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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1899
Page
3
The Rathbone Sisters held a banquet for about a hundred K of P brethren and guests marking their second anniversary. A fine program featured a recitation by Jessie McDonald as friends departed with warm thoughts of the hospitality shown.
The city council met on Tuesday with E H Reimann installed as mayor and A F Steffen along with G W Lensink new councilmen. A saloon permit petition was tabled for the next meeting. Adam Fie chosen marshal and Supt of water works, S W Helllister street commissioner.
Mary J. Andrews and family express deep gratitude for kindness shown after the death of a beloved son and brother. The Rathbone Sisters and Knights of Pythias are praised for their supportive tokens and exemplary fellowship during the bereavement.
April social life and happenings in Hull and nearby towns are reported including visits, dances, lectures, bank notices, lodge activities, and the Tennessee Jubilee Singers next week. Community roles, election chatter for the 92d Town National Guards, and local business ads appear amid weather commentaries.
A fragmentary note expresses a wish to speak freely about how Col. Humphrey treated the boys. The writer says they do not expect further military contact, though it would not matter if it occurred.
The item lists Chas Leonard driving to a Minnesota farm on Wednesday and various neighbors undertaking home improvements. It mentions Willard Meredith visiting Matlock, John Morris traveling east, and the Sioux City and Northern line selling half price one way second class colonist tickets to western states. It notes a new sidewalk order and several forthcoming marriages.
Erratic OCR notes elevator charges on one hundred thousand bushels in the port of New York in a single transfer. Mentions a train at a central elevator and a captain delay in New York mail express. An academy chapel sermon is announced for Sunday morning and evening by the Tee Congregation.
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