17 Mar 1899
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1899
Page
1
Town council under fire over bond refunds and marshal pay. Hull reporters defend decisions, detailing bond terms, refund timing, and monthly marshal and street work wages amid council critiques and local school board notes.
The article notes the paper published coverage of local discussions without intent to attack the council. It states readers were engaged by topics debated in town and mentions ongoing dialogue about city governance.
Notice to heirs and executors to appear at the Orange City courthouse Sioux County Iowa on May 2 1893 to probate an instrument claimed as the last will and testament of Mary Belmes late of Stone County Iowa deceased show cause why it should not be admitted to probate. Court seal dated March 21 1893. Judge Melrose. Deputy Mary Goddard.
Nolley is hereby given to the qualified electors that there will be held in the incorporated town of Milt on Monday March 27 1599 at the Tunnell room for the purpose of electing officers including One Mayor One Recorder and Two Councilmen. The polls open at 8 o clock a.m. and close at 6 p.m. Gamnet Demo ta, Recorder.
The text discusses the complex phenomenon of walking, noting that while observers agree it is common, its analysis is hard. Dr Holmes calls walking a perpetual fall with continual self recovery, revealing danger when moving in the dark or on stairs and the extreme difficulty of fully explaining the act. New York Times.
In a downtown cable car several strangers discuss an opera performance. A vocally critical lady blasts Mme Schroeder for aging and singing poorly, blaming critic Schmieder for shaping her view, until Mme Schroeder suggests sharing concerns with Schmieder himself.
The article argues that seaborne invasions require more than ships and troops. It notes gaps in transport, landing craft, and shore access for arms and artillery. It warns merchants’ ships carry limited boats and cannot transfer artillery to the beach without preparation.
The article discusses the color of lake water and how impurities alter hues from blue to green or red. It notes Geneva and Constance as examples and cites Professor Spring on color shifts due to iron oxide washing into lakes, temporarily neutralizing green tints.
A curious drought custom in northern India involves a gigantic life sized figure of a woman stretched along a low four wheeled cart. The figure is dragged through streets while peasants sound tom toms drums and bugles. They believe the figure represents Varuna s wife the rain god and that her drag unleashes rain as vengeance.
The excerpt shows a wife joking that her husband’s sonnet will fund gifts from shoes to gloves, ink to obituary lines, and even a carriage to attend Jinks' funeral, reflecting a domestic, playful take on poetry’s value. The tone is light and ironic about art, money, and social rituals.
A fragmentary piece notes a bay of mine and a proud parent, with Grumpy’s quip about washing. It next observes diamonds varying in color and lists sapphires rubies and garnets, then offers a proverb about breeding and wealth.
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