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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
7
A letter from the state auditor argues against liquor tax loss under prohibition, noting slight increases in property taxation would cover funding gaps. It claims the 600,000 dollar revenue pull is achievable without imposing heavy burdens on individual taxpayers and criticizes opponents for alarmist claims.
Life Extension Institute bulletin cites insurance data from Canadian and British firms showing higher mortality for moderate drinkers compared with abstainers and heavy drinkers. American data across 43 companies over 22 years report death rates 84 percent above average for steady moderate drinkers and 10 percent above average for former drinkers and 1 percent above for very moderate drinkers. Experiments in laboratories support concerns about health impacts of light drinking.
A-era polemical passage contrasts violent wartime imagery with anti saloon sentiment. Walt Mason quotes and attacks John Parlercorm while Catholic leader John F Cupween defends church stance against liquor. Cassidy argues Catholics should not support the saloon.
Recap of events from August 1914 including Japan declaring war on Germany, Belgium city Namur captured by Germans, German advances westward toward Charleroi, France and Britain moving to counter, Luneville and Alsace occupation, Austria victory near Krasnik, and various naval engagements. Also notes on Antwerp bombardment, Kitchener speech, and the evolving global conflict with Belgium’s stance toward the United States and other powers.
In a training exercise a pursuing company faced a flooded river and saw a sign on the bridge claiming it was blown. The officer kept marching across and mocked the rival by posting a note on a leading man stating This company is swimming across.
A man asks for the spelling of a new high explosive. The other replies by saying he will spell it by consulting the dictionary. The exchange centers on whether it is possible to name the explosive through words.
The memory of baked gingerbread often called baker's gingerbread recalls public gatherings with coffee, oysters, crackers, cheese, and brown bread. Country crowds savored the simple fare, paying about 1t cents for a gingercake and cheese, a scene fading yet remembered by lingering survivors of the craft.
An old ad copy promoting Cuticura emollients for scalp itching and skin irritation. Claims care for skin scalp and hair with hand application. Offers free sample by mail with a postcard to Cuticura in Boston. Sold everywhere.
A London Standard report quotes Jeesiv, once Mrs roadfoot, praising Thomas Carlyle as a patient, kind employer. She recalls daily duties like lighting his pipe, supplying tobacco, and tending to his needs, asserting she never saw him as bad tempered.
The ad promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron claimed to protect the liver, fight malaria, enrich the blood and boost the system. It mentions ingredients like aconite and camphor used in Chinese jowl sticks to deter rats and keep burns steady.
Two Vermont boys invest in a Guernsey cow and two calves through a banker father while at school. They paid 296 dollars for the cow at age two, and after arranging handling by a favored farmer the stock was sold for 425 dollars. The boys earned a profit after costs, and their interest in farming grew at Springville.
A German government move fixes retail drug prices including charges for bottle cork label and dispensing packaging. The policy sets the amounts that must be charged for each item, shaping consumer costs and the pharmaceutical market.
A Wheeling Intelligencer note discusses the idea that pro and con are abbreviations of producers and consumers. The brief reflects a historical linguistic aside and a playful etymology debate. The item treats language curiosity with a newspaper tone and concise commentary.
Cholly swears off water near Miss Pert while she reassures him that his head stays above. A widow’s marriage is implied as a safer bet, with a wry, conversational tone.
United States census bulletin shows Kansas leading with population gains across nine Midwestern states from 1900 to 1919. Missouri Wisconsin Nebraska Indiana Michigan Minnesota all posted varying increases though Chicago’s growth did not offset overall state gains. Kansas advanced in both population and manufacturing during the decade.
A whimsical dialogue features Mr Weatherby-Jack Rowe the fruit grower married to his work. A teased remark about marrying a peach and a jokey dig about a teopronged hatpin with springlike prongs. A jest about eye danger adds levity to the scene.
A fragment remarks on Turkish men and suggested reforms for reformed behavior. The text presents a humorous, sparse critique implying social attitudes of the era without clear events or names.
A fragment from a local page features Mandy and her friend Teepan in a terse exchange about a crime and care for a neighbor's daughter. The scene shifts to a country life contrast with a police or crime undertone, noting a subdivided plot and a viewing map across from a hall with a fountain and parked cars. The voice resembles a rural newspaper column with dialog placeholders.
Members of the Chicago Craftsmen chapter of Operative Masons are both bricklayers and stone masons and are members of the Masonic order.
Boston Advertiser reports on a challenged theme as Chicago faces issues in a Better Babies Week program. The piece highlights social debate and public health concerns surrounding infant welfare in the city.
A brief Likenews item links a recurring crumbler to an express train and asks a question about war while noting a rail theme. It highlights the narrator’s recurring motif and a stylistic penchant for railway imagery without providing dates or concrete events.
A wife grows so furious with her husband that she stops speaking to him and hires a lawyer to handle the dispute. The tale underscores the rising expense of legal action in domestic quarrels.
The Philadelphia Ledger quotes a hesitant worker or poet discussing a difficult workplace contract and the idea of never attaining certain goals. The fragment hints at dissatisfaction with an employer and the toll of hard labor on morale, with a dismissive aside about publishing a poem.
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