05 Dec 1900
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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1900
Page
1
A disparate set of 1900 era items notes Congress opening on Monday, various health and political events including Guvenat Ponraro Dias inaugurated for a sixth Mexican term, Dockery attending as spectator, and many unrelated notes on battles, pardons, census data, and a Missouri Teachers Association session set for December.
Josrpa Paranx Flxanmaeron, Railroad Commissioner elect, died last Friday in St. Louis, raising questions who will fill the Railway and Warehouse Commissioner role. It is likely Joe Flory, the present incumbent, will hold on until the next general election per the board act. The dispatch also notes British war costs in the South African conflict, and cites U S school statistics and funding. Nashville Bonner reports.
The article lauds Bollinger county choosing a capable, earnest legislator to reform state government. It predicts minimal clerks and no boodle or lobbyists, urging unity and earnest work for wholesome laws benefiting the people, noting the press signals public fatigue with foolishness.
A London cable reports Alfred Beit leading a plan to form the world’s largest gold trust to control seven eighths of global output, with South Africa and Australia properties in play and governments potentially under pressure. Beit seeks vast wealth and power, aiming to bend nations to his will and rule finance like a Napoleon.
Eyewitnesses describe Marseilles to Paris rail journey of the exiled Transvaal president as the greatest ovation since Napoleons era. French crowds, soldiers and civilians alike express fervent support for Kruger and his cause amid a national mood of sympathy and shared struggle.
Fragmentary text references directors named Tewohora and Pairowa and mentions a year of work with more than one time.
A Kansas City Times piece critiques President McKinley’s Philadelphia banquet remarks praising cross-party support and gold democrats. It warns that his victory signals endorsement of imperial policies, expansion, and increased taxation, risking the republic’s safety within four years.
London papers minimize the South Africa war, deeming Boer offensives insignificant while questioning British troop losses and Kruger receptions. The piece skewers Kitchener, Milner, and the war budget amid ongoing Boer resistance and royal anxiety.
Old established manufacturing wholesale house seeks an active man of good character to deliver and collect in Missouri. Pays $900 a year with sure pay and honesty prized over experience. Reference, pay, bank info optional. Enclose SASE. Manufacturers, third floor, 334 Dearborn St, Chicago.
A historic advertisement promotes B. B. B. Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for chronic blood poisons and skin eruptions. It claims to drain poisons, rebuild digestion, and restore health, offering free trial bottles and full treatment bottles for sale by druggists. Addresses Blood Balm Co. in Atlanta and offers free medical advice.
Order of publication in Bollinger County Missouri Cir court case of William J Yount v J G Lassater. Notifies defendant not resident, to appear at Marble Hill court by second Monday in March 1900 or risk judgment. Describes 120 acres in section 27 township 29 range 8 east. Copy to Marble Hill Press. Circuit Clerk Sam McMinn seals.
The Buchanan entry reports fine weather and local activities. Residents split between swamp hunting and teaching duties, with Lemuel Spear working for Mrs. McMinn and John Wiggins planning a trip to Big Lake. Bert Bhellon returns from Indiana with an enjoyable trip, the sawmill is idle, and local miseries and farming tasks are noted alongside uncertain school and cooking remarks.
The notice promotes The New York World Thrice-a-Week Edition and The Manole Hut Press bundle. It touts prompt first news coverage with wide circulation and offers a subscription deal: one year for $1.15 for both papers.
The notice touts the Twice-a-Week Republic as a superior newspaper delivering political, domestic, and foreign news, market and business notes, and entertaining fiction. It targets both men and women with information on books, fashions, and household matters, promising weekly telegraph reports and varied reading.
An advertisement promotes The Free Press Year Book and Encyclopaedia for 1901, over 550 pages, bound in good paper. It promises a complete report of events of 1901 and broad reference content on statistics politics agriculture religion and daily life. The book, available December 27 1900, is offered at four dollars with paper and volume included.
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