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Newspaper
Iowa Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1893
Page
2
A compact survey of child oriented pieces from a 19th century paper. It highlights Dorothy Deems running away with a coal colored cat, a dog saving a boy, and playful dialogue from a children’s column in a quaint style. The item reads like a magazine page for young readers with moral undertones and playful rhymes.
A cold morning finds Ben Preston braving deep drifts to support his mother. He clears paths for neighbors, earns a quarter then a dollar and a quarter, buys provisions, and returns to joyfully feed his family. His effort wins praise and hints at a bright future.
A New York clergyman’s service humor ends in withering self reflection on church reverence. Canon Farrar counterpoints life eternal to dull worldliness and urges living the faith daily.
The bystander rebukes the lecture for mockery of religion praising wit over conscience. He argues that sharp satire pleases audiences but cannot comfort in sorrow or death, urging a religion of cheer, strength, and a serious gospel as humanity’s sole aid. He contrasts human wit with enduring spiritual value.
In ancient anecdote, Olympia, mother of Alexander the Great, pressurized his deputy Antipater. Antipater complained in letters, but Alexander answered that one tear from his mother could erase a thousand of his opponent's grievances.
A New York reporter recalls a man who never forgets his umbrella. He explains memory as habit and cites examples of carrying items like collars and a fish, yet always remembering his umbrella even on short trips and travel.
A well known diner explains ideal party size for dinners. He favors eight guests for social balance and domestic ease, with ten to twelve also common. Four guests with three ladies is noted, while fourteen to sixteen are practical but less spirited. Discipline matters, avoid chaos.
A letter advocates ending the mortgage tax to free funds for lending. It argues tax limits depress mortgage supply, raise rates, and harm small landowners, citing Ulster County Savings Bank as evidence of distress when taxed. Ending taxation would redirect non taxed securities to mortgages and ease loan costs.
As speculation surged in Rome and Naples, banks over issued to meet capital demand while Cripsi’s ministry watched. Banks profited briefly but fell as real estate values collapsed and population lagged. The government then forced higher specie reserves while allowing extraordinary emission.
Advocates argue mortgage tax double taxation hurts farmers. Exemption would cut interest, broaden lending, stimulate building, raise town value, and not reduce municipal revenue, citing New York City bond tax exemptions as a model for lower rates.
Testimony contrasts Chicago street wealth and poverty as an assessor explains who owns homes along a row. A column from the Chicago Tribune condemns government hospitality to visiting European nobles, noting the high costs borne by taxpayers.
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