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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
5
Classified section notes large land sales with prices from 18 to 800 dollars per acre and a 2200 acre farm option. Also reports on local visits, clothing, farm and dairy work, school examinations, framing shop, and community camp remarks with names of residents and officials.
For Sale. 120 acres well improved located 41 miles northeast of Rock Valley and 3 miles southwest of Doon Iowa Obtain details by visiting the place no letters answered. Chas Thorsen Doon Ia BR D 2.
The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway offers a new book North Pacific Coast Country to help trip planning for the Pacific Northwest and Alaska–Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. Free with meals, 62 dollar round trips from Chicago to Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Portland, Victoria, Vancouver and more, valid daily until September 30 with return by October 31.
Mrs. Ju Heideman visits Sioux Center while Mrs. AL Putnam returns from Sioux City after a fine outing. Sale items include a book edger writing desk and roll top desk at Ehindling’s. Several residents travel to Des Moines Springfield and Mitchell for conventions and farm matters. School opens August 20th and picnics mark church Sunday schools at Rock River and Mosgrove area. J W Tamplin and children plan a two week Denver Houlder outing frontier travel in Tekamah Nebraska Journal.
George Lewin and wife visited from Loon pulling a train east as he shares anecdotes. W Doeksen sold eighty and bought a 200 acre farm, bringing his holdings to about 600 acres in North western Iowa. A heavy rain is urged for farming land while plowing continues dry. Cornelia Mullenburg returns from visiting the farm and helps care for an ailing mother and a sister with a bad arm. After a ball game a car collision near Main Street injures Mrs. N G Coad and causes minor ear injuries. Will Coad orders repairs after the spike accident on a hotel-route crossing.
Residents of Lincoln Township must mow the roads adjacent to their land by September 15. Failure to comply will result in the work being done under the provisions of the Code by order of the Trustees.
A crowded notes list visits and events from Orange City and Sheldon. Shifting items include milling stock purchases in Minneapolis, Alton game supporters, and church construction progress. Local residents travel to Sioux Center and Shel don, with reporting on teachers and school preparations for Monday.
Lowie Jansma of Prairie View Kansas visits and surveys a new site amid a failed crop year. He is described as a brother-in-law of the LaPore brothers and notes his stay and search for a location.
A Utah Latter Day Saints group plans open air meetings in Hull next Saturday and Sunday with seven to eight elders present. They aim to present their beliefs without attacking others and will conduct talks at street corners at 3:30 and 8:00 PM, inviting all to attend with no collections.
Tuesday at nine o clock at the bride’s home the ceremony united Leonard H Lickel and Mrs Mary Beckman Rev Smith officiating The couple left by noon train for a month long trip to Seattle Long Beach and other points of interest The Index extends best wishes for a bright prosperous life together.
Bargains offered on Gold Medal and Puritan Pat flours with bulk sack pricing. Ola Glory and other feeds advertised at low prices, including oil meal and shorts, in a fragmented old newspaper ad.
Our ball team split two games this week. On Saturday Hulls beat Sheldon 13 to 3 as Brownie pitched nine innings with six hits allowed. Tuesday they lost to Aston 3 to. Through 15 games the team has 12 wins 2 losses and 1 tie, with Hulls famed for strong play.
A runaway team sent ice wagons careening during a delivery. Will Lincoln was knocked senseless and injured on shoulder and head. He recovered enough to return to a saloon, but left arm remains crippled. The vehicle crossed First Street before the team detached after a short chase.
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