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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
7
Reporter recalls a dismal event at Tor Pidvithe with a shabby grove, a band playing aimlessly, a scheming vendor selling questionable fare, and locals including old soldiers and farmers grumbling amid a striped tent feast. The piece parodies a local institution.
The piece notes Rudyard Kipling's fatigue while visiting in England and mentions Dorothy Drew and Maclay characters, with Dorothy urging him to go on. The fragment hints at intertextual chatter about American circulation and a grandchild of Mr Gladstone, all in a lively, if incomplete, social scene.
A present report notes that moving pictures captivate audiences worldwide from England and Java to Turkey Mexico Tadla Australia and distant islands. The cinema’s appeal endures as crowds welcome the cinematograph with instant and sustained interest.
A brief, unclear dialogue fragment from a Princeton University publication shows a hesitant suitor pleading during a dance and a partner asking why with a vow to speak if not heard. The excerpt captures a moment of romantic tension with personal exchange.
A fragmented exchange features a constituent challenging Senator Sorghum on servant duties and vehicle ownership. The dialogue hints at vanity and self-reproach, with hints of intrigue about motives and past influence behind political action.
A physician reports success using Postum instead of coffee in his practice to support convalescents from pneumonia and typhoid, claiming improvements in digestion and nervous symptoms. He cites extended use and notes Postum as a preferred nourishing beverage in homes.
The article describes corduroy hats in white and other light tones as popular for outdoor wear, with draped panamas and linen or straw hats in various trims. It highlights decorative techniques such as stenciling, cockades of leaves and rosebuds, ostrich plumes, and velvet or plaited trims, noting standout pieces like a red straw hat with a large white aigrette valued at $106.
A San Diego Union contributor describes preparing cold meat dishes with vegetables and a mayonnaise sauce. The guide covers an eggs and vegetable mayonnaise mold, plated cold meat with jelly, and a veal and ham mold with stock, parsley, beetroot dice, and stock jelly.
Summer readers report methods to deter flies with kerosene on doors and cloths. The piece warns kerosene oil can ruin waxed floors and advises keeping it out of the home to avoid sticky residue and damage.
A traveler in Florida quips about road quality, calling a 12 mile swamp stretch unusable by submóviles after Baldwin, then praising a Jacksonville approach as one of the nicest pieces of roadway in the world. The remarks mix humor and sharp observations on infrastructure.
The narrative follows Luke de Mountford in a London courtroom as the coroner questions his whereabouts the night before the murder of Philip de Mountford. The dagger stick marks a dramatic twist as witnesses challenge Luke’s alibi while Louisa grapples with love and doubt amid mounting public scrutiny.
The coroner questions Luke's staff and servants over the long afternoon as witnesses recount mistreatment and tensions at Lord Hadolye's Grosvenor Square home. Heat, gas lights, and a tense crowd color the room while ex-household workers testify about the dead and the living.
The late Lil Yyte Connell and Mel Stoltz, advance agents, waited with trucks to be checked when a baggage handler rolled a trunk nine feet long and two feet wide. Stoltz wondered aloud what the owner sold, McConnell guessing bowling alleys from the package’s shape.
The article outlines the Peru Steamship and Drydock Company amid plans tying Panama canal traffic to South American routes. It details ships built in England and France, their tonnages and speeds, and long-range railway schemes linking Lima to Buenos Aires, Arequipa to the Amazon, and other ports to form a Pacific Atlantic corridor.
An 18th century overview traces savings banks from 1755 in Brunswick to early nurseries like Mrs Wakefield’s for children in England. It notes Dr H Duncan of Ruthwell as the “father of the savings bank,” cites Bentham’s influence, and mentions evolving trustees and interest practices. The piece includes curious old calculations about an average man’s resources and notes 160 million dollars in U S sewing machine exports over 43 years.
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