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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1895
Page
7
A collage of promotional blurbs and dialogue fragments marketing mail order remedies and products. Text references mailed illustrated cards on nervous troubles, Piso a Cure for Consumption, and Steel Frames for Wagon Scales. Includes casual conversational lines and identity quotes, with scattered place names and ad boilerplate.
A dated advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative improving health and cleansing the system. It claims benefits for kidneys, liver, and bowels without weakening them, notes medical approval, and states bottles are sold by druggists in 50c and $1 sizes. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co with its name on every package.
A quirky column blends satire with verse about a Girl of the Lenten period and playful mischief. It notes fashion, love, devotion, and Easter bonnets, ending with a humorous dream joke about an elevated ride and waking to cling to a chandelier.
A humorous quip notes that New Jersey mosquitoes persist into cold weather, with Witticus joking that residents repurpose them as ice-picks. The exchange reflects lighthearted wit and regional slang without factual claims.
A visitor pitches a great story to the city editor about a coming divorce case. McSwigger allegedly shot at a rival in his wife’s room, then planned to sue for divorce. The visitor claims to be the co respondent, prompting a sharp exchange. A Boston man instead splashes mucilage on a fainting lady, mistaking it for camphor, prompting bemused remarks about his attentions.
Aunt Eliza and Uncle Hiram wait in a station after disembarking at Hayville. Uncle Hiram says he paid two dollars to a stranger to arrange a sky Berapera ride at no extra charge. The excerpt features dialogue about an unusual payment and a confident, boastful tone.
A collection of pithy aphorisms reflecting on moral vice and virtue. It contrasts choosing both evils, faults and friendships, saloons and the devil, wisdom about uncontrollable worries, angels and devils in masquerade, church steeples and heaven, and posterity's puzzling monuments.
A collage of aphoristic musings on temptation, debt, prayer, and social conduct. The Harlem philosopher notes echoes of motive in spending, speech, and marriage outcomes, while contrasting polite acts toward creditors with debtors.
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