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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1901
Page
2
A fragment describes a mantel clock with hands moving rapidly and a maid who joked about paying a token to learn exactly how her time is reckoned. The excerpt hints at a playful Victorian clock riddle and the maid's quip about timekeeping methods.
An elderly man in a park watches children play beside nurses on rustic benches. A young girl chats with him, revealing a tense moment as she questions his identity and hints at danger, culminating in a troubling, unsettling exchange that contrasts innocence with a predator’s insinuations.
An elderly man questions a girl named Philippa who believes he is her grandfather. She imagines a life with him including a room, a horse, and a portrait commission, while explaining her mother’s warning. They plan to seek the mother and the man’s portrait order, blending old and new memories in a park scene.
A forest scene recalls a long hidden dream described as a fossilized fern dream. The narrator contemplates unexpressed thoughts blooming in the mind, awaiting an opener of the soul to reveal a complete and remarkable dream, praised in Outlook by Alfred Donaldson.
The account recalls a meeting at Lakewood where Bowells conversed with the famed author W. D. Howells. Howells, age 86, extols persistent writing, describes writing as drudgery, and urges readers to draft from daily experiences despite slow initial progress.
A Boston Transcript excerpt shows Gilbert and Mason discussing marriage and authority in the home. Gilbert recalls his wife’s wartime persistence and her consent to a chosen name, Ben ny, after yielding one point to her humility.
A humorous fragment shows a narrator wandering Parisian streets from a hotel and attempting to communicate with locals using improvised signs. Misunderstandings arise over language and direction as a fellow countryman intervenes, the hotel prompts, and a curious exchange leads to a promised folding lid from a shipboard table.
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