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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1903
Page
14
An Indianapolis News note explains a method to prevent door sagging by attaching a round iron bar through a notch in the bottom of an old door, with a large flat stone placed near the sill to support the wheel as the door closes. It also suggests adding new hinges if needed.
The Senate debated statehood and rejected portions of the Army appropriation bill in a lively session. House action trimmed civil War retirements and allowed Government deposits at 3 percent interest. Executive sessions covered the Panay canal treaty and related finance measures as the week unfolded.
Fragmented OCR text references national salary details and a staged merger of two states under a phantom entity. No coherent events, dates, or named organizations are readable enough to verify. Unable to produce a reliable headline or summary from the provided text.
Senator Hoar criticizes Secretary of War Root and defends President Roosevelt after a Union League Club address in Chicago. He argues progress for African Americans over forty years shows Root’s views flawed while Bishop Gailor offers the Southern perspective.
Reports show the ship subsidy bill beaten in a House committee after a hard fought battle. Senators Hanna and Frye pushed for a favorable report, while Republicans Grosvenor Young Ginene Fordney Wachter and Littlefield joined in opposition. Democratic attempts to substitute or revive the measure failed as party leaders faced stiff resistance.
Bishop C C McCabe proclaims the Methodist Episcopal Church tops all U S churches in membership and cites figures to refute a New York critic. He estimates 12 040 000 members when counting branches by census family method, with growth since 1884 totaling about 1 260 000. He notes Presbyterians 1 924 198 Baptists 753 052 and Congregationalists as other large groups. Also reports First National Bank of Asbury Park N J closed with receiver W Seofield due to losses under currency controller action.
Mrs. Cornelius Vallerhill and friends were left at Dineland in Gra when the Seathern Palm Limited failed to collect them. They telegraphed for pickup and the train ran 25 miles to fetch them.
Patterson of Chicago introduces a bill to place Cook County Election Commissioners under civil service rules. A proposal seeks to ban football in state institutions with violators fined 10 to 100 dollars. A House majority discusses private secretaries for members and a resolutions committee drafts action.
A Detroit style debate lands on extra pay for elevator conductors and health board bills. Representative Van Zoeren and Batchelder clash as proposals to strike Sunday work pay and label necessary costs are debated. Health board audits and supervisory bill changes provoke strong opposition before passage or defeat.
Senator O Neil presents a pension bill for raiiranda workers with 25 years service. A tax exemption bill moves to a third reading excluding certain items like watches and fur items. Other measures include circuit judge term fixes and veterans home admission rules. The Waterman bill on domestic life insurers investments passes.
The Senate approved a bill to uniform negotiable papers law with other states. Senator Thompson’s primary election bill, amended to suit business leaders, passed without opposition. An amendment by Senator Rareus extends the law to Wise, Vanderburg and Allen counties. changes are described as technical and building on a two year old corrective bill.
Fragmented text notes an Oregon senatorial tally with Geer and Fulton figures and references to negotiable papers, uniform state taxes, and street car reads. The garbled lines make the exact events and dates hard to determine.
The Cornell University campus faces mass exodus as typhoid fever spreads rapidly. About half of the 2,900 students have fled to their homes or elsewhere, with trains crowded and officials unable to curb the panic. Twenty or more have died, and several students abroad report illness after drinking local water.
The United Mine Workers convention in Springfield Illinois passed amendments to abolish local unions composed exclusively of foreigners including Italians Lithuanians Poles and Germans amid reports of nationality based membership bans and daily law violations. A fine provision for abuse by officers and members was added and the convention remained opposed to political activity by the union. Calls for government ownership of railroads were noted but seen as likely slow.
Reports indicate a Pittsburgh council ruling affecting Wabash entry into the city. Six thousand freight and engine drivers on the Terre Haute line between Jersey City and Chicago threaten to strike for higher wages. Freight rate cuts to the southward from Louisville and St Louis are said to be equalized by major lines.
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