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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1909
Page
6
The column snips range from tax issues to humorous asides about Tolstoy and airship gales. It notes Japan excluding Tolstoy, Taft dropping simplified spelling, Copenhagen electing seven women aldermen, and Kipling predicting Roosevelt’s fate. The piece includes playful lines about name choices for a Dutch royal heir and various parodic remarks.
A fragment reflects on violence and bias, noting that harming a man is seen as safer than raiding a bank. It discusses prejudice in judging criminals and the impact of rumored feminine ties on reputations and perceptions of guilt.
The garbled text references a group or organiizer who declare someone as number one of the world, naming President Tatt as a member while other members are called by titles linked to their close circle.
A New Jersey farm celebrated a remarkable woman who served one family as maid, waitress, cook, and nurse for fifty years. The event drew the master of the house and the grandchildren, with attendants from the household assisting at her seat of honor. The story notes unusual longevity and strong family unity in showing affection and gratitude.
A critique of democratic equality misinterpreting service. The piece argues nobody is too good to be a servant and praises the dignity of private and public service. It notes professional over-supply, especially in medicine, and urges discouragement and publicity to steer young people away from unconsidered medical careers.
Two explanations claim the phrase arose from tavern bookkeeping where P and Q stood for pints and quarts and were settled weekly. A second tale credits printers apprentice confusion with roman lowercase letters P and Q and the warning to mind his T s and Qs.
Tin Ray, a new boarder, complains of losing two vest buttons as he is reminded by his landlady to check the dining room for the missing fasteners. The stern hostess repeats her banner of watchfulness.
When children view photos of their mother as she appeared young they focus on her wrinkles and gray hair as proof of father’s mistreatment rather than aging. The piece contrasts perceptions of time and domestic hardship.
A reflective proverb style note contrasts a wise woman's choice with social expectations. It mentions young men lacking even a lame excuse for carrying a cane, underscoring irony and social judgment in a compact moral vignette.
The article discusses the return of laboratories to service in democracy, noting scientists shaping public life through associations like the National Tax Association and the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences. It cites the value and risks of investment in speculative real estate and capital, estimating vast sums tied to New York and national markets.
Frederick A. Adams argues that many Wall Street buildings serve firms profiting from speculative gambling. He claims the reader will be appalled by his cited proofs and estimates the district’s tax books show a large but unfinished figure tied to the Wall Street game.
Margaret Bateson laments social changes from grand 19th century homes to compact flats. She contrasts large rooms, tables, and pictures with modern smaller living spaces, limited seating, and fewer work surfaces. The piece criticizes diminished hospitality and habitable drawing rooms.
A montage of early 20th century items covers petroleum production estimates, a colorful note on Roosevelt and an African safari, MIT scientists on emotions creating electric forces, carbon glass aging, New Mexico coal output, a race of Laplanders relocation plan, a London Times discussion of instantaneous wheel photography, tungsten street lighting canopies in Michigan and elsewhere, and Prof. George Forbes proposing a planet beyond Neptune.
A description of Kafebeur Fall on the Potaro river in Essequibo British Guiana notes a perpendicular height of 741 feet about five times Niagara. Widths range 250 to 400 feet seasonally with water depths from a few feet up to twenty feet. The dry season depth is about thirty five feet a quarter mile above the jah. The sandstone face carries a harder conglomerate cap and the fall is proposed as a power source potentially yielding two and one eighth million horsepower.
Professor Korbes argues a hidden planet explains 1848 1880 1882 and Z6a6 comets. He links a prodigious 1556 comet to this planet’s disruption, claiming it spawned the others. Calculations place the planet about 9 billion miles from the sun with a roughly 1000 year orbit.
An unclear phrase notes that good intentions can stumble when faced with difficult choices, illustrating how efforts to do right may not always succeed despite good motives.
Folklore traces the saying to Amis and Amile in Turpin romance before Charlemagne. Amile saves Amis and later Amis endangers his own children to cure Amile, giving rise to the proverb.
A reflection on how a person’s unique talent flourishes when the era’s needs create demand. The idea emphasizes societal context shaping greatness through opportunity and recognition.
Jared C. Weed, cashier of the county treasurer’s office, arrested on grand larceny charges. Investigation shows alleged embezzlements since 1900 totaling $36,550.18, with amounts ranging from hundreds to thousands annually and involving transfers of Weed’s home and other properties.
Californian John A Benson and Dr Perrin were convicted of land frauds and sentenced to one year in Alameda County jail and a $1000 fine each. The States-Appellate Court refused Benson a new hearing and Perrin was granted a new trial on a writ of error. Benson planned to seek a stay to appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
A gasolined launch capsized after being passed through dam sluice gates on the Grand Rapids canal. Four drowned including Miss Bessie Anderson and Miss G Bo Boger, plus Miss May Forne and Ralph Anderson, with Miss Boger body recovered. Four others were rescued and revived after difficulty.
Marian Foster Welsh sues to contest government use of lands donated by her grandfather for an arsenal and soldiers burial grounds. She argues a 1512 deed in Pitte nurs to government violated terms reverting land if used otherwise. Welsh claims portions of Arsenal Park became a school site and public playground conflicting with the reversion.
A mob of about 200 men seized Lovett Davis from Pine Bluff jail at midnight and hanged him from a telegraph pole after breaking in with sledgehammers. The rope briefy snapped but the body remained suspended as deputies failed to stop the lynching despite speeches by notable locals.
Eight men were in the Geesey hoop mill when it blew up in Dowegine Michigan. Five were killed instantly, one died of injuries, one severely hurt, and one escaped uninjured as the building collapsed. Deforest Geesey and his brother Frank Geesey were among the dead. A heavy rain helped prevent fire from destroying the ruins. Debris was scattered up to forty yards away.
Albert Aiken, accused of shooting desper ately wounded John Spires, a white farmer, near Lincolnton on Thursday. Aiken was in jail when a posse of about 10 men broke in seized him and carried him into the country for execution.
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