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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1909
Page
7
A sprawling survey of contemporary issues and anecdotes ranges from King Edward and Wilhelm to Roosevelt and the suffrage movement. It notes pace, politics, technology, health, and culture with a mix of critique and humor, highlighting international tensions and social foibles.
The article discusses a Nicaragua dispute over a timber concession with the Emery Company and a protocol allowing four months for direct agreement with U S mediation. It also reports drowning accidents in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, rail and boat safety warnings, and a call for police action against Black Hand extortion amid Italian community concerns.
The excerpt combines a rueful verse about purchases for two women and two men with two gowns hats parasols and hopes and a second note about a vain maiden with enviable hair. A final proverb notes money unseen until theft.
A historical survey traces 14 000 sunken vessels and multi‑million treasure losses across the Great Lakes from 1878 to 1393 4. It notes copper cargoes valued at tens of thousands, whisky and coal wealth, and famous wrecks such as the Deak Richmond and Pewabic. Treasure hunters pursue sunken ships with diving rigs amid ongoing bets on recoveries.
An American traveler notes in Utrecht a phonograph exhibit with a marching band. The music stops abruptly and a voice proclaims Napoleon at Waterloo, delivering the battle order to the amused operator.
A fragment from the Hilwankee Journal and Louisville Courier Journal captures a flirtatious exchange. A jokey debate about beauty and marriage marks social commentary on courtship expectations in era newspapers.
The Manchester Ship Canal features the Garton aqueduct where the old Bridgewater Canal crosses the newer waterway. A 14 000 ton structure uses water-tight gates that swing aside to let vessels pass, with a water-filled top tank and two walls formed by gates. The canal, begun 1887 and opened 1894, runs from Eastham on the Mersey to Birkenhead, 172 feet wide at the surface and 120 feet at the bottom, currently 26 feet deep and rising by two feet.
A Chicago Inter Ocean column recalls a suburban plan to rent a country home for summer to fund Europe travel, while city folks debate country living and seasonal pleasures. A dry goods firm discusses spring hat fashions, deeming them harsh, as a dean references a tale of Thomas colt and a Maine memory.
A jumbled extract notes diverse items from science, transportation, education, and society. It mentions Ottavio Chanute as aviation pioneer, Kansas mobile purchases affecting horse travel, Mary Chilton’s Plymouth landing debate, New York department store elevators, Mars life speculation, maritime accidents, and early Chicago policewoman Estelle Real. It also hints at a Lincoln penny, Langdale scholarships, dolls collection, penguin eggs market, and a bear in a hollow log anecdote.
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