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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1893
Page
1
Partial timetable text lists numbered trains and daily runs for passenger and mail services. Entries show times such as 4:06 pm No 6 Accommodation and 11:55 am No 2 Passenger and mail with additional early morning and late night departures, though numerous garbled words obscure full details.
A farmer en route to Washington fell victim to a confidence game on a train near LeMars. A spruce stranger and a creditor deceived him with a bogus $2500 check as security, leaving the farmer penniless as the pair vanished. Other items include a pension suspension notice and local ads from Hawarden and Montgomery.
A 1885 bank statement lists assets including cash on hand drafts on solvent banks and real property with totals and liabilities such as paid up capital deposits and undivided profits. Signed by Robert Schoeneman and John B Mayer and certified before a notary in Sioux County Iowa. Also a Spirit Lake rail schedule notice and a medicinal advertisement followed by a newspaper subscription pitch.
A crowded tent hosted Uncle Tom's Cabin last Saturday night. Viewers noted the production diverged from the original in tone and portrayal with overplayed comic roles and altered characterizations while Eva Knowlton and the Uncle Tom actor received praise for their performances.
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