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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1897
Page
2
The Marble Hill Press notes Kaiser Wilhelm's new dramatic act and mocks a cynic's view of a bathing-suit scene. It contrasts Rockefeller and Carnegie with Debs, hinting a small payment could soothe Debs' distress. It criticizes coal pricing and supports miners’ pay.
A New Jersey man tried to extract a lead pencil from a jammed revolver using his teeth. He escaped instant death because the gun was unloaded, avoiding a fatal misfire.
A chronicler notes the brewers and liquor dealers prepared fireworks for a liquor question victory, but the opposite occurred as church bells rang instead. The passage frames the event with parochial symbolism and reflects a dramatic civic mood.
The late Senator Daniel W Voorhees of Indiana left manuscripts including three late lectures on recollections of prominent men and events. His son ex-Congressman Charles S Voorhees will collect these manuscripts and publish them in one large volume.
A European style denouncement notes sensational papers exaggerate an Indian killer by claiming he graduated from an Eastern school. It argues such claims are rarely true and calls for justice to Indian students and the school management by exposing the falsehood.
The article notes the Pingree potato patch as a city institution drawing elites and unemployed men who cultivated land. Many supported families and several earned lifechanging sums, with the most successful starting with no money for transport and ending with a plow, harrow, wagon, a team of horses, and a farm.
Britain proposed a twenty percent cut in international letter rates at the International Postal Congress, seeking four cents for U S letters and two pence for Britain. The proposal failed as other nations balked, but Britain had signaled a twopence rate and may push others to match it.
In 1896 Europe sees electric railways rise from 70 to 111 lines, 485 to 560 miles of track, and output from 18,160 to 25,095 kW. Cars grow from 1,246 to 1,747. Germany leads with 252 miles, others follow. Overhead, underground, and accumulator systems split 111 lines, while projected new lines promise record expansion. Capital in Germany reaches about $29.8 million.
Fragmented text recalls Louis XIV reign, New Orleans charity beds drive, Harvard students bound for jubilee voyage, and a museum bread offering. Mentions Genoa rebellious leader and large armies in a garbled tone. The piece blends historical reflection with scattered current events.
A discussion on silver coinage, gold standard claims, and the parity of silver and gold. The piece argues silver dollars are not redeemed in gold, asserts free coinage would lift bullion value, and defends William Jennings Bryan's lecture circuit as a principled bid for the presidency. It contrasts Bryan with Harrison and Cleveland, praising his integrity and political aims.
A fragment from a bimetallist paper praises a Washington Post article on Mr Bryan's alleged passing from political life. It notes his enduring leadership, the fairness of the critique, and Bryan's choice to support himself without political ties, citing Lincoln’s city limits and career options.
Mr T B Wardner editor of the Benton Traveler reported in the city that silver sentiment in New England is rising as prices fall and hardship deepens. He cited support from Senators Mantle Tillman and Cannon, ex Representative Towne, labor unions and shoe makers as likely to influence the next Congress and Massachusetts legislature toward bimetallism and away from the gold standard.
Harprine and Sorrow note Chicago voters backed Charles Yerkes, a Wall Street stock speculator, over John Tanner. The Chicago Tribune, once against free coinage, ridiculed the result while contrasting Wall Street as a whole with individual speculators.
In Ohio, Iowa and Kentucky the Mast argues the public is being misled about an International bimetallic conference. They claim Republicans will push unlimited coinage while the Mapobilean party does nothing. Voters are urged to reject the blufhing bualneas column.
A Democratic broadside urges organizing study clubs on money and prices to boost support for the Chicago platform and free silver. It cites figures like Breckenridge and Vandervoort, warns on election judges, and calls for careful selection of active, informed party workers in precincts. It advocates cross party study groups with Democrats Republicans and Populists.
The National Democrat argues that Democrat protection seeks broad shield against foreign capital and labor, not favoring a few industries. It criticizes McKinley tariff as flawed, warns against immigration duties, and claims Republican protection profits only a few iron and steel interests while harming workers.
C D Firestone of Columbus Buggy Co., largest buggy maker, writes to Philadelphia’s James Dobson criticizing free silver policies. He warns of rising commodity prices and industry ruin, urging action as manufacturers and farmers suffer. He signs with O, I, Firestone.
The Detroit Journal asserts the good times express McKinley prosperity as a general strike against starvation wagers looms, signaling tension between optimism and impending labor action amid economic strain.
Poverty robs means to do good and to assist others while both natural and moral evils grow. Dr Johnson notes prosperity in the now financier sense, tied to bank loans and clearing house activity. Wages fall, many firms close, strikes rise as wealth concentrates and temptations to misuse rise.
Paris Letter surveys models who sit for painters, noting pay rates and how model careers endure or end. It highlights famed models, foreign and local, their marriages, pensions, and the shifting fashion of sculpture studios, with anecdotes of guardianship, wealth, and life after posing.
In a brisk exchange, Mr. Commuter and Mrs. Commuter debate ignoring the Frosts. They consider the Dales as new neighbors, noting the lawn-mower recently acquired and its lack of delivery on the express wagon last night. The Boston Transcript style captures small town chatter and social proximity oriented detail.
In Santa Rosa California a Baptley church was built entirely of timber from a single redwood. The entire structure including seating, weather-bearing, inner lining and shingles was carved from the tree with no brick or timber. After completion 60 000 shingles remained.
A proposed process claims to convert 40 tons of peat into one ton of carbide with all the energy preserved. The note reflects on daily human progress and the search for better heat sources, while acknowledging risks and the fragility of life and achievement amid wartime uncertainty in Washington.
The Revue Encyclopedique reports on Dr Calot an Italian surgeon working in France who treats a five year old boy with a severe spinal deformity by placing the child face down under chloroform and applying pressure to reverse the vertebral collapse. The patient is bandaged in plaster and wadded bandages for months then wears a corset.
The Italian bareback rider Signora Pepina di Monticello, daughter of a colonel in King Uriberto's realm, left home two years ago to debut. She is famed for La Folia, a chestnut horse, and her leap over four tall horses. Her greatest feat was jumping La Folie over a landau previously.
A garbled court note describes a Danville matter involving a man and cards. The text mentions a judge, a decision, and an attempted payment with items called chipa or chips, but key details are unreadable.
The readable bits show garbled dialogue with scattered names and quotes, suggesting a damaged OCR transcription. Some recognizable elements include stray names and phrases, but no coherent event or context emerges from the fragment.
The 16 year old Orris Benson, blinded and deafened by illness, attends the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. Through tactile and vocal training, including typing, he gains 40 word vocabulary and can read US history, geography, and arithmetic. Teachers Pine Miss Bensley Nixon guide his speech via mouth contact and finger tactile cues, with steady progress inspiring hopes for a bright future.
An ancient estimate places Earth’s weight at about 6 followed by 21 zeros tons, equating to 12 quintillion or more pounds. The figure is described as matching the weight of 78 moons and blending references to Britain, Ireland, Europe, and distant continents with dramatic scale.
Teapets are only worn by one person in Olle, as the text reads. The line is fragmented and difficult to interpret but suggests a singular wearing rule or designation.
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