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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1909
Page
2
A fragment notes a thirteen year sentence connected to a San Francisco case involving city legislation and confinement. Details are sparse but indicate a long incarceration linked to local legal action.
The Delaware Court records in Metia Pennsylvania charge Widgur Sand and Catherine Beisel with murder for the shooting of Captain J Clifton Erb at his home near Village Green. Beisel admits firing the shot claiming self defense while Erb and his sister in law clashed during a quarrel.
In Omaha the police court heard Frank duilge Grasford accused of abusing his wife. His wife testified he drank heavily and failed to provide necessities for his family, frequently crying at them. Judge Crawford consulted with the witnesses and sentenced Grasford to the minimum term in jail.
William McKay a painter who moved from Cleveland to Detroit with his family was fatally injured while rescuing his two children Edith nine and John two from a rooming house fire on High Street. He carried Edith on his back and John under an arm as they escaped thirty feet down from the third floor window before collapsing. Edith and John survived with minor injuries while Mrs. McKay broke an arm. McKay suffered a broken back and both legs.
The Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington hailed Arkansas reports of a $315,000 fine against T. H. Birch of Little Rock for rebating. Tench, indicted for grain rebates from Omaha and Kansas City to Little Rock, pleaded guilty to ten counts. forty counts were dismissed.
Yellownatone Tarhk reports an extensive coal deposit under Yellowstone Park. Cleveland Hilson of the Montana Goke and Coal Company says a two percent tattee deposit lies beneath the park. He predicts development within twenty to forty years as outcrops extend for thousands of feet and millions of dollars of coal and minerals may be opened.
Gideon Hope plots a sweeping political takeover using a vast party apparatus and hidden operatives. He meets Michael Delehanty to organize a nationwide machine while Percy Kane faces a looming collapse as the Canane group scheme unfolds behind a shadowy fortress.
Dr Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the chemistry bureau, urges isolating tuberculosis cases to curb spread. He notes sleeping cars on railroads as infection centers and plans to sample air in cars to study ventilation and provide fresh air to travelers. Public health officials advocate detention of afflicted individuals to protect others.
Trade unions in multiple regions plan eight hour days and organizing drives while governments introduce pension schemes and safety stations. Workers in Fort Worth win eight hour shifts and higher pay, and Australia New Zealand pension rules take effect next July.
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