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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
4
Ford Koop of Mitchell South Dakota spent a couple of days in Hull this week to be with his mother who is ill. He says that Dakota is at Tippe.
The masons have finished work and walls are being cemented. Top floor is being laid and casings installed. One hundred ninety two chairs have been contracted and material for curtains is ready.
The Christmas exercises feature opening remarks by the school, Rev. Ballard delivering a prayer, and a Word of Welcome. Primary class performances include Bob and Harriet Williams, with recitations by Jakie Groeneveldt and Marie Nymyer. The program closes with songs, a Midnight Song of Praise, and a dialogue about sending a Christmas box for Johanna Ver Sluin and others. all are invited.
A historical notice lists vote totals for contestants including Misa Ada Fox Cynthia Huibregtse Delia Merrill Fanny Hyman and Mrs N G Good with figures 4625 8298 4800 1500. It urges settling accounts before voting ends at p m December 24 1908 and notes subscribers owing one year or more are behind on payments.
A Iowa plan to honor the late Senator Allison with a Des Moines monument prompts tariff questions. The article cites a coal cost estimate of 12 per ton in the US versus 19 in England, and discusses how a 7.84 tariff on rails affects prices, with bankers and manufacturers debating protection and banking reform as panics loom.
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