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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1893
Page
7
A historical tale recalls a young Adlai E. Stevenson forging a future ambition. At a spring he carved on a rock the inscription Pres. U. S. and My Little Ellen. A schoolyard joke followed as peers teased him about the carved message.
A stream of satirical verses critiques politics education and leadership. It comments on public schools as central to the nation, questions female voters, and mocks political reform while promoting Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a treatment for malaria and related ailments. It mentions N. K. Brown's Essence Jamaica Ginger as a cure.
Childrens column recounts a nautical tale with a Passenger and her children aboard a small craft. The Captain and Mate guide them through peril as waves rise and the voyage tests courage, ending with rescue and arrival on shore.
A collage of verse and prose pieces recalls childhood moments. It blends a lyric about a family on an island with verses about a toddler learning to speak, dress, and draw. Classical scenes from Prison Life of Marie Antoinette and a Little Boy Blue vignette follow, ending with a child’s call for his lost Cynthia and a weary mother’s search.
Experiments indicate crowd weights of 140 to 150 pounds per square foot. Typical dense crowds yield 80 to 100 pounds per square foot, but larger loads up to 143 147 pounds per square foot occurred in trials. Implications for railway stations, platforms, and exit areas are noted by Prof Kernot and Stoney.
The household head rants about a gas bill and orders Ruth to serve notice on Slimjim. He laments expenses and threatens eviction while the young woman pleads that gas use is minimal after retirement.
The Philadelphia Record notes canceled American postage stamps fetch premium in the far East. Missionaries and Sunday school children collect stamps, sending thousands to China where natives prize them for decoration, creating a large nationwide collection effort.
A woman returns from Africa with a gum copal containing a tiny embedded lizard. A water drop moves inside the transparent casket when handled. She explains the Arab symbolism, saying envy is cured by the act of accepting the envied item, part of their creed.
The article explains that Japan divides the day into six day hours and six night hours from sunrise to sunset and from sunset to sunrise. Clocks use 123 numerals, but hand movements are adjusted by mechanisms to match day length and light.
A column discusses sleep deprivation among Civil War veterans and a Corset for the Foot, noting endurance of fatigue in a Southern officer and a blockade runner now ship captain. It also explains the origin of punctuation marks and a clock aiding sleep, plus shoe construction and cow age indicators.
A miscellany of short items: a German officer fined for civilian disguise and warned about visiting officers. the Oroya Railroad linking Peru to the Amazon, built over 26 years with English finance. a Virginia hunter who survived a bear attack near Monterey. spontaneous ignition of tall lemn grass in Ceylon. a patent tonic claim for cleansing the system. ostrich taming in Africa. various patent medicines and anecdotal notes on industry and health.
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