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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1905
Page
7
A verse vignette highlights a woman who tends the cot, soothes crying children, lights lamps, and keeps the home fires burning. She shuns public temples and distant quests, finding home still the sweetest name. The poem ends with a blessing on that little woman.
Butler the London and South Western Bank manager, guarding the Cable Street branch, faced a perplexing evening after leaving Dillding. A sudden crash and a masked intruder disrupted his quiet office as he sat amid ledgers and bank notes.
In an anxious bank office, George Carrington aims to rob the vault after being confronted by banker Mr Butler. The banker offers 50 pounds, an Argentine post as under manager, and a planned escape to America, revealing the revolver was unloaded and a hidden chair device could have electrocuted the intruder.
A historic pontoon bridge spans the Indus at Kaushaigar on the northwest frontier, described as permanent rather than temporary. The convoy between Kohat and Rawal Pindi crosses the river here, noting rapid currents and annual floods.
A fragmentary historical survey outlines government expenditure on Indian education from 1879 to 1904, listing many schools boarding and day across reservations, notable Carlisle and Hampton programs, and the spread of industrial training. It also touches on the early spider silk experiments near Paris and balloon material uses, plus a stray anecdote about a man inviting neighbors to a party.
A historical medical summary describes yellow fever, its symptoms such as high fever and black vomit, geographic spread from the West Indies to the Americas, and the role of mosquitoes in transmission. It notes immunity after infection and that treatment centers on rest and diet while attacking the mosquito.
The Dominion plans to add two provinces Alberta and Saskatchewan, expanding the former seven provinces to nine. The map from Ottawa outlines new boundaries. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta join as large western regions with vast wheat lands and growing settler populations. Regina and Edmonton are noted as capitals, while the government commits to annual payments to provinces for governance and public lands estimated at a high value.
In a slow moving cable car a feeble old man with a long white beard claims he paid his fare after a conductor asks for payment. The man recounts boarding at Nether Libertoi and leaving at Nether Libberton, insisting he is the boy who rode earlier in Auckland.
Mr L Smith of 309 Anne Street tells how a painful illness believed to be lumbago sciatica rheumatism or lead poisoning was eased by Dodd's Kidney Pills. After one box he abandoned a cane and after the second box he walked without pain. He praises the medicine as curing him completely.
The piece recounts the harsh life of Nyen-de-kyibouk monks described by Festival London in The Opening of Tibet. Monks enter a life of austere penance including long cell periods and strict rituals, with stark scenes of isolation and ritual acts inside a dark, windowless cell guarded by an abbot and acolyte.
A Colorado reader reports quitting coffee with Postum coffee substitutes improved heart trouble and digestive issues. The letter claims life insurance was denied before quitting coffee and accepted afterward, alleging Postum restored health and steadied the heart.
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