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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1911
Page
2
A Chicago inventor creates a two shell door that cannot be opened from the outside without a special key. Pressing any inner surface bursts the shells apart, releasing bolts and letting the door swing open. The piece appears amid a mix of unrelated notes and anecdotes.
Des Moines reports Harry Dr. Skelly of Council Bluffs faces trial for the murders of Deputy Sheriff Clarence Wooman and bartender Edmund Sterzing. Temporary insanity will be his defense as the case proceeds amid delays due to counsel illness.
Workmen at the Boone Heights plant push a tall chimney project after night hours due to day wind. Lantern light and wind limitations slow daytime progress, with a goal to reach 170 feet by December 15.
City officials voted to reassign departments with MacViver taking public safety and Rae moving from health to fire. The reshuffle follows a week of prior changes including Rae shifting to health and fire, while Connedhnen Sehraring and Agh lost out on postings. MacViver also dismissed Charles Riddlee's secretary and relocated former captain An Dye to the detective bureau.
The Supreme Court defers ruling on the Moon Law as legislators, including figures like Fred Metonald, argue over legal interpretations. A chaotic public discourse surfaces with references to postal banks and lodge conventions, signaling broader political maneuvering.
The item lists multiple local updates from towns including Hawarden, Boone, Oskaloosa, Remsen, Creston, Danbury, Burlington, Belle Plaine, Algona, and more. It notes moves, events, and notices such as speeches, business deals, church purchases, and arrests affecting residents and institutions statewide.
Iowa City readers learn of a dramatic rescue as Mary Bowen, wife of FP. Damina, used a shotgun to halt a mob of 20 to save her husband in Utah. The pair pursued the attackers to a mountain pass where she confronted them, forcing their retreat and sparing Damina from violence. Damina had wed Bowen, not a Mormon, amid neighborhood hostility.
Articles of incorporation were filed for the Sheldon Savings Bank to be started around January 1 with Sheldon official Lang as president and Wm Meiers as vice president. Other officers listed include L Rivers as cashier and Th Abyera as treasurer in Des Moines notices.
Cedar Rapids Henry Knut prominent Vinton business man died instantly last night after falling down a hay chute in his livery barn. The article also notes numerous small local items including a newspaper sale, church appointments, school diphtheria cases, railroad bridge work, a fatal or near fatal accident at State Center, and various municipal updates from towns such as Emmettsburg, Dubuque, and Fort Dodge.
Des Moines reports reveal the Minneapolis and Iowa Central merger backs the Atlantic and Northern purchase and a Storm Lake to St Joseph and Kansas City line. A Des Moines council approves stock issuance for Iowa Central extensions funded by 2.5 million cash from Minneapolis to reach Peoria and St Louis.
The Supreme Court concluded oral arguments for the third period of the term and will issue decisions soon. The next term begins December 12, aiming to finish all liquor law related cases and related questions.
The night clerk at the Victoria hotel on Sixth Avenue and Cheetintertreet was forced at gunpoint to surrender $80 from the safe. Two hotel staffers, Sikes and Kinwood Griffin, were tied up in the lobby as the robber demanded the money and then fled with the contents. Antonie Jerafech of Pontathas claims he was abducted to deliver the stolen funds to the lineup man.
The Supreme Court today affirmed a lower court ruling awarding Margarite Murray of Davenport $15 000 against Roele Island Railroad Co for injuries from a mangling accident. The high court reduced the amount slightly after determining trial evidence showed pain and ongoing impairment.
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