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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1913
Page
6
A jumbled clipping recounts varied items from agriculture to shipping, crime, and local notices. It mentions New Orleans correspondence, highway bureau statistics, and plans for plantings along a right of way, plus school spelling contests, ginseng shipments to China, and a gyroscopic compass impact assessment.
A regional survey led by Menges and Whyte in Iowa gauges support for the Progressive movement amid Mulhall exposure. The piece notes reorganizing efforts in several states, potential candidate moves, and tensions with Bull Moose factions as officials weigh next steps in state and national campaigns. It also mentions a Cedar Valley reunion of Civil War veterans and Dr. Birney’s trial status in Iowa.
A patchwork of brief items reports on courthouse, farm, and social notes. Daven dot grade contests and a July meeting note mix with obituaries and community happenings from Mason City, Denison, Spencer, Emmetsburg, Sibley, and Webster City.
A storm swept near Dubuque Wisconsin and Minnesota washing out stretches of the Burlington and Milwaukee railroads along the Mississippi. Northbound trains on both lines faced delays up to 24 hours with the worst damage around Alma Wisconsin and Brownsville Minnesota. In Boone Iowa a Swedish Old People’s Home is now debt free after a $5,000 donation from Commercial Association and efforts by Rev J H Hedstrom culminating at a Minneapolis national conference.
Dubuque Iowa July 7 Tynats Truso sky an employe of the Brunswick Balke Collender company drowned while swimming with nine companions near McKnight Springs on the Mississippi about nine miles north of Dubuque. Roge... was burned with cramps and sank before help could reach him. Rosoky was 28 years old and unmarried.
Officials discuss expenditure cuts and reform at the state capitol. A £10,000 appropriation for pay is noted while engineers report little progress and committees review railway valuations and admin tasks.
A Grinnell woman faced questioning in a suit alleging alienation of a husband’s affections. Testimony described a relationship with Porter and expenses paid by him, while the defendant denied intimate involvement and claimed only friendly visits at a Marshall town garage.
District treasurers resist new Iowa ghost law provisions affecting school finances. County and rural district officials push back as salaries are abolished and bonds required, while directors must attend annual meetings without pay. Superintendent Snow reports widespread complaints and enforcement challenges.
Mason City officers and deputies conducted two raids on beer joints at Clear Lake Thursday night, securing more than three drayloads. Earlier, three carloads were seized in the city. The Webb Kenyon law was to be tested, but the beer seized was turned over to railroad interests and shipped back to Austin to the brewers. City business leaders protest strict enforcement as it makes it hard to retain staff.
Drop signals now in operation by the watchman at Eighth Street crossing on the CG and MNW line allow warning of approaching trains within one and a half miles of Logan station. Previously windy or poor conditions left only three to ten seconds to alert pedestrians and others.
Storm Lake Iowa July TF A Woodroff resigns as Buena Vista County superintendent to become state rural schools inspector. H C Filveller, with five years at Newell and one year at Grundy Center, is an applicant for the Woodruff vacancy.
Attending surgeons have given up all leaves for the recovery of Mrs Cora Prescott who was shot by her former husband Louis Prescott in Clear Lake Iowa. If she dies the arraignment will be murder in the first degree. Louis Prescott has given no reason for the crime. My wife secured a divorce last December on account of cruel and inhuman treatment. There was no resistance.
A drowning at a city pier results in the death of a man with two others in the water failing to rescue him. Other items note a boy charged with tapping a county jet, a purse with $ trades, a man shot self, and various local incidents across Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Mason City, Dubuque, and Keokuk with several deaths and investigations ongoing.
A troubled young woman, ally of a nurse named Lee, allegedly attempted suicide by poison at Maychister Street Saventhy. Doctors fight to save her as Coriellia Peacock, the man she loved, faces scrutiny amid a hospital drama and police actions.
A local court found several saloon workers guilty of contempt related to disturbances at the establishment. The judge ordered fines and noted ongoing violations despite prior warnings.
Railroads plan to challenge the state fair rate statute by filing against the commission. The railroad commission will hear the case Saturday to determine rates and possible penalties.
A former inmate known as Poni Cantina from Des Moines says detectives hounded him after release from a 42 year state penitentiary term. He was arrested again for grand larceny claiming relentless pursuit since leaving Belo.
Park Lodge July 5. Burglars entered the Conway grocery by breaking a window screen and glass. They found the cash drawer emptied with the safe unlocked but locked it when trying to open the combination. Morning inspection showed the money intact despite the attempt.
George Nueve vice president of Crawford County State Bank in Denison Iowa receives two black hand letters demanding 385 dollars buried under a tree near the city. Officers from the Naeve home and detectives along with government secret service agents pursue the case though observers note the banker and officers were watched all night.
Charles City report states Dr E Birney of Nora Springs surrendered after a two month manhunt. He posts a $16,000 bond and faces charges of murder and abortion in the death of Mythie Trish of Hopkinton. Birney was with his lawyer and wife and claims to have been in Cadet Rapids area. Supreme Court opinions released from Des Moines refer to several cases across Iowa.
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