Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archive

The Sioux County Index from Hull, Iowa • Page 7

Location:
Hull, Iowa
Issue Date:
Page:
7
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

SIOTHC COTWTY INDEX DRUG STORE 275 YEARS OLD Berlin (UP) Berlin's oldest drug'store, and one of the oldest In Europe, recently celebrated its 275th anniversary. Among its iamous customers have been Bismarck, "Ths Iron Chancellor;" Theodore Fontane, and the well known poet, Wilhelm Baabe, while its present day clients include Dr. Schacat, president of the Reichsbank. among other well known personalities. The shop is the "Einhorn Apo- theke," in the heart of the old city.

Through its almost 300 years of history it has changed littje in appearance. The show-window decoration remains pretty much as it always was, with fantastic old remedies, such as "Devil's Dirt," "Dragon and "Vitriol of Iron," still on display, if not much in demand. The picture of the Great Kurfurst of Brandenburg, Priedrich WUheim, who was of the founder, Christopher Fahrenholtz- en, hangs in the salesroom with the Kurfurst's own signature; above the picture hangs the very old flag from Brandenburg, which shows a'red eagle. The drug store is well known, especially by the Negro medicine men in Africa, who buy from it. They ask chiefly for mystic inedi- cants.

Cemetery Phonograph Plays Funeral Dirge London (TJP) The "late lamented" of the future probably will appreciate the newest device for supplying music at funerals, has just been installed in British cemetery. Apparatus for relaying phonograph records of organ music, including: hymns and funeral marches has bsen placed in chapels wk Tottenham and Wood Orecn cemeteries. apparatus, which is the Ilrrt of its kind to be installed for purpose in a cemetery, was ftuieated by a cemetery superintendent. Demanded Police Shoot Hiro New Offefwa UP Max MuJJer. 33, startled a group of, IKjlicemen when Iw walked Into the Third Precinct Station and said: "I want you to shoot me.

1C you won't do it; give me a gun. Mid let ms shcsi myself." he wanted to kill himself. Muller Raid: "I'm rto Hitler's no ecoa. 1 have to live for," PoHce, unable to eet him to fieorfi. ehMgca baitt iortflag jefcea CANADA PLANS LABOR SESSION Montreal --(DP)-- An effort to rally an Canadian provinces In a huge inter-provincial conference at Ottawa to study the enactment of legislation limiting the hours of labor in trade and industry, is to be mafie fey the Quebec Government.

The conference will have as a basis for its deliberations Quebec's Limitation of Hours and labor Act, adopted during the last session of the Provincial Legislature. The Quebec government already has undertaken the enforcement of this act. After a conference between department of labor officials and employers and saployes recently, it decreed that the act will first be extended to the building trades in the District of Montreal. The decree limits the number of hours of employment in that industry at 40 a week. Eventually, it is hoped to extgnd the law to trade and industry at large, thus assuring a larger number of workers employed.

Lone Seagull Told Friends of Free Salt Lake City (IT?) Mrs. Bayard Chambers fed a lone seagull several years ago and as a result now feeds approximately 300 daily, i The b'ird was tired and hungry when Mrs. Chambers fed it Return trips were made with companion birds appearing in ever increasing numbers. Seagulls to Utah are virtually fearless due to a rigidly enforced state law making their destruction a gsrious crime. Shoes, Size 22, Are Museum 1 Attraction i Jefferson City.

Mo. --CUP)-Chief attractions of the state museum in Missouri's state house here arc pair of shoss, size 22, once worn by Miss Hla Ewing. Miss Ewing, a native Missouri- RemembersNapoleon Born ia 1805, Senora Martina De Rosa, of Santa CaL, still hale, hearty and in possession of all her faculties. The 128-year-old woman can recall the conquests of Napoleon, the secession of "Texas and other historical events of her young days. an, who died several years ago was 8 feet, 4 inches tall.

She was supposed to be the "largest woman in ths world" during her life. Thief Answered Phone But Didn't Wait Tyler, Tex. --(UP)-- Bay Garrett. goif professional at the Willow Brook Country Club here swcwm this true. Gwrett told police he tele- phoned to the club nouse the other night and a burglar answered the phone.

"I told him to wait there until I could reach the club house in my car," declared Garrett. "He said he would, but when I arrived he had gone and had my golf 1, a set of clubs and about Si? in money." School Bell Was Gift of New Waxachachie, Tex. CUP) A huge brass bell that hangs at the rear of Central Ward school here silent'witness-to the fact New Yorfc citizens once partners in the job of civivlisaas the "wild west." The bell beats this inscription: "Presented to Marvin University, 1871, by the citizens of New York City." The university was founded in 1865. Wazahachie purchased the property for a public school in 1884. Ths university's enrollment varied from 140 to 375 students a year, according to Berry B.

