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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1902
Page
3
The article notes Napoleonic memory fading on a small island now revived by ironworks and machine shops. It describes bulb planting schemes, sponge and veg diet curiosities, and a shift to electricity and new calendars, highlighting modernization and social anecdotes of daily life.
A young inventor around 22, Myon Vorrill, claims a new color photography method that could rival watercolor and portrait painting. Yale professors and critics are examining the experiments as they contemplate reaching practical stages, challenging traditional art forms and drawing interest from prominent photographers and artists.
An actress once confined at Worcester insane asylum for two years is now said to be incurably ill but has learned her real condition. Authorities attribute her breakdown to melancholia induced by her husband’s death four years earlier, following threats of suicide.
Judge Thornton of Shelbyville claims to be the sole remaining member of Illinois state constitutional convention of 1847. Still active in his judicial career in his late sixties, he has just returned from an outing tour in Louisiana and Texas.
Paris Messenger reports a campaign against milkmen selling diluted milk. A tradesman was fined 40 francs for 27 percent water. Another jailed two months and fined 60 francs for 48 percent water and 77 percent cream loss. A contemporary notes dishonest milkmen can earn up to 40 francs daily.
The court holds the owner guilty under the cruelty to wild animals act. Seven hundred fleas were exposed for sale in a small tank and died there, prompting the decision.
San Francisco exports in a typical year total 1,420,000 in value, with 300,000 sent to the union and 1,120,000 to foreign ports. Hawaii, China, Japan and Central America receive much of the overseas wine shipments.
The text describes a price drop from $535 to $66 for a trip from to Zhanghai, with a third Gina and a first class option priced at $100. It presents cost reductions and class variations but lacks clear sourcing or full context.
The passage notes that by extending sbijiter from both sides of the hull the boat is stopped within half its length.
A report cites Gen Young’s recall from command in California and praise for Mrs Belief and Mrs Schof for child welfare efforts. It notes efforts toward a new juvenile court law in Pennsylvania removing children from criminal court appearances.
Dr P. F. Waldenstrom, 64, translator of the Greek New Testament, visited Yale to receive a Doctor of Divinity. A renowned Swedish preacher, he travels summers in Sweden, delivering sermons to large crowds, with several volumes published. His notable work includes the Swedish New Testament translation and impact on his countrymen.
The guide books misstate Rome’s churches claiming 966 for a year. The exact total is 252 churches including four basilicas outside the walls. There are about 918 chapels with monasteries nunnery schools and private palaces and many shrines. There are 69 monastic establishments 42 for monks and 26 for nuns.
A French criminal sentenced to death for a murder near Havre wrote to the republic’s president seeking a sentence commutation, saying he wished to be guillotined to learn the mechanics of beheading. Separately, the Little Earl of Airlie, son of the South Africa affected peer, will be the youngest peer at the coronation at nine, befriended with Prince Edward of Wales.
A collage of stray product pitches and social anecdotes appears from a bygone period. It mentions starch prices, household savings, a Far East lake with layered waters, a foot care remedy, seal oil ice cream, and a grave-digger’s reminiscences about funeral behavior as observed in the Baltimore Sun.
Readers recount expert claims that magnetic iron ore in earthy bricks causes unusual magnetism in buildings. Articles discuss experiments, salt production, and old remedies like Dodd's Kidney Pills, plus notes on salt origins and rural folklore about fairies and color beliefs in Scotland and England.
A device called the pathometer records distance traveled and the directions followed during a bicycle journey, noting hills ascended and descended. The instrument uses a needle suspended above a tape to record data, aiming to automate distance and route logging.
A travel note describes Canton’s Physic Street as a sick man’s paradise with glazed paper roofs and many signboards, housing only apothecaries and dentists. It also mentions beliefs about gems and a Lincoln statue in Edinburgh’s Calton Cemetery honoring Scottish Americans who fought in the U.S. Civil War.
Nurse Eliza King and Sister Carolina from St Andrew's Hospital praise St Jacobs Oil for outward applications. They cite relief in sprains bruises rheumatic pain neuralgia pleurisy and gout with repeated use and recommend it for all households.
A letter from a reader asserts Peruna cures catarrh and urges starting treatment in early spring. The writer claims many acquaintances nationwide confirm the remedy’s efficacy and invites customers to contact Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio for a full statement.
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