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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1900
Page
3
A fragment discusses shifts in social status with lines from the Philadelphia and Indianapolis presses. It notes a tall imposing figure as general manager and a short quiet man as general superintendent. It also mocks wealth expectations with Watts and a joke about income thresholds for gentility.
Special report from Meadville Pennsylvania recounts Frink Ze ller chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers No 143 praised for his illness recovery after using Dodd’s Kidney Pills. A fellow member who had been ill brought pills and Zeller reports full recovery after seven boxes.
A Washington correspondent notes delays in China negotiations due to European powers jealous of small advantages. Eight or ten nations meet, discuss, adjourn, and report to their governments while cables signal back and forth. The United States pushes four points: punishment of Boxer leaders, compensation for losses, a stable liberal Beijing government, and open foreign access with protections. Other nations back the proposals but argue on methods.
Fragmented interviews quote Rev T. Ast Honen of Shelton Conn criticizing University of Chicago endowments and their effect on tuition. Christian science notes, political plans, and religious figures like Dowie and Bell appear amid scattered remarks on faith, education, and public life.
Census officials report the 1900 center of population moving westward toward the Pacific coast though the shift in the last decade was smaller than in earlier periods. The article traces the long historical glide of the center from Greensburg Indiana toward Columbus Indiana with a table of past census pivots.
The annual Adjutant General Corbin report details the total U S army strength ending June 30 with 9 05 officers and enlisted in the regular army and 25 20 in the volunteer forces. It lists allocations by territory and notes casualties with 200 officers and 476 enlisted killed and 147 officers and 076 enlisted wounded.
Fourien yew dining cars are being dre Hvered to the Santa Fe road. The Son line wil s can add freight engines to its rolling ee A new electric res is being tile be tween Lima and Minster, whict will be thirty miles long. Ten locomotive for the Cape in Africa will a chinped diy aiai firm in a few days. The new steel bridge of the Lake Street road over the Sanduske bay at Fremont Ohio, has been finished. Net earnings of the Canadian Pacific for September decreased from tose of the preceding year. Milwaukee and St. Paul earnings for September were £1240,089, up over last year. Cocaine rates from hienco to the rine inal Avignne coast cities noted a rise on an average of cents per V0 nodes. Track work on the North Western between Calе and Carrall Jawa, six miles distant, will be charted early spring. Live stock business on Western regions this week tied to state requirements. Freight from the Great Lakes eastward continues movement.
The piece recalls Civil War exploits and battlefield scenes, including a Confederate artilleryman who turned a gun carriage near a stone fence and defied Union troops. It recounts cavalry actions in Mexico and poignant acts of bravery by soldiers and couriers across multiple engagements.
An ad claims Ely’s Cream Balm cures chronic nasal catarrh by applying a paste inside the nose. It states the balm soothes, cleanses, and heals, with quick relief from drying inhalants. Sold by druggists for 50 cents or mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St. The ad ends with a stray, nonsensical line about a bird.
An advertising segment touts Cascar ets de nature as a natural remedy for bowel movements promising easy, natural relief without gripe or pain. It pitches dosage of 10 cents and warns against imitations while promoting genuine Cascar ets candy boxes and the C G stamp.
A 19th or early 20th century advertisement urges mothers with large families to seek Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from menstrual distress and fatigue. It includes a testimonial from Aline Banterue Ludington Michigan praising improved health and ability to work at home.
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