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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1905
Page
2
A garbled clipping cites publishers in Missouri and odd phrases about bioses blouse costs, Vas sar education of Oyama’s wife, and King Peter of Servia seeking rapid-fire guns. It notes a Kansas City brewery owning 1823 saloons and mentions a strike by saltwater lobsters, with comments from Mrs. Gilman on clothing and a bill aiding microbes and Russell Sage.
A disjointed reminiscence mentions Adam as a vere hayp PY man and hints at avoiding costs for a dress minker's bill and a cook. It muses about a playful poker gathering with Oya ma Nogi Oku Nodza and Kuroki, and references Uncle Sam's banana ships as potentially dangerous to enemies.
The article notes that Americans consume TS pounds of sugar per person annually, suggesting dentists benefit from high sugar intake. The tone hints at dental industry opportunity due to household sugar consumption.
The tobacco trust reports net profits last year exceeding 22000 dollars. The era of strong earnings for the tobacco industry continues as the company highlights its financial performance and growth prospects.
The note implies a man who returned twelve thousand dollars to the government may surprise others with how few will imitate him. Superintendent Maxwell advocates teaching through planting seeds and growing plants for moral instruction, noting that approach omits craft knowledge.
A remark on museum fashion suggests the statue must feature Grecian robes rather than gowns to suit stone carving. The comment notes that gowns fail to translate well in marble and may undermine the intended tribute.
A reflective quotation from Puck suggests that if we saw ourselves as others do, we would gain the privilege of acknowledging the optical fusion shaping our labor and perception. It comments on perception, identity, and the nature of self-awareness.
A Harvard professor asserts the solar system is tipping, urging action to end the tipping era and abolish the perceived shift in celestial balance.
The world do more. The Chinese, after cleansing every nation but their own, have established a soap factory and a towel supply house at home.
Fragmentary line notes that butlers and lady secretaries in wealthy households have adopted the “staff” habit with little else to hope for. The remark hints at social dynamics and idle outlooks among domestic workers in affluent settings.
A columnist advises readers on smart appearance with $400 while noting constraints for women with only $40 for admission. The piece contrasts affordable style tips with budget limits, reflecting class guidance in fashion journalism.
A man who has lost his tongue from smoking voices a counterpoint urging more women to smoke, challenging societal norms and inviting fresh debate on gendered smoking habits.
Military expert Bloch argued against the possibility of war but recent events show war is not impossible, a view that now seems obvious to most people.
Professor Starr of the University of Chicago proclaims a substance he dubs hamirumaha as a perfect substitute for tobacco. Echo responds with the exclamation Ila! Ha! in agreement.
The hall tosser who is thought to be a wonder is widely praised in newspapers now but is expected to fade from prominence in about two months.
In Berlin young men have formed a society whose members pledge themselves to snatch birds from the hats of women. There are likely to be important developments in the German capital.
The piece notes a shortage of small silver coins as Congress failed to arrange bullion purchases. It warns readers to rely on ten cent savings banks for children and mocks the belief that most men can run a newspaper. The Binghamton Herald comments on widespread misreadiness and risk in starting a newspaper venture.
A preacher observes men resemble a well made watch set wrong, running but pointing to 3:30 at 10 a.m. The device is accurate and wound properly, yet not set correctly, implying moral or spiritual misalignment despite outward polish.
A French expedition that set out for the south pole has returned without achieving its goal. The pleasant note is that the team came back without external aid and made no plans to lecture on their voyage.
The Watertown Times argues that true education includes character and conscience along with intellect. It notes the challenge of judging others' conscience and character and cites Booker T. Washington’s advice about values, stressing it applies beyond any single race or previous condition.
A Chicago professor experiments with a tobacco substitute claimed to render users unable to see. The report notes the idea faces skepticism and mentions that few wives reportedly use tobacco, framing the attempt as a curious and controversial experiment.
Mr Carnegie advises young men to work for wages no longer than necessary as they keep an anxious eye on the clock, implying frugality and time discipline in labor.
Lieutenant George G. Warren of No 3 Chemical Washington DC credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relief from years of back strain and kidney trouble. He says the pills enabled him to lift 600 pounds without relapse, after other remedies failed. For sale by all dealers, price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Fragmentary OCR text references copyright dates 1897 and 1809, mentioning authorship by FL Tennyson Neely and Street and Smith. No coherent event or story details readable to summarize.
In a swift clash near the ammunition car, Cuban insurgents clash with Spanish troops on a hillside near Havana. Lola Montez leads a bold charge on a white horse, a rescue by Travers saves a wounded rebel, and Jessie Cameron watches anxiously as the battle shifts to a brutal hand to hand melee. The rebels retreat with mounting losses as dawn approaches, and Smithers brings troubling news to Travers.
A young peasant in a Minsk province village faced charges of conspiracy for possessing an algebra book. The justice of the peace acquitted him but warned against buying books that might turn him into an anarchist or infidel.
