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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1904
Page
4
The item notes ongoing tariff considerations in Port Arthur with editor J. W. Tamplin and mentions Gov. Gumming. It comments on upcoming tariff adjustments by its intended authority and touches on mass transit projects including a New York subway line and Chicago freight subway data.
The piece contrasts Madame Humbert with Mrs. Chadwick overindebted behavior and notes Iowa politics centering on Leslie M. Shaw. It cites Shaw as a leading Republican speaker, predicts his victory over Cummins for governor, and mentions Sioux City hog arrivals and optimism about a new Armour plant.
The fragment notes Bro Chacley Wolf of Allen discussing ideas of cour tess with friend How ne. He asserts Chicago can rip Faste without adequate credit. The text is fragmentary and presents a casual, informal discussion.
The railroads will run special winter trains with corn experts as rear platform lecturers to boost profits. Congressman Thames says no extra session needed to revise schedules though district sentiment favors changes. Hamilton County treasurer moves to sell the Minnesota Central railroad for delinquent taxes but an injunction blocks the sale while the court reviews the law.
The fragment describes archaic English laws restricting tailors who joined unions to two months in jail and setting strict work hours and pay. It mentions penalties for refusing work and fines for employers paying higher wages, with additional provisions for breakfast allowances and imprisonment for workers who joined unions.
Fragmented tale describes a Tatry lady mistaking plaster for flour while making pie and serving it. The piece mentions Toranee pie and a humorous exchange about mountain upbringing and climbing pyramids with a two story ladder.
Sioux County reports 237 schoolrooms last year with a 3.8 month average school year. Bosper and Granville had the longest ten months while Settlera township had 6.2 months. 32 male and 264 female teachers with average monthly wages of 50.22 dollars for men and 37.07 for women. Towns paid higher wages than rural districts. Lincoln paid the highest male and female averages among townships. Bloyd lowest. Ireton top female town salary. Orange City lowest. County teachers earned 358.93 dollars annually including principals, excluding principals 337.08. County school age totals 4590 males and 433 females, 819 total, up 137 from last year. Enrolled 6366 with 3250 average attendance. Compulsory attendance noncompliant: 12 boys and 1 girl aged seven to fourteen. Tuition per pupil averaged 2.27 dollars, lowest township West Branch 1.80, highest East Orange 44.25. towns Sioux Denver 1.50, Maurice 2.70. 187 public schoolhouses total, 16 in towns, valued at 405,850. Towns own 814,500 of that. Apparatus valued at 8 8?. libraries hold 1 5 72 volumes. County school grounds report 405 trees. Public school funding last year 123 20.12, with a year-end balance of 653 63.17, down 2,007.03 from the prior year.
Local advertisement seeks a wideawake man to represent and sell Wheels & Wise sewing machines. Backed by fifty eight years of success, the company offers incentives for a capable rider with a horse and wagon to develop sales into a permanent profitable business. Energetic men encouraged to apply.
The article traces why national elections occur on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. It notes early state practice varied and news traveled slowly, prompting Congress in 1845 to establish a uniform day for choosing electors and aligning the meeting of electors with a December deadline.
The article describes early eighteenth century German Fettera potters in Philadelphia who made pin plates or pies and decorated them with slip under a glaze using a squeeze cup. It notes the rolling and cutting process and mar ginal motifs like fruits and tulips, plus a humorous anecdote about a minister's dinner and a late meal inscription.
In a humorous exchange Miss Pert notes affection while Mr. Lapleigh recalls an evening with his beloved. The piece shifts to a historical tax era under George VI, detailing feast tax rates and duties on items valued above twelve shillings.
A benevolent woman speaks to a tired young man as he studies for a doctor. She questions his choice and urges him to let the doctor study for himself. The dialogue reflects humorous social banter from the Statesman.
A meditation on how words and ideas outlast individuals and empires. The essay contrasts fleeting impressions with enduring thoughts, citing Confucius Buddha Plato Seneca and Christ. It highlights how public speech can unite or divide, uplift or terrify, and even save civilizations.
In New York society seeks escape in travel abroad to avoid awkward invitations and social scrutiny. The piece notes a pattern of leaving for Europe or return trips via the Atlantic as a safety valve. It reflects on how absence, duty, and courtship norms manage reputations and incomes.
The passage contemplates humanity’s tendency to degrade beauty through ugliness and utility, while noting beauty’s subtle pull. It contrasts ruined bright houses and garish facades with a future where light softens the scene, making red structures appear more beautiful to the observer.
A camatey chrems boasted that cannibals would be fed at 2 o'clock, drawing a large crowd. The savages reportedly ate nothing, prompting the manager to declare the joke shows his skill by converting them into vegetarians.
A man living alone in a small home laid out plates for himself and a wife with five children, then ate, counting food for all the plates to compute the cost. He is still described as a bachelor.
A cryptic verse fragment describes a perilous game where players fall from a misty mountain, with the speaker noting others continue as losses go unheeded and foes persist regardless.
A garbled OCR fragment quotes a Philadelphia Press line about temper as a creed yet dangerous, noting a woman and a rise or raze with scattered words and unclear meaning. The text mixes phrases about temper, a scone, and a name Jose in a noncontextual jumble.
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