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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1903
Page
3
A garbled OCR note from the Peculiar People sect reports Putnam breaking an arm and left foot after a fall. The writer claims immediate relief from prayer and Bible study, but the language is unclear and fragmented.
A rambling collection mentions German missionaries ordered to leave Abyssinia by Menelik II after a questioned response. a Mississippian medical case recounts a child’s recovery after Dodd's Kidney Pills. and a Guayaquil fire is described as society’s draw for attention to the brittle city.
A fragmented report notes that Mormons purchased a jail site associated with the 19th century murder of Joseph Smut. The deal mentions a $4,000 amount and rent value references, with planned removal of the building to Salt Lake City and a price of 40 cents per something unclear.
Captain Carter now 97 and weighing twenty pounds more than at entry to prison lived in harsh confinement. He served as hospital nurse and flower garden keeper, later teaching inmates while gaining better food. Though facing civil indictments linked to Gaynor and Green, he believes military trial records shield him and may reveal mining interests tied to a $724,000 Chicago salt matter.
The Lawyers Club of Buffalo announces a year of five dinners featuring Alton A. Parker of the court of appeals as a guest at one event and the Ape Mate division bench honored at another. Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, Canada's minister of justice, is invited to attend one dinner. A note highlights a lineage claim involving Patti and a stepfather from the United States.
A fragment from the Portland Advortiner describes rural labor beliefs about lameness and compensatory work patterns. It recounts that people begin as children by picking berries and continue planting taters and hoops on hills, with one leg stretching to reach footing while the other shrinks to fit. The account reflects folk explanations and practical adaptations in daily labor.
The senator visits a familiar editor and complains about published articles he wrote earlier. The editor calmly reveals he is holding the pieces and says they improve the paper, keeping readers cheerful rather than taking them away.
The late Episcopal Bishop Richard Hooker Wilmer of Alabama has selected Rev W. C. Whittaker of Jackson Michigan to write his biography. Wilmer, the only southern bishop elected and consecrated during the Civil War, was known as the rebel bishop for declining to pray for the U.S. president while Union forces occupied Alabama. After the war the northern church accepted him as Alabama’s bishop.
A chaotic jumble of items covers diplomacy, politics, industry, and crime. Reports from the capital and abroad mention arbitration, naval plans, Italian affairs, and new bills. Notable names include Bryan, Bainbridge, and Hobson, with actions in Washington, New York, and Caracas.
An officer drew caricatures of a male colleague while serving in the German reserves. He was imprisoned for a term of several months after a fr0m Frankfurt incident involving an engine named Wayest.
The report recalls Joseph Jefferson performing for charity at a New York hospital event. He opened with a short talk as notable actors gathered nearby. Two rouged young women appeared, one lingering to listen before retreating, while the other asked who was on stage and heard that an older man was delivering a monologue with no laughs yet after ten minutes.
The piece notes even famous New Yorkers such as Chauncey Deven, J P Morgan, Bob Fitesimmons, Cornelius Vanierbitt, John W Gates, George Gould, and John Jacob Astor could walk Broad street unseen by most. A remark by Congressman Groevenor on misnaming a British statesman, John Chamberlain, illustrates the street’s anonymity among notable figures.
Astronomical notes describe varying starlight from Nova Conan and Nova Perse, noting fluctuation patterns and comparing brightness changes over the observed period. Further data from telescopic monitoring is requested to confirm the behavior and timing of these fluctuations.
A fragmentary note shows grateful women involved in efforts to assist peers and improve local life. It mentions community action, small successes, and ongoing optimism despite incomplete context. Names, places, and concrete details are absent or unclear in the readable text.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a health tale about femate weakness described as pelvic catarrh. The readable lines suggest a focus on women affected and the condition being central to the piece.
The text describes royal tastes with Queen Alexandra’s aviary and pets, noting doves, poultry, a cockatoo named Cookie, cats and dogs in favor. It also mentions a strange golf claim about Uncle Homeklah and a tale of royal leather from old shoes and deniers. A Virginia farmer reports hair loss after a lightning storm.
A Philadelphia young woman recounts suffering from merrous Inds and near starvation until she tried Postum Food Coffee and Grape Nuts. She reports restored health after months on these as her main diet and notes her physician praised Postum as excellent. The ad cites Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and promotes the book The Road to Wellville.
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