Opening Sale of Dress Goods and Silks
Opening sale offers dress goods and silks with a guaranteed black taffeta that will not crack. The shop boasts wash taffetas in multiple colors and samples available by mail.
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1901
Page
2
Opening sale offers dress goods and silks with a guaranteed black taffeta that will not crack. The shop boasts wash taffetas in multiple colors and samples available by mail.
Fashion decrees plain goods for wool dresses with greens and navy blues favored among top colors. Reds greys and staple shades appear, with grenadines and fancy weaves noted as swell. A full variety of color standards is listed.
The fragment notes a weekly Hull Iowa paper at the post office with subscription details. It reports a Denver voter fined for illegal voting as the first woman arrested for such a crime. It mentions Osceola, Sioux, and Lyon counties opposing Banker Brown in the railroad commissioner race.
A jumble of fragments recounts Tim Campbell and Col Jack Adams in Congress with rows over loyalty to the Trail. Tim admires Adams yet the pair split as political winds shift and passions flare amid Tammany politics and press noise.
A fragmentary report notes a woman described as the meanest in town and a recond lady clerk who visits the office often to take or demand items not available. The text hints at repeated visits and missing records.
The Philadelphia Press reports a church notice urging attendance next Sunday. Rev Dr Third ly invites congregants to hear his regular sermon followed by remarks from Dr Markthirst intended to enlighten attendees.
A string of short satirical vignettes from various papers. The first mocks a thoughtless world and a man who claims to brighten the poor’s day while neglecting humane impulses. The second sketches a divorce alimony dispute presented with comic bravado. The third notes a confused petition signature scene with ironic humor.
Fragmentary report describes hunger in Greenland with references to famine, ice conditions, starvation, and infanticide linked to a belief in spirits. The text mentions Eskimo infants, adults starving, and ritual fears surrounding a spirit named ARE exer havats.
A fragment notes that Cummins gubernatorial candidacy is only mentioned in Orange City when broached by Bro. Bowers of the Herald. The Herald risks being left behind if its coverage remains as it is.
The Hartley Herald weighs candidates for railroad commissioner and governor, endorsing Welcome Mowry for a second term and noting Perkins led in gubernatorial polls. It also discusses Penrose of Tatts county and the slippery spelling critique from the Sheldon Mail, while critiquing campaign crowds and party loyalties.
A fragmented note suggests tensions in Sioux County over Judge Jason with implied opposition in local caucuses. The fragmented text hints at intra-county politicking and party activity but lacks clear details or outcomes.
A garbled 19th century style critique discusses democratic leaders confronting impractical theories and focusing on practical governance. The piece questions how to craft a better system, balancing reform with stability, and mentions election machinery and public confidence while raising debates about power and reform.
A small bank failed and its assets were handled by two receivers who proved dishonest. Detectives tracked the rogue receiver to a rugged town and recovered funds, while depositor Mr Means woke repeatedly to news of the arrest and finally told deputies to hang up. Mark Twain and Miss Clemens story appears in the same issue along with a curious note on parental consent for a public singing career.
A group of Londoners discuss capital punishment while a woman recalls surviving a death sentence in Africa. The conversation grows chaotic as a janitor’s comment and a muffled exchange about execution methods emerge in a fragmented overheard scene.
A misread but instructive note describes a cork on a long cock shaped object placed on a table with six corks arranged around it. The set is plunged entirely under water and then lifted to observe that the corks stand upright, as if supporting one. Water penetration causes the corks to cling together forming a vertical surface.
An English tourist notes a near incident on a late Irish train with a nervous but confident driver. The article then recalls ancient practices for guarding against disease with boiled drinking water, citing Cyrus and Pliny the elder about boiling water and storing it in silver vessels or glass flasks in snow.
A garbled reminiscence recalls Alfred Lord Tennyson enjoying playful pranks at a Burlington gathering. He posed a riddle to his guests asking who might be the greatest whiner in the world, provoking wandering replies and muffled laughter amid the lively scene.
In a back room saloon on Avenue 4, Dr W S Rainsford led a mission school. An unruly patron resisted, swore, and was knocked down as the rector tried to quell trouble. A week later a second fight erupted as a patron grabbed the prior aggressor by the neck and rushed him to the door.
A man misreads a room occupancy causing an awkward quarrel as his wife and a neighbor react to a child with a cold. The scene spirals into a brittle exchange about sympathy and propriety, reflecting contemporary social mores and the fragility of patience.
A bemused auburn haired stranger in front of a Broadway store asks a man for a match and proudly proclaims titles from various chivalric orders. The exchange ends with the man revealing his own name Michael Murphy and a curious claim to a New York visit. The text also includes horticulture advice about forcing branches on a plant and pruning tips.
A general barely holds a line as a spirit soldier grants aid to win a victory. A separate anecdote has Mr. James robbed by footpads and left penniless bar the loss. Other notes discuss ant burrows, coal ash to deter ants, and a brief remark on Japanese life stages.
Text announces a tour of the island of Puerto Rico under escort departing Chicago on Thursday January 2 and 9 with Pullman cars and guides included. Tickets cover all expenses and travel via trains boats and ferries with connections to New York and Philadelphia.
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