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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1894
Page
6
The article recalls the 1770 Boston Massacre as a street clash between soldiers and civilians over quartering grievances. It notes the deaths of Crispus Attucks and four others, the funeral pomp, and the lasting label massacre that followed for decades.
A brisk recollection traces the origin of the American flag from Philadelphia sites and early examples before 1776. It details various flags used from New York to Boston, the 1777 adoption of stars and stripes, and notes on color, proportion, and national symbolism.
Vivid reminiscence of a small town Fourth of July riotous dawn. Children rush to the public square to see the cannons and flags as mothers guard them. The village, once 4 000 strong, brims with harvest meals, street vendors, and a frontier crowd eager for breakfast and a safe celebration.
The article compares early postwar figures to modern ones, noting wealth rising from £ c00, AOWGId to about S60cd0, 000 000, a hundredfold increase. Population nine years after the war grew to ASN, this year reaching GG4ed, with per capita wealth now five to six times higher than in 110.
A fragment from a Detroit Free Press page features two men in a terse exchange about breaking silence and declaring triumph in the morning at Pearth with a cryptic line about cracker.
The Hon. John M. Rice of Louisa Kentucky long crippled by sciatic rheumatism and liver disease credits a miraculous turn after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He describes severe decline, failed treatments, and a dramatic improvement within weeks, aided by local druggist Mr Tougher who confirms growing use of the remedy. The ad claims pills restore nerves and vitality and are sold nationwide by the Dr Williams Medicine Co.
A veteran recounts elk hunting on the Plains of the West where elk have vanished due to civilization. He recalls a Loup River, Nebraska hunt with a swift chase, close firefight, and a successful yield of nineteen elk, amid shouted orders and organized pursuit.
The passage lists various medical classes with example substances: Cordials as warming tonics, laxatives like purgatives, diaphoretics such as tartrate of antimony, balsams including balsams and Peruvian choice, carminatives for stomach pain and flatulence, decongestants for obstructions, discutients to repel tumors, imuretics for kidneys and bladder, corroborants to strengthen, emollients for external use, emetics for vomiting, ligastives for wounds, and demulcents to soften and soothe.
The Whitechapel district in London is described as rapidly losing its distinct Cantonese character due to a surge of foreigners, mainly Tunisians and Russian Poles, with over four thousand settling last year and a large number of Londoners leaving. Birth rates in Whitechapel far exceed western London and Russia, suggesting continued demographic change. Separately, coal mines in Great Britain killed 1,060 people last year and metalliferous mines 65, both above the annual average.
A 75 year old Queen Victoria has reigned 57 years and may break the throne record with three more years. The obituary style tribute praises her domestic virtue and royal conduct, noting a large family and enduring influence on Britain. A Postscript from the Sonerville Journal adds a light quip about a pretty girl and staring.
A garbled note questions whether School Commissioners must drink beer daily for a year and mentions references to Frank Leslie and minor matters. The readable text is incoherent and does not present a clear event or outcome.
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