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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1896
Page
5
Fragmentary text appears to describe a transit timetable with times such as 8 00 and 12016 and references to trains running daily except Sundays. Names, places, and clear details are missing due to corruption.
A bustling Hull week with crop prices listed and local chatter. Mentions of Wheat Barley Oats Corn Hogs prices, residents visiting, Ringling show attendance, and planned town events. Comments on local politics, new laws, and upcoming excursions plus anecdotes from residents and merchants.
Mr May and his children sought shelter in a Boyden livery barn during a yesterday storm. While in the office area they were lunching when a bolt pierced the ceiling and shattered the floor beneath Mr May. He and a child were briefly stunned and greatly frightened by the near miss.
The report notes lady bicyclists on bicemers advocating equal comfort and pleasure for women riders. After dusk their appearance on First Street drew attention as a group claimed propriety and freedom from critique. The piece references debate over propriety and gendered clothing in cycling culture.
A public school closing program at Academy Hall drew a full lounge and pleased attendees. The event praised by participants and the community aims to boost library funds and student focus for the coming term.
T J Miller a dental student is at Room 11 Hotel Patterson with satisfaction guaranteed. The Summer Term opens July Lith with large attendance assured. Courses are outlined and taught by teachers. Texts on Civics Didactics and Economics available at cost. Board 82 46 per week and up.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers Fourth of July excursion tickets for one and one third fare with a minimum 60 cent price. Tickets are valid for travel between points within 24 miles, sold during July and valid for return. Special passes and ticket agents are mentioned.
Whidden Graham argues against free silver and for a gold standard, warning that free coinage would halve workers wages and trigger a financial panic. He urges readers to vote and work against currency debasement and for stable values fair to debtors and creditors. He questions coinage reform and its impact on savings and prices.
A Poor Man bears the brunt of cheap money claims as wages shrink in real value. The article argues gold standard rhetoric hurts labor by raising prices while wages lag, benefiting creditors and employers. It cites the ongoing debate on monetary value and a view that the standard harms workers and the economy.
Fourth of July excursion tickets offered by the Sioux City & Northern Railway cover all stations with round trip fare details. Mason City Laundry reports customer satisfaction and a delivery note for a service order.
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