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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1896
Page
7
A report warns of Sunday poker games involving youths under twelve and denounces gambling as the deepest vice. The piece laments gambling's ruinous influence on society and argues reform is unlikely for a confirmed gambler, describing broader moral decline.
G W Leusink and Robert Lynzh of Grant township transact business locally. Miss Holman’s pupils will give a recital Tuesday afternoon. A Sapphire Lodge meeting is planned for Saturday night with visiting members invited. Dan Wagner, long ill, shows signs of improvement and is up at home. The Freton Clipper notes the town corps earning badges of honor for 1893-4 in their room display.
Community items recount election results for Epworth League officers James Watson and Flora Hook. ongoing revival meetings led by Miss Mather of Spencer. social happenings include Bob Jones and Father Boomer aging residents, local jokes, and remnant notices for Des Moines papers and subscriptions. Mentions of Sheldun Gazette editorials, Inwood Milwaukee road agent Hopkins, and Buddy’s interest in local business sales and barber shop closures.
A fragmentary dialogue pits Frank and Ego in an absurd debate on reform ideas, jail literature, and utopian rule. Ego cites works by Debs and Coxey to claim philosophical authority while plotting a future government with named ministers and offices.
The town pays tribute to Mary Goss, born 1830 in York County and long a pillar of Shannon and Sioux County communities, as funeral rites are planned at the M.E. church. Obituary notes highlight family ties, religious devotion, and support from neighbors. Also reported are a public installation dispute, prize items from a fair, and a business sale in Hull as Chas. Knapp exits Anderson & Knapp Pioneer Drug Store with planned stock transfers and possible new ownership by Cy Owens.
A Minnesota based traveling salesman, Owens, advertises goods from Hull and Califor nsias at 3.70 per box, asserting equal quality to higher priced local merchants. Buyers are advised to examine at home stores and not feel obliged to accept unless price and quality match his claims.
An assembled listing shows items for sale and trade offers with prices in dollars. It mentions Uxpbex for one year, New York Trievse, Intern Ocean, WALLACE's Far & Darmy, and five Zoroniy with weights. It also advertises a Sioux county stock farm with improvements and water, to trade for a quarter section. Enquiries via Lspex cilica.
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