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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1912
Page
2
A garbled report covers international affairs, naval tech, railway plans, health notes, and social snippets. It mentions Salvadoran officials, Melanis Chevalier’s death, cedar violins, Admiral Peary’s commentary, Canada’s railways, and wartime reports, with multiple brief paragraphs on science, industry, medicine, and culture.
Addison Oliver, noted philanthropist and former Iowa jurist, died of typhoid fever in Gnawa at age 62. He served in the state senate, as circuit judge, and as congressman. He endowed public libraries and a training building, and led the Onawebank bank as president. Survived by wife and seven children. Funeral Wednesday in Gnawa.
Des Moines reports that in July 6R I. I. Crone former superintendent of Fort Dodee schools and president of the Iowa Athletic association was elected president of Flastings University Hastings Nob Crone a prominent state school leader and Iowa State Teachers association member is featured. Manson jr Mrs Arnemicia Downs aged 77 died this morning of apomery at the home of her youthlaw J Grashong.
Iowa notices from Huegington to Ottumwa report accidents and incidents. A man fell from a third story window, another died by a risky dive, and a clerk received a bequest. Local crashes, injuries, deaths, arrests, and civic notices blend with weather and crime items across towns.
Miss Noebhadley of Jinen Neb sustained injuries but returned to attend her fiancé’s funeral after a car wreck near North Riverside. The collision killed 23 year old William Praia and injured Augusta, a 15 year old driver, and others. survivors rushed to Samaritan Hospital as authorities investigated the fatal pre-nuptial trip.
Fort Bridge Fort Badge guardian Joome Mire, Elisabeth Murray Newman, and Carrie Coffin Tatledae are cited as involved in a dispute over a guardianship for the 18 year old. The case mentions a marriage alliance, a $6 win, and concerns about continued philanthropic gifts to small colleges.
A head on collision between two Interurban cars on the Marion Bluffton and Eastern Traction line left four dead and more than a dozen injured. Victims include William Lentz and Benjamin C. Silvers of Marion and George L Duffie of Upland. The crash occurred while a car carrying merrymakers to Goldwaite Park. cause unknown.
Socialist leaders plan a meeting to protest troops sent to Grabow amid a deadly clash between union workers and mill owners allies. The confrontation followed a union demand for semi monthly pay, with tensions tied to the Illinois Indor war and labor strife in Louisiana.
Kansas City dispatch reports cashier Volney W. King of a local traction company drew a pistol during a pending arrest, firing four shots. Two hit J. W. Beck, while two deputies were slightly wounded and Judge Ralph S. Latshaw narrowly escaped. Police seek warrant for Beck’s arrest.
Illinois to Iowa dispatches report a spate of local incidents and society notes. Notable items include a Woodstock man found dead from a gunshot, a Candy cap accident in Fort Dodge, a bigamy case in Mason City, and community events across multiple towns with several injuries and civic milestones.
Des Moines July 6 Milwaukee influence spreads west with two Chicago trunk lines. A new Pacific service will run solid trains via Des Moines to San Francisco and Los Angeles. The California Service promises four western terminals and Gold routes toward Puget Sound, Denver, Portland and Seattle. Trains will run daily both ways, cover about 9000 miles in three days, with 20 complete trains required on each route. Maintenance and upgraded equipment accompany double tracking of Milwaukee routes ahead of the San Francisco exposition opening.
Webster City reports a fatal shooting on Bank street bridge leaving Sheriff Crown and a patrol at the scene. William Heinfurdt, a widower with six children, died shortly after being shot as his buggy passed the bridge. Coroner's jury found no new evidence amid uncertainty whether the act was murder or accidental.
The Iowa state executive council will hold hearings starting next Monday for direct assessors including railroads and telegraph lines. Adjustments to schedules were made due to the Republican state convention. Railroads show little expected change in assessments this year.
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