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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1897
Page
4
Local Hull Iowa weekly notes subscription terms and editorial commentary on national governance. It argues democracy reversed government machinery, now being repaired by experts, likening it to a binder or mower after a runaway and urging calm as the system regains motion. It mentions Welch tin workers opposing tariffs.
Fragmentary Northland scene describes wandering moon over frozen wastes and ash fires. Vague references to bitter winds, glen, and dwindling warmth evoke a solemn winter mood and a bleak, ceremonial tone.
Professor Peter T. Austen demonstrated generating carbenic acid gas from vinegar and baking powder at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He showed charcoal in baking powder and in agar and warned that baking bread or coke could leave a charcoal taste. The crowd, mostly girls, watched gas extinguish lights and move through a charcoal trough as dangers were explained in a sensational tone.
Justin McCarthy compares Gladstone and Disraeli highlighting voice tone and manner, dress, and temperaments. He notes Gladstone's talkative nature and evolving beliefs from Tory to Radical, versus Disraeli's silent intervals and shifting political leanings from Radical to Tory.
A teller of miscellaneous clippings notes a reader poring over a counter display of mythological illustrations and a patent medicine sales angle. The items include Blondin jokes and Cham the caricaturist, a Pope villa site inscription, and a Detroit News quip about Mrs Elderly's son.
A New York Sun excerpt describes two polished looking men targeting pedestrians near Broadway wholesale dry goods warehouses. One mobbed by a tough seller tries to attract customers with showy talk while the other denies the puller label as he flees toward Baxter Street.
An 19th century account claims Abdul the elephant killed his keeper at Campbellpore. A court martial led by Major Cameron sentenced Abdul to 40 lashes and five years imprisonment. Abdul endured chained punishment as the operation recurred fifty times before transfer to a penal camp for two years.
A fragmentary comparison of two women roles in work and marriage from period sources. The uneducated factory girl is described as more frequently married than the refined office worker, who may stay employed despite romantic prospects. A stray dialogue notes a young man’s character amid social chatter.
A visitor in the capital meets a bright boy who declares his line runs for conpress as a page in the White five. The exchange reflects a curious street scene captured by the Christian Intelligencer.
A fragment from the Commercial Tribune mentions a business man declaring “I am married” in a neat letter. The text shows a conversational tone and hints at local social details from the era.
The article explains that tides arise from multiple waves driven by lunar and solar forces, with diurnal and semidiurnal components. It notes that transit times, declination, lunar nodes, winds, and atmospheric pressure cause variations, and that Britain uniquely shows regular tides while Nova Scotia experiences more complex patterns.
A 19th century tale from Pearsons Weekly recounts naturalist Blarkney of Lincolnshire who kept a large graphet bat. The bat supposedly entered his tomb and remained sealed with the master’s corpse until 1866 when the vault was opened and the bat was still alive. Subsequent checks claimed the bat continued living among the dead, last noted in 1992.
At the start of the century 31,450,000 people spoke French worldwide, rising to 521,200,600 in 1890. The president of the United States has typically been a lawyer or a soldier or both.
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