An antique medical ad touts Hall's Catarrh Core as a remedy claimed to be mercury free and absorbed through mucous membranes. It lists F J Chetey Co as maker and Drews Lobbby Dyrngwists as distributors with price of ts. per bottle, and also promotes Poko Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Suk people of Africa fashion their hair into a bag shaped mat reaching nearly to the waist and stiffen it with clay. They also wear a monkey skin cape rubbed soft, used not for warmth but to shield the clay from rain by placing it over the head.
Purporting to be used by Mother Gray and distributed from New York, the powder claims to relieve constipation feverishness bad stomach teething disorders and worms by moving regulating the bowels. It boasts over 30000 testimonials and 25 cent price with a free sample. Address A S Oimeted Le Noy NY.
A London Daily News excerpt laments the dying spiritual element among society’s upper ranks and warns that without faith, worldly desires and crude greed will prevail rather than a refined ideal of bodily health and artistic clarity.
Dr Koldeway ships six hundred cases of tiles relifs and other palace decor from Nebuchadnezzar era to Germany, moved from Babylon as historic artifacts.
Spendahl quips that he does not insist on an elastic currency but wishes it to be a little more adhesive. The remark reflects debates on monetary policy and the desire for stable value.
New York tenement inspectors report more than 325000 occupied rooms lacking light and ventilation in squalid city quarters.
A Kansas City mother recounts switching from coffee to Postum Coffea improving her health and milk production. She notes her dizziness, sour stomach, and heart pain ceased, and she reports her seven month old baby thrived. Her husband also benefited. the family now drinks Postum as their hot beverage. There’s a reason. Get the little book The Road to Wellville.
Roger Pocock notes inaccessibility of Greenland with no regular private shipping. Whalers dwindled, Gloucester schooners failed at halibut, 1894 Miranda wrecked at harbor exit, Vega nipped. Arctic voyages carry high risk with fog bergs reefs and deadly currents. An international treaty bars most Europeans and Americans, aimed to protect Eskimo from disease alcohol and hunting disruption under Danish enforcement.
In Moscow near the Boro vitehskaia gate Count Tolstoi encounters a persistent beggar crying for alms. A young police officer asks if he can read and if he knows Bible commands to feed the hungry. Tolstoi cites Christ and police regulations, but the beggar falters, leaving the officer puzzled and the scene unresolved.
In a Chicago Post anecdote Judge Gary exposed a scene where he left the bench to inspect a mechanical device used as evidence. He warned the jury to disregard the meddling remarks of a lawyer and threatened to eject him if he interfered again.
Mrs Wunder asks her husband to help with a January balance in an expense book. She is unsure if a $19.05 item was a spend or a gift for household costs. He points out the number 1905 indicates the year, not an amount.
Acting on advice from the U.S. Bureau of Forestry in Washington the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe railroad started an eight month trial of wooden tieplates. The plates, cut to the rail base width and six to seven inches long, rest in a flat groove in the tie and are held by the rail weight to shield the tie from wear.
Reported from Hong Kong that Russian warships passing Singapore head toward Saigon in Cochin China for several days. Gov. General Hean delays departure for France awaiting fleet arrival. In St. Petersburg, Vice Admiral Rozhdestvensky’s squadron appears near China seas while remaining ships’ whereabouts are unclear.
New York preacher Rev Newell Dwight Hillis challenged a Rockefeller gift to the American board of foreign missions citing a Brown University student’s defense of trusts. He warned that the rose analogy implies snuffing out small businesses to strengthen trusts. He urged gratitude for gifts but criticized the trust defense as heartrending for workers.
Official dispatches describe a Russian attack starting Monday from Ta wo along the Fengwa road. Cavalry with machine and mountain guns bombarded Japanese positions at Kinkintun while infantry moved along the Chang Chun road delivering flank actions. Russians reached within 40 meters of the Japanese wings. fighting continued to Tuesday. Japanese forces repulsed the assault with around 27 killed or wounded, Russians about 200 casualties. Kokurmino reports a Japanese squadron blocking Vladivostok.
After a 3.5 day recess the Federal Grand Jury in Chicago resumes the meat packers investigation. The sixty sixth witness testified as the panel is expected to finish soon with May 15 likely as a close. The plea and demurrer of Thomas J Connors, Armour superintendent, may be ruled on before further true bills are pursued.
In Little Rock, Thomas Pugh and Joseph Pugh, Ashley county merchants and planters, pleaded guilty to peonage and were fined $1,000 each by Judge Jacob Trieber of the United States District Court. Pleas of five other Ashley county residents faced trial on peonage charges, marking the first peonage cases in Arkansas.
A prairie fire in southwest Greer County Lawton Oklahoma consumed thousands of dollars of foodstuffs, outbuildings and livestock, and several hundred acres of growing crops. Sparks from a locomotive started the blaze.
Official returns from St. Clair county school districts show Schrader P. Howell elected as School Commissioner in Osceola Missouri.
Frank D. Comerford, expelled by the legislature for failure to sustain bribery charges against members, was re elected Tuesday in the second district of Cook County continuing his political career despite prior censure.
