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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1910
Page
2
A compilation of satirical observations on money and social behavior. It riffs on marriage markets, wealth, weather talk, and moral lectures, noting attitudes toward women, gentlemen, and theater. It also touches on piracy of taxes, foreign steamship charges, and cultural philanthropy.
For a century, ties between nations show little by blood or language. Governments drive alliances, rivalries, and balances of power more than people, with open hostilities fading as arbitration grows.
A recent report by Roos, secretary of the law department, shows Beery natives in a high crime area with 1 500 900 people and 1 in 245 convicted annually. It notes many offenders are repeat and calls for universal fingerprint records to curb drift into crime.
Orison Swett Marden argues in Success Magazine that optimism attracts customers and boosts productivity. Cheerful, natured people face less friction, conserve energy, and spread happiness, becoming better workers and friends.
A fragmentary exchange questions women’s role in politics and society. The text contrasts suffragette demands with masculine independence and notes progress in attitudes toward women, alongside a remark about childhood virtue and medicine.
Reve N B Spicer of St Paul’s Universalist Church in Webster City argued that the star of Bethlehem was not miraculous but Blasley’s comet. He presented arithmetical proofs claiming the comet coincided with Jesus’ birth and that the star and comet are one and the same.
New transmission wires are installed on the Mason City to Clear Lake route as part of a year long improvement. The main power station will move to Mason City and connect by three primary wires to a substation at Emery.
Mason City Commercial Club will reconvene to settle the passenger services issue, expected to yield drastic measures. Great Western met the demand for better service with improvised box cars, while Tawa Central plans a new run between here and Albert Lea, signaling a lively tussle for control.
The Onawa debate between Castans and the Grows term ended with the negative side winning. The Yale crowd backed the opponents as the discussion centered on whether independence should guide policy.
In the Centura annex at Mason City Surdlax cases of meningitis were found. Three central bays and the mental health ward were affected. patients were removed to the detention hospital for treatment. Local officials urged vigilance as fear spread among residents.
Steve Grealine suffered a fatal incident when a saline stove malfunction caused severe burns. Steinkhein and his family, residing at Clear Lake, faced injuries as their home caught fire. Firefighters battled the blaze, with the dwelling sustaining deep, serious damage.
An elderly man named McCarthy was killed in the Hemsen railroad yards on Saturday night. He was reportedly unsteady and attempted to board a train when he fell between the cars and was crushed. He left a family in Cherokee.
Andrew J Rowley, a noted traveling salesman, died aged 56 in a road mishap while traveling through Tinois. The incident involved a dropper dredh ac intor, according to the clipping.
Officials of the Combination Bridge company offered to sell the $1.506 million structure for $500,000 to the city, arguing it could be used as it wished if bonds were assisted. Council members warned that taking over the bridge would shift growth and harm Sioux City, noting years of losses and high prior investments.
The state board of control members fled with Gov Carrall after a sensational outcry at an industrial school. Former chairman John Cownie faces charges for a brutal incident report and inappropriate remarks to girl inmates. The report accuses Chairman Chwale of familiarity with inmates and criticizing the matron while denying brutality claims.
Engineer John McCormick of the Great Western road died after being caught under his engine when taking a freight extra east Thursday. A spread rail derailed sixteen cars and the engine just east of Clarion. No others were injured.
Ida Guthrie of Carthage Illinois pleaded not guilty to dynamiting the home of J. A. Quick near Prairie City where her former lover Alexander Ball and his wife were asleep. Her trial was set for June 13 by the grand jury at Pewson.
Professor Cram, head of the normal department at Memoris University in Masan City, resigns effective at year end. He will be succeeded by Professor Harmalee Graff, head of Osshin public schools.
A runaway team attached to a harrow near Rockwell collapsed the harness and severely crushed a woman named Afrs. William Williams. The mishap left the victim with a crushed skull as the team passed over her body.
Thecourrergiion of the Methodist Episcopal church at Emerson under pastor Rev ET Kelley inaugurates a remodeling campaign. Plans include a steel ceiling and other improvements to the church structure.
A new hotel project for Logan was introduced at a country commercial club meeting. The plan calls for articles of incorporation and a stock solicitation to raise 226 000 or 54 400 dollars for the hotel venture.
F Pederson of Harrison Grove is in grave condition after a sliver in his hand became infected with blood poisoning. Medical staff entertain little hope for recovery.
A distressed portrait emerges as neighbors creditors and family react to Binney's business failure. Remarks range from sympathy to blame and financial concern, with friends debating causes and the likelihood of repayment.
A fragmented article recalls early rail travel and Pullman car innovations. It quotes GC Carter on a book about "When Railroads Were New" and recounts public reaction to luxurious yet costly sleeping cars, plus a humorous note on punning and social impact of refined surroundings.
A garbled exchange references Brown and Uris with mentions of a dining room and courtship. The passage appears to be a disjointed transcript fragment with phrases about meekness in a man after marriage and a puzzled question about a passageway.
R G Dun and Co weekly Chicago trade review notes irregular current trade developments with slow progress, higher money costs, delayed wage settlements, and weather as a factor. Bank clearings rise 0.8 percent from 1909 and 1908 comparisons. 13 district failures this week, liabilities over 5000 down from prior periods.
New York reports overall trade remains quiet pending clearer crop and price outlook while agricultural areas show brighter tones as cold wave damage appears overstated. Securities markets edge higher on signs of greater American land demand abroad. Western and Northwest markets lead and eastern trade shows slight improvement.
A lengthy list of live stock and grain prices across multiple markets including Indianapolis Detroit Cincinnati Milwaukee and Buffalo with cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats and rye quoted in various units. The passage notes about 7,000,000 farms and a 1905 census finding 47 percent of local farms owned by their occupants.
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