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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1909
Page
2
A fragment mentions a young woman named Mia Merwin described as a recent bride and observed with interest at a reception near a plane. It also touches on a London Stockholm Berlin sequence and references a cough remedy from Brown's Bronchisa Troches, followed by a brief anecdote about a minister and a dispute over the age of the devil.
Ellen Smith daughter of a Confederate privateer owner falls for naval officer Thomas Beekman Smith during the Civil War. He captures a blockade runner and the privateer. Ellen betrays him, is disowned, yet later becomes his wife as war turns. Thrilling naval adventures and love frame this war story.
In a satirical tale the author ridicules idealized romances by setting Smith a plain, ambitious orphan raised to naval glory and Ellen Jones a plain American girl. Thomas Beekman Smith rises from an orphan asylum to a naval career amid the Civil War’s opening battles, seeking love and honor against humble beginnings.
In late July the St. Lawrence pursues a Confederate privateer Petrel lessoned by a slow blockade. Officer Smith obsesses over Ellen Jones at Major Jones's North Carolina plantation as romance brews amid war.
A horse belonging to M. D. Swisher county road overseer refused to move during a cloudburst in Box Canyon near Florissant. The animal climbed a mountainside and halted on a ledge twenty feet up, while eight feet of rushing flood washed out a mile of road and swept away bridges. Swisher waited an hour before reentering.
A Washington Star quote depicts a man advising prosperity by “going to bed with the chickens.” Mr. Pinkley agrees to align with them, but questions whether the chicken owner is sufficiently trustworthy.
The Sixtieth Congress closed with a formal adjournment after reading Taft’s extra session call. Senate confirmed Taft cabinet picks, sworn in Chamberlain and Smith, and adjourned sine die. House adjourned at 11:59 in a day marked by little drama, Cannon thanked as adjournment ended.
The article cites Andrew Carnegie advocating profit sharing as the labor solution. It recalls his experience with forty Carnegie Steel employees who signed notes paid from profits, chosen by merit after long service. It notes superintendents met with managers, signing bonuses for lower workers, and Carnegie’s belief that worker investment risks are unfavored by big trusts.
Thiet Gigeerheim head of the American Smelting and Refining Company, taken in Mexico, arrives in Laredo on route to New York. Fire marshal Tier Seery reports Manhattan saw 1,112 fires from careless matches out of 1,522 citywide last year. A fire at Tobart Oklahoma destroyed a Dixie department store building with contents valued at $150.00. Sir Robert Bond plans to resign as premier of St John’s Island within days, with Sir Edward Morris expected to form a new administration. Sigmund Grabenheimer, a Schweitzburger banker in the beef trade, dies of heart disease in the arms of his brother near Grand Central Station in New York.
A Nebraska resident Mathias Campbell reports painful kidney spells and backache relieved by Doan's Kidney Pills after trying a friend's advice. He says the trouble disappeared and has not returned. Poster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N.Y. The largest bronze statue of Peter the Great stands in St. Petersburg.
John A Salzer Seed Co announces a new seed elevator in La Crosse Wisconsin with storage and cleaning capacity over 250 000 bushels highlighting Clover Seed testing at 99 55 percent purity The ad promotes catalogs and seeds alongside unrelated statistical notes.
A policeman recounts how paying taxes gives dignity and responsibility to homeowners. He contrasts renters and habitual criminals, noting owners feel tied to government and citizens should become taxpayers when possible. The piece ends noting women's municipal franchise in several countries.
A Washington Indy writes that coffee harmed his health causing rheumatism and insomnia and credits quitting coffee for recovery after six months on Postum. He endorses Postum by the Postum Co. and mentions reading The Road to Wellville and future letters.
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