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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1893
Page
2
A children story segment presents Tiny banished to a garden where she befriends Little Dame Trot through a palings exchange with a black kitten. Activity ideas follow for a party game using slips of paper to create two part sentences and noun additions.
A vivid description explains how children in tropical regions pick nutmegs. Nutmeg trees stand twenty feet apart with glossy leaves. Ripe fruit splits to reveal the nutmeg kernel, harvested by children who thrash branches with poles. Perfumed air sometimes overwhelms the gatherers.
A retold Hawaiian tale cites Hakalanileo’s son Niheu who searches for his mother Hiua, rescues her from Haupu, destroys the captor Kaupeepee, and slays fifteen hundred men in triumph, as recorded by the New York Ledger.
Garnets take their name from the red hyacinths of antiquity and were prized by Romans and Persians. The common garnet resembles red wine, while the carbuncle is a deep hemispherical cut. Vermilion garnet blends yellow. almandine from Payue yields purple red hues and large crystals. Garnets declined in value since Mary Queen of Scots era when her necklace carbuncle was worth 500 crowns.
A famed Indian painter recalls traveling in Montana years ago. At a mountain hotel table he waited for breakfast when a huge bearded man in a broad hat leapt onto him. The man brandished two revolvers and asked for his order, then revealed he was the waiter.
Investigators report the average adult brain weight of males exceeds that of females by about five ounces. The male brain is larger, with the gap widening as race development progresses, noting European males surpass European females more than African males surpass African females.
The passage lists nine Supreme Court justices including the Chief Justice. It notes ten Circuit Judges aiding by Supreme Judges, nine judges in the new United States Court of Appeals, and sixty five District Court Judges. Courts convene where designated by acts of Congress and statutes.
In 1892, Germany saw 24 Shakespeare dramas produced by 129 companies across 640 performances. The Merchant of Venice led with 77 performances, followed by Slamlew and Othello with 75 and 71. Richard III and As You Like It had 37 and 39, Curio Janus 2, and Henry V once.
A Harper's Bazar quip notes a Civil War major kept calm yet not collected during battle. The speaker humorously lists injuries and misplacements like a leg, an arm, and a Jeft car, underscoring the chaotic scene with wit.
A lighthearted Texas Siftings joke collection riffs on preachers, lawyers, doctors, and editors with dry and juicy lines. The bit opens with a waiter and a baron banter about food, half a roast duck, and wary humor about who ate the other half.
A fragment from Street & Smith's Good News presents a sharp domestic exchange. A neighbor questions a mother about a child’s behavior while the mother defends the girl as fitting a decent family, sparking a terse family dispute.
A frail exchange between a mother and Fannie on allowances for children in winter. The mother insists on guarding her kids from the cold while Fannie suggests letting them slide. The brief reflects a domestic dialogue from Texas Sistings.
A collage of humorous phrases and quips extracted from various periodicals like New York Weekly and Texas Siftings. Jests include misread accents, street chatter, and playful exchanges about dolls hats and dogs, with stray captions and cartoonish captions. The items resemble an 19th century gag page.
A comic exchange unfolds as Snooper, rising, recalls a needed mail item and thanks the waiter. Tim reminders lead to humorous quips about a hen and coal, highlighting local vernacular and playful banter in a Lite style dialogue.
A fragmentary collage references a singing bird sold on installments to Mrs Pepper and a witty exchange about payment. It cites Fliegende Blaetter, Puck, Electric Spark, and Tit-Bits with quips on composers, color blindness among planters, corsage fashion, and a masher compliment gone wrong.
A brief quotation from Puck contends that the world owes no compound interest to those postponing payment, arguing against delayed repayment with the notion of a living owed by society and no accrual of interest.
A brief comic snippet shows Maud and Mamie debating hoop-skirts and skimpy dresses with a tongue in cheek joke from Puck about fashion. Hicks boasts of winning quarrels via telephone by saying it and then hanging up, a gag echoed in Truth.
A collage of brief humor notes and social tidbits from early newspapers. Dialog snippets capture flirtations, accusations of weakness, marital jokes, and waitress banter. A stray tip on chimney cleaning ends the fragment.
A narrative on Alfred Krupp and his son highlights the workers at Essen’s Krupp steel works who, in 1888 after the founder’s death, erected a statue and received a gift of $100,000 to build cottages for widows, or infirm workers. The piece praises the family’s humane gesture and contrasts labor capital harmony with future security for thousands. It also notes bird behavior descriptions from period sources.
The text notes that raptors, when captured, can display a bloom on their plumes resembling grapes, a condition not often seen in captivity, suggesting a rare natural feature observed in the wild.
Two lifelong friends Abram Green and Benjamin Brown faced a potential string of lawsuits. Uncle John Berry acted as judge on two conditions: no lawyers and they must accept his verdict. He ordered each to pay fifty cents and go home, or pay $200 due to the signed bond. They paid and remained friends.
Insomnia among both adults and children grows and spread in modern life. Shared beds aggravate restless sleep and spread illness risks. Advocates urge separate sleeping arrangements to protect delicate throats and chests and to keep nurseries orderly like hospital wards.
The Protestant controversialist Pribulation Cumming invites Cardinal Newman to public dispute in Birmingham. Newman declines, saying his strength lies in the violin and offers a musical contest instead. At a dinner a noble lord comments on Italy, Newman replies China, drawing no further response.
Tales from Maine shipyards recount a skilled yet drunken carpenter who, asked to hew a bolt on a stone block, crafts a flawless bolt with a broad ax. He then shatters the ax on the stone and quips he can cut the bolt but not make the ax stick, prompting the foreman to hire him on the spot.
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