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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1898
Page
3
The readable passages reference old phrases and scattered notes about English ships, a date 2388, medical pain, and coffin trade in Australia. It mentions sciatica and neighbors for help, with miscellaneous remarks on markets and manufacturers.
A mixed clip highlights a 12 year old girl's essay on boys and a push for funding a battleship with a note on Tetotter’s Stomach Bitters. It tells of a lost child with a dog in Monroe County and quotes other local witticisms and humorous fragments from the Chicago Tribune and Bits column.
A Grand Rapids woman credits a vegetable compound with curing ovarian troubles and related pains after a long period of weakness. The letter outlines relief from headaches back pains and sleepless nights and invites others to seek advice from H W Sparks in Chicago.
A Wilmington riot resulted in sixteen Black residents killed after white mobs attacked in anger over past violence. White forces and a naval reserve unit patrolled as officials resigned, and white taxpayers installed a new mayor and board amid chaotic power shifts and expulsions of Black leaders.
The gains in the 1898 elections give strong Republican majorities in both the Senate and House, endorsing McKinley and sound money while rebuking Bryan and free silver. Indiana Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa yield large Republican pluralities as party aims to steady wartime policy and guard foreign interests.
Eight armed bandits held a Great Northern through train at night near the Pelican River bridge. They forced engineers to abandon the cab, blew safes with dynamite, and escaped with unknown sums after two hours of work while authorities were alerted to pursue the rioters.
A collision between the Buffalo express and the New York Philadelphia express occurred near Wilkeebarre Mountain at 2 o clock Friday morning. Five trainmen were killed and many passengers were injured as brakes failed on a curved single track. An air brake malfunction and engine attempts to stop the descending train led to the fatal crash. Nearby passengers were asleep and few injuries were severe.
The result is far reaching in its consequences, sustaining the administration's policy and undermining Democratic hopes. It leaves Spain with no advantage from a Democratic tilt and removes doubt about a speedy, definite settlement of the Paris peace negotiations.
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