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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1897
Page
4
The Hull Index notes Sioux County Republicans plan a county convention while Democrats issue harsh resolutions at their convention. Judge Hutchinson draws little opposition and farmers report booming orders for carriages and buggies, with production strained nationwide.
The piece urges varying church services to honor the Sunday Fourth of July. It proposes decorations, patriotic music, reading the Declaration of Independence, and pastor addresses to fuse Christian citizenship with patriotism, recalling colonial church rallying places and urging churches to reunite with national aspirations.
A basket picnic will be held in Africa's Grove tomorrow Saturday June 28 featuring music vocal and instrumental recitations and acted readings. A baseball game Burr Oak nine versus Perkins and a rented frame of croquet will entertain attendees. Free admission. refreshments provided. Hosted by Mandei Bennet, manager.
The Ladies Hone Journal credits John Wesley with founding the first Sunday school globally in Savannah in 1736. Wesley instructed about sixty to eighty children, with a strong focus on Bible teaching and catechism, predating Raikes in Gloucester and the first American school in New York.
A humorous account from a Philadelphia paper describes General Grant traveling with a Japanese servant who changes his hat at each town. The gag rests on hats signaling towns, with a silk hat for soldiers’ towns and a different lid for others, while Grant remains unaware of the scheme.
Announcement of a teacher excursion on the Milwaukee Central Railroad for the National Educational Association Meeting in Milwaukee. A round trip fare is offered with sale dates in July and a return rule. Details and deposits to be handled via local agents or the joint agent in Milwaukee.
Notice to all interested that on the 2th day of April the undersigned was appointed by the District Court of Slows County executor of the estate of Albert Gust, late of Riena County. Albertron debts to said estate must be paid to the undersigned and those having claims must present them duly authenticated to the said executor. Dated the 1st day of faeir Abwina Get.
Lieutenant Ellicott writes in St. Nicholas that the ship's bell remains the core identify of a vessel through all crew and components. Bells are bronze with possible silver content, inscribed on warships, often gifted by builders and cities, and mounted to be heard across decks as the ship rolls.
The passage argues against discarding tradition in favor of a pure new style. It critiques designers who ignore ancestral forms, noting that most buildings deviate only slightly from past designs. It asserts that no one has ever created a great structure without leaning on tradition, likening it to shipbuilding. The author cites the field of art as explored in Scribner's.
A Philadelphia Times excerpt muses on aging and sympathy. It contrasts youth’s blunt appetite for pleasure with an older, wiser savoring of life. It suggests growing compassion and a changed view of beauty as one ages.
The piece discusses a creature once seen as harmless that lays eggs like a bird and now is said to have a venomous sting on its hind leg. It describes cases in dogs and humans, noting varying reactions and no human deaths. It also mentions preserved fruits from Herculaneum ruins.
Tuttle and Stutzman, proprietors of the Main St Meat Market, advertise a first class selection of meats poultry and cured meats kept on hand and invite customers to call.
An odd account from a Pronech banquet describes two Tarks as one man selects a toothpick from a track and passes it to a neighbor who declines, with an unclear quote about Wir oaidtem dwe and ex unl. The text also mentions senatorial figures and feuds, tied to a claim about vindicating manhood amid public dispute.
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