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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1900
Page
2
A long zestful column surveys diverse items from science and travel. It covers dogs laws in London, laughter patterns, polar probes, Bermuda subsidence, Cuban and Confederate lore, Alabama population data, and a cow stuck in a well. It closes noting pen manufacture surpassing swords and armor in tool steel.
A cryptic note details a weighing event involving sovereigns and fractions linked to an American figure. The fragment mentions measurements, dates, and a possible association with a financier or political person, but the readable content is fragmented and requires context to confirm full names and places.
Lady Jane Templeton proclaims to Leila Desmond that Gervis Templeton is engaged to a San Francisco heiress and that Temple Dene will be saved by her fortune. Leila, heart full of sorrow, endures the revelation as a shadowy future unfolds.
In a tale of wealth and ruin, Gervis’s promise to support Leila’s future clashes with a sudden marriage that ends her happiness. Sybil, crippled and bitter, vents fury as Gervis’s past and vows to Gladdy resurface. The family reels from a rapid shift of fortune and love.
A newlywed American heiress Glady and English suitor Gervis Templeton travel by palace car on the Canadian Pacific. In a world of mirrors and luxury, Glady mourns her father yet finds a first love that reshapes her life. The story traces social ascent, romance, and the clash of class and destiny in a gilded era.
The article explains how a snail eats by using a tongue that behaves like a bandsaw with 30,000 tiny teeth and a bone hard roof. As the coiled tongue uncoils sections to rasp leaves, teeth wear and renew, yielding smooth leaf edges without jagged cuts.
The piece traces early banking origins in Rome Greece Babylon and China with notes from Venice Barcelona Geneva and Amsterdam. It cites China’s 2657 B C "flying money" notes bearing proverbs and penalties against counterfeits as the oldest bank notes on record.
Khama, aging leader of the Bamangwato, governs about 40000 Bechanas in Bechuanaland. He is strict against intoxicants, enforcing total abstinence within his dominions. The Bechanas resent the name and Khama is praised for steadiness and public good for natives, especially in curbing alcohol.
A Concordia Parish policy jury in Louisiana received a petition from several prominent men to grant privileges for capturing catfish and selling them as salmon. The plan envisions chemically treating the fish to resemble salmon, canning them, and shipping to northern markets despite the dubious practice.
A fragment mentions a works project tower 410 feet tall with base diameter 11 feet at the top and references a young King of Italy, indicating a historical or symbolic note. More readable details are needed to confirm entities and context.
Senator Washburn hails Minnesota direct concurrent primary as a revolution surpassing the Australian ballot. The Hennepin county test on Sept 18 drew 110 percent more primary voters than the earlier general election, proving the reform broadens participation and speeds nominations. The system uses a single marked ballot. unmarked ballots are discarded, counting only the heavier-marked page.
Primary ballot text lists candidates Ames Maynes George and Honinson Jonh Wardtander A B Choate Vic William H Vanderbug or Robert Brodell A Stockwell Aneel William J Williams Vote fee Hircher of Cosgrens Dey Wished Lorew Fletcher County Auditor Otto S Langum.
John Talman reports on Oscar F. G. Day and supporters promoting direct primaries to replace conventions. The Minneapolis test drew voters, weakened machines, and proved cross party participation with combined registration and primary. Critics warn about fake laws and party boss manipulation.
F G Heinze in Mankato asks if a soda fountain must pay the special tax as a retail liquor dealer when brandy or gin is added. The Internal Revenue Service ruled the tax applies if alcohol constitutes a significant portion of the soda water, but not if it only flavors the drink.
The bishop of Ripon praised Christianity’s growth from 200000000 to 600000000 adherents and noted Christian nations control about 400000000 of 1400000000 people. The Episcopal Recorder warns that many among the vast numbers may lack personal union with Christ and the new birth, offering little encouragement to those who value individual salvation.
Washington letter from Brooklyn Engle reports a severe storm on September 16 in the Malaga raisin district damaged grapes on vines and dried fruit. Consecutive bad weather prevented proper drying, causing a raisin crop shortfall estimated at about 30 percent.
Oxford authorities push to reassess college buildings at least 8 Gum higher, yielding £21,524 ($104,746). The university plans to resist the increase, risking extended and costly legal action as noted by Joseph H. Warner in the Chicago Record.
A Washington Post piece notes a new apartment house plan replacing the greeting Hello with a formal voice at each room connected to the office by telephone. The article humorously compares imperial amusements and goat training, mentioning the Chinese Emperor and the Empress Dowager, and cites cost of daily window repairs.
Prominent Catholic Forester leader Mr. P Bush of Holy Name Court 26 survived Bright's Disease after refusing food until he began taking Dodd's Kidney Pills. Two months of treatment restored health, and he credits the remedy with saving his life. Sold for 50 cents a box. Chicago News humor adds a quip about shaking medicine.
A collage of quotes on forgiveness from Rochefoucauld Shakespeare Blot Newton Stael and de Stael hints at pardon as virtue. It contrasts mercy with wrath and notes forgiving is linked to love understanding and humility in human conduct.
The Rubicon marked the border between Italy and Gaul where Julius Caesar violated republic law by crossing with an army. The act signaled civil war as Caesar moved toward Rome, and the phrase crossing the Rubicon became a metaphor for a final irreversible decision.
The passage contrasts ministers patching traditions with a critic claiming the church is outgrown while the world moves forward. The World must come to the church to learn how to live as a superstitious man asks if luck favors him. A woman asks for ten pounds from her husband.
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