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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
2
The column compiles scattered notes on figures like Dr Eliot and Abdul Hamid, alongside oblique jests about wealth, detectives, and literature. It cites a New York reward offer, mentions a Chicago reading sentence, and comments on Roosevelt era wealth and poverty with a mix of opinion and whimsy. The piece also reflects views on girls liberties, guardianship, and British pensions for poets and thinkers.
A discussion notes Dickens fortune and descendants rarely needing pensions while describing two burglars in Warburton who shot a mother during an attempted escape. The son wounded one burglar. the other jailed, one hospital, and a confession blames Staber and sons for the killing. The piece urges prudent home defense and cautions against reckless confrontation.
A publishing house reader travels from Pawtucket to East Attleboro and chats with locals in a small South Attleboro shop about tariffs. An old farmer, perched on a sugar barrel, laughs off current politics saying he’s too busy with reading after the tariff revision.
The Shakespeare Club of New Orleans staged a comic royal folly with a faded celebrity actor delivering four faltering lines. The audience roared as mispronounced quips provoked uproar and the manager ordered the amateur off stage after a final mangled line. The item ends with a jab at friends turning enemies and a quip from Success Magazine.
A reflective piece noting how art captures the essence of experience and emotion, comparing the artist to a seeker whose truthful work fixes moments of joy pain love and regret. It argues that nature inspires art and the artist uses personal vision as material, ending with social commentary on marriage and domestic life.
A Western man plans divorce claiming his wife is always at the club and not his wife. The piece ponders gender roles and sympathizes with the husband while arguing the club is not to blame. The narrator reflects on the broader selfhood and higher life for women.
The newly formed national board of censorship for moving pictures, with representatives from public bodies and an executive committee, censors about forty five films weekly. It also reviews vaudeville features and inspects theater buildings. Noncompliant exhibitors face penalties and license rules. Major cities report large daily audiences. nationwide attendance runs into millions.
A compact German device prints railroad tickets at the window to speed service. It uses a mapped station indicator, auto records, and a clerical balance only for a totals printout. The machine measures 42 by 28 inches and stands about four feet high.
Tafler argues quarsities are not sinks of iniquity and cites high spirits and evily in abundance. He notes the current years offer the best opportunities for senior merit and bodily health, making such conditions unsurprising.
The Boston committee has set aside 11 am to 2:30 pm for women’s exclusive use in part of the Boston Common. The piece discusses historical rights of women to vote and petition and notes suffragists’ petitions to Premier Asquith as part of broader rights debates.
An amateur author seeking an early decision from a magazine editor after weeks without response is told to "put it with the other irons." The editor’s note suggests the story is not promising and uses a blunt metaphor to decline. The line ends with a tongue in cheek dismissal.
A fragment from Harper's Hazaar shows Johnny claiming the camel can go eight days without water while Freddy jokes he could do the same if allowed. The lines suggest a playful exchange about endurance and travel.
Mark Twain, via his manager, thanks a Florida sender for a photo and letters. He jokes that the admirer resembles him more than any doubles and could even shave in a mirrorless frame. The note ends with a reflection on vanity.
A weathered log cabin on the Petite Saute Dam near Malta Bend and Grand Pass in Saline County Missouri hides a secret passage to a cellar. Built with a hollow-tree hideout for safety during past conflicts, it drew visitors including Washington Irving in 1832 who praised the countryside and stayed there.
An elephant hunter relates a perilous escape near Lake Rudolph where a native named Juma nearly lost his life when an enraged elephant charged him after a failed shot. He survived buried by sand and debris, later recounting the ordeal with cautious relief.
Mr Poyndexter awakens his sleepy wife with a whispered tale of another woman. She protests as he jokes that flattering a woman means discussing other women and bursts into dismissive wakefulness. A final quip about a cow and a train closes the snippet.
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