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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1910
Page
2
A collage of items on public life includes Peary stories, woman suffrage, Emma Goldman, Pickering moon vegetation talk, Carnegie fortunes, and university topics. The piece surveys journalism ethics, taxation of fame, and calls for uniform motor vehicle laws alongside notes on spelling errors and a proposed military press censorship.
The piece argues censorship may be constitutional only outside military zones and that press deception could be justified in extreme war needs. It questions if citizens drafted into war might justify lies by others, noting a newspaper could be compelled to color truth to aid victory.
A collection of humorous miswritten notices from English newspapers shows people seeking odd services and items. Witty fragments include a piano sale with iron frame, a nurse for a bottled baby, furnished rooms for gentlemen, and requests for washing, rooms, and odd job needs.
A damaged OCR text mentions Sonny Puliddy for sale WHI eat anything and a note about a boy near a counter. The fragment references an organist and a toy for Abe, with phrases about children and partly outside positions.
At a lively gathering, Master William Blogsma slipped away behind a screen with his father’s cigar. He returned pale and woozy, and his mother exclaimed that he had been smoking. He denied it, amid the crowd’s surprised chatter and digressions about a possible romance.
The Crystal Palace exhibition opened in New York on July 15 1953 as the country’s first foreign exhibits fair. President Franklin Pierce rode in a procession as a silk hat toppled amid Wall Street mud after a ceremonial mishap.
A reader notes colonial roots and immigrant heritage with pride in lineage from the Mayflower. The message blends personal identity with a spirited line from a Pathfinder era motto.
The text mocks a claim of quick Philadelphia news, hints at a Yonberg statesman and a comical image of placing a man’s seat on his head. It notes the doughnut hole is minor yet preferable to the surrounding context, implying a quirky political or social jest.
A writer notes ivy harms newly cut stone walls and ancient stone joints but aids rubble walls by stabilizing loose stones. East African farmers defend lions as beneficial for reducing herbivores, claiming hunters save many zebras and antelopes by killing lions. Wireless exposure may cause eye and nerve issues, while a cave near Frieste Augila is described as the largest known bo erint with multiple entrances.
A description notes a provinege with Inddera and atepa where visitors can safely descend to a cavern. Progress is slow yet steady as explorers study stalactites of gigantic size and bizarre shapes. The tallest stalactite exceeds rifle length by more than 5 feet. The cave system includes underlying caverns, with the bottom 425 feet below the surface and the roof 1,580 feet above sea level.
Puck recounts Uncle Siegemann and others debating farming scales in the West and New England. He contrasts Dakotas and prairie stock ranching with New England terms for acreage and crops, noting a sharp regional linguistic divide.
A vivid courtroom exchange centers on Trosan's cow trampling a strawberry patch. The judge notes the cow could be blamed on someone else and questions available evidence, highlighting the morning incident and looming damages.
A fragmentary wartime style notice describes private miscommunication and a roadside sighting as a soldier reports a woman seen walking with the parson. The lines imply humorous or confused exchanges during a muttered inquiry.
A puzzled Rolla asks what a happy medium is and is told it is someone who can move tables and chairs to earn several hundred dollars a day. The Washington Star quotation frames the joke with a hint of skepticism about spiritualistic abilities.
A clipped exchange from the Cleveland Leader features a puzzled speaker admitting past foolishness and a response about newfound wisdom. The fragment hints at transformation and interpersonal sentiment without full context.
A Drake University toy party at a chap suey restaurant ended with the owner charging for furniture damage. President Hill M Bell expelled Cecil Hesse Roy Fletcher Tess Hoskins and Ada Redogie from the school, with Hesse later suspended two weeks.
Vernon Barr age 16 and Lina Ammer age 14 were found dead in Barr farm buggy south of Monroe. A tin cup contained small mixtures of strychnine. The couple, from well to do families, had attended a Monroe dance and left in a buggy later found dead. officials suspect romance and parental opposition as motive.
Oscar B Sharp of Davie County was indicted by the grand jury at the current term and pleaded guilty to rape. Judge Tadee Mo Towner sentenced him to twenty years in prison at Ansmarga, and he was moved to prison before nightfall.
An ancient church building in Ligenmh Marahsil county, reputedly among the oldest in central Iowa, was sold at public auction by the House of Disciples. The congregation had recently disbanded after long service.
Homaius Wilcox died in Ida Grove following two years of rheumatism. His knees drew toward his chin from agony, and on a Sunday all joints of his body failed, leading to his death.
Assistant Attorney General Hesigne Charien Witcom resigned Friday and will return to legal practice. Weox linked to the speaker's bureau under the state Republican central committee in the last campaign.
