27 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1907
Page
1
The breadfruit tree provides more than fruit. Ripe fruit yields yellow juicy slices often roasted or baked as bread substitutes. Villagers cook large oven-bakes, while pulp kept white before ripening makes palatable fare. Breadfruit also yields cement from milky sap, cloth from bark fibers, and lumber for building.
Read fragments discuss humor in aging and pride, the rack as an ancient witness torture, granite as Earth’s bedrock and life’s trace in rocks, and a comic exchange about a graphophone across apartment doors. Names include Chicago Tribune and Atchison Globe.
The piece describes a dynamiter’s methods and knowledge in handling explosives. It covers rock assessment, high grade charges, drilling plans, blasting sequence, electrical setup, and the risky tradecraft used to mislead observers. It notes quarry work, railroad context, and the balance of practical skill with danger.
A playful exchange recalls a joke about Wordsworth in which a friend teases Jim that he has not seen the poet. Lamb and the line “Then yourye xeen Wordsworth” appear in a faded anecdote, illustrating their witty circle and literary banter.
A garbled guide to stain removal methods appears alongside a narrative about a foreign visitor in the US Senate gallery. The stains involve alcohol salt and kerosene steps, boiling water and lemon juice, with indelible ink treated by salt and oxalic acid. A brief scene shows a visitor claiming citizenship and being directed to the correct gallery entrance.
The text extols cockney humor as the best in our language and notes Dickens and various London figures. It recalls London streets, abbey proximity, and taverns fueling witty dialogue from Ben Jonson to Sam Tolinson and the Dock.
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