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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1892
Page
7
The piece argues tiny farm pests like the Hessian fly, chinch bug, army worm, and codling moth cause vast damage nationwide. It notes billions in losses from Colorado beetles and chinch bugs, outlining the need for cooperative, sustained action to combat these unseen invaders and protect farmers' livelihoods.
A traveler recalls a peculiar mail carrier sprinting across a flooded ford and rocky path in Western North Carolina. The old man carried a mail pouch and claimed to make a daily thirty seven mile route to Franken Franklin and back, riding part of the way and walking the rest to save his horse. He quoted a yearly wage of 340 dollars but said it was not much.
An elderly maiden who opposed "followers" keeps a parrot. After a maid shames her, the bird declares the wish "I wish the old lady was dead" in front of all. The vicar lends his parrot to rebuke the phrase, leading to a parrot duel of prayers versus curses. The tale ends with a quip on treasure in Heaven and a boy’s honesty.
The famous bronze lion of St. Mark in the Piazzetta Venice has been restored and reinstalled on its column. Its origin spans eras, possibly dating before our era, with theories it once adorned an Assyrian palace. The granite shaft was realigned by Signor Vendrasco after instability last year, restoring perpendicular alignment in three days.
A report on an Irish-Chinaman in Augusta living at McIntosh and Callahan, detailing his Irish heritage, travel, and family, followed by notes on Rheumatism remedies with Hostetter's Bitters, a description of Black Rain phenomena in Montreal, and upcoming Northwestern Line excursions with ticket details.
A historical notice warns that bamboo shoots may carry deadly poison hairs causing ulceration of the digestive tract. It also touts syrup of figs as a kidney and bowel aid for travelers, sold in 50 cent and one dollar bottles by leading druggists.
From September 13 to 20 round trip tickets to Washington D C will be sold at low rates with several eastern routes from Chicago. Details available from HC Cheney general agent at Pea and Nebraska streets Sioux City Iowa.
Farmers on the Pacific coast discuss if a pig tail is useless or useful as an indicator of health and feeding. The piece mentions a Virginia campaign sketch by General Boynton with a map, and reports Havana travel hazards and a Brooklyn traveler’s three sentences. Also notes Beecham's Pills for stomach related ailments and a French widow's odd bequest of 1,000,000 francs to Africa’s deepest explorer with five hundred men allowed, half to return.
A man loses a field glass on the Plaza des Armes in Mexico City. Three policemen bring a prisoner to testify against the thief. Within minutes in court, the thief is sentenced to five years as a Mexican army soldier and the glass is returned. A jumble of ads and odd facts follows, including medical cures, a Virginia mosquito record, and various notarized claims amid a miscellany of 19th century clippings.
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