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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1911
Page
6
A suffragist blunder in Peru led to a clash over woman suffrage with clerical opposition and a church denouncing the idea that women have souls. Several notices cover architecture savings in Albany with terra cotta, presidential tours to Kansas and Hayesss wife, and diverse world snippets including conscription rises and a balloon crossing monument.
Sixty stick breakers were brought into Muscatine and escorted to the McKee & Bliven plant to break the button workers strike. Seven public safety shots hit the plant area last night but no disorder has occurred since Friday. The striking workers filed a 10-point appeal to Governor Carroll alleging contract violations, wage fraud, unsanitary conditions, denied jury trials, and police incitement.
Hawarden area dispute centers on 2.73 miles of track between Hawarden and Hawarden Junction. The attorney general office argues the line should be allocated to the Sioux City Hawarden branch rather than the Toledo and Northwestern main line. The case hinges on right of way classification and differing annexed rates 4160 per mile on the Sioux City branch versus 6409 on the main line.
In Des Moines Oct 3 the Parole Board rejected the appeal of Vic Ferguson a former Hac county man noted for breaking and entering to aid Albert He asserted his status as a lawyer and argued a broad reading of the parole law. The Supreme Court had denied Ferguson's appeal.
Four railroad men and shippers fill a room as Interstate Commerce Commission hearing opens on Iowa discrimination claims against eastern rates to the northwest and Minnesota. Commissioner Welte testifies first. Thorne for the state expects a ruling soon. Mothers urged to discuss athletic sport and Paris with sons at a conference in Cedar Rapids.
OCR fragments show references to LS ATOr and ArPetSe PLAN with terms like Jg eF Ves and GE Rhee. No coherent events or persons emerge, producing an unusable narrative fragment.
Reports from Woodbine to Fort Dodge cover medical calls and deaths, a marriage in Burlington, a sturgeon catch on Okoboji, a 13 year old killed by a shotgun, a telegraph line rebuild, and court verdicts in Davenport and Clarion. Notable events include a 130 pound Okoboji sturgeon, a 62 year old death, a 10 year sentence for a convict, and a police case summary across multiple Iowa towns.
Davenport Iowa October 2 warrants issued for Frieda Lunschen of Tipton charging kidnapping of 2 year old Henry Thies Ben Litnachen heir to property in Iowa and Minnesota. Child taken from grandmother’s home by veiled woman in an automobile and carried to the car. Vehicle traced to Moline Barstow and train to St Louis. Attorney Johnson Tipton named in the warrant.
Iowa patents list for the week ending October 24 includes several filings from Des Moines and surrounding towns. Notable entries cover vehicle wheel devices, obstetrical care equipment, tile machinery parts, hydrogen peroxide containers, and various mechanical and furniture components across multiple cities.
Senator Funk contemplates retiring from the state board of education before the close of his term. Reported lack of harmony on the board and policy excluding public scrutiny have not pleased all concerned. Friends of Funk and state institutions urge him to remain to protect ongoing efforts.
Fragmented and garbled local notices reference a first issue of a periodical edited by Hawarden high school students Nas appeared. The item notes a 4-page magazine described as erect and false in publication. Additional items mention land sales in Logan adjoining Logan and a golden wedding anniversary in Kearsall county with a long recall of migration from Monroe Wisconsin.
OWA NEWS IN BRIEF notes standpipe cleaning near completion in Rockwell and inside scraping. Various items follow from Garner to Denison including a murder trial update, a 4 year old’s train accident, fraud cases, a wildfire loss, a gas-poison incident, a public notice on drainage, a divorce suit, a church school plan, and a city post office robbery.
In Mason City Iowa Rex Bibbling is jailed after a fatal shooting in which Robert Gable allegedly fired on police. Gable fled, faced arrest, and was later brought to Jude Rankin's court. The case follows a prior theft of cigars and cash amid a tense encounter with officers.
Des Moines reports Attorney General Cossin has sent requisition papers to Fort Leavenworth. Maybray, leader of the fatagus swindlers, will be arrested on or near tomorrow. He will be brought to Des Moines on bail for undisclosed reasons. More sensational details are expected about Maybray's associates in the swindle.
Relict of Frank Truynell cited as governor issues requisition papers. District court overruled habeas petition, Ladd seeks writ to release the party held under contempt. Report notes a significant damage to a power plant and surrounding road disruptions.
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