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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1894
Page
3
Reported massive storm on Lake Michigan devastates Chicago coast with numerous drownings and wrecked vessels. Eleven lives lost from the storm and many ships sunk. rescue crews race to save mariners trapped along piers and shoals.
A schooner named the Myrtle capsized after losing anchors off the Groveland Park shoreline. Six men aboard perished as waves tore the vessel from the harbor and driven life-saving crews failed to reach her in time.
A roaring spring storm causes widespread destruction from Milwaukee to Chicago and Indiana towns. Vessels break free, ships sink, crops suffer, and towns report frost, hail, and blizzards with multiple deaths and damaged buildings.
Senate debates a Lodge resolution to appoint five senators to investigate bribery allegations tied to tariff legislation. The report cites a Philadelphia Press article and mentions Senators Kyle of South Dakota and Hunton of Virginia as the target of alleged payoffs. A lobbyist reportedly discussed sums of 3140 and 1009, with Kyle’s clerk confirming only an intimation.
The Ariog money or convenient money are the earliest bank notes in China dated to 2007 B C issued by the treasury before banks came under government oversight. Preenbacks resembled modern notes with bank name, issue date, value in figures and words, official signatures, and counterfeiting penalties. They urged thrift and industry and were printed in blue on mulberry fiber paper, with a note preserved in the Asiatic Museum in St Petersburg from 1880 7.6O.
A peculiar aerial mirage seen off the Calabria coast between Italy and Sicily displays phantom cities houses temples palaces and ships. The phenomenon, long known, once caused wide alarm as an omen of disaster and general calamity among the populace.
In a New England town an Episcopal rector announced baptisms at both the North End and East End missions. He proclaimed with church tones that services would occur at Sodock and East Mindat, with children to be baptized at both locations.
The Senate and House proceedings include a mid-session clash when a Black protester in the gallery shouts at the Speaker, causing brief confusion. Lawmakers focus on tariff charges, committee probes, and agricultural measures, with passes on affidavits and seed distribution proposals, amid ongoing political maneuvering.
The article traces the emergence of oversized sleeves from French influence, noting women used sleeves to slim the waist and disguise arm shape. It cites fashion writers and society reaction, admitting ridicule before broad acceptance and cites a mother praising sleeves as adaptable to children’s needs.
Portugal owes Sang, Ch. Canada Iogttome carries a salary of three hundred dollars annually. Australia supplies a quarter of the world’s wool. French and German goods drive British-made wares from Russia. A Persian carpet has adorned Teheran’s shah palace for twenty years. Two acres at St Andrews in the West Indies yield about two thousand five hundred grass years. Sarpor, the French playwright, writes with a magnifying glass to read. An Arctic survey fixes Alps glaciers at 1155. two remain longer than four and three quarters miles. Pensioners of Napoleon’s wars number from one hundred fifty to one hundred eighty. Spain’s colonies shrink to Cuba, Puerto Rico and minor islets east of the island. The Danish navy adds three new ships at Koal Dockyard Copenhagen, where repairs continue.
John W. Themas Jr of Taeta Tennessee recounts a dramatic recovery from a wasting illness marked by lumps and near starvation. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring weight and strength after eight months of treatment. He cites improved appetite, fewer heart palpitations, and renewed activity.
A fragmented collection of maxims and quotes from various figures, touching on truth, knowledge, time, opportunity, wisdom, and mortality. The text weaves ideas about adversity, reasoning, and the fragility of life without clear narrative or consistent source.
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