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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
4
Correlated reminiscences from George Dolby, Dickens’s tour manager, recounts Dickens generosity to poor friends after readings. Dolby notes Dickens asked for twenty pounds and used late hours to host old associates, and enjoyed reading his own works as well as Sir Walter Scott.
Miss Estelle Reel, Wyoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction, reshaped land policy for four million acres donated for state institutions. She raised minimum sale prices from $1.25 to ensure leases, increasing state income from rentals from $17,010 to about $50,000 annually. Her reforms cut the state’s land costs and funds the government machinery, now constituting roughly one fifth of the annual budget.
A collage of anecdotes about trained elephants and famous misprints from past newspapers. It recalls a London papers cutting with an ivory knife given by an Indian rajah, Edwin Booth mislabeling, and quips from a Denver funeral hackman.
A 19th century article argues thousands of New England farms lie abandoned as prosperous farming wanes. It cites 235000 acres unused for years and a rural population decline driving owners to city life while promoters propose leasing farms to unemployed urbanites to revive farming communities.
A garbled telegram fragment reports an intimate scene involving a wife named Mrs Ingsersolf and an unnamed husband. The dialogue hints at fatigue and sleep disturbance as the husband urges restraint while noting past travel with a companion. The fragment ends with an implication of strained marriage.
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