28 Apr 1899
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1899
Page
1
The city council orders all alleys cleared of rubbish and filth by May 19. Local notes report visits, social calls, and community events in Hull Sheldon Rock Valley and surrounding towns with weather and farming updates.
The piece profiles Mrs Mary Sherman Miles as the army couple’s constant companion and, known as the lovers, recounts her background from Cleveland and Washington. It notes her domestic arts, travels with her husband, opinions on the New Woman, and belief that women belong in home life yet may work in medicine and nursing roles.
A reader reflects on women’s capabilities to work like men after training. The piece argues schooling and experience have been lacking for women for centuries, but ownership of property could justify voting. It also describes Mrs Miles and her daughter Celia Sherman Miles as socially prominent and well dressed.
The Watseka Times reports a Centralia man placed a large porcelain eye in a hen’s nest to enlarge eggs. He then inserted a goose egg, prompting the hen to lay an even larger egg. On inspecting later, he found the hen inside the egg and an odd note on the egg.
Advertisement for variations on Old Folks at Home titled Old Colla ab Home by Z Ler min. Describes a grand, showy piano composition with rag time jingle and a Patti photo on the title page. Priced 5 cents retail. samples post paid by sending 2 cents silver or postage stamps to Union Mutual Music and Novelty Co. New York.
A stray, unclear fragment notes winds, flowers, and a person named Jovy traveling abroad for Rocky Mountain Tea. It mentions a druggist and a general sense of pursuit or request without clear events or dates. The readable text is fragmented and non-specific.
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