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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1893
Page
6
Poetic piece contrasts country folk with city life. Narrator longs for rural memories, lakes and meadows, while the city hums with engines and bells. The speaker invites country friends to join in joy and nostalgia.
In a rural tale, Yao met Landry, a withdrawn farmer, is saved from drowning by Brigitte Lut, his long time servant. He rewards her with a 25 cent coin and a lottery ticket, which Brigitte later wins 100,000 francs with. Landry privately reveals his fortune and proposes marriage, culminating in a village wedding. The second item notes mint weight irregularities and a Confederate White House repurposed as a school in Richmond.
After the ceremony a husband questions his wife about a lottery ticket she supposedly bought with a twenty sous gift. She admits she bought fur lined slippers instead, causing a humorous exchange as Winter memories and a sly racket of misdirection surface. Landry grows yellow as the revelation lands.
A Washington DC jury awarded $500 to a plaintiff against the Baltimore Potomac Railroad for sleep disruption loud trains and noxious smells. The verdict challenges railroads by recognizing home comfort as a valid injury and may prompt many similar claims.
Citizens are invited to submit brief opinions on taxation for publication. Send thoughts to Tax on Society at the Tax Reform Department via P O Box 88 Buffalo NY for editor review and potential discussion.
The Central Labor Council of Cincinnati advocates direct legislation to reform lawmaking. It attacks the Strehli law favoring street railways and the failed Ford repeal of the Weitzel law, proposing referendums for approving laws and initiatives for proposing laws by specified citizen percentages.
Wa. G McLacGuain argues that interior voters oppose state tax reform and favor county option schemes to shield landowners from personal property taxes. He contends urban burdens fall on metropolitan businessmen while rural dwellers resist change, preferring land‑value strategies and local control over taxation.
Railroads urge farmers to resist taxes on personal property noting bonds are non taxable and stocks can be hidden or moved offshore, potentially weakening revenue.
An opinion piece criticizes a state commission that studies taxation, accusing it of serving plutocrats and favoring the wealthy while failing to address core questions of fairness. The Crusade questions the commission’s grasp of unjust taxation and the state’s rights to tax, urging focus on general welfare.
A composite column quotes civic uproar over police badges for bootblacks and license debates. It surveys debtors versus creditors on the New York stock exchange crisis, detailing vast government and bank debts, wage earners as creditors, savings, life policies, and farm mortgage fears with cautious views on tax relief effects.
An actor offers practical tips on theatrical makeup for diverse roles from young lovers to aged villains. Techniques cover powder, rouge, eye lines, and shading to transform faces for Lear Virginius and other figures, plus tips on avoiding corpse-like effects and handling grotesque disguises.
A theology professor in Berlin, Absent-Mindec Neander, was caught in a thunderstorm and could not name his street or house number. Aware he had moved, his sister had found closer lodgings near the university, revealing he briefly retraced the old route before learning the new campus location.
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