18 Oct 1907
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1907
Page
1
The breadfruit tree, native to southern Asia and the Pacific, grows up to forty feet with large divided leaves. It bears a yellow ripe fruit eaten roasted or baked. bread is made from it for village ovens. Beyond food, the tree yields cement from milky juice, coarse cloth from bark, and timber for houses.
A scattered essay fragment discusses a sharp young wit, truth telling, and risky stunts like rail jumping. It then explains the ancient rack used to pressure witnesses, detailing the frame and rollers. The piece adds geology notes on granite as Earth’s bedrock and a comic exchange about a graphophone at a Chicago flat.
A fragmentary remark about Charles Lamb and Wordsworth in a playful exchange. A friend quips Lamb has seen Words worth while Lamb counters with a pun about seeing Wordsworth, suggesting a humorous mishearing of the poet’s name.
A fragmentary feature describes a quarry dynamiter using nitrate explosives, drill work, and electrical timing to break rock. It sketches his cautious craft, rivalries, and the risky, lawless ambience around the trade in a railroad setting.
Cleaning tips include removing wine rust ink and grease with salt lemon juice and ammonia. A Philadelphia Ledger writer is told the Senate gallery is reserved for foreign representatives, then learns the gallery is reserved for American citizens, and is guided to the door for Americans.
A compact note traces famed London figures like Chaucer Dickens and local tavern culture as sources of cockney humor. It highlights how London streets and abbeys shape speech, scenes, and illustrations, preserving a lively legacy in literature and songs.
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