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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
4
A Halder citizen visited the office to copy an ad after reading a rival paper. He was told the East Prairie Eagle ad read The Falstaff Store instead of The Falls off Store. He drove to East Prairie and back, tired and dusty, wishing he had subscribed to learn the correct ad.
A lengthy Northern Indiana clipping mixes a poem about a violent default with a testimonial from Anthony Wilson of Loogootee praising Thedford's Black Draught for liver and stomach troubles. The piece also references fraud allegations against a Dr Chamley and a medical ad parlor from the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Lutesville and nearby towns report daily activity with visits, travel to Cape Girardeau and St Louis, teachers exams, and preparations for a big picnic. Residents include Edna Croft Morley, Elmer Sitte Gipsy, Peyton Robertson Cape Girardeau, and John Palmer, with sightings of farmers, visitors, and local helpers.
The State Auditor reports large appropriations from state revenues to public schools, teachers’ institutes, and supervision of districts. A further 3595,28003 is allocated for town and rural high schools along with a 250,001 00 for rebuilding Wartensburg normal school. Total funding reaches 2,258,700, far above prior records, with additional sums not itemized for universities and special schools. The Democratic administration defends these expenditures against hostile press.
The piece denounces S. R. Chamley Chamlee a noted quack of the can cer cure variety for over 25 years using heartless greed to defraud the sick. Declared a fraud by the government he was denied use of the mails in St Louis and moved his offices to Chicago.
A quoted exchange mocks partisan views and German threat talk, recalling Nodaway County wit and a playful scene with a hostess and grandpa’s wooden leg. The piece references Harry in New York hearing about the Stanford White murder, noted by the St. Louis Times after nine years of audience interest.
A brief note reports a private theatrical event titled Proved the Contrary It Was held at a private venue. Details indicate a small assembly of attendees and performances framed as a social occasion with modest entertainment value.
The note suggests correcting the phrase from for instead of of Brown ing s Magazine. It reads as a cryptic comment about grammar and attribution. The wording implies a playful or editorial nudge regarding proper preposition use in a publication title.
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