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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1893
Page
6
A fragmented verse blends clock sounds with motion between endings and beginnings. The piece shifts between backward and forward motion, pausing in a quiet, almost peaceful state before a sudden loud refrain. It ends with a clear, repeating tick tock.
A rugged Aspen district tale centers on Boulder and the Cheetah claim near Woody Creek. A silent prospector, his Mexican neighbor Ashiga, and a bold woman worker provoke dispute over rights and boundaries in September terrain.
Boulder and a mining woman confront a tunnel collapse as she tracks a vein. The incident ends with both reaching the surface amid debris and a tense exchange. The tale shifts to a French poet Marmontel and his thrifty schooling in Louis XV era France, noting frugality yet literary rise.
A fragment notes a person lying among a mass of belongings, fingers stained yellow from prayer mass, yet she uses them to write. The scene hints at resilience as she gathers strength to record what happened.
A brief dialogue shows alire, Boulder, praising a miner’s manlike stance. She writes in amused tone about not hesitating, miswriting “Jedy” as a playful tease, and easing her sharp chalk remark, signaling growing, though cautious, interest.
Boulder traces a ground mark to locate a creature in the petticoat, then Mrs Ashiga prepares to leave as a blanket flies from her cabin. Boulder invites her out and assists with a chalked message about an escape, while she hesitates to accept the offer and follows toward the blackboard.
The Mail and Express notes New York City Hebrew merchants account for about 250 million dollars in annual wholesale business across clothing, jewelry, meats, wines, tobacco, diamonds, hides and leather, illustrating their broad influence. It cites figures and paths of early immigrants like Joseph Seligman, Joseph Schiff, the Wormsers, Louis Strasbourger, and Lazarus Strauss.
A short, whimsical tale explains the pansy with five petals and sepals as a family symbol. The two plain petals are stepchildren, three gay petals are daughters and wife, and the largest gay petal is the wife with two chairs. The father is found by stripping away petals. The origin is likely French nicknaming the pansy the stepmother.
The New York Sun reports a mirror maze at the London horticultural exhibition. Visitors enter a crooked mirror walled corridor and reach a central hall where endless mirrored avenues converge. Reproductions surround the entrant in many places, creating disorienting reflections and confusion as people mistake shadows for others.
The gold brick swindler George W. Post was sentenced to twenty years at Sing Sing for robbing John M. Peck of Albany of ten thousand dollars. He charmed patrons with refined manners, staged elaborate cons across the United States and Europe, and partnered with Tom O'Brien. A history of arrests, escapes, and high living follows, ending with a journey that led to further arrest in Europe.
The article notes O'Brien’s unclear current status while Post, short on funds, returned to work and relied on a gold brick scheme. John M. Peck purchased the brick, and Post was arrested after the scheme collapsed, with a verdict of twenty years in the penitentiary. Post is 42 years old.
A discussion explains why the Moon stays in orbit. It compares the moon’s motion to an apple falling from Earth and notes Newton’s insight into universal gravitation. The piece argues Earth’s gravity prevents the Moon from drifting away, with the force weakening with distance.
Found in the Sewer describes sewer hunters arming with a bull's eye lantern a canvas apron and a seven to eight foot pole with iron attachment. They probe walls for valuables coins old iron jewelry and plate while walking underground day or night chasing likely finds amid rats and darkness.
A bright girl warns against sharing secrets with married friends arguing wives spread confidences to husbands. She vows to keep others' secrets private after marriage, noting the loss of privacy when secrets become common property through wives and club talk.
Victor J. Bradley explains Railway Mail Service clerks memorize 18 000 to 19 000 post offices. New hires undergo six month and four year training with periodic exams to ensure retention. Pay tops at 1300 dollars yearly with slow promotions and many seek other work.
Capt Powell recounts a nineteenth century Southern Convict Camp story about Cy Williams, a small Black child accused of stealing a horse. Warden Martin assigns a brick- hauling task to wear him down, forcing him to move bricks all day until the bricks wear out and he is punished for failures.
The Persians first adopted gloves with Romans wearing them before the empire fell. Evidence suggests gloves reached England early, as Saxon illuminated manuscripts show bishops and other high ranking figures with gloves, often adorned with rings.
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