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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1897
Page
3
A line from an old exchange shows Mrs Summens and Mr Boardman trading quips about a spring chicken as other boarders smile at the landlady’s expense. The fragment hints at social patter in a boarding house scene.
A public invitation urges women to write Mrs Lydia E Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts seeking help for female weakness. It stresses a woman speaking to a woman, confidentiality, no charge, and claims vast experience aiding over 100000 sufferers in four months with advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
A brief note recalls watch casings through history from gold to gold filled to other materials. The exchange mentions a watchmaker and a joke about casings, highlighting evolving fashion or durability in timepieces. The dialogue is informal and fragmented.
Last month’s Lennemes Centennial and Industrial Exposelden promises grand attractions, low rail rates via Louisville and Nashville routes, and cheap round trips. Travel agents and General Passenger Agent A. PL Atmore of Lowinville, Kentucky, stand ready to offer schedules and information.
A short, clipped item notes that Miss Hawkins is said to be in decline per a local voice. The remark comes from a contemporaneous family or neighbor, reflecting concern over Hawkins health.
James M Woolworth of Omaha addressed the American Bar Association at its Cleveland meeting and is described as one of Nebraska’s foremost lawyers. He was the first Omaha city attorney, admitted to practice before the U S Supreme Court in 1862, and has argued numerous cases before the court. He holds LL D and L H D degrees from Racine College and the University of Nebraska, respectively, with D C L from Trinity University. He is portrayed as a driver of Omaha citizenship and a renowned legal figure.
A veteran Chicago detective now in Denver recalls leading a 1870s pursuit of White Caps terrorizing southern Colorado. He cites arrests of William Green and William Relic and a $1000 bounty promised for killers. Washington residents affected by territorial politics face Congress oversight and loss of local voice.
Princess Maud of Wales wears a neat tailored suit resembling a riding habit with a plain skirt as she cycles, drawing attention to a practical yet stylish outfit during public appearances.
A five quarter mile Chinese bridge with 300 masonry piers sits 64 feet above the water. Claimed to have been built by Chinese engineers 00 years ago. Also reports on a new testing machine at MIT capable of 500000 pounds pressure for full masonry arches. Electric power ideas in Africa discussed, including Nile cataracts and Victoria Falls schemes in Matabeleland and Transvaal. Sunspot and weather connections explored by Royal Meteorological Society. Ladybirds introduced to combat pests in Sandwich Islands. Debates on Earth's shape and top heaviness noted by French scientist De FP Apparent. Fossil-rich Salwn hofen quarries highlighted for geology and prehistory.
It is stated the Solenhofen quarries near exhaustion and a new lithographic stone supply is needed. Excellent stone of the required kind is found in Tennessee, offering a domestic source. Meanwhile Germany discusses substituting aluminum for Solenhofen stone.
A London teacher and Moore confidante Amelia Kohler, who died in Mount Vernon at 92, is credited by friends with inspiring the poem The Last Rose of Summer. The tale says Kohler urged Moore to write about the rose, a dedication attributed to Kohler and shaping the poem’s fame.
An old account describes fire starting methods before modern tinder boxes. A note highlights a singular technique used by a semi savage Easter Turlet tribe involving a wooden cylinder and piston to compress air and strike tinder. Sir William Gan notes the method requires precise skill to produce a flame.
In a British cavalry command a trooper who is dismounted must lie still to avoid injury. The standing order states that if he remains motionless, the squadron may pass over him without causing harm. The notion attributes deliberate horse avoidance to training and discipline.
Guidance on selecting a puppy suggests letting the mother decide which pup to keep. The mother’s first choice is presented as the best, and the text notes concerns about gossip and misapprehensions surrounding the pups.
A vintage medical ad touts Hosterberts Stomach Bitters as a cure for malaria and related ailments. It claims the remedy cleanses the liver stomach and bowels while rebuilding a weakened system. Constipation liver issues and nervousness are said to be conquered by it.
A Toledo Blade excerpt notes Texas chain gangs with bloodhounds on day shifts and convicts sleeping in a night cage. Separately, a Wyoming game warden reports 30 000 elk wintering in Jackson Hole with a 15 000 herd spanning six miles along snow packed trails by the Snake River and Gros Ventre region.
Druggists and shoe dealers hail Allen's Foot-Ease by Allen H Olmsted Le Roy N Y as best seller for swollen tender or aching feet. It eases tight shoes and may relieve corns bunions and foot sweating instantly. Sample offers and price noted. Queen Victoria early sketching days cited with Duchess of Kent as tutor. 1933 dated drawings to be offered for sale with autographs.
Historical ad style listing various patent remedies with prices and odd lines. Mentions Hall's Catarch Cure priced at 75 cents, plus unrelated health tips and household receipts used as money in Virginia, and miscellaneous product names and mottos.
A brutal duel between a horse and a boar on Arthur Munson’s farm, eighteen miles north of Warsaw Indiana, lasted twenty minutes. The horse suffered fatal wounds from tusks while the boar died from severe kicks, both animals dying shortly after the fight ended.
A Brockton Massachusetts reader reports six months of illness including womb displacement headaches hysteria and numbness ending after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Blood Purifier and Savative Wash. She claims complete recovery and urges others to try the treatment.
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