service guiding minds toward the common good and the higher law.
Reports from Chihuahua and Torreon describe insurgent actions including a train held up on the Mexican National railroad after fuel fires burned a bridge. A Pullman car was struck as federal officers move toward Mexico City while armed groups clash with troops.
The Frepresentative Anes I. Allen of Matoe died of pneumonia in his Washington apartment after several days illness. He was nearing 38 years old and had served as private secretary to the late Speaker Thomas Read. His seat in the next Congress will be filled by Asher Ends.
New York ed cites Mrs Willimam A. Clark wife of former United States Senator Chirk with appendicitis at Roosevelt Hospital. Surgeons prepared to operate this afternoon. Senator Ci Sot remained at the hospital until late last night and again this morning.
A local obituary notes the death of a pioneer, aged about a young age, with limited details in the OCR fragment. The report mentions the deceased as a respected figure and indicates cause or full date unknown. Further readable lines reference community reaction and funeral arrangements not fully captured.
New York February 20 Wheat including flour exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending February 16 totaled 2 189 211 bushels, down from 2 274 291 last week and 14 617 080 the prior year. For the 33 weeks ending February 16 exports stand at 77 625 158 bushels versus 105 234 124 in the same period last year. Corn exports for the week were 2 508 188, down from 2 541 977 and 171 016 in 1910. For the 233 weeks ending February 16 corn exports total 27 184 228 versus 17 178 347 last year.
Bradstreet's notes warm southern weather and storms hinder retail clearance sales while wholesale demand edges up in the southwest. Iron and steel show gradual improvement with firmer prices, boilerplate activity in farm machinery and fertilizer, and early spring building boosts. Transportation and collections remain uneven with varying bank failures year over year.
Reports from Muadaloupe indicate aguerrero chiefs with three armed guards advanced into the hills south of the area. Mexican federal troops about 1,900 men struggle through heavy rain as they push toward the mountains. Majoro and chiefs plan to hold their position. Lauro Carcamo, a captain in the Thirteenth Mexican federal infantry, is to be executed in Mexico City. Insurrectos activity and US border tensions continue as guards confront labor unions and arrests occur south of El Paso.
Alleging the defendants in the governments criminal Bath Tink trust case have immunity from a Maryland civil suit, lawyers Stavenson Carpenter and Whiteell moved to dismiss the federal case. A separate incident describes a man assaulting a librarian window with a brick after being denied alms, injuring but not seriously harming a bystander.
A era ends as George J. Gould battles Rockefeller and Kuhn Loeb interests over control of Missouri Pacific and other railroads. Retirement from Missouri Pacific presidency follows a long struggle with losses, mergers, and shifting power, signaling the Gould name’s waning influence in major properties.
Hilda Crosley, 14, daughter of W H Crosley of Springfield 8 D, died after two weeks of burns from an oil explosion. She was the fourth child to die in the incident. others perished in Springfield. The girls were making candy when oil spilled, causing a fire that spread. Hilda died in a local hospital after being moved to Bronx City. Funeral services were held and the body sent to Springfield for burial.
Feb 20. An anti wrecking attempt near Sexty station on the Philadelphia & Tenading Railway caused the locomotive of a Jagat passenger train to derail and plunge down a steep embankment. Engineer Samuel Giltner, 48, was crushed to death. no passengers were harmed.
Storm Lake Iowa will host the Spencer Shelion league postmasters convention in early July. Sioux Rapids leader J Smith named as organizer for the joint gathering with the Des Moines district. Also from the area Miss Orr Trina Jverhart and Mr Clarence Ail ier wed at the Methodist church on Wednesday.
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