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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1903
Page
3
A garbled letter complains of land and water disputes amid drought. It references wetting or drying land, rents, deeds, and water barrels, with fragmented phrases about payments and refunds. The text is unclear but centers on water access and financial terms.
A Langham teacher reads a board legend to pupils. The phrase Our tacker 6 Goukey is noted and altered to include the word driver. The school opens with a prayer, and the mood is tempered as students begin their day.
An old fragment describes Metts Corn Cure and its claimed powers. The text praises the remedy and its doctors, noting restorative effects and a confident tone about curing corns. It mentions a hall event and general medical authority behind the preparation.
Joseph Murter recalls Lafayette’s 1034 visit when he chased behind the French carriage and was rewarded with a dropped handkerchief, kept as a priceless memento. The note links to Defiance Starch and early advertising from 1612 to tea sales in Mercurius Politicus, England.
Fragmentary note describes Notre Dame University, Inimana, and St Marys Academy with references to free access for students, ages around twenty, and imperial era details. Mentions C B C Miley as president and a crest, art instruction, and a ceremonial plan.
Swedish residents of Chicago hosted a banquet celebrating John Ericsson on his hundredth birthday. General William Sooy Smith praised Ericsson as the greatest engineer, noting his informal schooling and practical genius shaped modern propulsion and naval tech, and a monument was promised by Swedish Americans in Chicago.
The Pario Velmayna or Santos-Dumont airship was offered to France for wartime use after a July 24 review. Gen Andre, Secretary of War, telegraphed acceptance praising the balloon's acrostatic progress and promising military value. President Eliot's Eulogy. Dr. Le Baron Briggs named Radcliffe College president succeeding Mrs. Agassais. Dr. Briggs praised as patient and discerning. American for King of England. Dr Styl of Newport News claims restoration of Stuart to throne would make Capt. J. B. Stuart legal successor. Climbed Mount Rainier. Dr Betts and H M Sarrant report reaching the summit after cutting ice steps to navigate crater declivities. Ballet fish in boiling Amatitlan lake. French traveler Pellet notes fish living in boiling water from hot springs. A Chicago man in London describes M. Loubet as abrupt, leather-faced with eyes of siee.
State Dairy and Food Commissioner Warren announced local grocers received canned tomato orders tainted by mislabeling. Investigators found red paint and other colorants used to imitate ripe, but actually inferior, tomatoes among varied canned vegetables.
Cassini the Russian ambassador to this country is said to seek a diplomatic post in Paris or London. His prestige suffered after the United States considered sending the Kishineff petition to St. Petersburg, making a Washington residence unlikely. Alexander Isvolaky, former Huavian minister to Japan, is discussed as a probable successor.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, dean of the Washington College of Law in Washington, is highlighted as one of the nation’s ablest lawyers. Daughter of Platt R. Spencer, she practiced with her father and played a pivotal role in securing congressional passage of a District of Columbia bill granting mothers equal rights to their children, and allowing married women to conduct business and control their own earnings.
Edward V Read of Lancaster Pa claims title as laggard lover but Miss Alice Burkholder sues for 10000 damages for breach of promise after Read failed to marry as scheduled each year including the last date July 17 this year.
Dr John A Trembly famed eccentric scientist dies at his Hamilton Ohio home noted for rooms designed in octagonal circular and elliptical geometries and for use of diverse woods from around the world. Cotton operations show 17000 machine tending operatives in Lowell Massachusetts earning 838000 and over 500000 monthly in wages.
A Utah blaze destroyed the Ogden woolen mills, once a major local industry founded nearly forty years ago near a key river route. Lorin Farr helped launch the enterprise, with Enoch Farr later leading modernization in Boston, and later ownership passing to a stock company planning water power to electricity sales.
American tourlata soon will look in vale for the Albany the famous building off Piccadilly London which in its time has housed as many geniuses It is about to be pulled down and with it will perish a most interesting part of Serary London Lord Macaulay Byron Bulwer Lytton Gladstone Canning Brougham Napier resided there revealing a history of talent and titles
A large crowd attended Covent Garden in London for a July 1 sale of California fruit. Buyers bid fiercely due to fruit shortages in France, Britain, and Europe. Bartlett and Souvenir Ducongers pears sold at 138 per case. 2942 cases of plums sold between 108 and 146 per crate. overall prices higher than prior London sales.
Attorney General P C Knox plans to summer in Chester County Pennsylvania after buying a historic farm once tied to the Continental Army. The Harvard farm, about a mile from Valley Forge, was previously owned by Brown in revolutionary times. General Knox’s headquarters building stood there during the Valley Forge encampment and he once brought his bride to the site.
The strenuous life at Newport proved too much for some young women who tried to keep up with the social whirl. Several showed signs of exhaustion and doctors ordered quieter recreation. Newport life this summer has been too exacting except for those with unusually good health.
Only three of the fifteen members of the famous 1877 electoral commission survive ex Senator Edmunds Senator Hoar and Gen Eppa Hunton of Virginia the two last named chosen by the house. All five justices of the supreme court who sat on the commission have died. British Postal Income. The income of the British post office from money in envelopes sold with no or insufficient stamps is 20000 or 36000 a day.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat item describes how nickel splitting and small checks or tickets have become a common subsidiary currency in markets. Children and small buyers accumulate these checks worth fractional cents and redeem them for goods, with some tickets redeemable at face value for groceries or produce.
In Priorpoint Mina on Aug 3 a boy named Butler suffered a spinal ailment with nightly dying fears and nervous tremors. After two months with no diagnosis his father tried Dodd’s Kidney Pills, using eight boxes until full recovery. The father urges others to try the remedy.
A state legislator meets a member of Congress at the capital and muses on life in Washington being broader yet more demanding. The exchange highlights the contrast between state and national circles and ends with a humorous note on poker prowess and salary duties.
New York Press notes in New Jersey a unique tribute to family. William H Williams and his son Livingston Gifford built multiple adjacent houses near Jersey City to celebrate each birth and marriage, forming a distinctive red brick tower of stories along the Bergen avenue to Clifford place corner on the Hudson County boulevard. The father is deceased. Livingston Gifford II, a noted patent lawyer, continues the family legacy.
In a Senate exchange Culbertson recalled ex Senator Pettigrew's quip about Lodge. Pettigrew said Lodge's mind resembles New England soil: impoverished but highly cultivated. New York World reports the remark during the discussion of Major Gardener incidents.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference ign at Teter and a theorem tied to history and law. The text obscurely discusses role, ignorance, and a degree of the ite. Context and specifics are unclear from the provided fragment.
A partial letter and remarks discuss Piso Cure as a remedy favorably, praising its quality and urging readers to consider its benefits. The text references Rev. Dr. Newel Dwight Millie of Plymouth Church and notes longtime Brookia residents Malesia and Peal Lelers, with dated signatures from Mineespetis and Mine, January 6.
Extracts mix historic surrender lore with parish registers and a note on Samuel Gompers. It cites a 1870 surrender, a Worcestershire burial record for Rog Ann Groves, measurements from Clifford's Tower, and a remark on multilingual skills of Samuel Gompers at an AFL conference.
An eerie advertisement touts a "great Woman's" remedy named Pink's Veg Compound claiming cures for women and urging readers to write for details. The message promises relief from ailments and implies substantial rewards for responses, reflecting historical patent medicine rhetoric.
Edwin Ginn publisher honored by thirty Winchester Maryland townsfolk at a dinner for his purchase of Ridgely a central residential park. He saved the green expanse from speculative subdivision into house lots. The town notes the park’s value for recreation and health amid urban stresses.
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