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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1910
Page
7
Surviving notes recount Milan's great clock of 9 the world and its candle lit at hour marks. The tale traces clock to watch evolution, praises 1744 improvements, and cites Andres Aiclatn as the clock's pole star. Also features Cuticura remedies success story and baked potato tips from old domestic guides.
Browning sent Lord Coleridge a reading copy and the lord chief justice praised parts but confessed most was unclear. Browning replied that if a reader of Coleridge’s caliber understands 16 percent he should be content. Also notes comic snippets and an old advertised teething syrup priced at 26¢ per bottle.
A business caller questions what causes the racket as two agents peddle two kinds of cyclope dias, prompting the office boy to comment on the sales attempt and the scene at the office door.
Practical rural guidance covers feeding pigs with limited corn, managing long fat tails, and avoiding blood in meat. It urges exercise for pigs, mulched orchard ground to conserve moisture, drainage as the key to fruit quality, and proper milk handling from dairy to market. Reports of wolves troubling Marewell residents note losses to pigeons, lambs, and poultry.
Agricultural notes discuss a mix of oats peas and rape as an excellent early pasture crop to mature in about eight weeks. It highlights soil fertility and rapid growth, with plans for several acres in May and guidance on soil nutrition and available plant food.
A reporter questions who pays for a complete war footing. Senator Let man replies that the burden falls between our dormitory and the posterity of European or Asiatic powers, and dismisses it as of little interest, suggesting an imported substitute.
A juvenile exchange features Tommy Paw and Mr Tucker debating value and fines. Tommy Paw questions how much the assessor would fine for possessing items, prompting Mr Tucker to estimate about four thousand dollars. The dialogue hints at a humorous take on wealth and taxation.
Charles Easter of Watseka Illinois recounts severe back pain and kidney trouble that left him unable to sit for six months and caused weight loss. After trying various remedies he found relief with Doan’s Kidney Pills, purchased for 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo.
An advertisement argues deafness is incurable except by constitutional remedies and links most cases to catarrh. It claims a Toledo firm offers $100 for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that their remedy cannot cure and urges readers to request free circulars.
A judge directed the jury to return a not guilty verdict after weak evidence. A well known lawyer attempted to speak for the defense, but the judge assured a hearing, then ordered an acquittal to avoid an accident.
A vintage advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for female illnesses. It claims decades of value for women and invites readers to write Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for personal medical advice.
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