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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1898
Page
3
A letter describes a strange superstition linked to a maid and a hat pin on a bed, said to foretell death of an intimate house friend. The note cites Selina origin and warns against dainty catering rituals as superstition grows.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for corns bunions and sweating. It claims quick relief for aching feet and nervy canons with a free trial pack and 25 cent stamp offer via Allen & Olin at Le Roy New York.
An opaque snippet notes annual circulation figures and paper use, along with stray lines about medicine and a Denver address. It also mentions Chinese women cycling in Shanghai streets, written in a fragmented, early 19th century style.
A Linden New Jersey woman Mary Rochiatte writes that Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health after heavy bleeding and near collapse. She credits the medicine with enabling her to work again and urges others to seek sympathetic, female medical guidance.
Carrie F. Garrett argues in the Woman's Home Companion that hobbies offer purpose and relief from daily tasks. She contends hobbies concentrate energy, prevent frivolities, and empower women and men with a meaningful pursuit that enriches life and enhances self worth.
William R Day named as the new Secretary of State. Born April 28 in Havens Ohio, he studied at Wheeepsin University and Ann Arbor, was admitted to the Ohio bar in July 1872, and later formed a practice with Lather Jay serving as judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Partnership with Willie A. Lynch at Canton Ohio. He ran firm until June 1866 when elected judge of the Common Pleas Court of the Ninth Judicial District. He resumed practice in 1867 but left to serve as assistant Secretary of State under McKinley after his election president.
A fragment describes a luxury kennel built for a rich California woman in Mensanton with baths, an infirmary and cosy corners. It questions what that sum could do for friendless and neglected children.
The fragment describes hens hatching fish eyes in shells under a hen with the spawn warming to life. The shell contents are then placed in a shallow dish to bask in sunlight until mintows grow strong enough to become a lake or river. Personal dialogue bits appear among unrelated lines about Yale football.
The article details delays in deploying 20 000 troops to Manila due to transport and supply shortages and notes the need for six months of rations and extensive ordnance equipment. It also discusses potential rapid troop movements to Cuba and Porto Rico, asserting strong war-time measures and political aims behind the surge.
In fall 1874 Kansas farmers faced a rat menace in Jackson County. A literary society meeting at Coleman School proposed a bunt with sides choosing losers to pay for a supper and dance. Ten days of hunting yielded 6850 rats killed, including over 1000 on G W Reynolds farm, followed by supper and a dawn dance.
An Aureorama attraction at the Paris Exposition simulates a voyage from Marseilles to Constantinople. Visitors stand on a moving steamer replica with canvases, sea sounds, and scenes of ports Tangiers Algiers Naples Venice Alexandria Spuras.
A public circus headlines with a clash of large scale duels in select cities and a bizarre tale of an ancient vault opened to reveal a body long sealed. Reports mention medical cures and a connection to Dent Grain Co and a grain office venture as part of the unfolding public notice.
A garbled OCR fragment mix covers preservation methods for batter and notes on a train opening in Mississippi, a Viennese superstition, a medicinal cure, a museum specimen count in Washington, and a Philadelphia locksmith Louis XVI anecdote. The text blends product claims, dates, and random historical remarks without a coherent narrative.
A Jefferson City man, Herman H Eveler, once struck by flu seven years ago, suffered chronic debility and heart symptoms. After trying many remedies, he credited Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring his health and enabling him to resume his business. The notarized statement urges others to consider the pills for similar complaints.
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