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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1913
Page
3
A city pest problem in Santa Paula California draws fear as thousands of rats invade the town. Wood or large rats invade churches driving women to higher benches as authorities seek abatement measures after fires pushed the vermin from nearby woods.
A pedestrian asks about a terrible noise and a policeman explains it was caused by a pin sticking into a $3,000,000 baby. The odd incident is described with emphasis on the penny pin and the extraordinary sum involved.
A nurse reads of a Quaker couple who dreaded meals despite hunger due to coffee induced indigestion. After trying doctors and tonics, they switched to Postum, noting improved digestion and wellbeing. Instant Postum billed as coffee substitute, with usage instructions and pricing from Postum Cereal Co. Ltd.
A fragmented collage of dialogic snippets and character names suggests a sprawling narrative featuring agents, traps, and a bustling world of schemes. It hints at a central figure the Book Agent and a web of misleading plots and curiosities surrounding purchases, wit, and identity.
Fragmentary text describes medical cures and doctor advice for rheumatism, fevers, and childhood ailments. Includes references to remedies, personal anecdotes, and mentions of a surgeon or aviator figure. The piece blends medical claims with scattered quotes and advertisements.
A collage of an elderly woman’s complaint about skin ailments and a Curicura ad mixes with a joke about a fortune teller. The passage includes a letter signed by Mrs. Kathryn Kear dated Nov 28 and quoted text about skin relief and a Boston company offer.
The article credits a revived American naval gunnery system to a group of officers who introduced the ping pong machine the dotter and the dummy loading machine. This training shift led to rapid high scores in target practice and widespread enthusiasm among crews aboard ships.
The thief plundering chicken coops near South Sixteenth Street is caught. Sergeant Edwin Jacobs singles out his own dog Dandy as the culprit, now in a police cell, with residents reporting about 20 chickens killed and feathers and bones found. The sergeant vows legal action despite feeling sorry for the dog.
The essay asserts a poet should speak beyond his age using broader realities. It urges embracing new realms opened by science while keeping the old world, stressing humanity's sympathy for both oppressed and oppressors. It calls writers to emancipate from realism and pursue lasting, fundamental truth.
New York Herald reports Alvin Hornberger of Mohnton charged by federal agents with counterfeiting after passing twenty ten dollar bills in Philadelphia saloons on November 16. A cheese sandwich bite revealed teeth marks. a plaster cast of his teeth is being compared to the impressions on the bills.
The late Adrian H. Joline of New York was noted as a writer and lawyer. His Graller club address is recalled for witty aphorisms such as Fine leathers do not make fine works and Authors will happen, even in the best regulated families. Chicago street railways yearly collect Lover 24,000,000 in fares.
A fragmented note mentions Gridiron Days and a passing of Arthur. It questions a football game matchup and hints at social observations about neighbors and marital status in a clipped, unspecified context.
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