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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1898
Page
3
A fragmented humorous page notes lines about Auntie Leavenfew offering dinner and a nephew asking about a young woman’s service, alongside a spoof Clarence Expectations exchange and a royal court quip about salaries. The tone imitates a satirical column with disjointed references and mock titles.
A collage of humorous exchanges and medical patter touches on city poverty, rent societies, and cautions against mercury in remedies. It notes minimal civic rail improvements and railcar updates while interleaving jokes, endorsements for Castarets and Hall's Catarrh Cure, and casual gossip about postal and domestic life.
A Gazetts item discusses moderate outdoor wheel use as health beneficial for women, citing Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People as a remedy for Bertha Reed's anemia. It extols improved vitality and regularity of nerves, linking nutrition and activity to better look and spirits.
Dialogue of Chauncey and Wim playful about obtaining another whisky on trust amid light chat. The exchange centers on drinking, trust, and easy propositions in a casual setting.
An antiquated advertisement fragment promotes Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co at 167 Dearborn Chicago offering 6 Drops and 5 Drops with sample bottles for 96 cents, plus medical anecdotes about rheumatism and other ailments. It mentions a 4 year old Bloomfield case of cross eyed recovery, counterfeit glue products, a gambling court ruling in Indiana, Kemp’s cough remedy, and Berlin female commercial travelers on tricycles.
Dorothy meets David Stevenson in a busy street while shopping. He walks with her briefly, recalls home news from Lady Jane Sturt upstairs, and boasts about improvements at Holroyd Hall with a now trusted gardener. Dorothy rues David’s blundering manner and questions odd jobs for an old servant Isaac.
Dorothy awakens from a nightmare about the master and Barbara urges silence on the omen. Dorothy debates going to the High Street as Barbara insists luck and signs warn against disturbing fate, then the mood shifts to a lighter, anxious curiosity.
Hartford clergyman Rev C G Bristol outlines a conservative view of worship in an anniversary sermon. He urges worship as sacred ground, separation from worldly talk, and keeping hours in church for spiritual life, urging reverence in God's house at all times.
A western city rector loses his wife and raises her child alone. During Easter service he laments the need for a mother’s love, then a child’s innocent voice suggests a father would suffice. The rector ends the service moved as he comforts the girl in the vestry.
A quippy street anecdote in New York Adver uses a shoe fortune teller, Blubby and a meek woman, to joke that footwear reveals character. The boastful boots mirror vanity, while the modest shoe suggests rigidity, as the reader jokes about reading fate from the wearer’s footwear.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful and swollen feet and bunions. It claims shoes feel easier, reduces sweating and callouses, and calms tired feet. Available at druggists or by mail for 26 cents. trial package is free. Also notes Wim Earle Cook, the oldest freemason in New England, celebrating his 101st birthday in Portamouth BR.
Colorado remains the leading gold producing state with 1897 output over 21 million dollars and early promises to surpass 20 million. New strikes multiply daily, hailed as unparalleled since the 1849 rush. Also notes about gossip curiosity, a brief pitch for Mining World and a health remedy ad, plus a curious fact about ivory demand for handles and billiard balls.
Promotes modernized and refurnished Lindell Hotel in St Louis Missouri with rooms and meals from 2.50 per day and up and a floor space from 1.00 per day. Notes a restaurant with popular prices and credits MO F Donovan. Also mentions a Fiji Islands discovery a whistling owl that whistles when excited.
A vintage advertisement touts Grain-O as a long desired coffee substitute safe for nerves and digestion. Made from pure grains it tastes and looks like real coffee at 4% the price, marketed as a genuine healthy article for health and strength. Ask your grocer for Grain-O.
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