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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1895
Page
2
A fragment from The Marble Hill Press discusses social and political topics ranging from new women and public sentiment to Holmes, corn crop value, American history from an Indian perspective, and the Cuban fever context. It riffs on public figures, media influence, and speculative ideas with satirical tone.
A group of male Chicago barbers push for a law to keep women from practicing barbering. The writer notes women have equal rights and that men can try to suppress voting rights, but cannot bar women from barbering. The piece ends by stating women should be allowed to shave if they choose.
A discussion suggests terms like motocycle and auto cycle to describe the vehicle once drawn by animals and now self propelled. Proposals include selfwheeler, aiming to capture the machine as its own propeller in popular usage.
A 19th century tone notes bicycles hurt book selling in summer. Authors argue wheels steal readers as loungers on beaches seek paper novels but trading remains unusually slow this year. The rider’s exercise leaves him tired for reading, provoking thoughts on cycling’s effect on literature.
A Chicago Record column argues against a single gold standard favoring England and for free coinage of silver. It condemns Wall Street influence, 19th century policy battles, and Cleveland's monetary stance, urging restoration of silver as money and opposed to gold monometallism.
Recent rains washed milled Chicago sewage into the Illinois River causing massive deaths. Thousands were stranded against a swing pontoon bridge at Lacon, which was opened with great difficulty.
A fragment from a poem or verse dialogue touches on an adoption line describing “a well cultured baby for adoption.” The mother questions the meaning, wondering if it implies well nurtured, and mentions a Boston baby, indicating place and context but leaving the full story unclear.
In a lively chat, Mrs Elony-Is asks about visiting Mrs Dark tomorrow while Mrs Safrie-Wat queries what is happening at Mrs Dark'n. Mrs Ebony-Says she plans to give a black ten, stirring local talk.
The piece argues that new games rarely overtake enduring ones like baseball and cricket, tracing a pedigree of bat and ball games from ancient times to modern days. It notes baseball’s American origins, contrasts it with cricket, and cites chess checkers and other pastimes to illustrate growth rather than true invention.
A player seeks satisfaction from gameplay that replaces familiar mechanics with new elements, aiming to derive pleasure without relying on traditional, time-tested features. The note suggests openness to innovative design choices that redefine challenge and engagement.
A San Francisco group forms a labor exchange under the American Industrial Union to trade goods without money using non redeemable certificates. Members deposit handmade wares and receive store credits, with managers noting thousands of dollars in value exchanged last year. The system relies on property backing certificates and aims to employ shoemakers, bootmakers, knitters and other artisans across California.
A thin middle aged woman dressed in black went to the coroner's office in New York, showing a photograph to prove she was dead. She claimed to have entered Mount Sinai hospital as a patient two months earlier and said she would return when Coroner Hoeber was available, leaving without giving her name.
The report notes more than three million dollars daily flowing to liquor interests. It cites Chaplain Bradshaw of Allegheny Pay Workhouse showing less than six percent abstainers among those sent there in four years, including women. It also mentions a South African village owned by Searle & Sons with one hundred abstaining workers, a Boston student aiding Lady Henry Somerset’s gym, Nazareth’s seven American bar-keepers, and the New York Tribune urging a temperance crusade without halal.
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