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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1909
Page
3
A lullaby plea asks the wandering wind to fold its wings and the sea to calm, as a baby sleeps at the speaker’s breast. The poem invokes whispering trees guardian stars and a lord of earth sea and sky to bless the home tonight. The author is Yaris Brooke.
The speaker recalls a Civil War episode where Private Livingston faces dereliction of duty after witnessing a guard fail to notice a prisoner escaping. The Confederate planter father contends his son, but the judge orders a life forfeit. The son requests mercy. Livingston is acquitted in consideration of his act, and the pair depart in reunion.
An article describes a truck mounted boring machine that creates uniform holes to six feet deep. Powered by an engine with dual friction clutches, it uses a large auger to drill through hardpan sandstone and sand. Two workers operate the device, which balances on the front section of the truck.
A writer notes Jones and Brown crawling along the highway where they once sped. Jones asks why Brown now drives slowly as citizens carry home garden tools. Brown jokes that you cannot run over a man without risking a poncture. The piece hints that office holders rarely work to be reelected.
Travers sits in a cafe dreamily watching Nan Weatherly, recalling a past love and a failed engagement. He confesses lingering feelings and a plan to marry, while Nan reveals she is not married and hesitates with Saunders still pursuing her. Travers proposes visiting Rev. Charles McCracken to help them reunite.
The fragment recalls a Pine board epitaph near Tombstone Arizona marking a hawie made atave. Six playing cards found in the hand of the grave occupant were tacked on the board by a fellow poker player. The note contrasts women's fashion tyrannies with the coat as the ultimate tyrant.
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