The Hull Index Editor Will Tamplin Resigns
In a brief notice the Hull Index declares editor and proprietor Will Tamplin stepping down from the paper. No successor named.
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Will Tamplin
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1904
Page
14
Pure Food Bill Passes House By Wide Margin
The House approved the Hepburn bill to standardize purity and labeling of foods and drugs. It bans interstate import and export of misbranded items and expands the Bureau of Chemistry to enforce standards with new inspectors and chemists. Violations will be prosecuted, with enforcement led by the Agriculture Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Chemistry
Bureau of Funds
Secretary of Agriculture
Agrienittipe
Rain Delays and Electrocution Strike at Bridge
A severe rainstorm overwhelmed DPageengere area causing a collapsed road structure and damaged rails. Electric current surged through metalwork, injuring workers and threatening passengers as trains stalled and people evacuated onto the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dpageengere
Foneen
Ehat
Teriis
Fire at Chicago hotel injures and shocks patrons
A blaze at the six story Chicago hotel on Clark Street drove guests into the streets as fire crews swept through the building. Officials say about 33 000 in damage and investigators suspect electrical wires caused the fire spreading via the elevator shaft.
Garter Poise theater killer Lee Turner acquitted
Lee Turner, proprietor of the Garter Home, was acquitted by a Middelstar jury in Kansas after being charged with the killing of Pepchy Sheriff Charles Cecil in the famed Garter Poise theater incident.
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Tarneer
Postmasters Not Barred From Political Convention Roles
Postmaster General Payne in Washington stated that the prohibition on holding federal positions does not bar postmasters or other federal officers from serving as delegates or ineligible roles at political conventions.
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Payne
Washington
Chicago Theaters Face Closure Under New Ordinance
The Chicago city council enacted an ordinance requiring theaters to install automatic sprinklers, widen doors, and post a $25,000 bond by August 3, 1904 to remain open. The measure, backed by mayoral and building officials, threatens to shutter nearly all downtown venues if conditions are not met.
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Chicago
Chicago City Council
Extreme Cold Grips Eastern States
The bitter cold spreads from New York City to New England with temperatures plunging to 40 below zero in exposed areas. Rail travel across the region is disrupted as the system struggles against record low readings and blowing temperatures.
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New York City
Thoston
Moan
New England
Mero
Guns and Bricks Used in Kansas City Labor Clash
A large fight erupted in Kansas City Kansas as Nee Usio w and Crtow ridge Mee thask led about 100 Iron Workers into a clash over a new Union payroll bill. One man was shot in the thigh and another suffered a severe scalp wound while hundreds of bricks flew and thirty revolver shots rang out during the confrontation.
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Nee-Usiow
Crtow
Curse of Negro Declared as Racial Crisis in Mississippi
Governor Varda of Mississippi denounced the alleged threat posed by Black people to white women and urged an amendment to the state constitution to place the distribution of the common school fund under legislative control. Also notes ships ready for service in wartime and the death of George Francis Train.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Mise
Vardaman
Gveen
Victoria
Tasa Maru
Wwakuat Mare
Kosai Maru
Nippon
Yusenaisha Dine
Torssia
Peace party ascendant as czar favors diplomacy
St Petersburg dispatches say peace advocates gain ground with the czar favoring talks. Witte pushes for peace while Ben Robrazoff's war faction is abroad. Casini assurances credit Count Lemsdorf for Chinese treaty rights and Korea Russia Manchuria understandings.
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St. Petersburg
MM. Benrobrazoff
Limsdork
Pedee
Alexieff
M. Witte
Quanechl
Council of State
M._ Witte
Russia
Russia Had Everything To Lose and ‘Nothing To Sain
Witte
Associated Press
Ig Os
Japan
Thussia
Korea
Manchuria
Korean
Yalu
Ithenein
Love Causes Ruin James L Bair’s Downfall
A local obituary notes the death of James L. Bair a former general counsel for the F Lantiy Worki fair, whose alleged downfall stemmed from devotion to his wife and jealousy toward a ward. Accused of embezzlements and breach of trust, his career and life are summarized amid the scandal sparked by a weekly obituary paragraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Bair
Genern
F. Lantiy
Joe
Tris Warden
Coger Gamle
Lovie Grand Jorg
Ty SH
Wiley
Boondthrift
Bit
Murder Indictments in Leon Involve Bracewell Case
Leon grand jury returns two indictments. John Harden is charged with killing WW E Bracewell over cattle in a quarrel and Hayden is held without bond in Chariton for safekeeping. Charles Woodard faces a life poisoning charge after his wife died Dec 15 from suspected strychnine.
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Leon
John" Harden
Onawa Court Lacks Jurisdiction in Barn Setback Case
District Court cannot hear or decide issues from an Onawa ordinance case about removing barns forty feet from a sidewalk. Judge Todge Gaynor ruled no appellate jurisdiction exists in such matters and that a town cannot confer it by ordinance. George A. Oliver plans to challenge the writ of certiorari.
