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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1896
Page
7
The House and Senate clash over the age of consent and an array of measures. Debates delay action on key bills including a tone of fiscal restraint and legal reforms, with conference prospects unclear and adjournment possible.
Traffic resumes as reconstructive work on the Davenport bridge clears the Mississippi passage for trains. Officials plan a new span about fifty feet long, raising the draw to forty feet above water to allow navigation. Also notes state efforts to raise railroad assessments, with attorney E. Carpenter hired to advocate higher levies.
The grand jury indicted Dr. Wallen McCarthy of Drake Medical College Des Moines for receiving stolen comls as part of grave robbery investigations. Emmetsburg plans for a twenty year franchise for an electric light plant. Faith Mary L Donahue cured by Christian Science healer after being declared dead by Chicago and Arlington doctors. Dubuque merchant S Abrams disappears leaving creditors short. Van Tasel guilty in New Hampton for murdering his wife with life hard labor. Jewell College president N C Wii dies at home after years in education. Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons graduates fifty four doctors.
The Des Moines medical faculty denied any deals or knowledge of contracts to obtain bodies for dissection, including a shipment from Omaha. The committee condemned the practice and adopted resolutions denouncing the desperation behind such schemes.
Ruthven Council did not levy taxes for municipal purposes. Rockwell seeks a curfew bell to deter truants. Thomas Armstrong of Fontanelle died in a wagon accident. Secret service uncovers a counterfeiter’s kit at Eldon. Alvin Mefiiary of Keokuk announced for Supreme Court bench. Dubuque Bar Association mourns Wydge Couch. Corn movement strains Northwestern line shipping. Copper ore discovered south of St Dodge in gypsum mines. Centerville reports a new well yields 190 011 gallons in fifteen hours. Jefferson residents back Anglo American arbitration treaty. Frank Trogan jailed seven years for burglary in Burlington and Davenport. Des Moines land office opens with 12 hundred entries for Brien County land. Atlantic jury clears Ab Kanfi an of Chicago of graft claims. Twenty five Tawa depart on special train to Ren and Bourbon counties Kansas. Lewis Romcable of Winfield deemed a lover by doctors. Community fears unrest as local peace residents discuss. Wil Pratt of a prominent Bureau county family reportedly disappears overseas.
Rock Rapids and Des Moines items report William Sparks wanted in JoD, anti Bell telephone meeting planned in Des Moines, Chariton’s Tivinamy jailed for bootlegging whisky. Iowa creamery data show 774 creameries, 59 cheese factories, $2.4M plant value, and 6,518 workers statewide.
Mason City celebrated the dedication of the new Odd Fellows temple with invited lodges and over 300 visitors present. Gov. Drake spoke as organizer and grand leaders guided ceremonies, noting the lodge’s growth from seven charter members in 188? to more than 200 today.
Early fall reports described a virulent illness striking cattle and horses in Hardin County. Joseph Harper reports livestock losses after luring them into a cornfield. Farmers fear continued deaths and seek remedies as attention centers on corn fodder connections.
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