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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1909
Page
6
A fragmented page discusses suffrage airships and public figures, noting Russia, Maxim Gorky, and American politics. It references a Toronto arrest, naval power, and Wilbur Wright teaching aeronautics, with commentary on religion, liquor reform, and social issues of the era.
The passage reflects on long tenures and simple living in Concord with mentions of Thoreau Emerson Hawthorne and Channing. It notes a vicar in Eichmansworth serving eighty one years from 1559 to 1671 and contrasts American churchs choosing pastors with long pastoral tenures. It recounts Thoreau at Walden Pond living frugally for two and a half years, paying two cents a week for sustenance. It recalls Emerson visiting Concord jail and describes the village as a hub of literary culture and modest living with figures like Holmes and Kipling linked to the region.
A report discusses a debated element called thorianite and related compounds, noting Ogawa's proposed discoveries and a tentative symbol. It also covers a July storm in France near Larberon, a storm conductor theory, and remarks on Nova Persei’s changing nature into Wolf-Rayet type, with Barnard dating the transformation to 1902.
Fragmented text traces the selection of a Potomac site for the capital, L Enfant's plan, and early stage development. It notes key figures like Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Charles Pierre L'Enfant, plus early struggles to fund public buildings, the White House, and later park commissions shaping Washington into a capital city.
Poetic passage references a unified church creed and a call to confess Christ. It intertwines prayer, temple imagery, and a vision of global harmony under one faith. The fragmentary lines invoke hymnody and spiritual unity attributed to John G. Whittier.
Kathleen plans a June wedding to Lawrence Smith the wealthy suitor, while Jack refuses to be best man. A photograph in Jacks pocket haunts him as Kathleen declares she will marry another and urges him to attend as best man if asked.
In Nashville on a Saturday morning the jury convicted Colonel Duncan B. Cooper and his son Robin Cooper of second degree murder in the killing of Carmack. The verdict carried a twenty year prison term with bail set at $25,000 each. The defense had urged mistrial after prior disagreement and requested reconsideration.
A violent blast shook the Great Bridge dynamed area tearing half a million dollars in property and imperiling hundreds. The explosion ripped the navy Lake Shore track bridge under construction near Indiana and Blair, reportedly caused by nitroglycerin amid labor unrest between union workers and Pittsburg Construction Company of Bristsburg.
A high school initiation in Denkirk New York led to three boys Neil Ellis Frank I Murphy and Perdip Van derveert having the initials of a secret society branded on their cheeks with acid by Richmond president of the board of education. The injuries may cause permanent disfigurement as the complaint details alleged cruelties applied to the three candidates for membership.
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