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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1895
Page
7
A vintage ad extols economical clothing buying highlighting price versus quality. It touts cash discounts, minimal store expenses, and a bright second floor showroom as proof of value. It notes a newborn son for Mr and Mrs De Shepard and mentions doctors gifting cigars to friends.
Starrett advertises three clothing lines: fine, good, and cheap, with prices from 3.50 to 14.00. The store promotes honest value, proper workmanship, and fittings, aiming to serve all customers without pressuring them into higher priced options.
Local notes from Sioux County include varied items: Grisell & Wilkinson advertise bicycles and hammocks. Sam Meee and others travel through towns. political talk and farm life mix with social visits. Updates cover livestock shipments, threshing, new hires at T. Mc Michael Co, and community events at Hubbard Park and nearby towns.
An excerpt recalls Robert Louis Stevenson's comment that his portrait is the best ever painted, cited in a Cosmopolitan issue with verses by Stevenson and Kipling. The piece notes illustrations by Rudyard Kipling and stories by Mrs Barton Harrison and Kate Douglas Wiggin, while mentioning a printing hiccup and a late 19th century tone. A separate anecdote describes a runaway team causing minor streetside disruption before stopping near Lensink's.
The May 1 issue notes uncared letters awaiting pickup at the Linked Post Office, listing Henry Cruikshenk and N Y Carlson among the recipients with incorrect or missing addresses.
Des Moines Iowa July 9 1895 The weekly mean temperature slightly above seasonal average rainfall generally deficient southwest district received most on the 4th inst. Light showers on the 7th relief eastern districts suffering drought crops promising rapid progress in most sections corn above average oats harvesting in progress hay yields high in favored areas flax average where grown overall prospects remain strong for a record state yield despite rank growth and drought hazards
Advertisement fragment notes R L Henderson advertised as well equipped to sink wells with prompt attention and guaranteed satisfaction. Mentions HuLt Jews and Sioux country circulation. Also small notices for ladies shoes and a residence property for sale near a north yard, signed Wri Moojen.
A black cloth cape was lost on Wednesday morning July 3 between Tull and Sioux Center. finder should leave it at the office. Also notices offer piano tuning by John Wyatt Wilt Towns At coupled with various organization meeting dates and local ads including United Societies of Christian Ludavorers Baltimore July 114, Bar tle's Union July 15, Denver August 24, Triennial events in other towns.
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