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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1910
Page
5
Hull and area residents read about visits and arrivals, fairs, sales, job ads, and social calls. A mix of personal notes includes Wheeler family visits, Miss Laven Rupperle and Miss Kate McCabe’s activities, weddings, sales of household goods, and announcements for the Lyon County Fair with dates and prizes.
Last Tuesday the 2nd marked Comrade Barth’s seventy fifth birthday. The Women’s Rural Community celebrated with an elegant supper for the Civil War veteran and honored guests, including veterans and younger members. The event featured social chat, a display of affection, and well wishes for health and happiness.
An item notes the Lyon County Fair Association paid 31 900 for special free attractions and warns not to release the big show next week. It mentions a free gold locket and chain contest with votes, a home sale by Mrs Mary Lickie in Hull on Saturday August 27 as she moves, and a promotion tied to a talking machine and gold watch prize.
The pulpit of the Presbyterian church will be occupied next Sunday by a representative from Buena Vista College Storm Lake Serman. Morning service at 11 o clock. Evening union service held at the M E church. All are cordially invited.
The M E church invites Hull residents to hear Rev J Lewis Gillien district superintendent preach next Sunday. The fourth quarterly conference will meet Saturday August 27 at 8 o clock p m to close the church year business. Last Sunday Rev Frank D Empey spoke at the Methodist church and at the union Presbyterian service.
A notice announces a piano contest where a winning lady earns extra votes equal to half the money she brings in for a locket and chain sale. The second place giver receives votes equal to the mean, effectively double the amount she turns in, with emphasis on participation and bonus votes.
A large Hull crowd watched Doon face the Omabe Giants with the Giants taking an early lead before Doon rallied to a 13 6 final. The日 game featured delays and grounders, while Hull visitors also saw Doon’s loss later in a separate match.
Mr Hyman hauled brick in the latter part of last week to build a silo. The silo will be 14 feet in diameter and 30 feet high with a capacity of 100 tons. He also owns a herd of full blood Hereford cattle and plans to exhibit them at fall fairs, believing the cattle venture will yield profits to cover the silo investment.
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