A heavy frost in Marshall Missouri overnight damaged garden truck frost buds and flowers. The freeze caused considerable losses to local gardeners and horticulture.
St Petersburg correspondent reports preparations for the czar to move to Peterhof for the summer. Plans include surrounding a square mile of the park with a high spiked iron fence as security and access control.
Snow clad Vesuvius drew curious sightseers in Naples during the first week of January as the mountain wore a mantle of white ice and cold. The unusual weather event attracted residents and visitors who gathered to witness the rare eruption of winter scenery.
The estate of Isaac Perisho files a suit in Charleston Illinois seeking 310000, alleging the Clover Leaf railroad caused his death two weeks ago while he walked on the verge near the track.
The Interstate Commerce Commission bulletin shows October to December 1994 rail road accidents. 63 passengers and 189 employees were killed. 1,430 passengers and 1,868 employees injured. Total casualties 14,978 with 951 killed and 14,037 injured. Damages to rolling stock and infrastructure reached 2,406,081 dollars.
A St Petersburg cable reports that a woman arrested with revolutionaries lived luxuriously at Tsarskoe Selo. Police found explosives in her villa including a bomb intended to be thrown at the dowager empress during a hospital visit from a carriage.
The 11 year old daughter of James Clements, living six miles north of Lincoln, died Saturday night from cerebo spinal meningitis after an illness of twelve hours. The family arrived in Logan County four weeks ago from Hamilton county. This is the first authentic case of meningitis in Logan county and the only one known in Central Illinois.
The highest foreign office authority says Russia will accept no mediation other than the United States. It argues America is impartial and pursuing just economic interests. Other powers seek territorial gains.
The German embassy in St. Petersburg regards an early peace date as probable. Dispatches to Berlin over the past three days have led official circles to circulate this view for the first time since the war began.
Hugo Logan, 32, son of Henry Logan, living thirteen miles southwest of Sedalia, drowned Saturday while his parents were trading in Sedalia. The body was recovered.
In Boonville Indiana Leslie Ezelle nine year old son of James Ezelle prominent local farmer living near Pelzer in this county was instantly killed Friday when a tree fell on him.
St. Petersburg dispatch dated April 8 states General Linievitch reports no change in the situation, indicating stability amid ongoing events. The report offers no new developments and emphasizes continuity of current conditions.
President Diaz issues a decree setting designs for new coins of the republic including gold pieces of 10 and 65 dollars and silver dollars with slight design differences from the current coins.
St Petersburg reports Baron Suiyematsu discusses indemnity issues in the London Outlook on Saturday. The article notes Russia’s information flow and cites a demand of 500 million dollars as the claimed indemnity amount.
General Powell Clayton will vacate the United States ambassadorial post in Mexico and depart for his former home in Arkansas on June 1 Edwin H Conger will succeed him Clayton will be feted at a farewell banquet by the American club on May 20 in Mexico City
In Kewanee Illinois a five year old child, son of Mr and Mrs William Humphrey, died after swallowing a button. The incident occurred Thursday according to local reports.
Reports describe widespread suffering as fighting destroys hundreds of villages near Mukden. About 100000 people are homeless and destitute while the Japanese use and pay thousands of Chinese workers in the field at General Oku’s headquarters.
Considerable excitement gripped Lodz on Monday after two Cossack assailants attacked four pedestrians, killing two and wounding the other two in a violent street incident.
Mrs Minnie K B Gossett of Uhrichsville Ohio testifies to the benefits of Dr Williams Pink Pills in improving her strength and health after malaria and stomach trouble. She notes their aid for her daughter in school, her husband’s rheumatism, and claims the pills cure anaemia, weakness, and dyspepsia. They are sold by druggists everywhere.
A correspondent notes a dog discovers his limited anatomy when twenty three fleabites strike simultaneously and only four paws are available to scratch. The piece then asks why there is a long pause between scratches and hints at a humorous medical observation.
A sixty foot tree in Ono Japan is described as a smoking tree for its evening smoke venting from the top of the trunk. The natural wonder intrigues observers as the phenomenon occurs only after sunset.
Scotland covers 19,062,482 acres with 4,894,466 acres under cultivation. One hundred twelve individuals own half the total area while eighteen people hold a quarter share.
The grape cure at Wiesbaden has long stood as a key seasonal feature at the famed health resort, marking its enduring prominence in spa culture.
Lon don dock and shipping companies report the killing of 611 rats in the port of Lon dean during 1902 as part of ongoing pest control efforts.
A Kentucky resident Mr J M Coleman credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing years of backache after use of a few pills his young daughter also improved. The advertisement claims the pills cure backache and various kidney related diseases including Bright's disease diabetes dropsy rheumatism and heart disease.
Silesian glass makers are producing substantial glass bricks for varied construction needs enabling glass houses of notable size and strength.
The twelve inch gun has a maximum endurance of 300 firings while the six inch gun can be fired upward of 2000 times without injury. A large anonymous gift of 1,500,000 pounds is given to St Bartholomew's Hospital London to purchase land for an extension.
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