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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1899
Page
2
The piece outlines statewide and county slates with nominees for Governor, Supt, Railroad Commissioner, and others. It critiques the Kentucky Democratic split, Bryan’s intervention, and the risk to Democratic and national outcomes with fear of war rhetoric and public sentiment.
A fragment from Pompeii dated August 79 shows a bread baked in an ancient oven now preserved in a Naples museum. The carbonized loaf weighs about two pounds, resembles a large English loaf, and bears the baker's imprint. Other foods, fruits, and preserved remnants from the eruption are noted as rare finds.
A fragmentary historical excerpt recounts Lord Beaconsfield admired in English views during Civil War era travels from Virginia to London and Liverpool. It includes satirical and curious old advertisements from American and Australian papers and a court notice from Belleswig-Holstein seeking a declared-dead man, with names and places like England Germany and Altona.
A correspondent asks how postmaster salaries compare. In the United States, postmasters in San Francisco Chicago Washington Boston Detroit Denver Or Portland and York receive 6000 dollars annually. Other cities list 2800 to 3600. In England postmasters in Liverpool Manchester receive 500 per year and others in Birmingham Newcastle Belfast Cardiff and details vary around 3500. Subscribe for the INDEX.
Victorian notes recount the lilac’s arrival in England lore from Nonsuch Palace inventories to its names and symbolism. It covers pipe-tree aliases and scents noted by Gerart, English regional names like Mayflower and Soldier’s Feather, and cautions about bringing white lilac indoors. The piece then shifts to a modern anecdote about Andrew Carnegie and property, followed by a humorous domestic moment about cold plunge cures and a delayed morning bath.
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