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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1898
Page
5
Washington reports the United States shapes a peace basis led by Secretary Day with the president's views. The main open issue is how to handle the Philippines while potential shifts toward independence or a coaling station are debated in cabinet circles.
A Hall community publication reprints letters from Peter Beck and an unnamed correspondent from Camp Near Santiago de Cuba dated July 6 1838. Beck recalls a narrow escape near home and describes civilian memory of him as a Hall man who worked at Pioneer Drug Store. The second letter from Mrs Ben Falch Hull Ia recounts being in the First Division hospital in the tropics after fighting with wounds and a high casualty rate while hoping for the war’s end.
Koert Hulsing a 70 year old man drowned in the Rock River cutoff at Rock Valley on Sunday noon. He and friends swam from the bank. a cramp caused him to sink in fifteen feet of water. He had arrived two days earlier from Freeport and was bound for Jasper Minnesota. Ho worked in Rock Valley last year as a farm hand. Local coroner's verdict ruled accidental drowning.
Farmers are asked to donate butter to supply Company E at Chickamauga. Donations may be brought to Dr. Coad named store to be packed in tabs by Saturday August 6 and shipped in a refrigerator car.
A domestic employee at the Hotel Lyons in Rock Rapids was fatally burned in a gasoline explosion. The hotel sustained only light fire damage as the department extinguished the blaze.
Iowa soldier Guy Hatfield a member of one Iowa company at Camp Cuba Libra Jacksonville was sentenced to be shot Wednesday for the murder of a comrade. Hatfield known as a tough man had served time in the penitentiary.
A Ladies Aid benefit social will be held Friday evening on the public school grounds. Tea cream and cake will be served. Everyone is invited to attend for a pleasant evening and good times.
A mixed Hull column reports new bakery openings, shop ads, and local visits. It notes Rock Valley and Sheldon visitors, a charity social at Dorcas Hall, a monument idea for a WW2 casualty, and upcoming Civil War era anniversary events. It covers health updates, a dental visit schedule, and a county institute lineup.
The piece lauds rapid U S mobilization and volunteer enlistment for overseas service. It argues European powers cannot match America’s three month mobilization, noting volunteers, workshops, and transport networks enabling swift war effort and coastal invasions with naval and land victories.
Two piano and organ pieces issued by Popular Music Co of Indianapolis Indiana include Bring Out Heroes Home honoring the Maine and Dewey's Battle of Manila March Two Step. Both works come with an 18 page Popular Music Roll and cost 25 cents. Also notes uncalled for Hull post office letters T K Craven and Bob Moore of Lafayette Indiana.
A description of a large volume on the Spanish American War covering Navy defence and biographies of Dewey and other officers. Notes include extensive illustrations and numerous pages detailing war history and prominent military figures.
Largest subscription book firm in America invites both men and women to sell its new title. Fifty staffers in the correspondence department assist buyers. Full outfit and war map offered with book, plus premiums and generous terms. Agents can earn from seven to twenty eight dollars daily. nine two cent stamps cover postage for sample and instructions. Moywakoe Book Co., Department M, Chicago, IL.
The Omaha exposition unveils a long list of regional and group days from August through October with diverse observances. Names include Stenographers Day Iowa Knights of Pything Day Red Men Tennessee Red Men St Joseph Day Des Moines Day Sioux City Day Bohemian Day Missouri Day Kansas Day Editors Day Labor Day Colorado Day Port Arthur Day Fraternal Union of America Day Lumbermen Woodmen of the World Day New Mexico Day National Shriners Day New England Day Oklahoma Day Modern Woodmen Days Iowa Days Commercial Travelers Day Chicago Day Knox College Day Dar Day Tennessee Day and more to be announced. Extravagant electrical illumination and midway shows promoted with reduced fares on all railroads.
Spang-outhits presents fine parlor bedroom dining room and kitchen furniture. Stock up to high standard of perfection in the northwest with competitive prices on complete sets or single pieces. Call to view and order any item not in stock with lowest possible figures. Specializes in picture frames trunks valises carpets rugs and mattings.
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