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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1901
Page
2
A patchwork of items from Marble Hill Press including a note on equal rights for women and a long collage of disparate snippets. It mentions a woman’s inherited rights, Catholic cathedral donations, U S naval wartime vessel counts, a Leigh tomb inscription, a Mexican national bathing day, Paris retail kitchens, and various local curiosities.
In Chicago Caplin W Streeter declared he was duly elected delegate for a four year term from the new territory of Lake Michigan east of Chicago. He claimed 127 voters in a 300 acre territory and said he would go to the capital to meet Mr Roosevelt. A mix of humor and political maneuver appears as he discussed oath rules and electoral votes. In other news, brides in Serbia signal marriage markets with a dressed doll window display. A Jamaica life tree remains green after digging and sun exposure. A Mount Carmel woman died after a suggested remedy for debility failed under coroner’s scrutiny. A Jacksonville rummage sale featured a shabby old horse once of value to a stable.
A London banker and family come to rent Hollow Ash Hall near Banley drawn by a haunted manor legend. Villagers recall ghosts and a solitary tree along Hollow Ash Lane while the estate’s unseen history, feared yet alluring, fuels talk as the family inquiries about life in a haunted house and the landlord cautions that trouble may follow.
In a tense chat at a London townhouse, Grimes and an agent discuss the reputed haunting tied to a former tile room. They weigh a private sale and Vernon’s possible interest, noting the ghost of the tiler’s pantry as a lasting claim to the property.
A German workman named Montag claims a cheap substitute for coal by mixing peat with chemicals and pressing it into briquettes. He cites a cost of twenty five cents per 220 pounds and reports a bright flame, no slag, and minimal white ash. He plans a factory with investors offering payroll and royalties, purchasing peat lands and building grinding and drying facilities to reach planned output.
A fragmented slice blends scenes from Bryant Park where a white apron woman mingles with a luxury child, showing class contrast as a poor mother clutches a wax doll. It shifts to mentions of Westminster Abbey effigies, a London Sloane Museum/Will, a penny gas meter hoax, a British navy pensioner, and California electors voting in Sacramento before a large crowd of pupils.
The article traces Easter to pagan and Christian roots, noting egg symbolism as a sign of new life. It describes greetings in early Christian practice, the blessing of eggs by priests, evolving decoration trends, and royal era records of Easter gifts. It also mentions packed shop displays and Parisian Delights of eggs during Holy Week.
A rustic scene unfolds with Hago-Organ Man and two girls named Naony and Kitty. Darkness traps them as Milly lights a lantern and they escape a tense encounter in a barn, while Hage hides and a line of old brensures is revealed.
Children search a barn for Easter eggs described in a playful scene with farm animals and wary adults. The tale centers on a long hunt that yields few eggs while the youngsters anxiously hope for more, as the mystery of the missing treasures unfolds.
A fragmentary passage describes a ritual of Easter hats, a local custom involving the Bag in a country setting. It notes a ceremonial donning, a toasted ritual, and symbols of bitterness tied to a historical or mythical command.
The text describes women employed at the Vatican to maintain the Pope's wardrobe. It notes the care required for garments and the high standards demanded, including how even brief wear can affect robes. It mentions the Bible being translated into many languages and the global population.
In a lighthearted exchange a witty speaker argues men should call their wives by respectful titles such as Mrs. Smith or Mrs. Jones rather than boasting of wives achievements or possessions. A timid lady recalls preferring to be called his wife and shares humorous anecdotes about marital speech and propriety.
A damaged Detroit Journal fragment reflects confusion and fear as a reader questions danger signs, torn between disbelief and concern about strange words, ages, and names and the urge for newspaper notoriety.
A mischievous fragment shows a pillaged dialogue where a mistress scolds a servant and contemplates fate and padding. The maid announces a caller and Browne is said to be at home while pudding is prepared and someone must retire for the evening.
A garbled diary style note cites Helen Cartarhun calling herself the eloon wrecker from Kansas and accusing a proprietor of slurred drink and broken habits in a brisk boastful line.
A compact string of humorous lines and snippets from a 19th or early 20th century paper. Features banter on unions affecting a housekeeper, a girl about 19 seeking a match, a mother advising Clarence’s profession, and a quip about a scripture motto restaurant. Names and places are lightly implied from the period style.
Letters describe rich grain and cattle districts opening for settlement in Saskatchewan Valley and Assiniboia. Posts cite fertile soil, low prices, and strong rail, school, and market access. Settlers report rapid prosperity, debt repayment, and bountiful crops.
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