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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1900
Page
2
The Marble Hill Press notes a record sale of the most expensive postage stamp collection in Brighton England. Mr Castle vice president of the London Philatelic Society sold the collection for 160000 dollars. Other items include a warning against artistic dirt and a fatal lightning fire near Charlotte North Carolina.
An agreement among seven main French railway companies and the Belt railway of Paris fixes conditions for accepting vehicles as baggage. Vehicles include motorcycles, automobile tricycles, and automobile carriages, with unpacked weight not exceeding 30 pounds and packed weight limited to 220 pounds.
A training ship carrying forty boys bound for the Argentine Republic’s future naval officers visited a country last month. In living memory Argentina had no navy, but now its southern sisters are building naval forces, signaling that they have a stake in regional power.
A science-minded discussion highlights two years as the peak for a child’s intriguing development while photographers note it as the worst age for time exposures. Toddlers at that age are alert and active yet unable to heed the photographer’s request to stay still.
Medical News reports Dr H H Curtis found ipecac exposure cured some drug store workers of ipecac cold. He then used tincture of roses by hypodermic injection to a patient and achieved a permanent cure. Further tests on ragweed golden rod and lily of the valley patients showed similar results.
Prince Oukthomsky sent bronze Mongol idol collections to the Russian Asiatic section of the Parle exhibition. Some figures shocked viewers and complaints followed. Officials removed the worst pieces, packed them, and displayed them in a box labeled Mongol Idols.
A farmer turned turkeys loose in a tobacco patch and wiped out caterpillars, saving much of the crop in the district. Canton leaders mock a high legal rate for beheading culprits while seeking starvation wages. The Smitheonian Institution plans to send hunter Md Hoforong to Kodiak to capture a polar bear alive, weighing up to 3000 pounds.
The notice highlights a century old debate on democracy’s core issue of 1900. It references a prominent expositor whose writings shaped public discourse and influenced local and national perspectives.
A speaker criticizes Republican dominance by wealth, argues for human rights over property, and denounces imperialism in the Philippines. He defends self government, cites Lincoln and Jefferson, condemns annexation, and urges respect for Filipino independence and the principle of consent of the governed.
A speaker condemns imperial entanglements while urging immediate decolonization of the Philippines and a focus on stable governance for Cuba and the islands. He warns against European protectorates and defends a republican destiny rooted in equality and noninterference.
An enumerator, Gil Munch, in Philadelphia faced intense strain during the thirteen operation. He began May 18 and finished June 13, tallying 119 names across 12 households. He says he lost 14 pounds since starting, and when asked if he fears dying within a year, he replies he is not afraid and notes that the work only pays 18 dollars.
Alan Mackenzie confronts his past as Veronica dies at sea and Joyce Grenville learns of his former wife. He vows honesty to Joyce, who accepts his truth and agrees to marry. A chance encounter with Hutchinson tests loyalty, but Alan defends his past and moves toward their wedding.
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