14 Jul 1905
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1905
Page
1
A Tuesday gathering at Davidot’s Hall discussed adding street and private lighting. Sioux City’s Mr. Garris explained his firm’s plant, others questioned costs, and a majority signaled support for town warrants around 2000 to 3000 dollars, with careful economic review urged.
A faded fragment recounts quirky lines about an Estherville mother sewing crazy quilt blocks from trousers worn by courting youths and a Hawarden church sermon critique. An elderly advertiser comments on a boss’s power and a schoolteacher near Gretton allegedly curing tardiness with a novel lunch rack scheme, though the text is garbled and partial.
A garbled exhortation urges residents to praise and invest in their town, support local institutions and sports, advertise locally, and work together for the common good. It emphasizes pride, fair trade, and united effort to strengthen community vitality.
The notice offers indefinite future shipments of copies of the Index. Subscribers are urged to renew their subscriptions and may receive a wrap service to simplify pickup during the available period.
Reading appears as garbled OCR with courtroom jargon and misread names. The piece references a jury, defendants, and legal counsel, interwoven with unclear phrases and nonstandard spellings.
A deranged monologue criticizes the editor’s role in money and power within a newsroom. It laments corruption and moral compromise, suggesting editors chase money while printers and workers suffer. The piece ends with a bleak moral about the editor’s inevitable ruin.
The notice describes a late A rooms property with woodland, a large barn, stable, fenced areas, chicken pens, orchard, and fruit trees. It advertises suitable retirement living and lists affordable prices at the end of the page.
Bealer proposals endorsed with work title and bidder name due at town clerk Hull until 3 pm Tuesday August 5. Bid covers furnishing all materials and labor to construct a cement sidewalk along specified premises with street widths and lengths. Assessments to be certified by town ordinance. A warrantee head required. Chairman of Street Committee directs.
Great Northern Line offers summer travel to Portland Seattle San Francisco and Los Angeles with special law rates and liberal provisions for stewards. Options include different routes, side trips and return plans. For full particulars apply to Great Northern Line or write to Fred T. Riegers GE AL Signa City To. 9]
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