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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1896
Page
6
Strong overseas demand boosts exports of American apples as crop failures abroad drive shipments higher. Steamship lines report record-season volumes with space booked for two months, aiming for up to a dollar per barrel for fast liners. By now 602,789 barrels have been exported, up from 485,181 last year.
Strong northerly winds and high tides disrupt New York maritime activity. No vessels left port Monday and many from the South Atlantic coast are overdue. Sandy Hook has no contact since Sunday night. Goney Island and Manhattan Beach suffer damage to structures and hotels as waves surge ashore.
Reports from Guayaquil indicate over one hundred bodies found in debris after a major fire with fresh incendiary acts. tires burned in untouched city areas as firemen thwart new blazes. Arrests rise in naturalization paper fraud. David Bage resurfaces in New York amid forgery scandal.
Richard Van Horn of Morrisonville chooses love over a motto button but falters under temptation. He presents Bertha Howe with two buttons bearing opposing slogans and fails to resist after a second chance. Bertha, daughter of the village’s wealthiest citizen, ends the engagement as the affair ends.
A clash occurred near the Resurrection mine north of Leadville as two soldiers and a group of eight miners exchanged fire. A detail of ten men entered the mine, eight moved off, two reached Ibex late, and both sides took cover behind rocks as a brief fusillade ensued with one miner reportedly hit and carried away.
Special Commissioner sails from New York to Europe to study Italian and Armenian immigration issues and aid U S policy. A deadly freight wreck near San Antonio and a train collision near Hazelton cause multiple injuries and deaths. Also notes a chess challenge, refinery plans, and a mine robbery at Stroud Mountain with $60,000 in sacks stolen.
A historical item reports ten drowned during wartime maneuvers between two locations in England. It notes the use of trained dogs for wound finding and dispatch carrying, detailing their methods and expected efficiency in locating injured men and delivering messages.
Charles Montgomery of the Brooklyn Hotel in San Francisco reveals he was kidnapped last July in the city’s most populous district. He says he was held in a vacant house, tortured, and forced to pay about $10 000 to secure his release, with the kidnapper warning of death if publicized.
European capitals focus on France as Czar and Czarina visit Paris. A luncheon at the Russian embassy drew royal figures, with Princess Mathilde’s presence noted as crucial. Diplomacy mingled with gossip amid grand hospitality and gifts.
The first experiment of rural free delivery was conducted in Charlestown West Virginia. Carriers earned about $204 yearly, traveled fifty miles daily, and delivered sixty five pieces to households.
A disrupted London market sees a 2,660,000 loan from Rougaia amid unsettled currency and waning Spanish securities. Renewed export delays press the market while Missinna and the Christian Alliance convention in Carnezia draw large subscriptions. Hank Stuart, a Texas trader, reports tensions as currency concerns linger and a national bank statement adds pressure.
A fragmentary tale describes Advanchuteleom, a resident of Manchester Alabama, cursed with changing eye color and pallor after contact with a strange artifact. Physicians cannot explain the phenomenon and fear an unknown exchange connected to a long-vanished art of divination.
New York Herald reports Guayaquil fire reduced about three quarters of the city to ashes. Loss estimated over 50 million dollars, 85 000 homeless, 2000 houses burned including five banks, custom house, theater and many public buildings, food and water shortages worsen misery. Roads and streets crowded with starving residents seeking relief.
R G Dun and Company notes distinctly better conditions with higher labor use and larger transactions. Heavy foreign demand for corn signals crop shortages abroad, while textile makers see gains and wool and mill orders rise. Cotton buying slowed by plantation receipts as prices fall, with a weaker outlook for supply.
Reports detail a Sherburne Minnesota bank robbery ending with bandit 4 DL Sale killed by marshal Calliog of Jan croft at the scene near Algona Iowa. The surviving robber is believed captured or at large in Dakota remnants. the loot recovered from the bandit’s body.
Young Corbette defeats George Giden of Rad Francisco and Tam Tracy of Australia in San Francisco. Green earns the decision as the bout draws high praise. The match ends with Corbette taking an aggressive pace late, making strong late exchanges.
Tagk the Fiew reports Klainachmidt of Helena approved by Quiev Jr to support Gantle’s plan to fund Gein gold if Bryan wins. Parker, a Populist candidate for Congress in Quincy district, supports the tide. Teary’s ship is Hack. The steamer Hope, escorting the Peary expedition to Greenland, returned to St. Fabne after severe weather in the gulf delayed her and nearly caused a wreck.
A quarantine has been declared against Bombay due to famine threats at Aden and surrounding ports. The outbreak has caused seventy six deaths and raised alarm about food shortages across the region.
OCR reading shows mixed commodity quotes for cattle, sheep, and hogs alongside grain grades including wheat corn oats and rye. Prices and destinations are partially garbled with numerous misreads but indicate a broad market snapshot of shipping and farm product values in Chicago and nearby exchanges.
The October reports from the Department of Agriculture show wheat will be generally short and poor due to drought at seeding, excessive rains after harvest, and frost. Ohio Kansas and adjacent states fare worst. New Jersey Maryland and parts of Pennsylvania New York and Rocky Mountain valleys fair better.
A new Christian Science temple is erected in New Fork City on West GR street replacing the old Episcopal worship space. The building features a modern front, stained glass, and a prominent Bible-centered philosophy leader Mrs. Medy whose gospel of science and health is tied to the congregation’s growth. the project involves ceremonial notices by Perley Dutton and the S.F. Company Crow.
The city observed the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 1871 fire with two giant processions. Tens of thousands joined a gold men display by day and a 20,000-strong silver march by night, as over 60,000 people moved through downtown Chicago from 10 am to 4:15 pm. The event featured veterans marching with colored guidons, bands, and floats, while police and dignitaries watched from the route and the Great Northam Hotel.
A massive procession fills the business center with 27098 participants including 500-plus women and girls, floats, wagons and banners. The event supports free silver, with cheers for Bryan and Tannehill while lawmen search for suspects and a prisoner escape is noted nearby.
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