28 Jan 1898
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1898
Page
1
Doon Lyon county notes report school board adding an assistant to the principal and new teachers for the term. The Doon school gains rooms fittings and a new assistant principal A Beard sly. Community events include anniversaries and church gatherings with local families visiting Bigelow and Osceola.
LeMars area records show the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad mortgage for 155 million dollars to United States Trust Company of New York and John A. A. Siewert trustees. It covers eighty five pages and is recorded across New York and multiple states. The note notes the General Quick Bond Mortgage with a November date and covers several states including Illinois Wisconsin and Iowa. The Maine has been ordered to Havana to protect consular interests and a fleet stands ready as tensions rise with Spain over Cuba.
A sudden move ends Harrington and Huibregtas partnership as Harrington sells his interest to Dave of Oostburg Wisconsin. Deane joins area with strong reputation while townsfolk wish Harrington well. The change follows long-standing business ties and mutual good will. DeWitt's Little Early Risers praised for stomach and liver relief.
John Wanamaker criticizes posters and handbills arguing that a large daily newspaper audience is the proper vehicle for advertising. He outlines a plan to place substantial sums into newspaper ads and to share profits with printers, claiming higher returns from sustained newspaper campaigns.
Far gale Oneap describes a world’s pair wheel chair in good condition. It is cushion tired and just the thing for an invalid. For further particulars inquire at this office.
An advertisement urges readers to try Minute Cough Cure as a preventive for pneumonia and consumption, claiming it helps stave off serious lung troubles that follow neglected coughs. It endorses the product by J. Tf. Anderson and emphasizes relief for winter ailments.
An elderly neighbor recounts legends of two sisters who performed as digitators in the thirties. They allegedly staged feats in a house on the north side, were locked in a sealed box, and found dead when the box was opened. The tale links their haunting to the old site and a moonless night.
An industrial sketch details how artificial ice is produced using volatile liquids in Philadelphia plants. Ammonia refrigeration lowers brine to below freezing, freezing water into large ice cakes that are stored and transported to city wards. The article notes plant capacity, water quality effects, and the shift from natural to artificial ice as a major industry.
Foultney Bigelow argues that the term negra is rarely heard in South Africa and that Afrikander Englishmen separate local blacks from those from the Guinea coast. He notes the distinction between enslaved Americans and South African blacks in White Man's Africa.
A fragmented New York Sun item reports One Minute Cough Cure as a cure for whooping cough and croup with safe claims. It also describes a dangerous elevator plunge scene where passengers feel fear and a quick stop near the ground floor.
In a lively 19th century exchange four debate groups examine a pulley and monkey riddle. A letter asks readers if a climbing monkey makes the stone rise or fall as a balance with a hanging weight. The spinoff notes a sphinx riddle about a silent woman.
The Boston article laments the famed Bunker Hill monument shrinking in stature noting it once tallest in the nation now stands around 220 feet high, 827 feet shorter than Philadelphia’s city hall tower.
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