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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1904
Page
3
An article on balanced exercise warns against overdoing it to avoid stressing digestion. It lists helpful activities for women such as skipping and lawn tennis and notes walking stairs and scratching as fat controls. For men it endorses baseball cricket football and golf with broad benefits for both sexes, plus light dumbbell work and brisk walks before breakfast.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to examine every bottle of Castorta for a signature, asserting a safe and proven remedy for infants and children. It touts use for over 40 years and implies trusted brand reliability.
The article explains a Japanese time system that splits the 24 hours into twelve equal periods with six by day and six by night. Day starts at sunrise and ends at sunset, with adjustable markers to match seasonal daylight. When daylight lasts longer, day hours lengthen proportionally.
In Duirinsh parish on the Isle of Skye three basaltic rock pillars rise from the sea near Idrigill Point. The largest reaches about 200 feet, the others about 114 feet and perforated. Known as Maidens or mother and daughters, they resemble gigantic women in cloaks. Sir Walter Scott noted them and locals recount the mythic likeness.
A prominent metropolitan jeweler claims that most wealthy women with valuable gems rarely wear them in public. He asserts nine-tenths of jewels in aristocratic New York ballrooms are paste replicas kept at home or in safe deposits to avoid robbery and travel taxes.
In Kushequa Pennsylvania residents believe Dodd's Kidney Pills are the sure cure for rheumatism and back pain after Mrs. M. L. Davison reports dramatic relief following two boxes. Local reports say others share the same results daily, framing a growing verdict in the area.
The Duke of Parma has the largest Christian European prince family, with nine children from his first wife Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon Stelly, and nine from his second wife. Seventeen of the eighteen children survive, none are married.
An advertisement touts Kipane Tabules as the best dye fala medicine, claiming a hundred million sold in the US annually. It lists constipation, heartburn, headaches, indigestion, bad breath, and stomach disorders as relieved or cured, with relief in about twenty minutes and an eight cent package enough for common cases.
In Chicago, about 3,000 rioters filled Forty-seventh to Forty-ninth streets and fought 70 police while protecting five strike breakers from the stock yards district. Bricks and missiles flew, several shots were fired, and 28 rioters were arrested after being beaten into submission. The clash followed a union bid to curb ice wagon deliveries to retailers, threatening meat supplies as major packing houses turned away hundreds of non union workers. Police maintained order as workers were driven to trains, with many iced meat supply concerns cited.
Labor action hampers meat deliveries in St Louis and East St Louis as wagons run little, packers shift to rail, and police break up a near riot on Broadway. Cattle receipts at National Stock Yards remain heavy but shipments shrink, while strikers maintain commissaries and await backing from national officials totaling 1000 dollars.
Mrs Nelson A Miles died here Monday night of heart disease while visiting her son Sherman a student at the military academy in West Point New York General Miles was away at the time and returned Tuesday She was 62 years old daughter of Judge Charles Sherman and niece of Senator John Sherman and General William T Sherman
Alban G Snyder United States consul general at Bogota was injured when a mob stormed the consulate there He is a Charleston native where his parents Judge and Mrs C P Snyder reside Judge Snyder is a prominent Charleston figure well known in the community.
Governor Yates announces a $200 reward for the arrest and conviction of each bandit in the Illinois Central Diamond Special train hold-up near Chicago Monday night. No crew identity yet found, aims to spur officers to greater vigilance. total reward now stands at $4,800.
In St Petersburg the assassin Pozoroff, linked to M. von Plehwe, was tortured during Sunday night to force names of accomplices. He died with his hips sealed, the report says, detailing alleged fiendish cruelties used to extract information.
St. Petersburg reports that a son of Count Tolstoi is among Russian officers heading to active service in the far East, joining the ranks for imperial military duty.
In East St. Louis four strikers including Charles Geabes Fred Meyer and John Schwalb were cited for contempt of injunction and briefly jailed then released on 200 bond to await trial. William Downs planned to bond in Saturday. Arrests followed drivers’ interference with teamsters and intimidation near National Stock Yards and Meyer Packing.
Joseph Leiter led a special train of strike breaking miners into Zeigler at 2 am. Federal injunction loomed over the scene as thirty armed guards and twenty six miners from Pennsylvania sheltered inside a stockade. Leiter, after a brief conference and inspection, departed quietly and was driven to Benton, Illinois, with plans to return with more miners.
A cablegram from United States Minister Dawson in San Domingo suggests placing a warship at Monte Cristo for a short period. The message implies another revolutionary movement may be imminent.
A Berlin cable to the World states Count Tolstoi's second son joined his eldest brother as a volunteer in Gen. Kuropatkin army. The third son Cyril declares his intention to volunteer.
London dispatch to the Times reports expectations of a Russian stand at Anshan Shan fading as indications grow of a general retreat toward Mukden.
