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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
2
A fragmentary sketch recalls a scene with a bishop and a meek curate on a train. The bishop smiles and lights a cigar while the pale curate bows and replies with humility about obedience to authority.
New York report outlines a sleeping car design with ten compartments per coach, each housing two beds and a toilet. Doors between compartments allow continuous access along a lengthwise corridor, keeping party members together while on the journey.
A fragment from a Chicago Tribune piece mentions teachers and students with disparaging remarks about hygiene at a school. The language hints at a column or satirical note on classroom behavior and school routines.
A letter profiles J Paul Perk crediting Postum Food Coffee with ending years of coffee related health woes. He notes relief from headaches stomach issues and heart and digestion problems after switching to Postum. The writeup cites testimonials from multiple women including a long time W C T U state president and urges readers to try Postum. The letter ends by inviting readers to consider The Road to Wellville.
Maddy Clyde receives word her grandmother is dying as a brutal storm grounds travel. Guy Remington escorts her home through perilous snow to aid her in a race against time, while mounting tension about their future and the doctor’s absence abroad hangs over the family. The voyage tests loyalty and love amid illness and impending loss.
A garbled newspaper fragment presents stray dialogue about intentions of youths and a hotel emblem. Quotation marks float amid broken phrases with odd spellings and stray names, creating a puzzling, incomplete satire fragment.
A jumble of medieval style cooking notes lists ingredients and steps for East Indian preserves, cheese cakes, ginger lemon syrups, and jelly rice. It mentions four hard green pears, sugar, lemon rind, and ginger, with directions to boil, simmer, and combine into desserts and sauces. Also cited are carving shears for fowl and various cookies and sponge cake methods.
The report notes rising output in brick and quarry products, planing and furniture, and wire tonnage with forwardings improving. Mercantile collections ease with cheaper money and favorable paper discounts. Absorption of spring merchandise exceeds expectations while wholesale staples stay extended. Chicago district failures rise to 59 with large liabilities thinning.
The report notes widespread weather impacts on the distributive trade this week with a quiet period in orders and a soft price environment. Industrial output shows little change as factories cut back and transportation sectors hinge on reduced freight demand. Public and Canadian failure counts are listed for the period ending April 30, with notable lows in rail and coal activity signaling a sluggish economy.
A long list of bid and asking ranges for cattle hogs sheep and various grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Milwaukee and New York markets. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and hay with notes on quality such as No 2 mixed and creamery butter. Also mentions News Nuggets and a resignation of Clarence I Mackay as director of the New York Life Insurance Company.
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