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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1912
Page
6
The dialogue satirically notes human nature in peril and seating class dynamics aboard a lifeboat. It references Jerkins as a grabby, status-driven character who would prioritize a seat for himself and later attempt to lead music in a crisis. The sketch contrasts land behavior with shipboard conduct.
An early 20th century ad touts Murine eye remedy with claims of curing red, inflamed eyes and granulated eyelids. The pitch suggests rapid results and convenience, noting a 26 cent price per box and mail order option through The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston.
A fragmentary text blends odd phrases and quips about names foods and health remedies. It references Harvara Lampaoh and Garfeld Ten as naturals and lexatives, mentions a jealousy affecting a royal figure, and alludes to Winslow's Syrup for Children with generic claims.
The platform reaffirms federalism limits, calls for tariff reform, anti trust enforcement, income tax expansion, direct senatorial elections, campaign finance reform, and civil service integrity. It advocates railroad regulation, banking reform, rural credits, waterways, conservation, labor rights, and Philippine independence while backing pensions and Panama Canal interests.
The piece explains punchline creation by professional comedians and joke writers. It traces a joke’s journey from random dictionary puns to publication in newspapers magazines and London. It notes many jokes are invented and repeated, with a playful sketch of a joke about artichokes and antitates.
A 1911 letter from Mrs. G. A. Selby of Redondo Beach describes severe eczema that covered her hands and chest before she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, reporting rapid improvement. The piece also criticizes slang and recalls Miss Fleanora Sears at a Devon show with a joke about Helen of Troy versus Helen of Avoirdupois.
Miss Melcher recounts to Miss Bungler the awe felt at the Hippocratic oath being administered to graduates. Bungler protests, calling it a hypocritic oath and questioning why a physician would bind himself to such a thing.
A Massachusetts woman has created a glove that works with a vacuum to draw dust through tubes in the palm. Small brushes between the fingers smooth nap of fabric as suction lifts dirt.
At Audlem church in Cheshire England the curfew is regularly rung after which the date of the month is tolled a survival from times when no almanac existed.
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