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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1907
Page
6
A fragmented Hull column surveys global unrest and oddities from graft penalties to Chinese price protests. It notes a porpoise anecdote, a Stanford apple box gift, and a dramatic brick theater relocation while touching on New York rumors and Baltimore nursing observations.
The article highlights how contagion from TB patients reaches people outside the household via occupations like dressmaking and washing for others. It argues for compulsory segregation of late stage TB patients, noting risk to workers in factories, shops, and home laundries and urging state-provided housing to protect the public.
Report on Prof B D Halsted and colleagues at New Jersey experimental stations developing seedless tomato varieties by selection and cross breeding and high fertilization. Claims seedless types may dominate future gardens and markets, with additional seedless fruits produced in other varieties.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a perilous creek crossing. The captain recounts a near drowning at Bear Creek, slipping from a seat and struggling as water rose to his head while attempting to wade. He describes his crew and the peril of the current.
A fragment from the Milwaukee Sentinel reports a strange bath scene with cryptic dialogue and a warning tone. The unusual exchange mentions a “swinotee” and a few surreal events, leaving the meaning unclear.
Kenesaw Mountain Landis rose from Logansport Indiana to become a noted jurist in Chicago. His birth on the same day as the battle at Kenesaw Mountain is recounted along with his early work, education, and family, including brothers in public life. The piece notes his honesty, courage and intellect and mentions his two children Reed and Susan. It also references European harbor improvements versus American harbor development.
A quirky exchange unfolds as a cannibal king, staying abroad, asks his waiter what he desires for breakfast. The waiter references a menu of items while a newsboy outside cries his extras, adding a comic, surreal touch.
A Washington Star excerpt quotes a citizen praising anti graft moves while a figure named Al Dustin Slax disputes the idea, distinguishing between seasoned grafters and amateurs who feel “cauchs.”
The article notes an estimate of 1100000000 bushels of wheat planned for export at harvest’s end from Canada’s northwestern provinces amid seasonal trade concerns and market interest. The text also includes unrelated dialogue and garbled phrases.
Three major nations England Germany and France have developed dirigible balloons for wartime use. England reports a successful test and commissioning of its military balloon which circled Farnborough and Cove Common in a two mile semicircle without trouble.
A poetic meditation on music and the unattainable innocence of childhood laughter. The speaker recalls the old sweet note of a golden throat and imagines life as music if one could laugh like a child. Baltimore Ban.
Gilbert Summers, a druggist, prospers in a city store with his daughter Sunbeam. A long estrangement ends when Sunbeam’s mother returns, and Summers quietly accepts the family back, while the village notes fade into memory.
The account recalls a visitor named Dr. Writehard shown around the jumbling high court long ago. Officials joked the visitor might be sentenced to hang one day. Two years earlier he nearly faced death for poisoning his wife and mother in law.
A garbled OCR style excerpt shows a terse exchange about a marriage proposal marked by a slurred reply and unclear attribution. The text references a pledge or word spoken and hints at a reaction, but clarity and context are limited by damaged transcription.
A medieval tale links silver weddings to the era of Hughes Capet king of France dating from 987. A loyal servant and a devoted woman face separation but choose to wed, with the king gifting a wedding ring and declaring a silver wedding. The custom spreads across France after a twenty five year marriage.
In Dahlin Parke and Harbert Park near Puablin city, the Green Sale's exhibition contrasts old Donnybrook with a new Ireland. The piece argues Treland has died and a unified, industrially advancing nation has risen, aided by land reform and technical education.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Leuston Pest noting Te insists on kissing before night. Te never comes after dark. Record preserves terse exchange and characters.
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