Wheat and corn prices show modest shifts in market notes
Milling wheat sits at 95 while wheat futures are 93. Corn falls to 57 with the barley at 80. Safe gains noted as prices move in light trading and market watchers monitor fluctuations.
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1908
Page
5
Milling wheat sits at 95 while wheat futures are 93. Corn falls to 57 with the barley at 80. Safe gains noted as prices move in light trading and market watchers monitor fluctuations.
The Sheldon area records visitors and social runs from Monday to midweek with trips to Sioux City and Sanborn. Residents include Miss Myrtle Spangley, Miss Louise Eisenberg, Mrs. Andrew Vandenberg and G. N. Sawyer kin, plus anniversary celebrations for Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Henry. Weather shifts and local commerce are noted along with dress goods promotions at Kloek's and fur coat sales.
A brief note from Butt Iowa dated November 26 1903 thanks Hull Sanborn and Whittemore for gifts on their fortieth anniversary of marriage. The writer expresses deep gratitude and blessings for friends and asks divine comfort and peace in old age and at life’s end.
Local items describe visits by residents to Hull and nearby towns, repairs and shopping at Weir & Beckman, and social calls by Lutjen and Barron. Mentions include Henry Claerbout and Mra C R Brown, travel to Hawarden and Sioux City, and shop promotions at Weir & Beckman. The notice notes a buggy accident rear-end, furniture ads, and farm land for sale near $35 to $50 per acre.
District inspector Mary Beckinah of the Woman's Relief Corps left Friday for Little Rock and Rock Rapids. At Little Rock she visited her son Harry and at Rock Rapids she inspected the WRC. She found Harry well and contented and the corps flourishing and up to date.
A busy week ending Saturday night left proprietor Henry Kiseh and staff including clerks Aart, Mrs. Kloek, E. G. Weir, Miss Anna Vandenberg, and Clarence Keele exhausted. The week’s business remained solid despite the fatigue.
The town notes two newborn boys born last Sunday in local homes. One birth is to Mr. and Mrs. Nick Prop, and the other to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gort. The Index joins friends in offering congratulations to both families.
Two surprise parties Friday evening honored Miss Alice Klock at Mr. and Mrs Chadwick's country home with games and a luncheon into early Saturday. The second gathered Miss Luella's schoolmates at Mr. and Mrs Hall's home for games and cake, candy, and fruit.
A damaged OCR reads about a carnival committee settling matters, mentioning a piano and a person named Henry Clock in a unclear context. The fragment is sparse with few discernible facts or names.
In a sequence of five procedures assisted by Dre. Huizenga of Rock Valley, Gné and Mes recovered well. Brouwer and Joba Fisuwen were involved, with both patients improving daily at home or at Dr. Maria hospital.
The Grammar Room scholars presented a program last Friday with about thirty two visitors. High School students completed monthly tests and anticipate favorable markings. A December 3 debate on Youth of Today opportunities features Ella DeBoer Maybelle Mackie Sylvia Beckman for the affirmative and Victor Beckman Lizzie Van Noort Herman Koeiker for the negative.
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