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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1898
Page
3
A man recounts his $100 plunge into bucketshop speculation and losses. He says the experience made him happy, and when he told his wife she correctly predicted the outcome, praising his wife as the sweetest woman in the world.
A 19th century notice advertises a spring rail trip to Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Georgia and Florida. Tickets are sold for a shared round trip with several stopovers and dates in April. The piece mentions prices schedules and travel details and includes a brief note about medical care and a quip on women writers.
Readable fragments depict Bermuda as inland from Shakespeare's Tempest, notes on coral houses and local quarries, 1776 powder shipments to Boston, and a shift of allegiance toward Britain. Also mentions Easter lilies for New York markets and a Century article on Marie Antoinette’s dress, mercy correcting extravagant accounts.
An American company has introduced a large cotton mill in Ghina near Shanghai at Cootung under the American Trading Company of New York. It is the third cotton manufacture in China, with 4,000 spindles and 400 horsepower engines currently in motion, with loom capacity to be expanded soon.
An old edition features a testimonial from Sparkill New York by Mrs Walters Tasta praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for treatment of uterine issues and inflammatory conditions. The letter claims relief after five bottles and expresses gratitude for renewed ability to work and improved life quality.
Lydia E Pinkham's Veritable Compound advertised as a free medical counsel for women with health issues. The testimonial from Mrs Thercneror of Kellerton Iowa describes relief from monthly suffering and weakness after using the product.
Delegates report to Michigan friends on Western Canada as a land of rich pasture and strong homestead prospects. They describe good wages, hospitable settlers, and potential for wealth within five years near Alameda Manitoba and Northwest regions. They urge others to join and promise to answer questions.
A study notes English and American speech traits on the continent. It discusses the English tendency for a straight, open o sound and the cadence differences between English and American speech. It also touches on solar power experiments and potential energy uses.
A historical account traces the franking privilege from its origins in West England to its abuse by MPs. It notes a 1837 restriction, and an 1840 abolition after a committee report highlighted fraud and misuse in mail shipments.
A village route near Nene Christina Lake Washington details a hand powered ferry and a tree sign guiding travelers. The sign warns visitors about crossing rules and local services including a store and hotel at the departure point.
In large U S cities the condition of the poor is improved by benevolence of wealthy patrons. Sanitary reforms are urged and carried out with earnestness, but those from Toistetter's Stomach Bitters for disordered liver bowels or nervous system are conspicuously advertised. No one can act fairly without sympathy, nor can anyone serve his own best interests when that is all he has at heart.
An OCR fragment markets Allen's Foot-Hase as a powder curing swollen painful feet and making tight shoes comfortable, promising instant relief and nationwide availability by mail. It also advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a cure for colds in one day and notes hippo hide thickness in a perilous aside.
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