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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1894
Page
2
A letter from Alaholm Douglas in St Nicholas complains of intolerable noise from tenants in a downtown building. A young man on banjo, others on string and brass instruments, piano scales, and a marching band echo through floors. The writer vows to move if rents stay paid, calling the nuisance unbearable.
A boy sergeant named Little Jim is shot on a prairie road by a bushwhacker. A brave, humble woman nurses him in a cabin, defends him with a carbine, and helps repel attackers as his unit arrives to take the fighter away. After the war, the family prospers on the road he saved.
A Tennessee river rock formation named the Dovitz Mipreor appears as a smooth 100 foot wide cliff rising 200 feet from the Nolachucky River. When sunlight creates a reflection it dazzles observers and legends say the devil uses the rock as a moonlit looking glass each midnight. Louis Globe-Democrat reports.
Sunday life varies by province with many areas banning concerts theater shows and liquor sales. Melbourne imposes strict shop sales limits while still hosting limited Sunday concerts. Attendees enter venues gradually contributing at the door to cover costs.
Readers are urged to submit opinions on taxation reform focusing on land value impacts and social questions. The notice invites brief letters to the office or P O Box 8 Butinio N. and highlights landowners as primary stake holders in any tax shift.
Officials express satisfaction with the Oien Conference findings on property assessment. Committees set scales for farm animals and products, and banks and building associations report adopts rules for valuation. Boston debates income tax openness and scope across states.
A Massachusetts critique argues the state’s income tax system is intrusive and poorly administered. It cites the Boston board of assessors secrecy, limited taxpayer rights, and the Boston Advertiser noting few returns and restricted disclosure, with comparisons to New Hampshire and Vermont rules.
A letter to the Post Dispatch attacks Chicago Times for exposing building values and assessor bias. It argues wealthy office properties and small shops face unequal taxation and cites Tacoma and St Louis examples. The writer urges full-value assessments to reduce rates and increase taxpayer awareness.
The article notes no caucus yields no precise count but suggests a large public movement toward single tax. It cites three platforms the Knights of Industry in Atlanta the Ocala Demands and the Omaha platform while arguing these planks reflect public sentiment. A rough editor’s guess estimates about 240 000 educated individuals support the idea.
William Pitt urged indirect levies to tax daily necessities while Chicago assessors swear to personal property values for the rich. Marshal Field Armanur George M. Pullman and Potter Palmer are noted among the highest holdings, while the sworn accounts are said to be submitted by assessors, not the individuals. Stead notes a heavy dollar total paid by city officials in perjury.
The article notes Gov. Flower signs a 5 percent tax on gross receipts for racing associations. It discusses whether the state should run racing itself and argues the single tax concept is well considered and in use in some communities. It frames the tax within broader social policy debates without endorsing any particular plan.
The St Louis Globe Democrat cites Dr Stiles of the Agriculture Department warning that beef pork and bread may be swarming with microscopic parasites and that water can contain millions of organisms. He predicts alarming stomach and liver damage unless mitigated by caution and antidotes.
A Detroit Free Press reader recounts a rumor on a porch about a Tennessee congressman staying in a small hotel. In a playful exchange, locals speculate if the visitor is a preacher or a sewing machine agent, finally concluding he is the congressman from the district.
The article notes rising high level stress among American professionals and businessmen. It describes more couches and lounges in offices as a response to overwork and nerve strain, with executives resting briefly while continuing work. An attorney even rests on a couch during a client visit, yet remains productive.
A gentleman with five sons visits a country farm. a kindly farmer recalls losing his five sons young. The old man shares that five small graves lie in the hillside yard and hopes the reader’s family remains spared to grow. The tale ends reflecting on memory and life’s fragility.
A mistyped message from Colonel Tamblyn to the Overland Despatch Company caused a miscommunication about funeral details after two men were killed by Indians near Jarb-Fletcher. The Irish orderly’s garbled order led to a humorous correction and the colonel’s remark that any joke was on him.
In winter the Wuehee children pile snow mounds at Dufferin Terrace and leap from ramparts into them. Boys repair breaches with shovels while others fill holes, amid cheers from onlookers in the Ancient Capital. A small spectator performs a full somersault in the air, center head up, as girls join in with lower jumps and shared laughter.
A United States visitor notes Mexico City life including a bulletin board mail system where letter recipients post names for pickup, no stamps sold locally, and stamps affixed by postmasters. He observes widespread smoking in public spaces and a kneeling man muttering prayers in a chapel.
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