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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1897
Page
2
A fragmented column from Marble Hill Missouri prints varied quips and observations. It notes fashion, ads, and anecdotes about people like Colonel Joe Mulhatton, mentions Mexico City butter prices, and mocks royalty and political figures. It reflects local editorial voice and scattered cultural jabs.
A friend in the St Louis Globe-Democrat recalls McKinley as impulsive at times but describes how twenty five years of devotion to his wife shaped his character. He supposedly bore heavy loads with a calm exterior and never let worry show, attributing his self control to his protective role.
The Prussian diet rejects a government measure that would have vastly limited free speech. The bill would empower police to disperse meetings deemed contrary to criminal law or public order or where a minor is present. It would also dissolve associations with minors and impose fines and imprisonment for remaining at or funding such meetings.
A description notes Iceland within 66 to 70 degrees north with about 70,000 people living on a coast warmed by the Gulf Stream. Most inhabitants rear sheep and cattle for home use, with modest export of the sheep to British ports. Sheep fleeces loosen in early summer and much surplus wool goes to England.
A stranger at a Joplin saloon refused to pay for whisky and was shot by the bartender. The incident sparks questions about crime, finance, and local graft as mining gold bricks surface in British Columbia, bought by a treasury. A New York man guilty of theft faces swift justice, while garbled text hints at broader chaos in Gotham and murky comments on responsibility.
Washington dispatch notes Democratic elation at McKinley currency commission setback, GOP resistance in Senate, and the finance committee referral. It cites Hoar Teller Aldrich and Morgan critiques, with Carmack and Stone amendments and views from Chicago financial figures.
The Indianapolis convention prompts a McKinley message on monetary reform. The House accepts, the Senate stalls, and public opinion remains wary of entrusting currency settlement to commissions. In 1866, about 6.6 million disagreed with bondholders and dealers’ stance, a views shift now seen among some money power allies.
Organ cites James Bryce on public opinion under the American constitution. He notes the framers faced unorganized opinion with limited machinery to translate desires into schemes. Bryce casts currency, free trade, corporate control, election purity, and constitutional fixes as enduring postwar concerns and Reconstruction-era problems.
Bryce argues in American Commonwealth that two classes keep public opinion in check. He cites elevated critics via newspapers and literature and reformers through churches as exerting influence. Their combined impact is a flowing tide, sometimes pervasive, yet necessary and active in challenging fellow citizens.
The League of Regular Democrats expands rapidly in St. Louis with about 6 000 members joining and broadening its influence citywide. The movement gains momentum as more locals enroll and organize into affiliated groups.
A fragmented Toledo quote attributed to Mark Hanna urges immediate Republican action. The message emphasizes urgency and political maneuvering, reflecting intra party calls to quick resolve amid mounting campaign dynamics.
Unclear fragments show references to Bill Howe and Mark with possible legal or auction context. No coherent event or entities fully verifiable from the text.
A distressed farmer writes about mortgage burden from eastern lenders, recalling better times and urging change. He laments plummeting crop values, notes farmers expect hardship, and questions surrender to debt while pleading resilience and faith in renewal. G. B. Hughes.
A concise analysis argues demand shifts driven by money use laws depress silver’s value while boosting gold. It notes silver’s price sensitivity to policy, references Adam Smith and Senator Allison, and suggests production costs moving with general commodity trends support silver’s value as a measure, despite hostile laws.
A Chicago prints a table showing forty eight stock actions with large advances in sugar shares. It argues Republican legislation fuels prosperity while noting sugar stock gains of $19,000,000 in a month and a $13,000,000 windfall to speculators at the cost of the public, accusing the piece of transparent foolery and misguided logic.
The article contrasts Cleveland with Jeffersonian ideals, accusing him of sending federal troops into sovereign states and denying both state rights and national union. It criticizes his self-styled Jeffersonian stance and mocks supporters who praise him as a successor to Jefferson and Jackson, portraying Democratic anger.
A fragmented note questions Mark Hanna about an infant president idea and hints at organizing a study club or realism attempt. It remains unclear and reads as a garbled call for clarity on the matter and possible local organizing efforts.
A Chicago News item describes updating a gown after wear and a skirt shrink. It details reshaping the skirt with plaiting, adding braids, and a new pink facing with velveteen binding. The piece notes lengthening the skirt from the top and hidden pleating achieved with ribbons and scrolls.
A vivid survey of season dress trends highlights riotous color in gowns and tailored suits. Wool taffeta, passementerie trim, and delicated lace accents appear on dark blue, cream, and pale pink ensembles. Tyrolean hats and contrasting canvas headpieces pair with soft stocks, pink chiffon details, and embroidered perforated textures for a refined yet bold wardrobe.
A fragment describes a maid visiting for a suitable Easter gown repair in dewpalr. The narrative notes ragged skirts and a broken edge needing alteration, with a maid returning next day with a different garment. The tone hints at a social scene and wardrobe concerns in a local setting.
In a clipped Cleveland setting, two figures discuss gratitude and an invitation to attend a public reading. The exchange mentions a character named Jimeon and his daughter delivering an essay on The Immortality of the Soul, with the scene hinting at social courtesy and a strained invitation in a neighborhood gathering.
A garbled quotation from a Cleveland item humorously questions how Herkiey acquires neat attire. The fragment hints at a joke about tailoring and accidental welding of paws to a baseball, suggesting a comic caption or cartoon caption style.
An aged verse recounts three hungry tigers entering a wood to slay a fiddler. His melody charms them though the tune ends. they sit and smile all day, and no more tunes remain. The narrator asks how the story ends, noting the mystery of appeasing beasts with sweets.
A brief, humorous exchange about food and footwear shows a mother asking to see pig's feet and a son noting the butcher's supply and his shoes being kept on, reflecting plainspoken everyday life language.
A maiden and a hopeful suitor spar over a future bicycle as she names the Morris wheel and he vows to deliver any wheel within two hours. The youth rushes out into a bleak June afternoon, only to see his pneumatic hopes deflate.
A middle aged man tells the Washington Star he will break his rule to write to the newspapers. He seeks to communicate with the Prince of Wales about Queen Victoria's jubilee and suggests the prince light firecrackers on the Fourth of July as a courteous gesture amid American efforts to celebrate the occasion.
A clipped humor note from the Cloveland Leader features Hunkins challenging Dr Pilgariack about how he advised his wife on a sewing machine and bicycle matters. The exchange hints at comic miscommunication and a doctor’s blunt reply, reflecting local newspaper humor.
A Detroit Free Press item notes a misquoted exchange about a person named Pennibutty. The dialogue suggests confusion over shifting sides and a year earlier they were aligned with someone from India, attributing the change to tandem courting.
Comic caption from Pick-Me-Up humor page features Ada admiring Amy’s oversized jubilee hat and Ada’s quip about being shaded by it, reflecting lighthearted fashion satire of a public celebration era.
In a coastal scene proprietor Murphy of the Beach Hotel is warned to speed up service as a patron signals for ten beers over fifteen minutes. Tension rises with a warning that someone will intervene if the pace does not improve.
Washington Star quotes Theoor and Peaghe arguing that women deserve duties and rights equal to men. The text notes a disagreement among readers and references a yesterday evening remark about pedaling and responsibility.
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