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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1893
Page
7
The piece notes 51500 telephones in the country, cites Patagonia’s name from big feet, and mentions visiting cards of sheet iron with silver inscriptions in England. It observes the Cossacks and Circassians in the Russian army are mainly Mohammedans and thus strictly teetotalers.
A 36 year old married resident from Durham Missouri reports two bottles of German Syrup cured his hemorrhage of the lungs after other remedies failed. He invites correspondence for details and signs as Parup L. Sciencs with an April 25, 1890 post office box.
The Portuguese voyage to India under Da Gama reaches Calicut after a month at sea. A Moor guides a return to the ship in a cordial start, but Moors plot to control trade, da Gama is captured and ransomed, then escapes with his crew. The fleet faces an ambush by sixty boats but a timely wind allows escape and homeward voyage begins.
German naturalist Dr Saverman reports that feeding canaries cayenne pepper alters plumage from yellow to red. Oil appears to restore coloring after maceration, implying oil acts as the vehicle. White hens show reddened plumage and red egg yolks under similar treatment.
The Sun reports a rise in domestic snuff production with a Toledo firm securing an order for 4,000,000 snuff boxes to be delivered early in the new year. A silver house is manufacturing snuff boxes for export to England and France as the old year ends.
An OCR fragment features ad style quips and medical claims for Stomach Bitters Kemp's Balsam and a variety of remedies. It includes jokes, product hints, and brief dialogues about health, manners, and social scenes, typical of a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page.
A pious man buys land with a stream hoped as a reservoir. His hired man reports the creek is “not worth a dam,” meaning it cannot hold water. The miscommunication leads to comic relief as the truth sinks in.
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