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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1898
Page
8
A vivid note on the anvil bird of Brazil describing its white plumage pale gray eyes and bright green facial skin. The guide explains the bird makes a far reaching hammer like clink at dawn while perched high in withered trees, a marvel of its small biology.
A New York Herald notion suggests folding a simple paper bag as a portable hat protector for travelers. The device slips into a purse or pocket, opens to hold the hat, and shields it from dust and cinders during rail journeys until arrival.
A fragmentary item notes letters received by a rural bank firm and mentions readers and novels. The text shows garbled names and phrases, including references to banks, authors, and a reader’s farewell.
The article traces glass making from Egypt 8064 E to British Museum items like a lion head amulet. It notes uncertain origins, Egyptian primacy, and transfer of glass artistry through Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Venetians, medieval monks, to modern times as told in Woman's Home Companion.
A Seattle paper recounts a tale of an old Scottish widow unable to pay for a drink. She asks her granddaughter to borrow whisky from Donald McCallum, offering the Bible as security. The girl returns with the Bible, and the grandmother rages that no one will honor her word or God for a mere measure of whisky.
The readable fragments discuss poisons and a potentially historic debate about their effects. Mentions of a public discussion, a trial or inquiry context, and references to ancient or hereditary themes appear vague. Key names, dates, and outcomes are not clearly identifiable in the text.
A garbled OCR passage mentions several proper nouns and places in a jumble of words. Readable fragments hint at names like Warren and Thos, with a possible local event or notice. The text remains unclear but implies a bulletin or notice page capture.
The Illinois Central R B 1898 edition is rewritten to 243 pages with letters from northern farmers about prospect location along the Illinois Central Railroad across Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana. It includes town and city writeups and aims to provide information on the most accessible prosperous areas of the South. Free copies are available from J Merry A G P A Clinois Central BR F Meuchester IN.
A sixteen page volume features new and carrect maps of Cuba, the Philippines, the West Indies, North America, and Europe. Each map measures 14 by 21 inches and costs 25 cents. published by Rand, McNally & Co. and available through the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway agent at the depot.
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