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Ist
Onawa
O. B. Bilis
BE. Belnap
Todge Gaynor
Greorge A. Oliver
No-Name Infant Death Linked to Hostage Incident
A drunken machinist allegedly held his infant hostage threatening to kill the child and himself if arrests were made. Police arrived at a South Seventh Street location, but charges were later dropped as the grand jury returned no bill against Grant Drary for shooting his wife.
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Pon
Hot
Polles Ulers
Fleventh
Uemon
Brondieh
Grant Drary
Liscomb
Grand Finer
American Guard Reinforcements Arrive at Seoul Legation
Navy reports confirm dispatches sending two officers and sixty four men from the USS Vicksburg to reinforce the United States legation in Seoul. Cable from Washington notes the native press remains uncertain toward foreign authorities while American guards bolster protection.
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United States Force
Seoul
Navy Department
Washington
Guanl
United States
Vicksburg
Heant
Drunk Contract Not Enforceable Says Supreme Court
Des Moines court ruling holds that a man who is intoxicated cannot legally form a binding contract for town care. Simon Koch, described as excessively drunk during the agreement, paid 5000 for a lot and 500 cash, but the court voided the contract. Judge Vollinger backed the real estate agents in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Ennet
Des Moines
Flavenport
Simon Koch
Noel
Vollinger
Tkoch
Fatal Cave-In at Balta Mont Leaves Men Dead
A cave-in at the Balta Mont eastern Gray mine on Aimalgamateri property killed several men and injured two others. Workers were in LaB0 font loved when earth collapsed, followed by a fire that destroyed boilers. Firemen suffered injuries as escape attempts were made amid chaotic scenes.
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East Gray Terk
Aimalgamateri
Balta, Mont
Cour
Wail
Boros
Cincinnati
Mibinieviteh
Fletcher & Cals Phon
Pitty
Iowa Caucus Fails to Name Judge Successor after Ballots
A Washington dispatch reports the Iowa delegation met at 10 50 Monday and adjourned at 72 oclock without action. Six ballots were taken before adjourning at 180 oclock Saturday. Representative Llangen called the proceedings unproductive as they sought a successor to Judge Shiras. Nearby a barn fire at Sunny Slope ranch near Femporta Kan burned 83 head of Hereford cattle. The loss likely reached thousands in value.
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Iowa
Sunny Slope Ranch
Fempora
Kan
A. Stannard
Striking Tramway Employees Demand Higher Pay
Strikers in Tieamington HL refuse to work after employer rejected their demands for increased pay. A related report notes a deadly train wreck near Peoria where three car repairers died when a work train collided with a rushing vehicle at town center.
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Han Autos
Tieamington
Finve
Blaena canyEvey
Peoria
Weathered Mohawk Valley records crippled utilities
Frost struck the Mohawk valley with all-time temperature lows at Fonda NX along with schools reporting below freezing. Rail and telegraph lines suffered damage, and telephone campus services were crippled by the severe cold.
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Mohawk Valley
Fonda
Nx.l
Cere
Church Wrecked by Beard Law Sparks Pa Rebellion
A German Baptist Church in Jacob's Rock Pennsylvania faced turmoil after an attempt to enforce a beard law for men and a wager on winstaches led by women caused unrest and disruption within the congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob's Roek
Disaster in Ag Biomutontein ruins hotels and harms colony
A destructive waterspout hit the Grange River Colony near Ag Biomutontein destroying three hotels and many havuses. The event caused hundreds of homeless and is believed to have caused loss of life. Rescue efforts continue as authorities assess damage and safety.
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Ag Biomutontein
Grange River Colony
Go Awaterspout
Fragmented Local Notices From A North Iowa Page
Dragged from a hearse at a depot GH Munro and several liverymen suffered injuries including a dislocated shoulder after the hearse collided with a post and frayed due to a broken bit. A contested will case concerns John Pagan of Fox Township with heirs in Wa ter ton. A new Farmers Savings Bank forms in Trauonder with $104 capital and $1,000,000 estate ties cited. The Linhof murder trial in Cerro Gorda County heads January term at Mason City for a second trial after reversal. Oscar Pratt, Northwestern station man at Lamoisie, was killed four miles west by a passenger train in fog, while unable to hear it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munro
LeMara
Seriowely Hart
Mure
JeMars
Tie
Mrs. 7
Small
Sioux City
Alunro
Smeouths
Tinhof
Linhof
Mason City
Cerro Gorda
Saypreme Caret
C¢Nourt
Oscar Pratt
Northwestern
Lamoisie
Seven Years Hard Labor for Quimby Bank Robbers
Elmer Dunning Abner Hicks Charles White and John Wicks pleaded guilty at Cherokee to all counts of the Quimby bank robbery indictments. Judge Wakefield sentenced them to seven years at hard labor in the penitentiary at Anamosa. Bonds ranged up to 10 000 dollars and a total of five counts were cited, with the gang seized after attempts to discard money.
