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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1891
Page
2
A collage of diverse notes on Russia and Alaska courtiers with a Vassar link. American oblique comments on airship myths, capital punishment, and pauper relief. reflections on farm land values, drink’s role in failure, long distance telephone, and early electricity use.
In a tense night aboard the Diana the ship drifts as ropes are cut during a fierce storm. Mab warns of danger to herself and the island state while Mr. Erle and Marian Lester face a perilous, uncertain fate at sea.
The piece extols Lancashire women as the strongest, most domesticated workers in Europe. It describes their attire evolution from heavy tunics to practical dress, their robust health from open-air labor, and their unblemished conduct, noting violent incidents are rare and quickly defused despite linguistic bravado from a few critics.
In New York and Brooklyn on March 1 1891 Dr Tal mage continued his sermons on the Ten Plagues of New York focusing on intemperance. He warned that drunkenness endangers liberty, cites biblical examples, appeals for church unity, and predicts a moral battle to curb alcohol as a national crisis threatening families and the nation. He contrasts Maine and Georgia on prohibition and invokes Waterloo to promise a future defeat of alcoholism.
A mother urges Samuel to court a girl with gratitude and listening, while at another house a loving aunt cautions her niece to restrain talk. The story notes that the two young people despise each other, leaving matchmakers puzzled by the mismatch.
Fragmentary OCR notes depict a coachman, a tired Jew editor, a market town, and a seller offering wares. The text is garbled and contains misread names and actions, but suggests a rural scene with a coachman, market barter, and a gift offer. No clear dates, places, or individuals can be reliably identified.
A historic Aztec ritual details a gladiatorial combat on the femalcatl platform ending in ritual sacrifice. Topiltzin leads priests as a captive is slain, heart torn out, offerings to Huitzilopochtli, with skulls placed in Trompalli and warriors claiming the bodies for feast.
A German Town veteran recalls a 1863 war escape aided by a chest protector gifted by his fiancée. A needle left in the pad diverted a bullet, threading through the wool and skin, saving his life in a heat of battle.
Becker's Ghortags recounts anecdotes about Gen Spinner and Gen Baker in Washington. Baker, in charge of forwarding army supplies for the Potomac, is described as blunt and focused on logistics. A treasury official notes a 1,000,000 short, and Baker quips take it out of space, while the quartermaster general is joked about in relation to rail provisioning.
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