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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1901
Page
3
Retiree letter from Minnesota and various women praising Peruna medicine. Claims of restored health and extended use, with notes on private treatment policy. Article promotes free treatment at The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio and urges readers to contact Dr Hartman.
State Entomologist W G Johnson credits a Crawford variety peach tree on Al FEM Hartia’s Eastern Neck Island farm as the nation’s largest. The tree bears full crops yearly, measures 67 inches in circumference, 24 inches in diameter, with limbs up to 30 inches around, and has never failed to fruit.
A newly discovered plant species traps and digests meat via a movable mouth like a throat, closing around ingested morsels such as small beef pieces eggs and gelatin. It digests proteins while rejecting fatty or waxy matter which remains inedible and rots if left in the mouth.
A historical note on the Tehuantepec Railway across the isthmus of Tehuantepec, highlighting its 140 mile length from Coatzacoalcos to Salina Cruz, fuel future with petroleum engines, and its original projection by Carter. Also mentions a prehistoric canoe found in Tyrone and a well preserved bog body purportedly 200 years old.
Civil War lore claims Lee offered his sword to Grant at surrender and Grant returned it. Mrs. Jefferson Davis revived the tale, but Grant’s memoir states no such conversation occurred and that the surrender and sword handling are a romance.
Captain Canalg Ames of the Second Life Guards, six feet eight, is set to marry Violet Cecil daughter of Lady Francis Cecil. Violet is described as petite and fairylike as the unusually tall officer garners attention in society circles. An annual estimate says one crow destroys about 700,000 insecta.
The article discusses Selmahl Mmo and Mittie Lehmiab arguing for women’s enfranchisement and explores the idea of women abandoning the kitchen. It questions how women can pursue intellectual goals while managing husbands, children, and domestic duties in the modern era.
In Chinatown the bride carrier trade persists with three women pursuing this livelihood. They follow the occupation to earn a comfortable income, though the practice is marked by strong cultural and social implications.
The article notes a traditional Chinese practice where the bride is not allowed to walk or stand and must be carried from her family home to the husband’s house. It describes the rise of professional matchmakers or fortune consultants in upper circles, who orchestrate elaborate wedding rituals and ensure luck and proper ceremonies. Chinese districts hire three professionals to stage additional celebratory “dog” to impress guests.
United States consul at Moscow notes Central Asia produced 233,600,000 pounds of cotton shipped to European Russia via the Caspian Sea. Total Central Asian production reaches 800,000,000 pounds, a fraction of U S output and exports but rising tenfold over a decade, signaling a rapid growth in Russia’s cotton farming.
Francieco L Alcantara a United States Military Academy graduate has been elected president of Aragua Venezuela at 27, youngest to hold high office. His father was a former Aragua president and later led the republic. Alcantara won a cadet admission to West Point by request of Presidents Cleveland and Palacio. Mexico’s population surged 743 percent in five years, dwarfing Canada’s 9.7 percent rise, per Times.
The fragment describes clan marriage customs in a patrilineal system where upon the husband’s death the wives pass to brothers, and a peculiar betrothal rite in Thiber with a butter forehead gesture. It then notes a striking natural bridge on Pine Creek near Cu Verde Arizona, claimed larger than Virginia’s, with a 600 foot span and 80 foot height, plus a brief local health ad praising Dodd’s Kidney Pills and their alleged cures.
The article notes a thin carbon layer in the sun’s lower atmosphere as shown by spectroscopes and Hale’s observations at the Yerkes Observatory. It likens the carbon ring to a luminous bell around the polar globe and details disruption during eruptions, with the layer reaching perhaps 800 miles above the surface. It also mentions editorials and confessional notes from a country exchange about delinquents and their fates.
A new automatic tram etopper device lets air brakes be applied from the track as a train passes an obstruction. The mechanism connects to the train pipe and is operated by a lever on the wagon, allowing the engineer to reset from the cab. The report also lists the world s tallest structures with Parla s fill fel tower leading at 665 feet.
A historical note explains that pouring a spoonful of ground coffee on water shows distinct effects. If the coffee sinks and darkens the water quickly, chlorine is present. otherwise the water remains nearly colorless for several minutes.
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