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Quimby
Cherokee
Elmer Dunning
Abner Hicks
Charles White
John ‘Wicks
Cherokee Monday
Fifternoon
Brough
Wakefield
Annimosa
Gobe
Audiy
Burnd
Larteny
Hicks
Dunning
White
Wicks
Kansas City
Pickerton
Sioux City
During
Failure follows a run on Mt Ayr bank
The Citizens' Bank of Mt Ayr, privately owned by Day Dunning, made a general assignment after a bank run. Creditors reportedly owed between 3 000 and 5 000 dollars, with Dunning estimating losses around 400 000 dollars. He says the bank can pay all creditors, and a new bank may be formed by creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citi
Vhs Bank of
Mt Ayr
Citizens’ Bank of
Mt. Ayr
Day Dunning
W Fa
Citisoner Bank
bin Lin- Dikitles
Tull
Hen Sets Record With 7 Point Poultry Score
At a Webster City show a White Wandrette hen, owned by J. B. Olmstead, scored 7 points the first time in forty five years poultry judge I K Fetch of Howton praised the bird noting pullets rarely reach such scores. A pullet at Kanene City earned 7 points with similar excitement as older birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Eaton
Howton
Kanene
Webster
Itr
T. B. Olmstead
Bank cashier Utterback dies by self-inflicted gunshot
Developments in Muscatine indicate G b Y Utterback cashier of the Sigourney Savings Bank, dead by suicide after being short about 47000 in his accounts due to speculation. He shot himself Monday, the fourth banker to die by suicide amid financial turmoil, after misfortunes in the same era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caene
Brible
Sigourney Bank
Muscatine
Utterback
Sigourney Savings
Hank
Tie
Blarcy Mayne
Lian Trove
George Ty
Wood
Coalfax
George
St Chariess
Utterbaek Cage
Gambling Houses Closed in Council Bhatta Saloon Fight
Monday night in Council Whifs the three gambling houses shut down despite protection payments of 200 dollars monthly to the city. The saloon fight saga continues with arrests of Charles Thompson Clarence Wilcox and Gail Spurgin after an assault on a barber. Also noted are beef prices at fair rates and a Republican primary in Des Moines with George Mattern leading for mayor and securing two delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bhatta
Morgan
Conneid Bialls
Mattern
Pes Moines
Jeorge Mattern
Eke
Burglary at Wheelerwood Office Reported Sunday Night
Burglars broke into the Wheelerwood post office on Sunday night and carried off a large portion of the gestage stampa from the office. Local authorities investigate the disturbance as thieves may have targeted valuables and clothing stored in the premises.
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Wheelerwood
Addersene &'O
Gestage Stampa Ln
War threats and reforms cited in 19th century turmoil
The report notes Napoleon threatening Portugal to join war with Britain, Dditon’s announced theory, closures of Ramberg Dibligen and Daisberg universities amid military fears, Kara George’s critique of a Turkish uprising, Kazin and Khar kov universities founded by Russia, and the Natches Mississippi post turnover to the United States by Spanish officials.
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Napoleon
Great Britain
John Dditon
Ramberg
Dibligen
Daisberg
Kara George
Servia
Kazin
Kharkov
Czar of
Russa
Natches
Misa
Oas
Seventy-Five Years Ago in World and Nation
Seventy five years ago Vincente Guerrero was elected president of Mexico before being deposed. President-elect Andrew Jackson was effigied in Hartford. A revolt against Spain disrupted the Black Eagle Society in Cuba. The first ship launched in Florida’s new territory occurred near St Augustine. New York celebrated the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans with a public dinner. The Astor library opened in New York. Dispatches from Vienna covered Franco Austrian embassies and annexation sentiment toward the United States. Reports noted Russia’s admiralty and Black Sea movement. Two Confederate escapees near Chicago were found dead in the prairie. Global revolts drew attention as Mexico and South American republics faced unrest. A House motion in Washington sought to expel Parrett Davis of Kentucky for alleged disloyalty. John Nolan Caton resigned from the Illinois Supreme Court after twenty-two years. Lincoln ordered court martial for Major General William A Hammond over alleged mismanagement.
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Vincente Guerrero
Santa Ans
Mexico
Geo
Andrew Jackson
United States
Equa
Hartford
Conn
Spain
Cube
Florida
New Oreane
New York
Tammans Ball
Astor Library
Reonsios
Chale
Jan & Wan
Bgtdah
Vienna
Wetl
Terry Yeeru
Camp Deng Tea
Chicago
Gisbe
South Americas
House of Representatives
Washington
Parrett Datis
Kentucky
John Deno Caton
Lwthee
Illingia Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Lincoln
Batgere
Willam A. Hammond
Thirty Years Ago in Politics and Society News
A turbulent snapshot from the era shows President Grant resisting Supreme Court nominations and cathartic shifts in cabinet posts. Williams withdraws from candidate for chief justice while Cael Cushing is floated. Abroad, Fontay officials ousted by French troops. Local spendings include church sittings in Brooklyn and a Maryland-era tax?
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