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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1893
Page
3
A rural resident denounces a railroad through his land, vowing to defend his farm with a fence and gun if need be. He rails against eminent domain, protests outsider intrusion, and vows resistance to industry and class opponents, preserving family legacy dating to Plymouth Rock.
Pasquale a seven year old from Mulberry Bend endures a brutal street life with his sister Camilla, a dying kitten, and a mother’s ruin. The tale follows the boy’s longing, crime lore, and eventual death as he clings to love a not amid squalor and violence, ending with a reflective, mercy-seeking note.
London Truth notes the German Emperor's joy at a princess birth prompts a controversial social reaction. It questions giving benefits to imprisoned women for crimes, arguing a broader gift to non-prisoners would be more reasonable and condemns privileging the vicious over law abiding citizens.
A wide range of Iowa news items are recounted including arrests for cruelty and a prison release celebration, poison case chatter, farm and local industry updates, fatal railroad accidents, a large ferry of public safety and legal notices, and various petty crimes. The report also notes saloon injunctions, a mayoral lawsuit, a suicide, a sensational meat of counterfeiting, and inauspicious events across Davenport, Muscatine, Fort Madison, Dubuque and other cities.
D W Wood a former attorney and minister was convicted at Sioux City of obtaining goods valued at 1700 by false representations. The case followed his earlier public role as a moralist who prosecuted saloon owners and his alleged scheme in Kingsley to sell a merchant’s stock after lying about warrants. He fled with proceeds after selling the stock in one day. Sentence to be pronounced February 23.
Northwestern town residents near Waucoma endure a coal shortage lasting a month with Hawkeye area completely out of fuel. Deep snow and blizzards strand roads, hindering wood and coal haulage, forcing fires from sheds to fences as homes freeze. Waucoma reports no soft coal and local factories paused. relief from coal cars is urgently awaited as rail service struggles to supply locomotives.
Fremont hosted a simple funeral for General Hayes with remains in state overnight and public viewings earlier. About 10,000 locals and visitors attended as churches opened, warm lunches were provided, and Spiegel Grove hosted the interment two miles from the city center.
The article recounts Hayes funeral rites with Methodist and regimental music, a grand army procession, and attendance by high officials including Secretary factors of war and President Cleveland. It notes Washington mourning, half mast flag, a 44 gun salute, and closures of executive departments. It also lists current events and other notes from the period.
Large attendance at the American Poland China Record Company meeting in Cedar Rapids with about 200 leading breeders from Iowa and nearby states. Officers elected include J Countryman as President and W M Meladden as Secretary. Breeders Institute sessions heard papers on hog sanitation and hog futures. Towa Millers' Association held in Des Moines with numerous attendees and speeches on profitable wheat production through cooperative effort. Smallpox outbreak reported in Cumberland Cass County with deaths in Borchers family and exposure on ship Solar. Iowa Dakota division rail accidents rise due to snow and faulty equipment. many marred by injuries and mutinous conditions of workers.
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