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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1894
Page
3
In a half study room two young women Isabel and Lilian speak on a cool summer evening about Isabels former lover. Isabel confesses deep longing and jealousy while Lilian coldly advises moving on. Isabel declares she will write to him and may accept his proposal, revealing the lovers entangled, fraught with emotion and motive.
Social gossip in Wissa hickon centers on Mrs Minnie Mitchell a handsome young widow who reportedly wed a Western businessman after plans for marriage with another suitor. The license was issued in Francis Garrett s name and the couple left for a wedding trip, with reports placing their honeymoon in Boston and the Western fiancé returning home disappointed.
A humorous exchange features characters debating music and marriage motives, with jokes about partial deafness, age, and money. Interleaved vignettes include a lawyer quip about etiquette and a doctor bill, alongside observations on Swedish and Indian laborers and a Sunday School scene.
A collection of humorous quips and misheard phrases features Willie the parrot’s predatory image, a Hartford wit on influence, and light banter about doors and deafness. It includes lines about Mrs Swiftly’s sealskin cloak, and remarks on Mr Suttle’s claim Swiftly has a wheel in his head.
The excerpt blends advertising claims for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters with playful quips and literary snippets. It mentions rest, health restoration, and warnings against neglect while touching on figures like Judge Bradley, President Pefxto, and Gov Tillman, all within a brisk, magazine style vignette.
Mrs F Covell of Scotland Bon Homme County writes to Dr R Pisroe at the Invalids Hotel in Buffalo claiming recovery from a two year sickness described as falling of the womb and leucorrhoea after using a favorite medicine. She says she was near death and unable to walk or eat before starting the medicine and later finds a matching case in the People's Common Sense Medical Adviser.
A collage of curious claims and notices from era gossip and ads. Items include: England hanged executioners for murder, agate marbles from Oberstein, mourning bands advertised in New York, Italian proverb about buyers and sellers, Great Lakes source as rainfall, Massachusetts birth spike tied to foreign population, Bibliotheque Nationale as world’s largest library, Breckinridge political quip, California home-seekers pitch, J A Allison contact in San Diego, Benedict speculation, a mystery in Son Singleton case, Hanson’s Magic Corn Salve ad, Beecham’s Pills price and claim, and House praise of circus season.
A humorous exchange shows a citizen requesting a half ticket for a woman who insists on paying for her favorite doll. The ticket agent hesitates, noting the doll’s age as a factor, while the citizen clarifies the woman’s insistence on sharing the fare.
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