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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1905
Page
2
A Philadelphia woman solves a bathroom leak by locking her cat in the room below and placing valerian oil in the washbasin. The cat purrs and noses a wall spot, leading to the leak, which is then found after the wall is opened.
J W Walls of Lebanon Kentucky reports nightly rest restored after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. He suffered back and kidney pains with abnormal secretions until Doan’s provided quick and lasting relief. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY distributes the remedy, 50 cents per bottle, available from all druggists.
A letter copied from the North Horn Eagle highlights Western Canada emigration appeal. It notes good crops in the Edmonton district, potatoes and vegetables thriving, and a looming transcontinental railway expansion. The writer L. S. Austen details crop yields, frost, early seeding plans, and optimism about railway progress across the prairie and Rockies.
A fragment describes an Egyptian shopkeeper who offered sacrifice to a deity each morning and had a celestial figure or "barker" directing attention to the shop. The piece notes this figure stood in front of the shop during the day to draw passersby to the wares.
Fragmentary dialogue hints at a puzzling exchange as two individuals discuss an unseen event. The garbled quotation suggests confusion or concealment surrounding plans connected to an opera outing and a possible departure or escape.
In a Paris garret during the June 1848 barricades a paralytic old man plots escape for Helene with a rope to a shed roof while a young reformer warns of an Englishman among the Nationals. The man confesses a hidden past as the uprising roars and gunpowder waits.
The old man sits in silence after Pearl leaves, eyes roaming the room as if solving a puzzle. He mutters and searches for a solution, hinting at a hidden problem weighing on him.
Letters of marque and reprisal were issued by Great Britain against Spain. Mr. Livingston, American minister to France, left Paris for Rome on business of state. The tailors of New York stormed the first organization in that city having the character of a traded man. The dock yards at Cronstadt and River were doing rush work. A desperate struggle at Antwerp saw Spanish and American sailors clash with the Spaniards mistaking Americans for English. Austria Prussia and Russia were negotiating for continental peace.
Seventy five years ago the state bought 5470 acres from Oneida Indians who were to move west, the Baltimore and Ohio railroad neared Ellicott City, and Queen Christine of Portugal died at age 1H. Other items note indemnity secured by the American minister to Colombia, demonstrations against ingbar machinery, and a rapid Washington to New Orleans trip.
Mrs Dinsmore of Woburn Mass credits four months of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing her rheumatoid pain after years of failed treatments. She reports heavy joints swelling and persistent pain until the regimen restored health with only minor recurrences. The ad urges keeping blood healthy and claims the pills are sold by all druggists.
A playful musing on organizing books by mood and interest. The author jokes about clever readers who craft themed collections and wonders if anyone can resist adding a gleaming leather bound volume to their shelves.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment and Soap as a great skin cure. It promises preserving and beautifying the skin, purifying the scalp, treating crusts and dandruff, stopping falling hair, softening hands, soothing irritations, and aiding the nursery needs.
The piece shows a family noting changes as members adopt new forms and names. Mabel becomes Maybelle and May Mayme, while Jessie writes to brother Sam as Jessica. Sam replies with playful, affectionate shifts like Samica, reflecting lighthearted social trends.
An advertisement promises one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured by Ball's Catarrh Cure. It explains deafness results from inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and urges readers to send for free circulars from Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
A vivid snapshot shows Rounder and locals in a town setting as a speaker touts “the club now has all the comforts.” The crowd, including Ars, responds with exclamations and requests for more comforts, while a nearby figure asks for a seat as a crowd gathers.
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