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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1900
Page
4
A Siberian merchant shipped fruit from Irkutsk to Chita. Rail charges were 170 rubles, but tips to officials added 120 rubles, as officials claimed cars were sick and needed repairs. Each station repeated the delay until payments allowed travel, with merchants including tips in prices for consumers.
Laundry manager warns of valuables left in clothes after recounting two incidents. A woman sent dresses containing $390 in cash that survived washing and drying untouched. In another case a Boston-bound opera dress shipment hid a $150 diamond that was found only after the owner reported the loss.
A garbled excerpt blends anecdotes about a duke visiting a squatter with notes on Chinese time-telling by eye physiology and a Stratford House scene involving Lady Dartmont. The text preserves dated lore and social quips, illustrating Victorian-era curiosities and manners.
A humorous London to Washington piece recounts Elder Ireland, a witty Kentucky townsman, who dines with a Washington hostess and asks for seed of spaghetti after enjoying it. He quips about growing spaghetti in Kentucky while a Cleveland Leader anecdote details a Massillon preacher who overstates stories and a whacky ague cure via a creek bath.
A dubious tale recalls Gordon receiving the limited yellow jacket and related rites in the Taiping era while Celestial officials confer the royal mark. The crowd records the ceremony as arduous, with attendants dressing Gordon in finery over hours.
A reflective piece on mutual admiration within relationships emphasizing home life and love. It contrasts what women admire in men with the broader value of men who support a comfortable, well-kept home for a beloved partner. Other fragments discuss extreme high altitudes and average human heights.
An international boundary survey party reports a dramatic airborne fight between a California vulture and a five foot rattlesnake in the Cocopah mountains of Lower California. The vulture grasped the snake, dropped it, and both plunged toward the earth before the bird recovered and carried off its meal.
A fragmentary notice describes a stone portrait found in Jedburgh graveyard near the abbey. The 1578 memorial to Alison Henchels shows weathered inscriptions, with locals debating whether the likeness depicts a familiar elderly woman or a symbolic figure.
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