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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1894
Page
2
A poem praising a crowned figure and the nation's protection of the poor. It envisions tyranny ending, workers spared from unpaid toil, and citizens united under a flag. The piece invokes the Master sword, peace on earth, and goodwill, attributed to Albert C Hopkins.
In a tense escape attempt a narrator suspects a hidden robber in the room. The figure emerges behind the curtains with a blade as the diamond remains elusive. He wrestles, plans flight, and is overpowered by an unseen assailant who binds him in darkness and steals the prized clasp knife and Great Hesper.
A collection of short curiosities and biographical scraps including Mer Satelli’s singing birds, the origin of tobacco named from Tobago, the late Lord Lovelace’s meat abstention, and a joke about a neighbor’s supposed virtue. Judge J T Calvin of Siloam Ga has married over 150 couples without fees, while a waiter’s quip about a happy customer circulates. Two elderly lovers, John Thompson and Kitty Owens, wed in Louisville after years apart. England’s top steeple climber William Green has repaired many spires including Salisbury Cathedral. A Chatham death notes Walter de Brisac, inspiration for Dickens, who once spoke with him in Georgian garb.
A compilation on David Christie Murray arguing drama as trade, a book noting blue as the soul's peak, Paris plans a tubular eight mile world fair railway using electricity, Edison claims ship propulsion gains, surgeons perform antiseptic abdominal access, Harvard President Eliot on changed teaching methods, and Dr Ochse's explosive cartridge using electric ignition to split water and unleash 5800 atmospheres.
Harriet Condit found a pin hidden in her ring after a trip to Hartford. Sheffield libraries removed sports and betting news from their papers sparking a protest by over 20,009 readers and a council reversal. Colorado shows the year's biggest gold production gain near two million dollars, while Nevada reports a decline of about 575 thousand dollars.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative improving health by cleansing the system and aiding kidneys liver and bowels. It claims broad consumer appeal, medical approval, and no objectionable ingredients. Sale is through druggists in 40¢ and 1 bottles, manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co with their name on every package.
Announcement from W. S. Morgan secretary of the National Reform Press Association states that plates and Sage containing Populist material officially approved will be provided by the Western Newspaper Union in any quantity, with samples and prices available. No other house furnishes authorized matter. Address St. Louis, MO.
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