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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1911
Page
6
The Hull issue mixes royal fashion notes on Queen Victoria and mantilla wear with diverse international items. Reports cover shorthand, Canadian refinery plans, Norwegian women's rights, Roxbury automobiledom, Herculaneum excavations, African telegraph lines, and volcanic hemp yields.
Champ Clark spoke at Davenport Labor Day celebrations under union auspices uniting Davenport Rock Island and Alpine. He praised cooperative profit sharing and pension plans, urged peace between labor and capital, and noted wealth growth and a 1903 world power claim.
A fragmented report describes a Saturday incident near a park where a daring youth attempted an act causing a car fire. Witnesses noted a crowd reacting as authorities investigated the scene and secured the area.
Iowa brief reports Mason City bricklayers union rejected joining a Labor Day march while other labor groups planned demonstrations. The summary includes injuries from accidents in Logan and Des Moines officials changes and notable local incidents across multiple towns.
In Sac City Iowa on Sept 4 locals recall a snake exhibitor from the Bay county fair held three weeks earlier. After little business and quitting the show the man released his nets. Large snakes roamed the grounds and several were killed including a rattlesnake. A sea constrictor 11 to 15 feet was seen leaping from a tree and remains uncaptured.
Frisbie passes ownership and editorship of the Ida County Journal ending a lengthy era. He leaves for Grove and will pursue other ventures while the community reflects on his impact and decades of local journalism.
Audubon County murder case details emerge as Mrs Paul Anderson, 30, fatally shoots her husband’s stenographer and sets their bed aflame. The husband is severely burned while attempting rescue. Anderson later commits arson and disappears before surrendering. She is jailed in Audubon County after a chaotic confrontation with officials.
Reports from Muscatine and Des Moines describe a worsening labor strike and potential government action. Key officials including Governor Jarrell and Attorney General Cosson discuss preserving order as authorities assess steps to quell unrest and prevent further clashes with workers.
Hawarden delegates announce the Rebekah lodge will host the district convention, with the state assembly president slated to attend and deliver an address. Other notes mention Dee near Hawarden raising irrigation potatoes and using a tank mine to haul water for a traction engine.
Des Moines expected to host or witness a major air race as aviators compete for a $50,000 Hearst prize. Contestants fly from New York to Los Angeles with possible stopovers in Des Moines around mid September. Mayor James R. Hanna joins as judge while entries include Harry Atwood Robert G. Fowler and C P Rodgers. Des Moines hotels and businesses may fund a $4 000 local effort to promote a Chicago to Des Moines race with a $10 000 guarantee and a 14 day finish window.
Muscatine Iowa September 2 192? Gov Carroll faced sharp criticism from the local button workers union in a restitution adopted after a tense meeting. The resolution condemns the governor and his representatives over the current controversy with striker actions and threats of broader plant stoppages involving about 400 workers.
Two young farmers Frank Morrissey and John Morrissey Verwinan died when motorcycles collided on a rural roadway north of Rock Rapids. Their bodies were found by a farmer en route to a local fair. Morrissey had been delivering rural mail and hoped to race later that day.
A woman armed with a hatpin and dagger was deemed insane by the Pall County commissioners after alarming actions at a Des Moines railway office. The incident involving J. R. Warren, city railway manager, prompted authorities to commit her for examination.
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