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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1897
Page
8
A Western road tale recounts a Mormon bishop’s fright at railroad speed en route from Green River to San Francisco. He misreads time due to Ogden San Francisco time change, panics, and lunges for the door as the train speeds on, while a handcar carries a load of dramatic, comic misperception.
A fragmented early text describes a frozen breeze in a country scene with mist and wind patterns. It then pivots to mining, detailing Transvaal gold deposits near Johannesburg, claimed to extend 1 204 miles with vast potential and large current output, per an American mining expert.
A garbled Boston Chronicle fragment notes a job posting and interview scene with a “sharp Saft Wine” expert and a bill presenter. It mentions Indianspolis Jemmal and Ming Lcnunter’s party with scattered remarks about a notable attendee and a dimmer exhibit.
Essay argues chivalry degraded true love and masked power dynamics. It contrasts aristocratic intrigue with rustic candor, noting the era offered manipulation more than genuine affection and suggesting modern views reveal deeper flaws in historic courtship.
Historical note describes the decline of leech importation and use in medicine since 1845. Hospitals bought thousands of leeches then, now only dozens arrive irregularly. Competition lowered prices. earlier import routes via Smyrna and English ponds proved unsafe and ineffective. The leech trade’s heyday in medieval medicine fades.
A miscast tale recalls Andrew Jackson signing a clerk’s note to settle a landlady’s board bill. The story ends with the clerk paying the debt and promising reform. Gossiping exchanges and coin talk follow as residents weigh the incident.
Verse by John G Whittier celebrates a Thanksgiving pumpkin as a symbol of home memory and childhood. The speaker recalls family gatherings, harvest scenes, carving faces on pumpkins, and festive food that call back past joys and familiar warmth.
The article notes New York City below Harlem river as the densest large city with 148.2 people per acre, far above Paris at 125.2. It cites 324,000 residents on the Lower East Side in 1894, averaging 476.9 per acre, and describes Sanitary district A in Kievenich ward as 34 acres with 996.4 people per acre. It compares European densities and mentions a declining death rate from 90.87 per 1000 in 1874 to 24.07 in 1894, while sanitary conditions improve.
A discussion of hound types used in deer and hare hunting outlines beagles harriers foxhounds and crossbreds. It notes that dogs trained for driving hares may not excel on deer hunts and that small beagles suit trails but are slower for deep hunts while larger beagles and harriers offer speed and voice.
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