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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1895
Page
3
A fragmentary OCR style excerpt reiterates the battle hymn line about God marching on with references to justice, judgment, and liberty. It mentions the glory of the coming Lord and contrasts faith, duty, and sacrifice, echoing historic protestant revolutionary rhetoric.
In a lakeside spring, Lady Latimer reveals a life of wealth without love, recalling a forced marriage to Lord Latimer after her farmer father’s ruin. Audrey learns Latimer’s love contrasts with her own unfulfilled marriage as Latimer’s heir grows dull and distant. The chapter then shifts to a brief 1790 note about Cleveland Ohio.
Chicago officials and inventor Richard E Sherman announce tests of aerial mail cars riding a wire cable from the government building to the Illinois Central station. If successful, service could cut mail delivery to five minutes, enable lines to suburbs, and possibly extend to larger cities.
The Baltimore street railroad transfer system has grown since 1882 and now offers free transfers at about forty points. Riders can travel up to twenty miles on one fare, with free transfers between Lake Roland Elevated and Central roads at their junction. An agent issues tickets, and quarterly the two companies exchange coupons and split excess fares, boosting traffic for both lines.
English inventor W T Crooke patents a new ship armor system that hangs armor over the ship side like shields of ancient mariners. The design creates three skins with water tight compartments between, allowing outer layers to be pierced without compromising stability or fighting power.
A mysterious ancient clock, found in a private collection by the Montsouris Observatory director in France, dates to Henry III. Described in a seventeenth century treatise by Father Alexander. The device features a vertical line of hour figures, a suspended metal cylinder with eight internal compartments, and a string-operated mechanism that slowly lowers to indicate time as the cylinder moves downward.
The article explains home washing in old times using warm soapsuds to clean broadcloth cassimere or diagonal garments. It covers repeated soaking, rinsing through several waters, drying on a line, rolling for an hour, pressing with an iron over an old cotton cloth, and lifting the iron to avoid shine. It notes never to steam too long and to use suds specifically for the cloth.
A terse exchange notes a difference in perception as a person asks a doctor to explain a medical or legal distinction. The dialogue hints at dispute or uncertainty over treatment or judgment. No further details are provided in the readable text.
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