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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1911
Page
9
A man named Joe Peters proclaims he has stopped the paper after eleven years of service and debts settled. The note mentions shoe repair ventures by Peters and Silvex cleaner ads at Van's, plus local social notices and upcoming theater at Hull Opera House.
Twenty nine students enrolled this month in the First BR. Grade as teachers report efforts to reduce tardiness. Room VL studies the life of Christopher Columbus during a general lesson period. Second and third grades collect seeds while eighth grade suffers absences from rain. Gracie Jonkers rejoins the sixth grade as high school attendance improves. The class begins learning Scots songs and penmanship emphasizes rapid movement. Heating apparatus work starts and poetry structure is explored with a quip about a foot.
Kenneth Wilson and Godfrey Beckman made business visits to Sheldon and Rock Valley on Saturday. Florence Mackie visited Sheldon after training last Saturday afternoon. The 15cent social drew a very enjoyable crowd last Friday. Ethel McCabe of Boyden returned home after visiting the Weir and Curtis homes. Mrs. D. W. Warren and son Ralph headed to Sioux City Monday evening. Mrs. Warren plans to attend W. R. functions there this week. Mrs. Thomas Mackie, Mabelle Mackie, and Mrs. August Jantzen traveled to Sioux City for W. R. C. activities earlier in the week. Pastor Ley Irwin G. Swith of Olivet Presbyterian, Sioux City, formerly here, visited friends Tuesday and reports his family in good health.
Readers report renewals and new addresses for The Hull Index. Kurt Victoria ordered Inpex sent to his address. Gerrit Klay donated. G DeBoer moves Hull to Doon. Wm Hutchinson requests Alton to Sioux City.
Percy Wenrich and Edward Madden, authors of Rainbow and Silver Hal, spent two weeks in Honolulu to craft My Hula Hula Love. The piece, rapidly popular in New York, Chicago, and Boston, weaves Hawaiian mood into a comic opera project and features Hawaiian language phrases in its chorus.
The document lists Petit Jurors drawn for the November 1911 term of the District Court of Sioux County Iowa. Names include A Roos Hospers Nic Burlage Hospers Albert Albers Ireton H Hoff Maurice C Riddle Rock Valley Wm Sohl Hull Joe Kieinhesselink Orange City J B Landhuis Hospers and many others across several towns such as Boyden Rock Valley Hawarden Orange City Sheldon Hull Alton Granville Sionk Center and Sioux Center. The jurors are to appear for duty Monday November 12 1911 at 2 PM.
Dr C L Beach of the Dental Surgery in Hull Iowa will be at Boyden every Tuesday of the week for patient care and consultations.
Fragmentary market notes show corn and oats prices, shelled corn, barley, and wheat with several garbled figures. The brief entry signals a typical commodity summary, though many terms are unreadable and several items are missing clear values.
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