Weds Popular Sanborn Girl, Harry Detmage of Fanning and Miss Stolen Maria Taugsen of Sanborn were mathed in the parlors of the Phoenix hotel Wednesday. The bride had been associated in the management of the Phoenix hotel and was very popular with the traveling public.
Benjamin Tienry known as J Cot Tienry, longtime Creston resident and employee of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad, was struck and killed by fast mail train No 15 Thursday morning on his way to work.
Judge James A. Howe, longtime district court member for eight years, announced in a talk before the Jawa Tar Association that he will resign his Tolk County bench at the end of the current year to enter the service of Jaw.
Iowa dairy expert Hugh Van Pelt will lead a state education tour starting February 19 to teach farmers about feeding and raising well bred cattle. Des Moines meeting heard Waterloo’s W M Marsh offer a $1000 prize for the year’s top butter cow beginning August 15, with an elite group of 160 cows showcased. The Burlington line will haul two lecture cars and a palace stock car for demonstrations, supported by about a dozen lecturers.
Chicago and Northwestern Overland No. 1 derailed near Maple River four miles west of Carroll early Tuesday morning while traveling at thirty miles an hour. The five sleepers a diner and baggage car left the track skidding for hundreds of feet but miraculously no one was hurt. A derailed track may have caused the wreck though the engine remained on the rails.
Des Moines Commercial Dispatch reports action from a conference with Prof P. G. Helden of Armes and Prof Wolfen on a plan to boost weed test results for farmers within three months. The speakers warn that without swift steps the upcoming corn crop may fail and farmers face hardship.
A garbled early draft references contest participants and a concept called Tree of Chates. The text is unclear but hints at separating contestants into different groups or “clu ses.” The meaning remains ambiguous and no concrete event or names are identifiable.
Fragmentary notice describes guardianship matters and an annulment dispute involving a bride once married to John Leeper aged 70. It mentions a mustered path through the Crandall family and a bride now aged 48 with prior marriage history and a likely early life event.
Higgins reports the Des Moines city council voted 4 to 1 to remit taxes on the baseheld property aiding the Western Deere team. Attorney for President Higgins claims the mar nate lost 12,000 on the 1908 season and 5,900 on the previous year.
Mrs Arminta Calling of Marshall summoned Coroner Jay after her son Charles B Sheridan aged 46 showed signs of illness. The case involves a possible poisoning linked to a large dose of a medicine tablet, with medical examination and coroner inquiry underway.
George Cummings of Fairfield was killed instantly when his team ran away while hauling four loads of hay at Tinnaarar. Teo Whitham was thrown from the load as a wagon wheel came off. He suffered serious injuries and other damage.
Frank Jones Doon Kite and Juys Prescholtaz were captured by farmers after stealing a sheep from a farm south of Des Moines. Local authorities coordinated with residents to recover the animal and detain the suspects.
At a Des Moines gathering of the Iowa Fairymen W M Marsh of Waterloo offered a $1000 prize to the Iowa cow yielding the most butter for the year starting August 1.
The Des Moines Comercial club will distribute 10 60 seed testers to farmers in Towa over the next three months.
Tom A. Glinn, attorney for Milwaukeee railroad, was carried from the Centerville courtroom unconscious after a clash with Charles F. Elgin, attorney for the plaintiff in a damage suit.
W. Brickiey aged 25, single and living with parents near Winthrop, was killed Wednesday morning after being struck by a passenger train while crossing the Lionis Central tracks on a sleigh near his home.
The Onawa electric light plant closed Monday due to dwindling coal supplies leaving the town in darkness for the first time this winter.
A group of Clinton restaurant keepers and grocers pled guilty on Tuesday to selling clear margarine for better. Each was fined £26 plus costs in district court.
Akron plans a vote on a $16,000 electric light bonds and proceeds to set up plans. The issue centers on funding for public lighting and the city government handles bond approval.
R G Dun & Co reports satisfactory business volume in Chicago with rising bank payments and production. January clearance sales are unusually successful, winter buying boosts apparel and essentials, and Western shipments show prompt deliveries. Banking clearings top prior years while failures remain limited.
Fragmentary text describes wholesale and retail trade shifts, spring foods demand, robotic tide, and manufacturing output facing uncertainty. Mentions tennis trade and January guidance gates with sparse references to orders and future outlook amid winter seas.
The report shows weekly business failures with figures for Canada and the United States. Totals include 755 in a prior period and 275 in a recent week, with historical baselines from 1908 and earlier years. Comparisons indicate fluctuations year to year and week to week.
A lengthy list of commodity quotes from multiple cities shows cattle hogs and sheep prices, plus wheat corn oats rye and other grains. Regions include Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Cincinnati Buffalo Toledo New York with bid ranges and grade notes for each item.
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