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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1903
Page
2
The Reton Clipper previews future politics with candidate lists for state and county posts including Cummins supporters and rivalries. It notes international turmoil, possible Clerk of Courts candidacy, and a planned county visit to inspect the fair and court house while signaling an upcoming bond obligation showdown.
A mixed feature recounts Davy Crockett’s electioneering anecdotes and a Raleigh speech, interwoven with unrelated notes on fruit seed indigestion and a moonlit romance. It also discusses English treasure trove law and its crown ownership, noting changes in modern enforcement and discovery caveats.
A British painter sits for judgment on a landscape at the Royal Academy. The piece is condemned as awful by all except Constable who admits authorship and gratitude before the head carpenter is sent to remove the work.
A Cleveland Plaza dealer laments trust in a boastful con with a ring he believed to be real. A Philadelphia Bulletin note links betting on luck to a run of good deals and wary talk of wealth.
A man at a Dark Row restaurant called for the pepper, prompting a waitress to use a hairpin to free the openings. He suddenly grabbed his hat and left in haste, leaving staff astonished and the joke about his impatience echoing through the room.
A curious legend links three cold days January 39 and 31 and Yeb L to Constantinople Wresela and the Danube Rhine region. It says all blackbirds turned black after sheltering in chimneys during that medieval year. Brescia celebrates as Triori della meria the feast of the transformation of the bird.
A humorous exchange from the Philadelphia Press and Antrim quotes a Mrs Hanskeap-Suppose I should give you a nice dinner today what time would you return. Flangry Wiggins replies If I liked your cooking I would return in ten as I could. The lines echo a playful take on hospitality and timing.
A Parade of old-time vignettes runs from a story by Commander Edward Barrett about plated ware repurposed for diplomacy. It recalls officers gifting a ladle to African potentate Kiloy Gilly with ribbons and a hat, then shifts to health, digestion, bergamot, Absence, and various humorous scraps about life, taste, and marriage in a sweeping, rambling magazine fragment.
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