Tokio reports Japan seized Simou cheng south of Hai-Cheng on Sunday with six guns captured. Japanese casualties numbered 400 while Russian losses were heavier, totaling 972 for General Kuroki's forces across Saturday and Sunday fighting.
Right Hon. Charles Booth and Commander Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army were passengers on the Campania, which reached New York Friday night from Liverpool.
Mount Vernon Illinois stockholders at the Southern Illinois Electric Railway meeting this week voted to raise capital stock from 2,908,600 to 2,500,000 Isaac A. Smith was named general manager and chief engineer core details remain in the record.
Carlbad reports Mr. McCormick the American ambassador to Russia abruptly ended his stay at the baths on Monday and departed for St. Petersburg.
In St. Petersburg a lone tower watchman signals fires with black balls by day and red lanterns by night to indicate district location. He rings a bell to assemble firemen, but response times often stretch twenty to thirty minutes, especially when fires occur far from engine houses.
The passage argues women need training in a useful occupation to gain independence. It stresses courageous work, self reliance, and intelligent labor as foundations of character, warning that ignorance and dependence lead to tragedy. It frames these ideas as guidance from Woman's Home Companion on a school of life.
A Washington Star excerpt notes how peanut sales at a downtown fruit stand attract belated husbands who buy nearly two bags nightly. The proprietor observes women are major peanut consumers and claims the snack affects fried oyster business as wives favor warm goobers for late suppers.
The Springfield Republican notes a renewed gypsy moth battle. The Gypsy Moth Committee says control existed when extermination was halted, warning of huge losses and danger to eastern areas. Malden's mayor petitions state action and $100,000 funding to restart work.
Rev J J Wicker pastor of First Baptist Trenton N J thrashed a Princeton student who insulted women on the street chasing the offender a block and pummeling him in prize ring style. He turned him over to the police and the next day testified in police court earning a fine of 10 dollars plus costs.
A lieutenant of the 11th army corps at Dresden was charged with disturbing the public peace and assaulting a police officer but was discharged. The officer had been drunk and his conduct was extreme, yet police did not take him to the station as it is reserved for civilians.
A Kansan narrates relief from long term coffee ailments after switching to Postum. She suffered headaches headaches, rheumatism, nervous tension, and heart strain, all alleviated after adopting Postum per directions. She praises its health benefits and urges others to try it, noting the product is from Postum Co. at Battle Creek Michigan.
Chief H. Harris of Newberry says he suffered years with kidney trouble and backache. After using Dean's Kidney Pills, two boxes relieved the pain, cleared kidney secretions, and restored normal function. A free trial offer is mailed to any U.S. address. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. 50 cents per box.
The speaker’s gavel has splintered during sessions, striking Clerk Baxter near the eye. Assemblyman Hedell quickly introduced a resolution empowering the clerk to buy a new gavel for the speaker. The resolution passed unanimously, and the house smiled.
A travel notice promoting Colorado Midland Railway as the premier line to Colorado resorts and grand scenery. Highlights exceptionally low summer room rates to interior state points Utah California and the Northwest. For details contact Mr. C. H. Speers General Passenger Agent Denver Colo.
The Century refutes the belief that the western Kennebec river is named Dead River for drowned soldiers in 1775. It argues the river merely wanders through meadows and often seems still, and asserts the name is not gloomy but fitting for a delectable stream when water levels are high.
Advertisement notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claimed to ease teething pain and calm fretful infants. Offered at 2 cents a bottle, with wording suggesting soothing, soothing effects and a household remedy tone.
In a Minneapolis Journal interview champion Emanuel Lasker argues chess benefits a normal man similar to athletics. He warns nervous players should avoid night games as they disrupt sleep and productivity, and notes chess players tend to live longer than athletes.
Those who have tried it will use no other Denanee Cold Wheat Starch flaunts an equal in quantity and quality with a 16 oz pack priced at 19 cents. Other brands include only 2 oz.
Magistrate Crane in Harlem police court says sanitary code must yield to common sense when in conflict. A Black man was charged under section 314 for beating carpets and was discharged as unjust to arrest over such a charge. The magistrate cites personal rug beating at home and questions where better to do the work. A letter from Trinity Springs, Ll., Feb 15, 1000.
The city opened its first public building to aid the needy and feared idleness. An appropriation funded spinning wheels, knitting needles, flax, junk, wool and cotton to keep inmates self-supporting, though no municipal surplus from this effort is recorded.
Some grocers say they do not stock Defiance Starch because their current 12 oz brands cannot be sold to customers who have previously used the 16 oz package, even for cash. The note highlights a distribution and pricing challenge affecting consumer flexibility.
