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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1900
Page
3
Co Horan & Co advertise a ten day sale starting January 1 offering discounts of thirteen percent on fur, goats, coats, caps, and boys clothing and eleven percent on overshoes for the period.
For sale a prime quarter section farm in Sioux county within three miles of Dull. Wheat 45-50 cents, Barley 27 cents. Also notes about local visits, gas prices, school teaching, and community events including the G. A. R. meeting and Rebekahs installation amid weather and regional news.
A long historical compendium traces South Africa from 1682 Cape settlement through Dutch, British rule, the Great Trek, Zulu wars, and the rise of Natal Transvaal republics. It highlights leaders like Pretorius Kruger and Rhodes, key events such as Isandlwana Ingogo and the 1884 London convention, and the evolving British policy toward confederation and mining interests.
A writer in the American Machinist suggests using air pumps to force air into a leaking compartment so water would be expelled through the entry hole. The idea would require closing hatches to drive water out by air pressure, akin to a diving bell, with heavy emphasis on rapid expulsion.
A 19th century report portrays Tell City Indiana as a leading Swiss founded cooperative town with 3000 residents. It highlights self managed wages homes and dividends for workers at 26 plants including a large chair factory and furniture makers funded by colonization society. The piece notes strong home ownership, multiple social clubs, and orderly labor practices.
A farmer near Herrington Kansas says his four year old son vanished during an afternoon in a cornfield while the parent shucked corn. Neighbors joined a dawn search as lanterns lit the fields and the family waited, fearing the worst, with inquiries and fruitless hours mounting.
A Washington Star quote from an Indian bureau official asserts the coming census will show 209000 to 250000 Indians in the United States, with major groups like Choctaws Creeks Cherokees and Chickasaws totaling tens of thousands and New York six nations home to 10000+. The speaker argues Indians remain a distinct group despite assimilation pressures and notes poems about their passing will linger for years.
An electric heater designed to melt paraffin in oil bearing rock may revive exhausted wells. The idea challenges the belief that oil remains abundant but blocked by porous stone. Traditional methods to break the clog are costly, prompting the new device as an alternative.
A fragmentary note from a newspaper page contains unclear references to a light named Toorstan and terms like ee and amien vostey with stray numbers and phrasing. No clear event or attribution is evident.
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