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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1902
Page
4
For sale a new Schiller piano style 10 in walnut with Wessel Nichols Gras action. Cash price 8350. Call and see the instrument. Mrs. Sapro Miller
The notice lists crop prices and farm reports including Wheat 4% Barley 62 Corn 49, corn hogs at 5.30, and various local items. It notes Eric Hansen's sale next Tuesday February 1 and an Armory election next Monday for a First Lieutenancy vacancy. Mentions property transfers, business openings, and community events with several names and places.
William Davis a prominent Galesburg real estate agent and former chancery lawyer died in Cuthbert Georgia after a long illness with inflammatory rheumatism. Born in England seventy seven years ago he moved to Galesburg in 1862 and built a notable career in law and real estate. Survived by his wife Anna M. Davis and children F H Davis W E Davis and Lillie Davis, with a large extended family. The body will be brought back to Galesburg for burial. mourners include relatives in Illinois and nearby states.
The Omaha Illustrated Bee notes Mrs Ballard as a forceful leader who, after declining two terms, returns as president of the state association alongside Vice President Mrs BE Hl Belden and State Secretary Meg M Nelson. They urge the Iowa legislature to approve women’s suffrage.
A garbled excerpt discusses Abraham Lincoln, a dress by Joseph Cloute, and a treatise on Lincoln's career and character with notes on his administration. The text shifts to admonitions about cats, arguing for kindness, patience, and gentle handling, claiming cruelty harms their nerves and character.
Fragmentary Washington Star text shows dialogue on taste and refinement. Mentions Mrs G and Mr Cutaros with vague remarks about gowns and property ignorance. Readability severely limited. no clear event or identities beyond general names.
A vivid account describes a bustling thieves market near the National Palace in Mexico City. It details how buyers and sellers mingle openly, with goods ranging from art to personal items, and notes the law’s indifference and the market’s long history as a city institution. It mentions Shakespeare volumes, antiquities, and weaponry passing through the stalls, with prices and exchanges reflecting a thriving illicit trade.
A Pittsburgh Record story recalls a boy who receives two nickels from his father for Sunday school. One nickel is kept for a later use, the other is spent, and the tale ends with the child clutching the remaining coin as he gazes west toward his father.
The readable text discusses ivory dolls, their fragility, and early shop made wooden dolls from Neel Tands, noting jointed forms and the era's dolls for infants. It mentions manufacturers and general lineage of doll production in a historical context.
A New York Times style discussion explains that gas meters are not bombs and fires usually start from external gas leaks in cellars. It notes meters are safe when isolated from external heat and emphasizes the real danger lies outside the meter, with explosions arising from gas-air mixtures in buildings.
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