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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1910
Page
2
The column mocks politics and society in broad, satirical notes. It jokes about John D Rockefeller, Uncle Joe Cannon, and Finnish affairs, while lampooning press reports and public manners amid quirky remarks on coeducation and domestic life.
A column discusses marriage and life length, noting a London Telegraph piece that married men may live longer but that longevity alone is not desirable. It argues life equals activity thinking and feeling, contrasting domestic life with bachelorhood and bold adventures.
Fragmented dialogue shows a parent admonishing a child about skating while a minister questions. A separate line features a child asking about death and a mother explaining mortality, ending with a quip about life after death. Local humor hints at youth mischief and philosophical punchlines.
In a rainy Paris evening the wit Remica seeks shelter and borrows an umbrella from a stranger. He hurries to share a tale of Clementia then returns to discover a sapphire, purse, and watch missing. The umbrella man is the thief, Landon Tit-Bits notes. Remica is left stunned by the conjured deception.
A midnights blast wrecked the Quick home three miles east of Prairie City in Carthsee. Miss Mary Guthrie of Carthage was arrested in Prairie City on suspicion of setting the charge and held without charges. Dr Alexander Hall of Colfax and his wife Myrtle Quick were in the second floor room near the blast. Guthrie and Hall were formerly close friends and possibly engaged, with motive speculated as Guthrie’s disappointment in Hall’s remarriage.
Winfred Pontions the Des Moines City Traction conductor was stabbed in the neck at the corner of Eighth Street and Court Avenue while enforcing fare on the Scott Street line. Two male passengers, George Matter and Joe Nader, intervened and restrained the assailants who fled. Pontions was treated at home and is not in critical condition. Police lack a description as detectives investigate.
Senator G W Dunham of Manchester purchased the FLJ Sheldendarre tract adjoining Manchester with his family to reside there soon. The property is valued at 140 dollars per acre, a possible local record. Sheldon sold due to ill health, ending his farm operation. Dunham also sold his Main Street residence recently.
Two deputy state fish commissioners tour the county urging residents to sign a petition for an appropriation of about $rag to stock Twin Lakes with named fish. The plan hinges on existing signatures and eventual state action.
The Calhoun organization moves to organize the state department with sufficient manpower. Rockwell City Lolirvite Vameros and Miansen are named as likely first year organized towns.
A Marshalltown youth, son of C. Eldridge, is seriously injured after a collision with an automobile. The driver remains unidentified and the incident occurred at his father’s home.
My H Cuwlmer of Clarion Iowa recovers from a severe attack of ptomaine poisoning after eating a hamburger steak sandwich at a restaurant. He and five others suffered convulsions and extreme suffering.
The building committee selects John Gier of Conrad to construct the new church at a bid of 36468 dollars.
The Missouri Valley Athletic Association plans its biggest Iowa meet in Des Moines on May 28 with preliminaries in dashes and two hurdle events the day before. Five hurdles must be jumped in proper form to qualify to counter past disruption by Morningside College. Invites go to Morningside, North Dakota Agricultural College, University of South Dakota, and South Dakota Agricultural College.
Waterlcon Police Judge Caldwell orders fines for drunkenness or offenses to be paid to the defendants wives for family support. Wives report when full sums are paid. if not, defendants are jailed to work on the streets. He argues wives and children need the money more than the city treasury.
A federal court in Iowa invalidates Cameron Heptic Tank Company's patent, finding it expired and freeing downstream litigation in towns including Knoxville. The decision, likely to affect related cases in Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota, was announced Thursday by Judge Amith McPherson. The outcome may void three years of litigation and impact future enforcement.
Plans call for a seven story Be Erechl hotel in Washington Burlington to cost 275000 for the structure 356400 with fixtures. The Commercial club led subscriptions to stock enabling the project which includes a grand dining room banquet hall and assembly room.
Paavid Murray died Saturday morning three miles north of Mapleton after a fall from a tree. He had lived in Monona and Woodbury counties for about thirty years.
After days of sessions the committee fixed the place and date for the Patriarchs Militant encampment of the uniform rank at Clear Lake. The camp will run for a week ending July 4 with activities planned throughout.
Login Man Seriously Wart. Ed. Young a drayman for Guinn Lumber was seriously injured in a two vehicle runaway at Logan Pri day. The attending physician is of the opinion that Mr. Young will fully recover in a short time.
W C Bean of Dickens has been appointed to the Tre ton public schools principalship, succeeding Prof. E S Handley. Bean assumes duties as head of the district schools and brings prior teaching and administrative experience to the role.
The article humorously critiques Alfonso of Spain as a proud father who treats his heir with a playful, quizzical attitude. It notes the king’s amusement at the infant prince’s military attire and contemplates the child’s future on the throne, with a light, satirical tone. The piece mentions the prince’s mother, Victoria Eugenie, daughter of Prince Henry of Battenberg, and the boy’s three-year-old age.
AAge of new sterilization methods and canal theories on Mars are discussed alongside trials of superheated steam locomotion in Europe. Military tech notes include early heavy guns and armor, while a fur seal feeding experiment aboard the Bear offers a potential aid to fur seal pups.
The piece describes trained squads capable of deploying wireless stations quickly. It contrasts early 64 mast setups requiring complex supports with modern methods, noting a 25 mile range and setup in about one minute eight seconds from command. Fort Myer tests are recalled as an example of rapid erection.
A New York Sun reporter recalls a genial Irish waiter who, when asked what was good, replies clams and adds they are very good indeed, noting the waiters are eating them themselves. A warning about venturesome fakes follows, likening them to a peachBand.
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