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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1893
Page
1
A short table listing rail car assignments includes No 2 Passenger Now Freight, No 6 Freight, No 4 Passenger, and No 12 Freight. The note implies reclassification or status updates for these cars. No additional context or dates are provided in readable text.
The article reviews Ty rone Power’s travels in 1830s America as he describes the birth of steam power and railroads. It recounts his 35 day Atlantic crossing, New York arrivals, and rough journeys via Amboy, Bordentown, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, noting improvised transport, wrecks, ice, and the early rail and canal networks, with reflections on speed gains.
An advertisement filled item highlights subscription offers for the Dubuque Semi-Weekly Times, plus promotions for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, local druggists endorsing it, and farm loan services. It notes a 360 acre rental listing seven miles from full and a price special for the INDEX and Iowa State Register at one year for $1.50.
The piece argues that equal suffrage grows popular not through elites but via mass education in newspapers. It cites Senator Warren of Wyoming and likens reform to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, urging empathy for women and harsher social treatment for fallen men, urging societal reform.
The P E Club's Friday evening program at the Armory pleased a fair audience while raising funds for political equality for all genders. Readings recitations and a burlesque trial with women as judge jury and attorneys ended with a sob from a harried attorney. A quartette of horrid men sang in sympathy with the movement. Hull's Political Equality Club elected officers for 1893 including Jane Denby Winona Tinsley Gertrude Wilson and others. A future report on the year's work is promised next week. A social for the club is planned at Mrs. Mira Holister's residence on Wednesday evening January 25. Everyone is invited.
House and lot listings offer two or three homes for sale at agreeable prices. Interested buyers should call on or address W. H. Sternsura to arrange details and view properties.
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