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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
2
A jumbled European and American cultural critique ranges from women and fashion to suffragettes, science, and national duties. The piece riffs on professors, poets, Edison, and a proposed road in Massachusetts, offering satirical takes on public life and modern reforms.
A longhand style excerpt discusses human progress from medieval times to modern civilization. It contrasts criminal punishment with evolving laws and rights, noting increased charity, less bigotry, and growing humane values while acknowledging gaps toward universal harmony.
An engineer describes a novel method used by J B Eymat of Modesto California for a concrete wall built with hollow perforated cylinders between formwork faces. Water drained from the cylinders during curing to produce a uniform, crack resistant mass with fewer flaws.
The text presents disjointed dialogue about a charter revocation and plans to change a cannon, followed by a wry aside on marital fidelity. It also notes that a divorcee can make a father fond of his children, illustrating social opinions of relationships.
A fragmented discussion on harnessing solar energy, storage batteries, and economic shifts from energy use. The text muses on Sun power, large storage solutions, and philosophical shifts in thought and will as society moves toward greater energy independence and efficiency.
An essay by Charles F. Thing argues college training equips future leaders to solve social, financial, governmental, and industrial problems. He praises graduates for clear thinking, evidence weighing, and guiding great movements.
The essay notes how men show chivalry in behavior toward women and friends, though blind spots remain. It contrasts supposed refinement with real tenderness, and considers how male friends and wives influence social circles and judgment.
Long profile traces Emma Goldman born 1869 in Koana to Russia, rise as anarchist leader in New York, ties to Berkman and notable crimes and trials across Paterson Philadelphia New York and Chicago. It notes her arrest efforts, exile, and enduring public image as a disciplined speaker despite notoriety.
The article traces dining customs from early shared forks and arms at table to the gradual adoption of individual forks. It notes rulers lacking forks, use of the ewer, and noble households. Elizabeth I as the first royal with a fork, then gradual spread to all classes by the mid seventeenth century with steel forks and two prongs evolving to three as manufacturing advanced. It mentions Schofield as an early steel fork producer.
A Frisco courtroom drama ended when a former convict fired a revolver at the prosecutor Henry Heney. The shot struck the right cheek and lodged near the left ear, sparking a panic as Judge Tainler ordered the doors closed. Heney survived with doctors noting the bullet did not reach the brain. the wounded man was taken to jail under heavy guard after ambulance transport.
The article notes four Supreme Court members nearing retirement including Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller and Associate Justices Harlan and Brewer, with Frank J. Brawer due to retire soon. President Roosevelt may lack a chance to name new judges before replacements are needed.
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf resigns to take effect December 1, Roosevelt taps Assistant Secretary Newberry of Michigan as his successor. Metcalf plans rest and recovery in California before returning to medical practice. New secretary described as efficient and popular, among younger public figures called by the President.
Complete returns from St John N. OP show that Sir John Bond the premier and Sir Edward Sistris leader of the opposition will each have eighteen supporters in the Lockshire. The situation may be settled and ordered another general election. William A. Adier former president of the defunct State National Bank of New Orleans returned to that city from Yon auras to stand trial on federal indictments charging misapplication of roughly 900 of the bank funds.
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