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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1897
Page
2
A collage of sharp wits and quirks from Marble Hill and beyond. Telegram style jokes touch on Lexon sitting on fattan trust, tin in new gold, Pepper the evangelist in Missouri, Boston funeral groans, electricity shocks, Cuban correspondents, a king on staff, and the collar button issue reflecting a Tennessee tax idea. A Tennessee lawmaker targets washerwomen taxes while Lerow hints at tobacco fire and water.
Veteran observer recalls British rule in Bengal from Calcutta’s Hoogly to Mumbai and Delhi. He notes the congress’s aims breed Hindoo opposition to British authority, while officials resist reforms. He praises host families and scholars like Justice Ameer Ali and contrasts Islamic scholarship with romantic portrayals of Islam.
A scattered article notes a lonely old bachelor leaving his estate to a Young Lady he knew only by living across the street and being kind. It also cites a New York wife’s worker husband facing altered roles and calls for broader women’s employment in industry.
Dr Barrows writes from Calcutta on educational institutions at the seat of British government in India. He notes English factories in Hoogly, the rise of Christian missions among non Christians, and introductions to Indian leaders like Sir Alexander Mackenzie. The piece highlights colleges, notable figures, and hopes for a unified Indian national church and apostle to rally Christian education.
Thomas Wickes a Wisconsin gambling figure and former kingmaker in Madison's politics died in Cook County Hospital after years of decline. Born in New York he built a gaming empire across Wisconsin Illinois and Milwaukee, briefly influencing U.S. Senate politics before fading into poverty. His death followed chronic disease and old age with burial in New York by relative H. Thomas.
A sextuple murder was found on Rev. Thomas Spicer's ranch near Winona North Dakota. Victims include Mr and Mrs Spicer their daughter Mrs William Rouse and her twin one year olds and Mrs Waldron. Bodies were mutilated and investigators suspect Indigenous involvement though no arrests made. Local tension rose amidst fear of tribal retaliation.
Walter Spencer Morgan Burns obtained a divorce from his wife Mrs. Burns, formerly Mrs. Wade, at twenty three. The couple had a scandalous history linked to Monte Carlo and an English peer. The court granted the decree at once with no defense from Mrs. Burns.
The Massachusetts board of health warns that soft drinks sold in bottles with lead stoppers may contaminate contents. An analysis of thirty stoppers found 3 to 50 percent lead, with traces in the bottle contents the largest amount equaling twenty seven hundredths grain per gallon. Lead is a cumulative poison, and continual ingestion can cause delayed lead poisoning symptoms.
The funeral for Mrs. Johanne Simis of Brooklyn noted she was seventy two when her death followed dancing at the Arion ball. Her sons Adolph, a charity missionary, and two others were mentioned as wealthy. The text recalls her long love of dance and attendance at major balls despite advancing age. She was reportedly last seen at William’s home on Legion Avenue in the city.
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