10 Dec 1896
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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1896
Page
1
A Cleveland Leader reprints a seven year old verse by Sweet Alice praising a union now lost. The speaker offers gratitude for what remains, noting the Lord gave and took away, while reflecting on a once favored pair and public regard.
Our correspondents note pleasant weather, while J R Sitzes visited Marquand and Z Underwood remains on the sick list. Emerson Underwood heads to Shetley’s Creek for winter rest. Rosewell Sitzes falls ill but improves. N F Sitzes visit Bessville, Tray Shell pursues tying work. Grandma Salace Sitzes dies at 88. funeral at Trace Creek Cemetery.
Christmas is coming as Scopus booms. Rev Beshear preached at Coles chapel Sunday. W R Farrar and wife visited Marble Hill. Lee Cole and family near Jackson visited here. Judge Burton was in our village. J J Long and wife visited near Patton. D M Newell moved stock to old store. Miss Della Stevens has typhoid fever. EH Cole reports strong land office business last week. Constable George H Robinson and wife visited. Election over. petitions for road overseer follow. Squire Lincoln does carpenter work for Mr Jenkins. a capable mechanic and politician. A DrMocrar.
To Southeast Missouri teachers you are invited to the Southeast Teachers association meeting in DeSoto on December 29 and 30, 1896. The note urges enthusiasm and warns that nonattendees will fall behind and lose their place in the profession as progress advances.
A letter from Glen Allen praises DeSoto's hospitality and invites readers to visit with a companion. The editor notes the writer did not sign the communication and cannot publish it without a name.
President Cleveland addresses Congress outlining dissatisfaction with Armenia and Turkey while urging intervention to be left to treaty powers. He notes Cuba's situation largely unchanged except for increased losses, rejects belligerent rights and insurgent recognition, and considers island purchase if Spain agrees. Good offices offered but no Madrid reply.
The speaker warns that the United States must end the struggle. He tells Congress that the moment may come for its conclusion. No financial recommendations are offered. Commodity markets show dull wheat with No 2 red around 90.4 cents bid 89 percent. Corn strengthens to about 21 1 8 cents. Oats light demand at 20 cents bid, hogs 3.10 to 3.12 1 2, cattle 2.40 to 4.50 per grade.
An old mountaineer recalls his son Tom sent away for schooling and the ensuing trouble. He warns against overreaching ambition, recounting how education altered their life, left him with a second wife and a simple cabin, and changed the family fate after Tom returned from Knoxville.
Detroit Free Press recounts a folk tale where a man quarrels with education as a rock allegedly moved by his wife and his opponent Tom. The cabin collapses the rock and the wife vanishes, leaving the man to rebuild amid resentment of formal schooling.
A garbled report mentions a December event linked to Sharkpy with an unclear decision and Australian reference, leaving the core facts ambiguous but implying a formal outcome or ruling. No clear names, dates, or locations are readable enough to confirm specifics.
The Remedy claims to cure liver and stomach derangements with a safe purgative and tonic. It targets torpid liver biliousness dullness headaches poor appetite and mouth taste, promising relief after heavy meals and better sleep without violent purging. J. H. Zeilin & Co Philadelphia markets SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR as household medicine.
A terse fragment notes a boxing or racing sequence described as the best of it all across eight rounds. The line implies a climax or peak performance, possibly highlighting endurance, consistency, and a decisive stretch. No additional context or names are provided in readable text.
The Agricultural college at the State University will run two twelve week practical short courses beginning July 3, 1857, one for farmers and stock breeders and one for horticulture. No tuition. Topics cover breeding feeding dairy and cheese making, veterinary science, pastures and fertilizers, drainage, orchard care, market gardening, insect control, disease management, carpentry and blacksmithing. Useful for seasoned farmers and especially valuable for youths starting in farming. Send for illustrated pamphlet to Dean H J Waters at Columbia and prepare to attend.
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