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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1899
Page
2
After a petition signed by over a hundred republican electors in Reading township, I announce my candidacy for the district representation at the next republican convention subject to its decision. CAA wanes Te ee FP. BAILEr. GW. Cannen.
The Republican Party of Iowa invites electors to Des Moines for a statewide delegate convention on August 2 at 1 pm to nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Supreme Court Judge Superintendent of Public Instruction Railroad Commissioner and conduct other business. Delegates: one per county plus one for each 200 votes or fraction of 100 cast for Geo L Dolman secretary of state candidate. County committees urged to reorganize. Reports discuss local races and editorials on courthouse plans and candidate support amid a busy political scene.
On an eastbound train from Rock Valley Iowa special Doctor Bishop confronted G L Hurd of the Sioux County Bee. He threatened to thrash the editor and drew a revolver in view of passengers after accusing Hurd of wronging him. Hurd exited at Sheldon to avoid harm.
The text compiles antique ads from multiple papers describing courtship, domestic service, and charity requests. It notes English court notices and a Schleswig-Holstein summons for Diet rich Lohman, who vanished at sea, with a plea to appear by January 20 to avoid being declared dead.
An Irishman on a donkey aims for a cheap ride but the animal throws him about. He gets a hoof caught in a stirrup and mutters a blurred, humorous line as the donkey bucks, while the crowd laughs at the mishap.
An advertisement urges readers to try Globe Nair Restorative and Dandruff Cure for baldness dandruff and hair loss with a money back guarantee if it fails. It claims permanent results and refunds the purchase price.
George Frances Train marks his 70th birthday at the Mills hotel in New York praising simple living and vegetarianism. The article links his lifestyle to health and longevity and varies into notes about Baroness Hirsch and Jewish philanthropic gifts, plus salaries of postmasters and rail fare to the Christian Endeavor Convention in Detroit.
A fragmented piece discusses Capuchin catacombs in Rome and Palerno with mummified remains on display, noting gloves and clothing preserved, and religious rites. It also mentions Riley’s Literary Tastes, Jefferson and observatories near Cairo, and inventive activity in New England and New York.
A fragment notes that Arabs first produced butter from milk carried in skins by camels. The steady movement caused churning, turning milk into butter.
The North Pacific route boasts extensive 1898 improvements from track to tunnels, widening bed and steel rails, with heavy locomotives for continental trains at high speed. Through service from St Paul to Tacoma Seattle and Portland features Fullman cars and a royal dining car, carrying bedrooms and dining rooms aboard. Send six cents for Wonderland.
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