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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1894
Page
14
Fragmentary OCR verse describes crimson borders, a river cornice, and distant worlds. It evokes carriages and rattling golden vehicles with imagery of heavenly or mythic scenes. Names, places, and concrete events are unclear due to garbled text.
An American student recounts a murder and a locked room mystery at the Blue Angel inn in Elbingerode. After a fatal crime and a later arrest, the culprit dies in custody, and the narrator finally claims a reward, yet the eerie window sighting remains unexplained.
A British Admiralty order forbids sentries to carry side arms near ship dynamo flats due to alleged magnetization risks. The piece recalls miscues from experiments on insulation and electricity, including a passenger leaving six dollars in a pilot-house chair and a professor-led test with a student yielding surprising insulation results.
A rumoured anecdote extols a Russian method to curb runaway horses using a thin cord tied to the dash to restrain a bolting animal. The tale cites a Roman incident where a rider allegedly halted two bolting horses within thirty yards by this method, claiming Russians avoid accidents by use of the cord.
A correspondent recalls a Western train ride where two novices, anxious about danger, peered from the windows and warned each other as the locomotive neared what one believed to be a jumping fence, shouting Hold on tight Bill.
A compilation of chance moments shaping famous lives. Murat rose to Marshal of France and king after ridicule in Paris. Napoleon avoided disaster by illness. Conkling and Blaine’s quarrel and Lincoln’s rise hinge on chance. Cromwell and Ulysses Grant each gained fate altering turns via unlikely events.
A horse shoe worn by a Derby winner commands high status as a keepsake in Britain. Owners distribute shoes to royalty, dignitaries, and shops, with Bond Street displays featuring jeweled shoes. The piece notes society interest and the potential tracking of such tokens to famous women in London.
Fricky of Lady Mel, a famed Kentucky rider, is described as possibly the nation's oldest equestrian at age 93, having ridden ten miles on horseback to visit relatives. She owns a spirited 6 year old horse named after Confederate General Birby Smith and remains physically strong, sharp minded, and never wore spectacles. The piece also notes concerns about lobster supply and a fact about the Dead Sea being the deepest low mood on earth.
A promotional tone extols Hortetbera Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy. It claims to counter rheumatic poison malarial kidney trouble dyspepsia and nervous fiver complaints and constipation and to support vitality. The copy mixes cautions about enemy threats with medical rhetoric and dramatic claims.
A New York Tribune note discusses Hannibal’s ancient coins found in Monteverde France, noting their durable silver content and historic appeal. It shifts to Arizona’s temperamental tree that quivers leaves with mood, emitting a pleasant scent when calm and a biting odor when angered. The piece then highlights The Farmer's Bank and Salzer Seed Co. advertising seed products and agricultural linkage, followed by various short items on railway rates, a digestive remedy advertisement, Dante’s exile, Hinduism in the Ganges valley, Magnetic Mineral Mud Baths in Indiana, and Halley’s record of London eclipses.
A new traffic arrangement between the Great Northern and Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. opens the shortest direct route into Portland and Willamette valley points. It also connects into Palouse and Wallawalla districts of Washington, and Idaho’s Coeur d Alene Moscow and Snake River regions, marking a major yearly development. The note references historical lines and broader regional implications.
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