Cobb, historian of Texas education. Believe Should Lace Men's Shoes Montreal (UP) Servants should not lace their master's shoss, according to Montreal wives. Armed with a news dispatch from France saying that a Paris court recently decided If a man wanted his shoes laced, it was his wife's job, not the maid's, an enterprising correspondent of a local newspaper Interviewed a number of wives to get their views. He learned that a majority of Montreal wives agree with the decision, though come of them added that if a master desires the maid to lace his shoes, it might be a good policy for her to conform if she wishes to keep her job. WOMAN, 88, HAD MEASLES EJIasville, --(UP)-- Mrs.

P. Kirkland, grandmother of 85 children and great grandmother of 134, survived a case of measles at M. She recuperated the "lotne of daughter rrcar here. England's Battleship of the Skies of Ltanbcr Industry Revival Seen Portland, Ore UP) En- eattraglDg signs of Ow rerivat in limbering major Northwest industry were ssen in the tori- report of the Columbia Shipments reached a higher fljpire lasi month than any time since September, 1931. Foreign and ctemestic port totalled 88,032,644 board feel aa ceinparea to feet in May, 1932.

The year's record thus far is board feet com- pircd to 283,283,372 feet la tha same period of 1932. It is estimated that 3,500 men have returned to work in west lumber plants and logging crews in the last month. Miners Were Unaware They Had Been Trapped Shamokin, Pa. (UP) Three Kulpmont coal miners labored away for hours beneath tha earth's surface unaware that they had been entombbed by a rockfall and that, a riacuc party had been, digging frantically to "save" them. Charles Kiokis and two others had just dropped their picfos and shovels and called it a day when, to their amazement, they met tha rescue party.

i The three miners, inquiring as to why all the excitement, were i told about the fall of rock and coal that had shut off their cxiS earlier in the day. Minister Once Used To Hypnotize Patients Middlcboro. Mass. (UP) -Recent reports about a Plltabarf dentist who hypnotizes patients before pulling their teeth brought from Rev. C.

W. Hidden of this town the claim that he had participated in similar experiments 45 years ago. He produced, a cupping from the Herald in 1887 telling of an operation, in which ho" hypnotized a woman patient before she was treated by Dr. .7. M.

Brown. The dentist at time pro- notinced the experiment com- p'ete success. Man a Tooth In Foiling Bandit Topski, Can. OTPi-- fifts difcowred new way to cope with bandits bat it, costs a tooth Recentlv irl vm ware 1P Windlt sttempted to attack Rii'l Fry STRVS buttle. ciwwid Tiis teeth 'on the bandit's In ths scuffle ftrtd iwanber.

The Mciit ipiickiy end wntt Here a view of the gigantic nose of Great Britain's newest and greatest flying dreasinaujfbt. big sis- engined equipped with the Utest ia expected to be Unndied soon in Ixjtulon as miliurr O.e it is modeled on flying priuciplt. Archecbgist's Book Explodes Popular Chicago --(GP-- Following years of research. Dr. Paul S.

Martin, sisUnt curator of North American in the Field Museum cf Natural History, has written a bock which explodes many of the popular beliefs concerning ths American Indian. Dr. Mirtin in ens sactlon dxiics the legend that most Indians ware taciturn. Tfte greater number, he says, gay. frtsndly, for.d of jokcj.

and In arothsr instance tw. Sanies that were forced to do ali the claiming that the labor was distributed equally. i Blind Couple Were Joined in Marriage Ho'yokc. Mass. (ITP) A bl.r.c! couple, Raymond A.

anfi Miss Florida Bcudreau. were married at a church ceremony here Birjiiu Jilt. oporatica pcar.i ago, K's Sride fcecainn blind five years ago. llseir rotnancs began two years ago, when accomplished. teskctry.

chair catiin? and the Braille system, learned' of BcucSreau's desire to know Ihesa arts, and offered to instruct hen Mr. and Mrs. Hague will opera 19 a chair caning business here, Manjjrcve trees do not scatter feed as most tress do, they would bo swept away by the water which covers the roots ftt high tide. The yoonsf plants are en tiie trea instead and fall iike rpcars into the mud fcj'ow. Ont Oar Way By Williams i'OO AaS A OP i GX.O e.t? STWv-c' fKivio? rR 1 SOS WOS.

