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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1901
Page
2
The Hull Index appears as a weekly feature in the Bull Iowa edition issued every Friday, outlining local items and notices for readers in Bull and surrounding areas.
A collage of Iowa political letters critiques on the Porto Rican tariff and party splits, plus an anecdote about President Lincoln soothing a wounded young soldier seeking pay. The tale ends with Lincoln’s resolve to ensure rightful payment and a hopeful note on national sentiment.
The Herald argues taxation bias against farmers in Sioux county, contrasting farm valuations with bank capital and railroads. It accuses the Board of Supervisors of discrimination and calls for reform of state and national politicians rather than support for a single candidate.
A poem recounts a satirical scene at a college party where Wu Ting Fang, ally of Li Hung Chang, deflects jests about China. He exposes a supposed Lotus Club plot while toasting sobriety, affirming his dignity and cultural pride amid Western stereotypes.
Two men discuss imagined political matchups. The scene notes pondering a debate between Governor Roosevelt and Sa Jones of Georgia, as one reads a newspaper and laughs. Set in an Indianapolis Journal context.
A provincial newspaper composing room stayed at its post during a blaze next door. Firemen dragged a hose through the room while the overseer ordered presses to run, insisting on publishing despite smoke and heat. The first edition nearly faced destruction as water flooded the room.
A fragmentary Victorian tale recounts Napoleon receiving a large point de Venise lace from Italy. Josephine orders it cut but tears and a slap mark the scene before the lace is hidden, later sold in pieces for 2000 and 1000 francs. The affair underscores Josephine’s lace obsession and tension with Napoleon.
A Frenchman noted color differences among early and later French gold coins. Modern coins show a warmer yellow due to less copper in the alloy, while older pieces bore more copper and silver traces. The oxidation and surface skin removal reduced wear resistance, influencing tint and longevity.
A mangled quip collection from Detroit Denver and Indianapolis Journal snippets mentions water boiling and a thief dog with a joke about a tip system misused by clerks in an office. The phrases read like fragments from humorous notes or satirical lines about domestic and work life.
Mrs. Von Blasser laments her children’s schooling while Mrs. Witherby praises the school. The exchange underscores concern and confidence in a local Detroit area school setting.
Wit quotes mix Shakespeare and Carlyle on sincerity and flattery. The passages contrast flattery with honesty and imply virtue lowers fiscal deceit by encouraging integrity in public life.
A damaged OCR fragment includes unclear names and places with no coherent event. It mentions a prison and vague references, offering no verifiable facts or outcomes to summarize.
The Atchison Globe describes a curious, humorous domestic scene where a red snowl is spread over a candle on a nearby table as part of an unusual ritual or tal cornea.
In a crowded theater lobby a dragon described as red headed and cautious handles mail while a corpulent policeman watches. A gentleman jeers then offers to donate, but withdraws after the dragon ignores him and patrons press forward for seating.
A string of aphorisms and maxims from authors including Adler Rupert Whittier Fielding Goethe and Whewell. The verses offer guidance on resilience gratitude sympathy duty and righteous action with brief moral reflections and historic attributions.
A muddled health column mocks patent medicine ads and offers dubious tips. It urges hiding health at watering places, warns of theft, and laughs at readers for needing health advice while suggesting questionable routines.
The fair plaintiff s counsel seeks harsh measures as the defendant faces embarrassing questions over a prolonged absence after engagement. A tumult of rival boasts and a hotel confrontation with a fencing master ends in a fatal claim, illustrating dangers of so called affairs of honor.
A humorous meditation on vanity and happiness drawn from Mrs Fowler novels. The narrator notes fools who chase admiration and fancy, while true content lies in daily sustenance and social appearance. The piece mocks pretension and the misreading of souls versus stomachs.
At Liverpool Assizes a man was brought to the bar for marrying two women without waiting for the first to die. He received three days imprisonment and the judge noted he had not profaned any civil ceremony by his prior marriages. The ruling sparked widespread denunciation, with debate on church registrars and the legality of marriages not officiated by clergymen.
A kind woman questions a runaway boy who admits fleeing for long after a failed attempt. He recalls wandering and stopping only when he could no longer move, expressing despair as the fragment ends with a Philadelphia Press citation.
A Baltimore American quote fragment shows a distressed speaker lamenting women as fables. A friend tries to console, mentioning she loved others, provoking disbelief and wonder at the speaker’s view.
Unclear text from an OCR fragment mentions Philadelphia, Pros, and a person named Myr without clear context or complete facts. Details are unreadable, preventing a coherent summary of event, action, or entities.
The American Tour Association announced a grand tour of Puerto Rico under escort through the island by rail carriage automobile and boat. Special Pullman cars leave Chicago Thursdays January 11 and February 14 at 6 30 a m with connections from New York the next day. Tickets cover all meals steamer and sleeping car fares transfers and guides plus interpreters. no extra bids in New York or Puerto Rico.
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