22 Dec 1899
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1899
Page
1
Local notes highlight Dr J J Grout visiting Hull for two days December 26 and 27 offering dental work.婚 The community also announces the engagement of Miss Mary Braun to Jacob Braun of LeMars and mentions upcoming local weddings and social events with several town notices and advertisements.
In a November 8 letter from a traveler named Bert Nymayer, he details his Pacific journey from Hawaii to the Philippines, noting Manila sights, military presence, and conditions. He records encounters with locals, housing, clothing, and daily life, and describes the march toward Angeles with U S Army units under General Lawton, along with war-torn scenery and guards at depots. He closes with reflections on a Nebraska shooting case involving editor Harring and a Christmas excursion offer from the Sioux City and Northern Railroad.
The report cites shippi ng tonnage from Worcester and Hereford and imports from Normandy to London markets. It notes large exports to New York Boston Philadelphia and Chicago and describes European species with names like phoradend rou flavescena. It records 1 854 manufacturers failed in twelve months ending this month vs 2 415 prior year and 7 700 traders failed vs 9 753 last year. Banks did well and total failures excluding banks were 1 700 the lowest since 1887. The piece praises Mr Dingley and Republican protection, criticizing The New York World and predicting surplus revenue by year end 1909.
The article traces mistletoe’s role in Yule traditions dating back to Druids. It describes hanging on Christmas Eve, its symbolic path under it, and notes the mistletoe is a parasite feeding on various trees with sacred ties to oak.
On Wednesday Nav 1st the Towa Central Railway Company opened a tourist sleeping car service from Minneapolis and St Paul to Los Angeles and other Pacific Coast points. The Hallman Palace Tourist Cars run the line via Mazon City Marshall Town Arrinnell Oskaloosa Ottumwa to Kansas City and onward through California to the Pacific.
A concise trade notice advertising salted meats and tender juicy steaks available for commercial sale. The item list highlights quality cuts and wholesale offers for merchants.
The journey begins in Minneapolis at 9 25 Sunday and travels through St Paul Mason City Marshalltown Grinnell Oskaloosa Hedrick and Ottumwa ending in San Francisco by 6 45 PM Sunday. The four day trip covers major stops with stated departure times and arrival windows.
The Northern Pacific has undergone major upgrades over recent years with widened bed, stronger rails, taller bridges, filled tunnels, and steel structures. Hundreds of thousands spent in 1898 plus prior years modernize the line for through trains at high speed between St. Paul, Minneapolis and Seattle, Tacoma, Portland. Through cars, sleeping and dining services travel with passengers across about 2,000 miles. Readers urged to explore Northwest routes via this line and request Wonderland.
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