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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1912
Page
6
An article urges mothers to keep children’s bowels regular to maintain health and appetite. It endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle, effective remedy and mentions sample requests to Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello, Tennessee. It also includes unrelated advertisements and jokes about marriage and Nero.
A staged melodrama ends in chaos when the villain charmed with a revolver placeholder finds a penknife. The actor bleeding cries out for mercy as the audience watches a dramatic miscue unfold on stage in a safety rehearsal anecdote.
A thirteen year old girl answers the fifth commandment during catechism at a New York Episcopal church, with the rector noting the era’s suffragist days and the girl attributing teachings to her mother while her father is recalled as first.
A reprinted testimonial describes a man plagued by nervousness insomnia and poor appetite from habitual coffee drinking. He credits Grape Nuts and Postum with steadier energy and sleep improving his mail route work and eyesight. The letter promotes Postum products with a brief note to read The Road to Wellville and ends with the slogan There’s a reason.
In a tense Paris escape scene, M. de Brancas flees through guards after warning the regent of a planned assassination. The duchess Madame du Maine schemes to assassinate the regent with Orleans’s absence, while Brancas fights through the hall, frees himself, and rides to warn the regent despite a shoulder wound.
The narrator evades pursuit after reaching Paris by riding through dark streets to Versailles road. He uses a courier’s password to slip past gate guards, then bursts through a barrier with his horse. He learns Cartouche may aid Richelieu while seeking directions to Versailles.
The Art Workers' club at the Astor hears Mrs. Huge discuss the origin of trousers from aprons worn in Egypt and their evolution through Greek and Roman eras. She notes women popularized aprons, men followed, and designers later shaped modern trousers as a practical fashion breakthrough.
A man confronts a second man inside a house after a wife calls for protection. The guest is assaulted, and a struggle ensues until the intruder is chased out. The hapless scene ends with the husband and wife revealing the tactic as a set up to resolve their dispute.
In a quarrelsome exchange, a wife laments the sleepless night and burglars while a tired husband jokes that if they are carried off, they will be brought back. The skirmish reveals domestic tension and the comic edge of a wary couple.
A buyer asks a curio dealer to obtain Indian arrowheads and the dealer pledges to procure them even if it means making them himself. The exchange shows a willing supplier and marketplace demand for niche antiquities.
A fragment notes the tone of life in camp as grand with phrasing like Dear Girl and Rough Rider. It hints at a confident, spirited perspective and internal camaraderie within the group. The source presents a playful, self assured voice.
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