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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1902
Page
3
Hawarden Republicans arrange a major rally with Gov. Cummins as the keynote speaker and a host of local figures expected to attend. The event promises strong political enthusiasm and a vigorous address from the governor.
Various items: farm commodity prices show Wheat 8, Barley 30 negative, Oats 28, Corn 6. Carpenter Joe Enewell works on Scholten building for new tenant. Chas Putnam and wife visit Bonesteel with Drs Putnam. Wallpaper sale advertised with pattern options. Travel and local social notes include Hollhay and Michigan Creek references. Train collision near Hawarden involving Milwaukee passenger southbound from Canton and Chicago & North Western engine derailment.
Hull items report grain shipments and lumber freight delays as rail and road traffic pressures persist. Social news covers Rev Boyden farewell at Fred Hall home, Doon Press backing Geo Jeffers for Lyon county supervisor, fire company bell timing, Manila letters, and new Catholic church exterior work.
Reported observations describe animals reacting before quakes with unusually active fishlike eels surfacing and sea birds venturing inland. The text notes fear and uneasy behavior among people as tremors approach and mentions theories that some creatures sense minor subterranean tremors preceding earthquakes.
An item reports on a Japanese wedding ritual described as wild geese symbolizing conjugal felicity. The groom sends a pair of birds to the bride who gives them to her parents and a second pair roosts in the ceremony room. If live birds can not be secured substitutes are used.
The article reports on the coal miners strike promoting a compulsory arbitration law and notes Phillips and Brooks in Albers City sentenced to death for a merchant killing will receive a new trial due to jury errors. It references past hangings and a sensational Texas baptism tale involving a black woman and a preacher.
An Iowa bank located in Hall, Sioux County, reports to the Auditor of State as of September 1, 1902. It lists assets including discounted and purchased debt 125,583.87 dollars, cash on hand 966.40, silver and other coin 7.42, and drafts on solvent banks with 11.75 remaining. deposits drawn on National Banks total 17,?8? dollars.
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