FENCES 7 OO uWe OH LIFE'S LITTLE FOLLOWING "COPY" The amateur band practice was being beld, but something bad gone wrong In the piece which bad just been tried. Somebody had spoiled the effect. The conductor of the band glared at the cornet player. "Why on earth," le yelled, "did yon leave off playing lust as we got to the chorus?" "Well." said the cornet player (a raw recruit), "on my music it said, I did!" Static Grandpa wna having hi? afternoon sleep in the armchair ana emitting sounds that might' -easily have come from a cross-cut saw. As father entered the room he saw little Jackie twlstins one of grandpa's waistcoat buttons.

are you doing?" he whispered, "you mustn't disturb grandpa." "fro not, daddy," snid Jackie, "1 was Jnst tryins to tube him in on different," Exception A little boy came home from school rery much annoyed with his teacher. Uttle Boy--I His Mother--Oh. you mustn't say that. The Bible tells us to love everybody. Little Boy--I know, btit she wasn't nlive when the Bible was Record.

Not to Vied Little Jane bad been asked to show the week-end guest to her room. Pausing on the wny, she pointed out the bathroom, nnd touching one of the pretty embroidered towels, said: "Of course you know Mint these ore not to be "JUSTIFIED SWIITINS have Find Synonyis. Newlyrich seems to quite alot of common sense." "Don't let his; mother bear you Mj that; she hates anything common." --London Tit-Bits. TRACING HIM "Where ts "Cruising around somewhere In ttw business section." like to see him. Are you acquainted with any of his coaling stations?" Too Much Competition "Excuse me, sir, but bavo you finished your soup 7' "Yes, Why do you aslt?" "Now we can begin the concert." --OHen Woche itn Blld.

A Problem "So you like your two "Yes, dnd. I rtniply don't know wltlch to tnnrry Gals- zettlno Illustrate. Followed you (Jo 1 told you, Mary, and auk whether tot chicken WM young or old before you bought Itr "res, mn'nro; It In Opinion. "Why did they expel Mr. Crow from the Country clubt" "Oh, for caws," yon never templed to be- a "What's tim rejoined Senator SorsH'ifii, people who speak tlie lattftmse ere no totter to an "It fi not ibt Ifme to ssk me for a My belli? Wised tomorrow," "Ho jot) know If want ftny hmly help t'tHustre.

New ModeU Oick's father an automobile man. Recently his sister came home displaying pennies she had earned. The lad loottctl them over ftnfl snM: "TJ mire tike to hnra them, they are the new 1 No Tipt OiiJ GenUeman--There's been no clinnee hero for ssca--liss there? Walter--Not under the Bumorisf. No Duck! "Mamma, there's a man JIOTC at the Joor to see you." "Does he have a bill?" ''No. mamma.

Just a plain nose HIS ERROR --Do you like your llila rans, UIM t'him? Honnter--Since you iiisk me; II too rnre--I lifee It oftctier. Wife (at bathroom on tile table, John. OUrrj yotir Cotaitx, Jviit 1'tfl UNIQUE "They ssiy opportunity Knocks but once." "Yes, It's the only knocker tfint there." SUTIHR Trouble Irate Parent--When that younit cub paying yoii attentlnn again I'll sit on him. Daughter-- Ob, let me lo It. father.

Sight Blinks--The papers say Oiere a lot of counterfeit IwenljMlollar bllH in clrenlfltlon. Jinks-- nnh! There are so gentilne ones in circulation, arjy twenty-dollar bill I got would convince me It was counterfeit Hit HumtiU Opinion Motorist (Inquiring his way) -Boy, nm I nl! right for the zoo? nriKht I.ad-As far us 1 know TOO are. Mister, but Tm not running G.izeUo. "Jones Is self-made "I know. He surely mnde a mistake in not consulting sn expert." Forbidden "My wife hns been forbidden to cook." "Is she "Xo, I P.nen Humor.

A Little Premature First I.litle Girl --Whnfa yotir last name, Marie? Second I.ittl-3 Olrl--! don't I ain't mnrricn Social Quettion Mrs. Nnwrlch-- What Is that? Mr. Xewrieli-- Just common "Should I notice Itr-- London Tit- Bits, Reminder Friend--You will soon forget, and he happy aRsin. Jilted Suitor--Oh, no, I shan't! I've hoiiffht tif for her on Installment system! London swers..

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

About The Sioux County Index Archive

Pages Available:
20,481
Years Available:
1913-1976