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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1903
Page
2
Obscure notice from a 19th century shop listing an auction of household items on a Saturday in November. Items include a dining room table set, chairs, a sofa, a gasoline store item, refrigerator, sewing machine, and various odds and ends. Also mentions a land notice in Bigux county with a residence and eight acres of land.
An assortment of misc items including grocery ads at Gosker's Grocery and Bakery and Fortune Bros. groceries, social events at Perkins schoolhouse, a court dispute over fence costs in Welcome township, and local visitors such as Dr. Coad and Mr. Roth. The column notes meals, underwear sales, a youth beverage claim, a baby’s passing, and business dealings involving W. Boles and the Sheldon State Bank in Hull.
Community items recount visits by Agnes Figer and Mrs Putnam, a wagon sale, a rummage sale, and a charity tea. Reports mention Melba the opera singer passing through, public sales by Kania and other local events including a Civic Club fundraiser and a courthouse gossip column.
A collage of medical remedies and quirky anecdotes appears, including a claim for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy easing croup, a Louisiana commission merchant's failed bargain, and a tale of repeated cloak purchases in New York. The text also touches on animal observations and travel ads for the Great Northern Line with routes and stopovers.
A garbled London Spectator excerpt mentions Rond gran, a noted author on smuggling and poaching, and a bitter fall out with W Bentler. An unclear tale describes Henley traveling from Edinburgh to London, arriving ill or possibly dead, amid vague references to a dire peace and distant figures.
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