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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1894
Page
6
A fable about four sunbeams who abandon self indulgence to help others. They brighten a cottage door hiding a lonely invalid and a blind girl, sharing light and joy. The beams realize true happiness comes from aiding those in need before returning to their resting place.
A young boy named Jim is described as a lifelong coward from childhood through schoolyard challenges. The narrative notes his fear of hens, thunderstorms, and water, culminating in how his cousin Molly Gaines reacts to and interacts with his timidity.
In a Dolbyville setting a timid farmer Jim faces a Mosby raid. He conquers fear and confronts the oncoming soldiers, dying after uttering a vow to protect Molly and uphold happiness with his life. The tale blends war, bravery and tragic sacrifice in a frontier moral.
A Boston Herald summary notes ten thousand women measured by scientists finds English women tallest, Americans next, French last. Americans have greatest weight and widest waists, English second, French last. Latin women reverse chest measurements. Viennese link to lacework. European center women show long lifespans similar to Americans.
The guide explains whitening ivory ornaments by brushing with soap and water, rinsing in grain water, drying briefly, then placing in sun and air. It notes the sun’s leaching property affecting ivory, with emphasis on careful handling and drying before final exposure.
A reflection on proposed tax reform studies aims to gather public opinions on a national tax system not tariffs. The piece notes landowners would be key beneficiaries through value increases on land and invites readers to submit views via the Dudvale post office box.
A column outlines vast incomes of British peers led by the Duke of Norfolk and others, noting land rents, coal royalties, and estate values. It argues these fortunes rely on land and rents, urging caution on income tax and bonds. It frames taxation as shifting burden to the middle class and calls for tariff and tax fairness.
A U S court invalidates tax collection links to auditor bribe risk under the Fourteenth Amendment. The ruling affects taxes over ten thousand and prompts capitalists to relocate, with Ohio seeing outflow as big earners escape the levy.
Letter to the Advocate criticizes the tariff era income tax proposal for exempting government bonds while taxing state and local bonds. The writer argues this creates unequal taxation, harms bondholders and shifts burden to other taxpayers, and predicts adverse effects on local bonds and public finance. The piece highlights the perceived disparity between exempt national bonds and taxed local issues.
A 1864 letter argues for broad taxation on real property with no exemptions, proposing a 1 percent levy on total estate value. The writer criticizes current assessment variability and favors a single, simple system, with benevolent and religious organizations taxed to support public finances.
A narrative voice reflects on universal poverty and the tax assessor challenge. It cites land value assessment issues, improvised property rights, and contrasts immigrant waves, noting German immigration steady, Irish decline, and English rise.
A method shows threading under an apple skin with a needle to encircle the fruit. After stitching around, pulling the threads evenly will split the apple in two with no skin damage visible on the surface.
An authentic cut of a triangular six Sotocher style dagger used by Cesario in Carnot’s murder is shown. Cesario, a former bakery worker, left Cette for Lyang on June 23, after buying the dagger on June 22 from a Rue Gambetta cutter named Guillaume. The blade measures 14 cm and 24 cm overall with Toledo and Racnatda inscriptions.
The article describes boys breaking quarry refuse into small cubes and processing them in a mill to produce round marble-like pieces. It notes German origin for many stones and details a quick, inexpensive method with water-driven machinery. A man named Talla seeks relief for misery from a doctor in a separate scene.
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