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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1912
Page
6
A physician asks what can help a sleepy patient named Aly and discusses sleep aids. The patient asks about risks to their birthright, while another speaker notes those bound to work for what they get face a grim fate.
Dialogue shows a daughter agreeing to marry a rich elderly brewer despite parental pressure and age objections. The suitor is sixty versus seventy claimed, with a witty exchange about waiting ten years.
The Widener collection, seized by Titania’s loss, will go to Harvard University. Grandfather P. A. Wiener funds a building for housing the books. The set includes Shakespeare’s first folio, a binding copy of Gatsby’s works, and the Anést collection of Robert Louis Stevenson.
A boy named Arthur, on his birthday, receives a large furry monkey toy. Two days later his father finds the monkey lying in a corner with its eyes missing. Arthur admits I pushed them out when pressed, prompting his father to discipline him.
A Kansas man from a large family says coffee caused stomach trouble headaches and weak health but after switching to Postum he gained strength and weight. He urges others with coffee issues to try Postum and notes his cousin also improved after stopping coffee. The letter is attributed to Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan with the slogan There’s a reason.
London Special reports that Amateurs plan to form the American Olympic Association with a $5 annual membership and a distinctive button to fund the next Olympiad. The plan aims to send the team to Berlin, cover training costs, and reduce calls on government funds, leveraging a large member base after Stockholm success.
In the fall season, Rand aims to push for more hours and secure national titles as athletes prepare for the winter and Olympic point events.
A burglar who broke into Jon Tree’s farm home hid in a closet as Mrs. Brags shouted her alarm. He escaped through a window, prompting talk of Lhasa in Tibet and its famed secrecy. The incident highlights a dramatic, mistaken-identity moment and local reactions.
A report describes eviction efforts against two Black laborers in Georgia. A landlord used intimidation and deception to remove them from a rental property on a road project. The tenants fled their shelter as alleged threats and masked tactics occurred before the property was rented to a new occupant.
W. C. D. Whetham warned at the Royal Institution that current birth-rate conditions could make the English people shorter in stature darker in complexion more emotional and less rational and self controlled.
The governor pardons a convict who helps reform the Oregon prison system by visiting shoe shops, studying machinery, and ordering upgrades. The man tours Portland and Oregon City, returns with plans, and is paroled to work honestly. The policy leads to 50 percent of convicts trusted to work outside guards.
Fragmentary Wordsworth verse evokes spring testing life and death in a briar rose scene. The speaker contrasts living breath with withered death as an annual examination of souls, hinting at the lordly hush and awakening beneath floral imagery.
A flirtatious exchange shows a wife insisting on traveling to Chigger Farm for the summer. She laments lacking clothes while arguing that old outfits are essential. She quips about needing seven trunks of the oldest duds for the trip.
The Boston Globe notes Switzerland has long resisted building a navy but may pursue an aerial naval force given its landlocked status and strategic location. The piece highlights the irony of a country renowned for neutrality evaluating new military capabilities.
The passage notes that Misa Vivian, a popular young woman, has been engaged to a dozen suitors in a few seasons. She tells her father she has a new object of affection, and he replies with a wry wish for happiness now and with the next fiancé.
A Moberly resident recalls two years of facial skin disease described as tetter or eczema. After trying numerous remedies, she reports relief following Cuticura Soap and Ointment usage, noting cooling and drawing out of matter and final cure after a month. Sample offered by Cuticura in Boston.
A garbled OCR fragment shows a student and teacher discussing a natural history lesson. The child questions what was being studied, and the teacher implies a comparison between a wasp and a fly during the lesson. No clear event or names are readable.
Covington Missouri and Brownsville Indiana spelling a testimonial for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Women report hemorrhage relief and strengthened health after medical advice suggested surgery and multiple doctors.
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