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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1900
Page
4
S. Martin in Dareper’s Weekly predicts New York will gain greatly from abandoning horse power for vehicles. Autotracks and electric cabs reduce horse use, paving may shift to smooth streets, and streets will be cleaner with less dust. Horseless stages and quieter traffic follow as cities shed horse labor.
A January report in the Railroad Gazette recounts a near collision on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul route north of Sioux City. A freight train and a passenger engine nearly met on a curve, thanks to distracted crews. quick signaling and alert staff averted disaster.
Researchers revisit the late observer’s claims on migration speeds. They question reported rates such as 368 miles per hour for gray crow and higher estimates for the blue throated warbler. The text notes birds vary in speed, with water crossing and water landings cited as energy-saving tactics.
A compact survey traces thirteen popes named Leo from Leo I the Great through Leo XIII. It notes reign lengths, notable deeds such as Leo I crowning Charlemagne, Leo IX’s scholarship and canonization, Leo X’s Renaissance era, and Leo XIII’s late-life pontificate. The piece remarks on gaps in succession and the lone Leo XI briefly in 1605, with a final reflection on one Leo predating Norse conquest of Britain.
A report in the New York Times discusses the green ray or green flash, its observation in mountains and Egypt, and reports by Plot Bey and William Goll. It notes the blue tint preceding the green and references ancient Egyptian mentions of sunlit emeralds at dawn.
An event at a Cape Town lion show shows the trainer, surrounded by a full grown lion, saved by a lone spectator’s whistle imitation of a constrictor’s hiss. The beast cowers and retreats, allowing the trainer to escape the danger.
A distorted tale traces Jack Horner to a real episode around Henry VIII and Melbury Abbey. It suggests a clever ploy with a royal parchment inside a pastry to smuggle deeds to London, but the ruse failed as the documents remained with Horner.
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