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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
6
A long, disjointed OCR fragment covers politics, charity, theater reviews, royalty, oil industry statistics, and professional ethics. It mentions Harvard, King David descendants, Emperor William, and US oil regions. blends reflections on responsibility to others with critiques of charity and medicine amid broader social change.
Observer Miss Grimshaw notes conical skulls among Mallicola infants in the New Hebrides. The practice, achieved by winding cords and mats, yields a sugar-loaf to helmet profile, thought to affect intellect by locals though observers doubt this. Eyewitness accounts describe crying infants and prideful mothers.
The noted preacher and lecturer Revered Dr Alfred Quaris of Parkville Missouri, 48, once professor of Greek at Baker University, serves as pastor of St James Church Chicago. He has gained wide renown across the United States for his sermons and lecturing.
The article describes how porous strata between impermeable layers form a lateral tube across a valley. Water percolates down to a basin, creating a hydrostatic column that rises if bored or opened, producing a natural fountain as water seeks its own level.
A humorous anecdote about Count von Moltke the Prussian strategist who disliked long talk at banquets. An officer wagers he will keep to seven words when toasting King William. Moltke reportedly says only a short courtesy toast: The health of his majesty the king, gentlemen. The quip says the marshal remains terse even at grand dinners.
An old anecdote recalls Puritan ministers delivering long sermons as the people endured with humor and patience. A figure asks the preacher to close the church door and slip the key beneath it as listeners drift into faint revival.
A juvenile class in Chicago Sows discusses wealth with a sharp pupil declaring hoard scarcity as the worst thing about riches. The brief exchange hints at social attitudes toward wealth among youths.
Dialogue notes an improvement if everyone could get a seat on street cars. A character muses on uncertainty of beauty for a girl and a remark about freckles on Tann’s reputation, reflecting social constraints and ridicule.
The piece extols the evolution of steamships toward total modernity. It highlights telephone access, in-stateroom amenities, travel information bureaus, traveler’s checks, multilingual currency aids, and safety features like bilge keels and multiple watertight compartments. It portrays liners as floating palaces with libraries, lounges, smoking rooms, and even tennis courts, epitomizing modern progress.
The fragmentary verse speaks of Providence guiding actions and restraint from contention. It mentions a man improved by effort, acceptance of praise or blame, and the idea that true success comes through steady effort amid trouble, attributed to Whiteomb Riley.
In a dim room Mrs Rosemere confronts memories of wealth and a failed life with Maggie, her former cook. The sight of a carved dresser with initials stirs long buried regrets about George and happier, richer days, as Tom’s return promises change and renewed constraint.
A Baltimore American item quotes a critic on a woman who married an older wealthy man and later markets her youth and appearance. The piece notes she dresses to fit changing roles and hints at cosmetic measures.
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