Ohio Congressman Seldier recounts an intelligent fox terrier that learns from punishment. He describes repeated milk spills, cuffed ears, and being thrown from a window by the dog itself after the third incident. The humor centers on the dog's unexpected self-discipline.
A remnant Eskimo group is reported on Southampton Island at Hudson Bay's north end. They had no prior contact with white settlers. Their huts are whale jaw structures with skin coverings and a central elevated hearth housing a stone lamp used for lighting heating cooking melting snow and drying clothes. The tribe is near extinction with about sixteen individuals remaining.
Fragmentary dialogue compares labor to gal ley slave and to a farmer's wife, attributed to Tife. No clear事件,人物 or location identified.
Dr Adulph Lorenz argued that adults with cripples would not seek his help to avoid reducing pension rolls. An exchange at a physician gathering noted that curing grown cripples would remove them from pension eligibility, shocking the Austrian surgeon.
Defiance Starch Co offers 25 round trip tickets to the St Louis Exposition to five top collectors in Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Missouri. Send in trade marks from a ten cent package of Defiance cold water laundry starch received by September 1 1904. Tickets mailed September 5 by registered mail. Starch sold by dealers.
Mrs. John Mitchell Clark of New York discovers a concave piano top like a brass vial upper side boosts tone clarity and resonance. The tone reflector gathers and distributes sound, suited to drawing rooms. when closed the lid resembles Louis XV furniture and keeps bric brac out of the instrument.
An advertising pitch touts Defiance Starch as flexible and durable, claiming it resists baking out or blowing out and delivers superior results with up to a third more product per money for certain uses.
Danish critic George Brandes laments a flood of new literature, estimating about 10,000 novels yearly worldwide. Germany leads with 2,900 titles, followed by Great Britain 1,500 and Russia 1,000, with the United States and other nations expanding output. In two decades outputs in the US and Europe have doubled, and Brandes warns no library can hold all books appearing in ten years, heightening librarian challenges.
Representative Hill of Connecticut sought relief for a post master who lost money due to stamp theft at the local post office. He noted thieves jailed in Illinois and New York, with Illinois’s Buell delivering an eloquent plea that Joliet and Sing Sing join hands to aid the Connecticut recipient.
A drummer for a paper collar and cuff firm says the paper cuff and collar is again gaining popularity among the class that first wore it. After a lag, orders are brisk again as this once outmoded style rings back into demand.
A columnist notes a leading poet severely sprained both hands while splitting rails and now requires help to lift a glass of moonshine, reflecting a comical setback in Atlanta Constitution style.
Mackerel migrate seasonally from the Middle Atlantic coast in spring in poor condition and move northward with the sun. They feed and recover as they progress, becoming healthier sights for anglers and natural observers.
For thirty years the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries has conducted a study of Uncle Sam s salt water farm its products and the people who work it.
The Sun emits thirty six million times more light than all stars combined and is six hundred thousand times brighter than the full moon.
The finest cheese produced in Switzerland tends to be exported and is rarely available even in the country’s renowned hotels.
A surge of U.S. visitors travels to Italy with tourism officials noting higher arrivals than prior years. Hotels report robust occupancy and operators expect continued demand as cultural sites reopen and travel ease increases.
The article argues that poor cooking drives wife desertion and drunkenness in Chicago last year. It cautions against enforcing food fads on families, urging respect for personal dietary choices from children to grown men, and notes a wise woman may adjust her own habits but not coerce others.
A bird dealer describes two methods for teaching parrots to talk. In a dark room, stay quiet and repeat the target word 400 to 500 times while the bird hears only your voice. In a light room with concealment, attention can be distracted, making this method less effective.
A newspaper ad touts Hallie Catarrh Cure as the only positive treatment for catarrh, claiming internal action to heal the disease and boost strength. It offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure, with testimonials available and a mailing address in Toledo, Ohio. Also promotes Culm Pills for constipation.
The Alabama House named a newly formed county Houston in honor of the late Governor George S. Houston. The Montgomery Advertiser credits him with leading Democratic efforts to redeem the state and notes the choice over General Robert E. Rodes and Raphael Semmes. A separate ad touts Defiance Starch value.
Severe weather drives tame highland deer from mountains into valleys and near Carrour railway. Hundreds of deer crowd fences begging for food, alarming passengers. Hand feeding occurs in high forests while shooting rises in Lochearron districts to protect crops.
The king of Italy will travel from Paris to Calais on a Nord railway train reserved for the French President and will cross to Dover to visit King Edward in London. He will depart Calais on a special steamer as English and French warships salute and escort him across the channel.
Testimonial from Miss Nericig Hormes of Buffalo describing relief from menorrhagia back pain and insomnia after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises improved appetite health and urges others to stop other medicines and try the remedy. Note claims of $5000 for forged or forged authenticity removed.
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