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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
6
A collage of ads and snippets notes prices on brick and sewer supplies from Glass Products Co in Sioux City Iowa. It also mentions fashion trends in outer garments including wraps of charmeuse and antin, lace collars, and white lace used for finishing touches.
A man in evening attire clung to a crowded Chicago surface car footboard as it rounded a curve. He fell to cobblestones and was carried away by bystanders and about 40 passengers. He demanded whether it was the track or something else, and joked about not getting off.
A Los Angeles physician with forty years in teaching and practice extols Grape-Nuts and Postum as digestible brain foods. He cites daily meals of Grape-Nuts with cream for mental work and praises digestive health, traveling with the product. The letter promotes the product and points to the book The Road to Wellville.
Survivors describe the heroism of priests Father Lyres and Father Eyles during the sinking. They tell how these clergymen prayed with passengers in steerage and upper decks, offered absolution, and led rosary prayers as the ship went down.
A Washington statement accuses Brazil and European bankers of extortion through the Brazil coffee trust and rubber trade. It argues the United States imported vast Brazilian goods in 1910 while Brazil sent little back and urges stronger laws to curb such international arrangements.
A speaker argues the tobacco tax profits funded the Spanish American War and accuses Taft of ineffectual action against the tobacco trust. He notes repeals and revenue shifts, critiques 1955 railroad law, Cuba ties, and Panama Canal delays, with a heckler shouting about a century wait.
Harriet Quimby becomes the first American woman to fly the Dover to Calais crossing but crashes into fog and lands on a French fishing beach. Crowds greet her as the first woman to Grogs in an eroplane and news records the event with details of the flight and landing.
The article recounts anecdotes about farmers and families choosing simple outdoor getaways over costly travel. It promotes tent camping as a frugal, accessible vacation, noting the value of local nature, streams, and groves. It encourages enjoying summer close to home.
The piece advocates that every husband provide a fixed regular salary to his wife regardless of her earnings. It argues wives should control their own income, live within it, and manage personal expenditures, while highlighting the benefits of regular funds and financial literacy for households.
The Czar of Russia will be a guest in this country of Jacob Schiff. President Taft will spend the summer at a cottage in Oyster Bay. Rudyard Kipling plans a California lecture tour with Mrs. Emmelius Pankhurst. Dr. Alex Carrel will vacation with the Anti Vivisection Society. Hearst will take a summer place in Trenton near Woodrow Wilson. Colonel Harvey travels abroad with Col. Henry Watterson. Eugene V Debs will be guest of honor at the Vanderbilt cottage in Newport in August.
Washington notes renewed congressional demand for information on Japan’s alleged effort to acquire Magdalena Bay, a strategic northern Baja harbor with vast anchorage. The bay remains under Mexican control, while a joint American Japanese investor concession is reportedly for sale and has attracted discusión about sovereignty and potential U.S. purchase attempts.
A writer extols parcels post as a beneficial scheme, noting some express companies earned vast profits by charging both sender and recipient. The piece likens early adopters to oyster-eaters, argues against restriction, and credits Mr Hitchcock for supporting the system despite widespread charges.
A Kansas town photographer is visited by a tall cadaverous man who asks for a fake grave photograph. He insists a convincing image of weeping beside his wife’s grave is needed and suggests the shop or Missouri grave could work, but costs deter him.
A Los Angeles Times report recounts Senator Rayner denouncing a rival argument as misunderstood. The piece uses a church anecdote about a man using an ear trumpet during a hymn, illustrating misperceptions and the talk of political appearances.
A Tulsa youth asks for a daughter's hand but is refused due to age. The father, a traveling man, jokes she will be old enough after a short Pawhuska visit. The exchange highlights family plans and local courtship etiquette.
In dialogue Brinkley praises an age of progress with steamless gunpowder and wireless telegraph while Cynicus counters with concerns about moneyless foreigners and loveless marriages with heiresses. Judge.
The ad argues neglect harms skin and hair and praises Culicura Soap and Ointment for improving complexions hands and hair. It touts affordable cost and urges readers to request samples and a 32 page booklet by mailing to Cuticura Dept. L Boston for education on treatment.
In a chatty note a reader recalls a man once running a junk shop now moved to a fashionable street and renamed Antiques. The aside touches on skepticism about adverts and health tips tout Garfield Tea for liver and kidney relief.
A conversation between a woman and an architect reveals her desire for a fashionable modern house. She wants a living room so large it will be hard to heat and a kitchen so small it cannot cook in, illustrating a design dilemma.
An advertisement claims Garfield Tea cures air sickness caused by unhealthy digestive organs. It asserts reading improves one’s mind and cites wine as red nourishment, presenting a period voice asserting health benefits.
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