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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1907
Page
6
The fragmentary text surveys a mix of ironies and social observations, citing the interurban's growing role in 1907, critiques of public officials on free passes, dueling injuries, new food labeling laws, and shifts in journalism ownership, all with a wry, period voice. It mentions figures like Al Merzi the Shah of Persia and references to London Times Company and New York lawyers.
The text argues for an innate homing instinct compelling people to return to birthplace and to die among kin. It compares human tendencies to animal behavior, citing biology and literature to explain a universal pull toward nature and country life across generations.
A mock epic narrative recalls a provincial writer arriving in Antmetropolia and chasing fame through commissions. The tale follows publishers and public taste clashing with artistic earnestness as a banded manuscript title circulates amid market pragmatism.
A verse from Edward W. Barnard Jr in Munsey's laments a past sweetheart. The speaker compares two women, praising one as the preferred valentine while recalling youth, charm, and a long vanished romance with careful, old fashioned diction.
In a Chicago Tribune piece, Marien and friends Molly Olive Marion Edna and others plan a Valentine making afternoon at Marion's house They discuss originality over printed cards and vow to help each other as they craft sunlit hearts while debating sentimentality and sisterly bonds.
Fragmentary reminiscence recounts Major Alderson describing agitation in April 1865 after delivering a letter from Abraham Lincoln to Gov. Price of Virginia. The missive, found at a Greenbrier County farm, urged Confederate officials and hinted at postwar governance plans for the seceded states. The tale ties to the transition as Lincoln’s letter arrived amid war’s end.
The passage echoes Lincoln’s insistence that the Union must be preserved and that government cannot endure half slave and half free. It asserts duty to resist compromise and vows to uphold liberty, even at great personal risk, condemning surrender to slavery and supporting abolitionist principles.
A fragmentary report recalls Abraham Lincoln’s birthday and the role of his mother in shaping his views. The text notes expansion of suffrage to all white men who pay taxes or bear arms, and mentions reactions to Lincoln’s stance on slavery. The piece references a Philadelphia source and a letter from a Western woman seeking sentiment in the Union Army era.
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