13 Nov 1896
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1896
Page
1
An American traveler asks the first duty of a good traveler and hears: be pleasant and never grumble. A veteran wanderer, who crossed the ocean twenty times, says endurance comes from amiability and avoiding fret over the inevitable while on extended European journeys.
The piece contrasts how soldiers recall pension era veterans and civilian observers. It juxtaposes battlefield memories from Little Round Top with broader Civil War reverence, noting differing attitudes toward sacrifice, memory, and national heritage.
In a royal setting, a woman approaches the king, kneels, and pleads a request that moves Charles VI. Accused of witchcraft, doctors and clergy question her as she answers with simple, strong faith. She declares there is more in God’s book than in theirs.
The fragment describes improvised weapons used against Indigenous people and game, noting bullets made from nails and pebbles, ramrods repurposed, and a hunter crafting ammunition from branches. It also references a Washington Star report on eccentric wealth and a European country with many dead bean turied.
A Philadelphia Call note describes nitric acid erasing silver prints and potential for forgery on platinum prints. It also sketches Chinatown population flows on Sundays, with laundry work and shopping dominating, including mail hubs and Chinese-American social issues.
Fragmented notes describe a visit to England seven years prior, claims about carriage manufacturing and American enterprise, and references to cabling and a tradesperson. The passage is garbled with multiple spelling errors and partial names, preventing a clear single event.
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