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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1903
Page
3
The article notes an ancient Capri vault linked to victims of an emperor and details a peculiar art exhibition where local women dominated, with few foreign contributors. It also mentions a New York street claim about Wu Ting Fang and a ping pong anecdote, reflecting gossip rather than solid fact.
An OCR fragment surveys cures for deafness with an ad promising dollars for curable cases, then shifts to a church class in Dumbarton Lowland with 448 members, a Pittsburg concert drive, a Munich Anthropology talk on Papuan artistry, Yale explorer Dr. Wortman’s Dakota expedition, Arbor Day tree woes in Beatrice, and ivy removal advice from the British Architectural Association urging ivy removal for preservation.
Pope and Crystal seize a brig, boarding the ship with armed men. They plunder the vessel and imprison its crew and a woman, planning to secure wealth and wine and await darker hours for a larger haul.
A Navy captain at a college town lake fires an old cannon to surface drowned bodies. He repeats the shot until a body surfaces, then stops, refusing to fire again, saying he won’t oppose Judgment Day. The tale, attributed to Franklin Matthews referencing Cornell class 8 and a commencement, appears in a New York Times style vignette.
A U S sentry blocked a Russian ambassador Cassini's coachman at a roadway. The coachman urged passage by proclaiming his master, Count Cassini, while the guard stood firm, declaring he would not permit passage even if the master were a free born American citizen, drawing sharp rebuke.
Anecdotes at the Franklin Inn Club Philadelphia recount Col Ingersoll’s quip on drunkenness and John Luther Long’s tale of a man who could not open his door, muttering about a stolen keyhole. Also noted are Napoleon and Victoria’s Windsor visit in 1855 and a public library scene with a student misreading James II. The World’s Work quote adds context to the era’s humor.
William Harley of Brooklyn N C hears a commotion in the woods and discovers a fox attempting to frighten a nesting turkey. He clubs the fox, but it slips under his blows and escapes with the turkey.
One each year the author writes a poem about the Shamrock III. The note indicates the intent to send it for publication or submission.
A New Orleans Times Democrat excerpt explores a patient's compulsive focus on remedies shown in penny guides and ads. The piece links chronic illness fixation to psychology, noting how the man reads every advertisement to redefine his ailment while the room overflows with bottles.
A garbled set of items reports a clergyman involved in a substance dispute with ducks, a vicar’s public notice, and a church schedule note. Other lines discuss tarantula filament uses in balloons, Belgian cows with numbered ear rings, and a London sale of mysterious goods.
A series of brief notes reports a Kansas City Union Depot train No 3 now leaves at 12 25 p m instead of 10 85 a m creating an after dinner train for Texas travelers. The item mentions connections via Katy line to Oklahoma Indian Territory and Texas and notes the Paris Academy of Sciences studies a theory tying growth to throat gland stimulation in children.
A long syndicated note from Rich Fountain Missouri honors Rev Joseph Pope for his faithful pastoral work. A German farmer George Hoellerer shares a letter praising Pope and recounts relief from rheumatism after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. The piece also threads in misc items about weddings jokes and local announcements.
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