Local notes from Hull area recount social events and visits
Hull area notes report Beckman Deitz shipping hogs, locals visiting friends in Algona and Sheldon, Dr. Grout's engagements in Hall and Rock Valley, and a social at the Beach home. Weather hampers threshing while corn gathering stops. Miscellaneous items include church plans, a Peace Jubilee remark, a joke about Frank DeCella, and references to Sioux County veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IxpEx
Beckman & Deitz
Bloyd Hollister
Hull
Wisconsin
J.$. Wilson
Algona
Gertrude Ballard
Sheldon
J. 3. Grout
Watterson
Hall
Rock Valley
Ed George
Neary Lutyens
Chicago
Sioux County
North Dakota
Mrs Bailington Booth to Describe Prison and Slum Experiences
Mrs Bailington Booth of The American Volunteers writes of her experiences in American prisons and New York slums for Ladies Home Journal. She claims to have approached inmates and the poor closer than any other woman and will discuss effective methods for dealing with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailington Booth
Ballington Booth
American Volunteers
New York
Ladies Home Journal
Booth
Conditions of our sick folk reported by morning notes
A hospital bulletin lists patient updates: Jngen showing improvement and dressing, Mother Rowe weak but hopeful for regain strength, Neille Jensen gravely ill with pleurisy, Mrs. Godfrey Beckman improving, Ovan Brenner much better though not out of danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jngen
Mother Rowe
Neille Jensen
Irs
Godfrey Beckman
Ovan Brenner
Letters from Cavite 1898 Soldier Notes Path to Manila
A soldier writes from Cavite describing arrival in August, life in a church fortress, rain and heat, limited water supply carried from three quarters of a mile, native laborers paid in Spanish money, views on Manila's fortifications, colonial dynamics, and American troops numbering about 17,000. He mentions equipment, ships, and a horse shoe found ashore as a keepsake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. M
Azules
Co E
Ile
Yankton
Luzon
Male
Gore
Accoti
Thia
Ancle
United States
Manilla
Manila
Sam
Paris
Spain
Tshall
Uncle Jim
Friendly but Fragmented Election Preview Amid War News
The letter quotes local views on currency, news from Cuba, and war rumors. It notes a church tomb dated 1643 and transport plans for Pennsylvania. It urges Sioux County voters to participate in the upcoming election and defend the patriotic duty of voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Pennsylvania
Geo. Worster
Othe
Crete
Sioux County
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Rock Valley Doon
Boyden
Sioux Center
A. F. Steffen
la Belle Studebaker
Eid
Sheldon & Claerbont
Logal Laconics
Osborne
le Mars
Wup
Rev. Kershaw
George Ireland
Eastern Star Chapter
Stony Center Free Press
Vane der Vooren
Schoeneman Bros
Hulk
Frank
Walnut
Tom Buckley
Parkins
Tom
Sanborn Sun
Shelton
Ture
Raya
Republican Party
J. LB. Starkey
Sioux
Lyon
Obrien
Dakotas
Lis
Atery
John Heckoain
Parsons
Kat
Detara
GW. Meerdink
Cedar Grve
Wis
Meerdink Owreee
Middleburg
Perere
Hawaa
Garrat Grobdink
Cedar Grove
Sioux County Veterans Association
Sioux Country
Bow
Fred Hall
iMore
W. Tamplin
Camp McKinlay
Des Moines
Ife
Starkey
Hutt
Bro. Starkey
Frank DeCelle
DeCella
Council Bluffs
Omaha
I'fraile
The
Philippines
Cavite
Philippine Islands
DeMols Bras
Lewis
J. B. Lewis Company
Boston
Mass
G. W. Lessing
Doomer Bros
Department Stores
Boomer Bros
Hazard
WLS
State Bank OF
Holl
WM. Wilkinson
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