30 Nov 1900
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1900
Page
1
A driver named Beach transporting oil from Rock Rapids overtook children near the Douma home north of Hull. A seven year old boy fell between wheels and was crushed in part, the doctor summoned. Beach assisted and the boy recovered. Also notices include cloak sales and local commerce items.
In McKees Rocks a six man group argues as riveters at the Steel Car shop pull rivets. Forefingers missing, workers strike fast as a rivet driver misaligns, causing finger injuries. A local observer mentions workers from Schoenville and repeated finger losses among male children.
A London Tit-Bits tale recalls a bachelor’s birthday prank plan. He carries parcels for his wife filled with trousers shoes cigars a pipe and tobacco while recounting past gifts she gave him such as ring doilies and a velvet hat. He plans to “get even” with his wife’s generosity.
A Detroit Freemoness item recounts a dramatic highway robbery near the hero’s home, his wife’s silence about it, and a late night confrontation with armed footpads. The tale ends with the robber routed and the hero’s valuables recovered, then shifts to a clever New York canary case and a home cleaning remedy using sulphur and carbolic solution.
A garbled excerpt recalls Daniel Webster in a Boston haberdashery where a clerk, sizing up a customer’s neck, quips that youths must go to the next store for a collar. The piece references makers who specialized in horse collars.
A vivid anecdote describes Gambetta amused by a visit from General Meredith Stead, former U S envoy at Athens. Stead presents a volume, has Gambetta read a self praise biography aloud, then declares Clest moi, prompting a formal greeting between the two distinguished figures. The scene highlights Stead’s pride and Gambetta’s amused reception.
A Washington dinner guest list recalls a salad that baffled tasters and a chef who resisted sharing the recipe. Colonel Charles Marshall recounts a Civil War moment where a horse, trained by a circus, danced on a stump amid cannon fire.
Two old friends, Jones and Growin, recall a snubbed flirt from their past in London. They joke about a Tilbury girl with a notorious face, then drift to Brook Tolland famed as the “nearest town in the world.” The town once banned horses in its streets for dreaminess.
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