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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1902
Page
4
A Pittsburg Dispatch correspondent surveys Java fruits noting the durian’s strong odor and large pear shaped form. It describes ser pent fruit, pompoms, custard apple, jack fruit, and numerous banana varieties, while mentioning numerous native names and flavor notes.
A fragmented piece of humorous prose explores the absurdities born from extreme simplicity among Trish folk. A wandering confession scene in London features a naive acrobat and a bewildered Irish priest amid misread phrases and comic misunderstandings.
A Lent mission reveals parishioners struggle with faith and baptism. A priest finds a would-be bride’s Catholic knowledge lacking and learns her mother is alive but not baptized, prompting a telegram to verify the family’s religious status.
The piece describes a historic custom of sealing agreements by licking thumbs and pressing them together, comparing ancient and medieval practices among Goths Iberians Scots Moors and rustic lovers. It notes a humorous Ulster Tan assent phrase and a 4642 anecdote about a lieutenant in moral combat, all from Chambers Journal.
The text notes that early biblical references to pieces of silver refer to weights like shekels rather than coins. It traces the half shekel ablation to God, cites Josephus on the shekel as four drachma, and suggests Simon the Maccabees issued the first Jewish coinage around 140 B C consisting of shekels and half-shekels marked "Shekel Israel" in Samaritan script. It also includes a stray Chicago Post quote about athletics and costumes.
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