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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1896
Page
5
The Iowa week saw average temperatures a shade above normal with heavy rainfall across the state and sunny hours well below normal. Small grain and grass prosper while pasturage and hay crops look strong though plowing lagged in moist southeast districts. About half the usual corn acreage had been planted with a hopeful ramp in the southern half if weather allows.
Mrs Byl aged about 25, confined by consumption, died last Saturday. She came from Holland five years ago with her parents and was a member of the Reformed Church under Rev Krickard. Funeral was Monday at Second and Locust streets church with Dr Eaton speaking, burial at Hope Cemetery. The bereaved husband and father mourn the loss, and the child faces a life without a mother.
The King's Daughters announce a social next week at an undecided host home with details to be posted. The group is small but active, promising a good turnout and enjoyable evening. An AGS council meeting that Saturday approved a pumping plant contract with Smedley Manufacturing Co. for a vertical boiler and 12x30 inch head, costing about 1300.
Names listed for several rooms and attendees for a Republican Club meeting next Friday at the G A R Hall. Cash Store advertises new goods including dinner sets glassware hats coats mackintoshes and a 20 percent sale on slippers through May 6th.
Community notes report farming prices, visits, and business updates. W W Boomer travels to Sibley, Mrs Yockey and Mrs Grisell visit Sioux City, firms in Hull consider changes, and local events include a Memorial address invitation, church and lodge activities, and train schedule changes.
A 25 member Republican club preliminary meeting was held in G A R Hall at the Masonic building. J Walters presided. B H Mathews elected temporary chair and A E Martington temporary secretary. A committee drafted a constitution and by laws for report next week.
Clear Lake excursion tickets offered by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railroad with fare one third for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 10 to Sept 30 good to return within 30 days from sale date.
Advice from a Pacific Health Tourmat piece urges husbands to marry well, be patient, and ease a wife's trials with kind words. It recommends always keeping Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at home, to show care and protect health. Forsale by Anderson & Jxnapp.
A letter notes Uncle Henry Cassidy woke with spasms and stayed unconscious through the night. Uncle Okey and Mrs. Okey are both very feeble, with Kinfolk urging comrades to visit the veterans. The writer mentions Ringway and a sister expecting dinner and breakfast plans.
The narrative extols a bygone dance scene withBtately Dangos of Utd Thominac and partners. It praises the saraband and promenade for their delicate motions, plumed attire, and aristocratic poise, stressing simplicity over athletic display and evoking memories of refined salons and antique perfume.
A report from Ostend and Bealese notes a mysterious offshore sound called the Tarisal Gans or Uéarisal pir heard near fog dissipators. Physicists debate its origin as electrical detonations or subsurface shocks, typical of hog days in murky delta regions.
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