Premise:
"This fortress of whitewashed stone, squat as a bunker, sheltered townsfolk at times when pirate raids threatened."
Hypothesis: Pirates used to raid the town every month.

it is not possible to tell

Premise:
"and uh of course it's a nine hundred number which that means they're going to charge you you know fifteen or twenty dollars just to make the phone call"
Hypothesis: They're going to charge you when you call the nine hundred phone number.

yes

Premise:
"Monday's paper dealt appreciatively with the dead 225 man's career."
Hypothesis: The paper on Monday was all about the dead 225 man.
yes