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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1899
Page
2
The page catalogs state and county ticket lines in Iowa with names such as Shaw, Milliman, Barrett, Dawson, Lister, Carter, Shotmaker, Brown, Heald, and Dr. Bhulzenga. It also mentions Democratic and Republican rhetoric, Bryan’s touring schedule, and a joke about an electric piano in Cleveland.
The Democratic state committee circulates Edward Atkinson anti imperialist magazines criticizing the Philippine war. A Fifty-first Iowa volunteer letter from Tobo Stevenson of Waterloo refutes charges of American cruelty, describing relief for prisoners and mixed Filipino conduct, and arguing expansion is economically justified and strategic.
The Iowa governor and Mrs Shaw travel to San Francisco to greet the returning Fifty-First Iowa volunteers from the Philippines. They adjust campaign plans to arrive by October 23, aiming to finish the campaign with the hero welcome. Organizing efforts by Chairman Weaver focus on mobilizing Republican voters statewide to back the ticket.
In a sensational case from Reaimnania, Countess von Toward hid vast sums in her clothing over years. After her death investigators found over 210,000 notes sewn into petticoats, revealing fortunes scattered through many garments and tied to her eccentric life.
The Woman's Industrial council fights entry fees and school duties while inspectors force adherence. The report shows 1143 children employed from 9 to 19 and 285 more under forty hours a week. A grim case notes an undertaker's helper earning one rent yer hour while measuring corpses for coffins.
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