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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1900
Page
3
Special notice asks all members of the W. B. C. to attend the regular meeting on Monday night August 13. Special business announced by President Mrs. Mary Geeckman.
Notice to subscribers states that from September 1 1900 yearly subscriptions rise to 1.50 dollars due to higher printing materials and paper costs. Until that date the existing price of 1.00 dollars per year remains in effect with no change.
A special Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway excursion Sunday August 19 offers a 7.42 am Hull departure and 7.46 pm Arnold’s Park return with round trip $1.10 fare. Activities include a 1:30 pm pavilion musical program a 2:30 pm Hamm Brewing Co Club vs Lennon Gibbons Club baseball game and other attractions for ticket holders. Tickets available from the railway ticket agent.
Local notes report weather, travel, society, and small town events. Mentions Miss Vera's wedding to Grant Vickers, Rock Valley Fair, and Cedar Rapids trips. civic items include mayoral court, a hobo case, and a Belgian hare industry note. Also covers church services, state tournament results, and political commentary on youth voting and party history.
The British Adventure of this period argues cremation as a modern method with rising adoption in England and America. The Cremation Society, now 25 years old, has pressed for reform, noting incinerations rising from three in 181 to 40 in 190. It warns against eroding evidences of crime and supports investigations by experts to handle difficult cases. The Medical Theorists weigh whether prevention of disease necessitates broader cremation in care centers. The Times reports on the debate and shifting public opinion.
A garbled passage paints an interior scene with Jap lanterns rare cabinets and flowers. The distorted text mentions divans and beauty tied to arrangements, with scattered phrases about wells faces and spiders, yielding an unclear overall meaning.
A Kansas figure Mrs Mary Ellen Lease spoke at a gathering praising her voice and critiquing politics She derides aristocracy and the gold standard while calling for liberty and broader consumption to curb unemployment Her remarks mix praise for vigor with stern warnings about social and economic inequality.
A garbled narrative merges a Bereavement vignette from Gravesend with a grief stricken wife awaiting her husband’s return and a New York Journal account of a reform-era charity tale. It includes a widow’s lamp for a missing husband and a separate note on Sam the young black boy hired by Mr Kelland amid a payroll deduction scheme.
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