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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
4
In last week’s editorial the Democratic ticket wrongly listed A. F. Steffen as Auditor instead of Recorder. The correction confirms the intended assignment and notes the change was deliberate.
The Sun notes loyalty among progressives and recalls past battles for candidates like Claude Porter in 1906 and Fred White. It urges Republicans to vote straight and mentions Orange City raising the poll tax to three dollars amid labor tax debates. The piece critiques indirect taxes and wage issues faced by laborers.
A Swede, Ole, borrows ten dollars for one month from a Kenmare bank. They take out two dollars and fifty cents in advance interest. As he walks home he frets about finances, joking with a friend about banks and interest while a newspaper blames errors and praises editor diligence in facing the press.
The page lists residents visiting nearby cities, relatives in Sioux Falls and Chicago, and locals traveling for markets and circuses. It includes house moves, employment changes, and a witty digression on social behavior, plus ads for stationery, land prospects in Colorado, and a church hymnbook note.
We thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our dear son and brother. Mr. and Mrs Robi Schoeneman and family.
Cecil Schoeneman died Friday July 1 1908 at age 14 years 9 months. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church July 12 with Rev Chase of Sioux City officiating. A long funeral procession went to Hope Cemetery. He leaves a father a mother a sister a brother and many relatives and friends. Community sympathy is extended to the bereaved. Out of town attendees included Schoeneman relatives from Sioux Falls Hawarden Sheldon Doon Rock Valley Lite Rock Shubble and others.
A reader donation arrives for publication with thanks expressed for the support. The note reads we are very grateful for the contribution handed in for publication.
The piece honors Cecil Schoereman who died at nearly fifteen after a brief illness. It recalls his cheerful spirit, honesty, healthful humor, and kindness, and notes his funeral service at the Presbyterian church with Rev. Chaze of Sioux City officiating. The article frames his death as a message of faith and consolation to mourners.
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