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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1911
Page
2
The Very Worst Dinner Anecdote From New York
Clement J. Driscoll at a New York dinner shared a string of humorous anecdotes about his year as a weights and measures official. A grocer quips about underweight shop totals and the inspector catching him giving only fifteen ounces. The grocer admits seventeen ounces were given instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement J. Driscoll
New York
Mr. Dritell
Salve to Conscience at Concert Causes Odd Conduct
A concert scene features two women amid a seating clash. One woman with a conscience offers a polite response about her hat, while others strain to see around her. The moment reflects social awkwardness and idle chatter during the performance.
Contagious Disease Cure Advertised By Stody Medical Co
An old advertisement promises a remedy for distemper in chickens and suggests it protects against other diseases. It claims to prevent the spread of contagion and offers free samples or bottles of their product Contagious Therase or similar names. The text is fragmentary and part of a medical ad from a bygone era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beck
Stody Medical Ca
Geli
Ind
Sloan
A.W. Lay
Lafayette
Ala
Toostag L. Bic
Easton
G.G. Jonze
Haldane
Deaters
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
Fragmented Harsh Riff on Social Scenes and Ads
A garbled OCR fragment references a variety of topics including a poker event, a bazaar, and miscellaneous product mentions. The text weaves through sentiments about beauty cards, religious or moral phrases, and a tangle of names and phrases, concluding with a vague ad-like line about saving money.
Tailors and literary wit in a campus chat
Professor Brander Matthews critiques criticism and jokes about tailor and cutter topics in a Columbia lecture. A witty exchange with a sharp girl and a farmer about summer pests and boarders follows in a humorous riff on language and pretension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brander Matthews
Columbia
Taflor and Cutter
Carlyle
Johnson’s Bank Busy Pitcher Delays Winning Games
After Walter Johnson, the Washington pitcher, held out for more pay and signed a rich deal, he pitched poorly in several games. George Brown quips that Johnson is too busy going to the bank to pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Johnson
Washington
Johnson
George Brown
Popular
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised for life changes
A reader from Natick Massachusetts describes relief from severe change of life symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes sleeplessness cold limbs and nervousness and urges others to seek Mrs Pinkham's confidential advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lyra BR
Pinkham
Lydia
Nanan G. Getator
Main Street
Natick
Mana
Lydia Tr. Pinkham
In Woman's World Colors and Styles of Paris Hats
Paris millinery fashions feature dark browns and slate blues with ivy greens and lavenders for belts and coverings. Descriptions cover medium to large hats with ostrich feathers, white aigrettes, velvet brims, and beaded decorations, noting Breton shapes and velvet alongside fur-like effects as the season’s popular looks.
How to Make Old Lace From Newspaper Strips
A method to create lace trim using newspaper strips. Cut strips wider than the lace edge, sew edges, roll around a tube, seal and let set for weeks to months to acquire a neat antique look. This process yields lace-like results from plain newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spres
Calor
Ineo
Black and White Hats Dominate Paris Fashion Opening
The article describes a Paris season emphasis on black and white millinery. Plush, velvet, satin, and felt shapes appear in extensive ranges with black velvet and white felt or fabric hats, trimmed with contrasting colors and rare erminelike plush textures.
Glove Trends for Fall Featured in Embroidered Styles
Readers note fashion briefs on gloves with Fearliy and Jong styles favored this fall though brighter colored reeves are not yet proven. Sleves of Challate material remain popular for washability and practicality while new premium brown tape gloves appeal to everyday wearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amnion Il Hee
Maine
Embroidery Jabots and Fashioned Necktie Fixings
The article describes jabots featuring Hamburg embroidery and wide lace fronts as a fashionable arrangement for women. It notes French imports influence neckwear, with American women favoring simpler, softer effects in sheer fabrics like Batiste and fine lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Fashionable girdles and cleaning tips from a bygone era
The article describes fashionable girdles using materials like raps bead metal and pyroxylin with various embellishments. It notes cord links, ornamental pins, and a fastening pin to replace knots. It also offers quick methods to clean white felt hats and wire screens and includes a serialized verse about autumn.
Calumet Baking Powder Delivers Real Economy
The ad argues that cheap large cans waste money as uneven quality causes baking failures. Calumet Baking Powder, priced at 25¢ per pound, is positioned as reliable and economical because of precise chemist-made formulas and premium ingredients. It claims certainty of light sweet lifts and a guaranteed fail-free bake, endorsed by a Highest Award at the Florida Pure Food Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orida Pura
Calumet
Clearly Outclassed by Rapid Pace of Learning
Mr. Cumrox laments how minds are quicker and speaks of a daughter who has spent eighteen months away to echoos learning Greek Latin philosophy dancing music mathematics lawn tennis painting and astronomy while he admits he cannot spell half the English words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Cumrox
Echoos
Not in Vain Noted in Odd Travel Stream
A fragmentary item mentions Mount Ararat and a mountain resort with an ocean view. The piece includes exclamations about a voyage not being in vain and a stray slang line about firearms and girls' batpinas, reflecting chaotic OCR text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ararat
Patient testimonial praises Peruna for headaches and backache relief
Mia. Joseph Lacelle of Ottawa Hast Ontario writes of nine months of backache and headache suffering then credits Peruna with relieving her misery. She claims the medicine improved her condition and saved her from a half alive state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lacelle
Glenora
Ottawa
Hast
Ontario
Canada
Madgern Pharmacy Adverts in Narrow 19th Century Text
Fragmentary lines mention a pharmacy, a college president speaking to a parent about a student becoming a druggist, and promises of lectures on roads stamps cigars perfumery rada water candy. Also references to Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Vellets and continued business chatter with names like Lippincott’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madgern Pharmacy
Free Caldwell Syrup Fensin For Kids Health
Advice promotes Caldwell’s Syrup Fensin as a gentle laxative for common children’s intestinal troubles. Cites testimonials from Mrs Mead and Mrs Whiting and offers a free sample by sending address to Dr Caldwell at Caldwell Building Monticello Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldweill
Tita
Dr. Caldwell
Caldwell
Caldwell Building
Montealla
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Burma
Flores
Tal Jackson
Gof
Rad
Bears
Lydia E.pinkham
Etaatear
Lower
Rintirati & Valley
Defiance Starch Mors Ite Servicest
Paris
Willian Gillette
New York Sun
Siage
Willon Gillette
Dr. Watron
William Pinkerton
Clonan Doyle
Sherisek Tiolmes
William Pin Jkerton
Rica
Ang
Thadea
Arieves
A . Holmecoen
Ehutdhorn
Enicker
Bocker
Batpina
Peru-Na
Ans
John J. Keefe
Nebraska
Thompson
Agera
Pierce
Madge
George Sealing
Marjorie
Lippinesti’s
Carter
Rayo
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