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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1900
Page
3
Numerous local items from Hull and surrounding towns note real estate for sale near Hull within three miles of town, along with farm and livestock mentions. The column also covers local visits, social events, political commentary, and county news including elections, rail road talks, and community notices.
Prospector Jake Aldrich sheltered in an abandoned steam boiler near Diamond Springs El Dorado county. He opened the manhole for ventilation and slept warm and dry. A bear entered at night followed by a rattlesnake. Aldrich shot the bear and Briin killed by Jake after a flare attack.
A reformer explains the crooks methods in a metropolis, detailing how the green goods and jewel thefts operate. He recounts a con where a ring is swapped and marketed through a sequence of suspicions and bargaining, exposing a network of walking fences and downtown venues used by criminals.
An elderly Philadelphia physician purchases a rare grandfather clock through delays and travels. A patient’s life is saved when a snuff box remedy enables a desperate, improvised treatment. The clock is sent by a Marylander whose note recalls birth and death. A novel steamship sound detector uses multiple receivers to locate distant ships.
A catalog lists Boomer Bros items including pillows, mattresses, window shades, ball bearing bed springs, house furnishings, crokinole, carroms, crolard, archérene and crown combination board, bob sleds, hand sleds, wood and iron wagons and baby cabs.
A Philadelphia Record report describes a playful run of events where a fiancé declares unwavering trust and a proposal is made amid a comical wig hair episode, leading to a marriage. The piece then shifts to notes on petroleum use and a broader forecast about Native American populations and future congressionally documented growth.
A reported scheme in Baden introduces telegram style postcards for travelers. Passengers write a message on a postcard and attach stamps and deposit, then drop it in a letter box near the train. Upon stop, the box is cleared and the wire dispatch is sent automatically.
A garbled OCR fragment from a Star newspaper hints at a story involving Indien Not Dying Out and the Tadiap in a partition of alienation. The cited official and a Berean off tial explain a developing situation with unclear details and media echoes.
A new electric heater aims to remove paraffin blockages from porous rock in oil wells. By heating the stone the paraffine softens and flows, potentially restoring flow without costly torpedo blasting.
A fragmentaryOCR styling presents odd terms and invented names such as Angiia Eneland King Haves and gulex. The text voices authority, competition, and historical county references while mixing nonsensical phrases and garbled lines.
Incomplete text discusses population figures and a related event involving a boy or youth. Details are garbled, with missing names, dates, and places.
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