20 Jan 1905
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1905
Page
1
A dated letter to A Ji Fie Hull Iowa discusses water seeping, rotting wood, and woodwork spots. It warns about painting for looks rather than protection, urging extravagance in paint as economy and promoting Devon Paints sold by Coad at Pp. si. BiG.
Auction notices describe a 160 acre farm 2 miles from Hawarden with a cash price of 1500 and a long term balance. The listing notes fair improvements and good land under C L Thompson of Hawarden Iowa. Court notices appoint executor Jen Sasha for John Kaewell deceased with claims to be presented for allowance. Sale includes 12 head of cattle, farm machinery, fodder and crops.
Sunday evening services start a week of special evangelistic meetings at the Methodist church with two minute prayer sessions in local businesses each weekday noon. The pastor and Rev. F. R. Jenkins from Sioux Rapids will co host. attendance urged to support Christian values. Also notices about land listings and local business ads appear in the page.
Local notices describe Flour advertisements for Gold Medal brand. Community names include Kathryn Renshaw, M. Brown, Hermann Beekman, and Steve Gasser visiting from Sioux City. Plans mention moving picture show at Davidson Hall and a professional teachers meeting in Hull with a Drake University lecture.
A garbled column reports on a butcher stunt injuring a thumb, a theatrical at Davidson Hall featuring war scenes, and remarks on insurance costs. It also cites visits from a Woods of Center Point and farming gossip. The piece then explores a surge in Nebraska state hospital inmates and officials attributing it to greater willingness to seek treatment and admission rather than a rise in insanity.
Fragments describe a buyout of J P Bosker & Co and promise to continue old offerings including bread, groceries, and confectionery. The text blends names, dates, and stray anecdotes about a cat, a barber, and odd local trades, with unclear sequence and numerous garbled lines.
The document presents the annual statement for the year ending December 31, 1904 for the Farmery Mutual Insurance Association of Sioux and Lyon Counties, detailing governance, officers, business start date, and financial figures including risks in force and written during the year. It also notes unrelated local animal anecdote and excerpts from mineral production statistics for 1903.
A garbled report claims London bridges and landmarks like St Paul’s, Westminster Abbey, and the Bank of England face imminent foundation failure due to underground water and drainage. Experts dismiss unrelated fears while warning city travel may be disrupted if waters undermine supports.
An offer highlights the New York Tribune Farmer weekly with sections on cattle sheep horses horticulture dairy and farm machinery plus news from the nation and world. A special contract offers the papers for a fall year at a reduced price sent to Iowa Hall for subscription and payment instructions.
Wanted MIEN AND WSS and adjoining territories to represent and advertise Arnold established horse salary in this county for solid financial standing. Weekly pay from S2b to fit weekly expenses advanced by check from Mold headquarters. Phorse and Tugey fur ssary poochion paces provided when needed. Ddidruss, Ghee Dros. & Co., Chicago.
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