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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1897
Page
3
The text touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for bilious habits and associated pains. It claims relief from headaches, nausea, constipation, and skin discoloration, asserting restoration of tone and digestion.
The article announces that in the near future bottles will be made of paper. It claims paper bottles resist breakage unlike old wine bottles and warns glass bottles shatter in bins causing losses. It asserts paper bottles cannot be broken without significant force.
A clipped advertisement fragment touts Winklow's SooriutNa Strep for Teething Children as a gentle remedy. It promises softened guts reduced inflammation and relief from wind colic at 25 cents.
African Exploter George Tauvboinn Goldie proclaims the completion of the conquest of the Emir of Nune as a victory for humanity and the Royal Niger Company. His forces reportedly occupy the Emir’s palace and end Futah power, with Goldie boasting of long pursued dominion in Africa.
Sir George Truceman Coldie departs for Africa to command the Niger Company's forces. He asserts the expedition will be completed despite dangers and hints at empire foundations in western Africa. The article notes his role as governor of the Royal Niger Company and frames the mission in imperial terms.
An American man confronted a Paris hair trade ruse as a girl on the verge of poverty agreed to sell her treasured hair to raise food. The man offered banknotes, asked to take the hair, and fled with the bundle, leaving the girl and her desperate family without the funds.
The readable fragment shows a classroom scene where a student translates phrases and asks for a more casual response. The dialogue includes garbled names and unclear context, with hints of a pronunciation and social form issue in a language class.
A survey of topics includes asbestos inner shoe soles presumed to insulate and comfort the foot, bee brain studies at Clark University, butterfly sleep camouflage, platinum sources and production in the Urals, global vitamin presence, deep Earth drilling depths in Russia and the United States, Mercury and Venus visibility and rotation, and theories on horse origins spanning Turkestan to Arabia with notes on Native American observations.
A fragmented musing on Southern speech, with a note on a servant who talks to herself and mirrors, alongside a brief explainer of Playin Possum. The piece ends with an old advertisement touting St Jacobs Oil as a cure for pains and aches and urging prompt use for permanent relief.
A lone passenger in a linen duster explains how his posture was knocked to one side after he admits to poking into others' business. The other traveler replies with a cheerful, teasing defense about the incident.
Readable fragments describe Luoxia Idaho and nearby Sibvunite fifteen miles northeast, with rapid town growth from a simple claim to a bustling mining community. References include a 250 gold brick weekly concentrator, hydrant power mills, a saw mill, drug store, saloons, and a claim over acres along the Kootenai river. An advertising voice touts tonics and dire warnings about costs and travel from Spokane, with scattered personal recollections and dubious medical claims.
A garbled 19th century machine translated text cites a cure for catarrh and hair restoration claims. It mentions Alabastine and Pisco’s Cure for Consumption, adulterated medical assertions, and references to various fictitious products. The piece reads as a miscellany of testimonial style endorsements and dubious cures with scattered names and dates.
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