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Hull Index

Location

Hull, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1908

Page

7

Quebec Battle Celebration Retells Wolfe Montcalm Clash

The narrative recounts a grand celebration across Canada with parades and pageants honoring Champlain and Quebec. It notes Canadian, British, and American observers, the Wolfe Montcalm siege, and Wolfe’s daring assault that led to British victory and the fall of Quebec. It highlights Wolfe and Montcalm as pivotal leaders and mentions their deaths, with monuments planned in Greenwich and Westminster Abbey.

Canada Champlain St. Lawreace Quebec Cuchec Laurier United States St. Lawrence

Fragmented historical timeline of wars and events across centuries

A garbled historical list recounts events from 1208 through 1907 including sieges, battles, political milestones, and notable deaths. Entries mention Constant, Vienna, Gibraltar, Paulus Hook, Charlotte Corday, Napoleon, Fort Mackinaw, Queen Victoria, Lincoln, Big Dry War, Mackay cable, Utah statehood, and naval remains at Annapolis, among others.

Thare Carolina John Bieski Vienna Gibraltar Iit Clement Paulus “Hook Orange County New York Charlotte Corday Bonaparte Battle of the Pyramids Thea Lower Hgynt Fort Mackinaw United States Neutilae Allica Salarmatica Iso—Bih Fort Wagner Lincoln Arizona Boston Manitoba Supreme Court of Minnesota Cleveland Utah Algeria Casterm United States Naval Squadron Arerived Annapolia John Pattl Jones Salvador Guatemala Pere Marquette Salem Mich Columbia California Elka Philadelphia

Odds and Eds From the Farm World

Farmers around Cameron Texas report clearing from six to ten dollars per acre by growing watermelons and cantaloupes. A barn on Charles Rort’s Michigan City Iowa farm was struck by lightning, killing cattle and horses. Connecticut and New England farmers recruit agents to lure new immigrants to work on farms in New York and Boston. Cleveland experiments hint denatured alcohol from garbage may be produced, and W F Wardwick in Milan County Texas turns poor land into peach and plum trees, earning about 81 000 last year. Dr D Whitten of Missouri College of Agriculture has studied asparagus cultivation for nine years, showing farmers can grow large tender spears with proper seed soil.

Cameron Tesas Charles Rort Michigan City Towa Connecticut New Eirkland New York Roston Cleveland Ossia W. F. Wardwick Milan County Pexas D. Whitten Missouri Cotlege of Agriculture

Labor movements and wage changes span across nations

The report notes unity efforts among upholsterers in Guelph and brewery workers in Toronto gaining wage boosts to an average $17 per week with shortened hours. It mentions union temple plans in Spokane, wage contracts ratified by Western miners, and new unions expanding in New York and Cuba with engineers and bookkeepers organizing locally.

Guelph Ont America Chester Australia Castetton Toronto Structural Building Trades Alliance Snd Central Labor Union of Spokane Wilsh

Labor unions unite to curb tuberculosis in factories

The Peuarkania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis reports labor groups in Philadelphia unite to press factory inspectors to enforce sanitary rules. A labor leader cites unsafe conditions as fostering the white plague. Statistics claim thousands die from consumption in the city yearly, linked to inspection neglect and visits limited to mill offices.

Faetoriga Milla Sorkehopa Peuarkania Society For the Prevention Iaz

Displacing the Fire Horns in Boston Fire Report

Commissioner Wells writes the annual Boston department report praising motorized fire apparatus for safety. He notes far fewer rider and pedestrian injuries with automobiles, while horse wagons caused several chief falls and a fatal pedestrian collision. He argues motor vehicles are safer and controllable with skilled operators.

Boston Wells Biles Perio

Vienna Builds New Horse Slaughter Houses and Stables

Authorities in Vienna establish new horse slaughter houses covering 3 400 square vars with brick structures. The complex, costing over $200 000, includes stabling for 2 000 horses and a large slaughter hall equipped with modern machinery.

Tnere Vienna

Potter bishop of New York an era ends in 1901

Horatio Potter, bishop of New York, born 1807, graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary and ordained at Trinity Church Pittsburgh. He served as rector in Greensburg and Troy before moving to Boston then Grace Church New York. Elected bishop in 1887, he was twice married and died in June 1901. His second wife was Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark, heiress of about 13 million dollars.

Potter New -York Theological Seminary Trinity Church Boston Grace Church New York City Horatio- Potter New York Eliza R. “Jacob Philadelphia Sire. Potter Alfred Corning Clark

New Political Party Emerges From Farmers Union Plans

A new political party movement is predicted by leaders of the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union, which claims 700,000 members nationwide and about 290,000 in Oklahoma. The effort seeks to engage labor unions and critiques current parties, with Populist leaders among those advocating unity of farmers.

South West Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union United States Oklahoma Pew Party Wilon

Texas ranching fades as West Texas lands vanish

West Texan land is rapidly being subdivided into small farms, ending the era of vast ranches in Laibbeck, Hockley, and Cochran counties. The old frontier stretches diminished, with occasional 15,000 to 50,000 acre tracts selling for cattle, stock, and gear, but such large deals grow rarer as the big ranch era nears its end.

West Texan Laibbeck Hockley Cochran

Hair Form In Man Predicts Offspring Hair Type

Gertrude and Charles Davenport of the Carnegie Institution report in the American Naturalist that hair form in children can be predicted from parental hair. Two wavy-haired parents may yield straight, wavy, or curly children with curly hair being less likely. Two curly-haired parents may have children with straight, wavy, or curly hair and curly hair offspring will be common.

Tair Gertrude Charles Davenport Carnegie Institution Cold Spring Harbor American Naturalist

Wall Street Sage on Public Service Franchises

The Wall Street Summary Sage notes court actions in New York City canceling street railway leases and allowing new plans of operation without regard to prior dividend payments. It emphasizes that public service costs precede dividends and a corporation failing to meet its public obligations is unworthy of a franchise.

New York City Wall Street

Secrecy Edict Passes as Rebels Try To Flee

The Senate and Branco deputies approve an electoral reform law aiming at full voting secrecy. Mexican regulars move to surround the northern territory where a revolt brews, rebels split into bands and attempt to escape through the gaps in the lines.

Senate Branco Resulata Bot & Waa

Sioux City Interstate Fair Promises Wide Rural Arts and Races

The Interstate Fair at Sioux City will feature educational exhibits and free admission for all children under 15 on Tuesday. Highlights include a major Derby Day on Wednesday, Interstate Day on Thursday with participants from four states, a popular stork parade Friday, and Traveling Men's Day Saturday. The event showcases top horse, cattle, and agricultural displays, with a standout cash prize and numerous attractions, aiming to unite Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Minnesota entries for a premier autumn fair experience.

Avery Sioux City Farrier Brestle Nebraska South Dakota Minne Hohierg Terest Ialion Wibe Gitation Inferiotia Knights of the Grip Lioux City United States Sienwx City Priga Iowa Inter Penthyres Che Dean Ami CL EL Hart Prac

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