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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1892
Page
15
A compact selection of tips and observations on daily happenings and opinions. Items include remarks on truth, action, motives, and health, with satirical and moral commentary. A note on Chief Kicking Bear emerging from a sanitarium is mentioned among miscellaneous reflections and proverbs.
The note recalls how Yankee humor faded and western humor rose as the next phase in American comedy. It argues that ambitious individuals must commit fully to work to gain respect, as broader esteem follows effort and persistence.
The text notes that authors, like other workers, have the right to organize. It states they have exercised this right by establishing the Association of American Authors to advocate for their interests and collective bargaining.
The passage argues Jay Gound grew rich without inheritance, contrasting him with the Astors and Vanderbilts. It asserts he has become the beneficiary of a million or more living lambs, a metaphorical claim, while a vivid aside notes a young man and a wallpaper grease spot from headrests over many Sundays, highlighting a curious social portrait.
A moral reflection argues that excessive dress is a consequence of inner disorder and that women only resort to outward display after learning to value appearance over internal happiness and mental sources of joy.
The piece laments rising suicides of young girls driven astray and killed by societal pressures. It questions whether society must return to strict female guardianship to curb what it terms a frightening moral decline and deadly trend.
The text argues Securry may aid in making laborers virtuous and happy by guiding children toward steadiness care and skill. It advocates teaching useful tasks with industry sobriety and neatness so habits form toward virtuous living and visible good labor.
The author argues that with rising rail traffic states should adopt laws requiring railroad companies to double track once traffic reaches set limits and lay a third track if demand grows further. States have power to regulate for citizen safety and property protection over any carrier rights.
Estimates suggest about twenty thousand lands and papers claim to bear Coret’s signature. The text notes Jax asserts Coret began selling his works at an age of around 145 years, describing a dubious provenance.
The passage notes a prolific, possibly exaggerated output attributed to Corot and similar French and Dutch landscape painters. It highlights the skill of forgers who imitate their manner so convincingly that even dealers who consider themselves expert are often deceived and must refund buyers who seek authenticity.
The piece argues that warming death risk and recent ferry accidents demand duplicate engineers and pilots on ferries. It cites a Brooklyn wheelsman killed at his post and a Hudson River ferry engineer fatality as justification for preventing single-person control. The author says the public deserves protection by additional crew across risky roles.
A Chicago labor agitator argues that workers have a right to strike if wages are too low but that blockading others or hindering employment is illegal. He says leaving a job is allowed, but forcing higher pay while keeping others from working is not, and a buyer may refuse a purchase but cannot disrupt others who pay full price.
A speaker extols the inherent strength and charm of natural women. The piece praises a young woman who exudes authenticity, noting men admire her while she remains unpretentious. It argues artifice diminishes her, and highlights a modest upbringing where a daughter aids her working-class mother.
A wife urged her husband to bring her along on a business trip to New York, but he warned travel would be busy and risky amid heat and cholera concerns. He asked what silk to buy. she stayed home. He stayed longer than planned, and she sent a single word reply: Both.
Prof James If Dillard recalls Margaret S Littell argues wealth stems from land and labor and true distribution requires owners pay community rent for natural opportunities. She cites land values, improvements, and assessor biases as examples of spurious gains, linking to Progress and Poverty and reforms to curb monopoly profits.
A writer argues that lax assessment laws and town zoning enable land speculation to flourish. He recalls 1881 Norfolk Va auction results, where a rich buyer held vacant Bramerton lots ungraded and unpaid, hindering progress while others improved neighborhoods. The piece urges strict, fair enforcement of taxation laws.
A Chicago ground lease for 198 years at 3000 dollars yearly prompts questions about who creates rent value. The owner left land vacant while surrounding areas improved, raising the land’s value and fueling debate on whether ground rent belongs to the community or the individual. Also discussed is Cobden and land reform with references to his views and antipathy toward landlords.
In the Muascoutah Herald, a letter argues for adopting a single tax system. It claims personal property should be untaxed and only land taxed, citing East St. Louis and Hust St. Louis figures to support equalization by taxing land value alone.
A condensed explainer notes five essential elements of negotiable instruments. Money payment only in cash or currency. no contingencies or uncertain conditions. a definite time or on demand. payable to order or bearer. and a fixed certain amount.
A Washington sculptor carves bas relief portraits from lard using knives and ice water to fix features, drawing crowds at city markets. The piece recalls Joanne Koerten, a 200 year old European sensation who cut landscapes and portraits from white paper over black, yielding delicate light and shade with unmatched precision.
The article discusses why underground water holds priority in Western and Mexican arid regions. It notes areas as large as Llano Tracado without streams, railways hauling water for engines, and government spending on experiments. It warns that surface water plus storage cannot water the majority of the West and critiques myths about artesian floods and water distribution.
The text debunks popular myths about groundwater flows like a human circulatory system. It notes the waterwitch method of forking sticks and mocks the idea that mountain precipitation endlessly feeds wells from coast to coast, with vast subterranean stores awaiting invention.
The article cites Solferino calculations showing 700 bullets per wounded and 4,200 per killed, with 30 grain balls implying about 227 pounds of lead per enemy casualty. It reflects on war’s brutality and quotes Liegert calling war awful.
In 1956 the remains of Theodore King of Corsica were buried at St Anne's Church Soho London. He sought funds for his troops, was jailed for debt, housed in King's Bench Prison, then died after illness. An oilman from Compton Street, John Wright, paid the funeral expenses.
Elephants in the Indian Army are carefully cared for as draught animals, in artillery, commissariat, and transport roles. Daily costs run around 0 rupees or $17, covering mahout wages and fodder. They receive mostly unhusked rice and grass, with intake around 250 pounds of rice and 400 pounds of grass daily for typical elephants, larger tuskers consuming about 800 pounds of green fodder in 18 hours. A good load is about 500 pounds, indicating daily consumption matches carrying capacity.
In Vestmannacnar islands south of Iceland a novel method of communication uses bottle posts. Islanders place letters in a bottle with a plug of twist tobacco or a cigar, hoping the wind carries it to the mother island where locals deliver the contents for payment.
An excerpt outlines beliefs about vampires arising from a dying man and a cat crossing his body, and a strict taboo about stepping on or leaving a piece of bread. It warns of dire punishments including eternal damnation and a horned ox torment in hell.
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