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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1905
Page
6
A sprawling page column reviews Russia and Japan from a prewar lens with scattered notes on figures like Russell Sage and Curzon. It mentions Maikop Robespierre Roosevelt and the Russo Japanese War’s outcomes, interspersed with social anecdotes, medical briefings, and cultural musings.
A garbled relic recalls a benevolent looking convict with side whiskers and a warden who allegedly benefited in a tire scheme. One inmate serves life while another, a ninety day prisoner, is linked to a woman who exploited him for a foal.
Fractured lines depict a chaotic chat about dressing for an event as bystanders mock the scene. The garbled speech mentions a county cousin, an opera, and unclear phrases about clothing and seating, all attributed to a Philadelphia source.
The article explains ship to ship and ship to station signaling using flag alphabets and semaphore. It details color flags three shapes for letters, semaphore with three arms, international use, and efficient messaging to avoid delays. It notes code books, bearings, and flags indicating piloting, ballast, and health warnings at sea.
The article outlines international code flags colors meanings and pennant signals used in marine signaling. It explains how hoisted flags convey messages with specific pennants indicating whether a signal is being addressed, repeated, or opened for continuation and notes the limit of four flags per signal and the use of the close up position for acknowledgement.
A historical excerpt describes the use of alpha signals and a flag semaphore system. It explains how flags represent letters and numbers, how to indicate decimal points and word endings, and how repeated letters must be split across hoists. It notes three shapes for letters and the semaphore arm positions.
Desperate clashes between Tartars and Armenians in Batu and surrounding villages escalate into widespread killing and arson. Baku suffers heavy damage as government troops attempt to restore order amid vast destruction of refineries and industry.
The text explains arm positions beside a post indicator and a drum shaped arm 4 on the same side as the indicator. It notes semaphore signals take longer than flags, needing two hoists, while thirty seven urgent signals need only one hoist.
A collage of humorous anecdotes and quips from Philadelphia Record Philadelphia Press Brooklyn Life Punch Puck Chicago Daily News and others. Snappy exchanges cover marriage drinking civic life politics and social foibles with quick witticisms and dated slang.
Fragmentary text outlines a British order of merit and royal conferment, mentioning India and a prince, with garbled phrases about decoration and war. No coherent event or date is identifiable.
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