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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1902
Page
2
The Sioux County Bee endorses John Boyink for county auditor, praising his qualifications and alignment with editorial opinion. The paper notes readership approval of Boyink and contrasts it with debates within Iowa Republican circles over auditor candidates and party strategy.
Don Felipe, Manila banker and church man of virtue, hires two American soldiers Turner and Larsen to rescue his son from a plantation. After a costly banquet to honor the pair, a letter reveals hidden gold pebbles found by a slave, and Felipe pays to recover the estate while a grave Padre dies en route. The episode ends with Turner signaling a final ploy as the two Americans secure La Honradez.
In a stylized dialogue set near London, a father and son debate why nations go to war. The boy asks and the father hints at causes, touching on Germany and Spain and a playful mention of a “German fig” incident as a suggestive spark.
The London Spectator notes a broad social trend toward change over monotony in daily life. People seek variety in surroundings, meals, and social contacts, preferring dining out and new faces to the sameness of home routines and familiar circles.
A garbled excerpt poses questions on numbers, teeth, crescent moon direction, paw counts, colors on employer’s eyes, and faces of coins and watches. It cites a quote about can you remember one and lists watch words repeatedly, ending with Washington Tees.
An unclear passage cites farmers feeling overburdened by drudgery and suggests many lack formal education paths. It laments that while some professionals thrive, most aspiring farmers lack guidance from established mentors, risking farm decline.
A fragmented telegraph like cry features a quoted eminent tragedian exclaiming Listen Does the nbek of thieehotr carry you back to rear Trewhioadd diay. The readable bits suggest a dramatic alert involving a person named Anrel Afr Stormington Tarnes and a passage near a village church.
Fragmentary quotes reference a show and staff at a newspaper office. Mentions Washington Star and Cincinnati Commercial Tribune with a fire alarm and a threatened job loss. Details are garbled and names are incomplete.
A dialogue about makeup and finishing touches reveals the artist Yee insisting the portrait is near done, while the other speaks of improving the evening cheeks as the final step in the work.
The literary editor describes a book new to him and jokes with the snake editor asking if it is a bankbook, highlighting light editorial banter from the Philadelphia Record.
A distressed advertisement advises readers on where the next great real estate deal may be, promising substantial money for a circular that reveals all. J F Mery Asst General Pass Department Illinois Central Railroad based in Dubuque Iowa issues the notice.
The notice states meats every Tuesday evening in the Masonic Hall with visiting brethren cordially invited.
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