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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1896
Page
3
Washington reports massive spending trends as Congress nears a billion-dollar scale. Projections show appropriations surpassing prior records, with totals reaching over 500 million and potential veto risks from President Cleveland amid fiscal strain.
A revised report alleges that the assassination of the Shah of Persia was engineered by his eldest son Mirzin, governor of Tehpahan, born in 185, with the new shah being the second son.
Born in 1858 Massoud Mirzia, called the shadow of the kingdom, resents his brother’s removal and seeks potential throne usurpation. Muzaffer-ed-Din, the new shah, wins popular support in Azerbaijan as regiments are reorganized and tribute adjustments are made.
In the immediate wake of the shahs death the heir apparent Muzaffer-ed-Din was proclaimed shah Russia and Great Britain recognized Muzaffer-ed-Din as heir to the Persian throne in 1553
The quadrennial Methodist Episcopal Church conference opened in Cleveland with Bishop Bowman presiding. Delegates from many nations filled Central Armory as the bishops read an address urging Christian citizenship, labor arbitration, and opinions on church governance. Women delegates, ministerial representation, and disciplinary rules were hot topics for the extended session.
The Henderson bill to establish a uniform bankruptcy system passed after five days of debate. It follows the Torrey plan, covering voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy with eight grounds for involuntary actions including concealment to defraud creditors, transfers while insolvent, preferences, hidden property, and judgments to defeat creditors.
The Shah of Persia, Nasr ed Din, was shot dead at Teheran while entering the shrine of Shah Abdul Azim. An arrested assassin, possibly a member of the Bab i secret society, sparked fears of Russian intrigue and wider regional disorder involving Britain Afghanistan and India as a great diplomatic struggle loomed over Asiatic territories.
Richard Darks Bland, a Missoula candidate for the presidency, has a national boom led by Missouri Democrats. The figure, nicknamed Silver Dilek and other monikers, faces scrutiny over money matters. Born in 1825 in Hartford Kentucky, he rose amid political clamor.
The prose describes Bland’s moves from Missouri to California and Wish, his congressional service and silver coinage stance, followed by a Kingman County skin graft case and a sequence of local oddities. It notes a Lexington man’s graft, a Paducah heiress marriage, a Mount Ek fatal shooting, and a Boston club tribute to Rev. Minot Savage.
The article examines why European emigration shows gender imbalances by region and country. It cites figures from Italy Greece Spain and Portugal contrasting male majorities with female surpluses in other areas and notes shifts in British emigration and population changes per Almanache de Gotha and English reports.
A curious entry describes the freehold of Island Vaulétano in the Mediterranean soon to be auctioned in London. The rugged Sardinian like island, five miles long and two and a half wide, part of the Agaelian group off Sicily, features mountains vines and trees and promises a private island retreat for a wealthy buyer with mountain air and sea views.
The bell ringers at St. Tobia Episcopal Church preserve a tale of a bell captured from a French cathedral at Cape Breton by colonial forces under Colonel Pepperell. The bell, gifted to Queen's Chapel, was cracked in a 1906 fire and later recast in 1807 by Paul Revere and son.
An old Kansas Methodist preacher is assigned to Baldwin City circuit for $25 a year. He travels with twelve children who form a brass band. A fellow minister in the same conference has preached forty hours and never claimed the promised salary except once for $100.
The Elberta peach, praised since its Georgia origin, is a leading U S standard from Georgia to Michigan. Practical farming guidance covers fattening animals quickly with a balance of nutritious food, ground smoothing with harrow brush and roller, and timely cropping practices for beets carrots radish and early potatoes including manure use and soil moisture considerations.
The article compares the standard two row stone method for causeways with a log sketch plan from Orange Judd Warmer. It suggests laying six inch drain tiles and covering ends with wire netting before filling with earth to form the roadway, noting possible clogging.
The article lists home remedies for neuralgia including hot cloth applications and a Cologne salt mix. It includes farming tips on feeding grain, nitrate fertilizer effects on wheat, and green oats as cattle feed, concluding with a poetic line about time and eternity.
Article excerpts advise warming soil by mowing and shallow plowing to speed late crops, noting harrow use and soil warming. It discusses early lambs being unprofitable before April and stresses vigorous growth, plus German potash salts as superior manure heap additives for moisture retention and ammonia absorption.
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