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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1897
Page
2
A collage of 1785 taxation mentions, Bayard silence, bullfights in Mexico with fatally injured riders, and reflections on patriotism, education, and religion. The piece critiques political bosses, budding phrenology marriage trends in Chicago, legal privileges of royals, and notable oddities from papers and society.
Wyer argues England's refusal to open mints to silver shows money power dictates policy. Harvey, a Philadelphia manufacturer, warns that reliance on external money harms American independence and may doom the nation to debt while silver advocates push for domestic monetary reform despite English opposition.
The Engilah cabinet’s decision against joining a global monetary council is hailed in the United States as a crushing blow to bimetallism. The piece argues the public suffers from gold standard pressure, while reformers press for stability amid postwar economic strain.
Seth Low notes a heavy Democratic year amid Republican triumphs and a surge of Democratic presses. The piece argues a Democratic wave will continue, with Bryan vindicated and silver advocates assured of victory in 1900, opposing trusts and the gold standard.
A critical editorial argues that the gold standard harms the masses while bimetallism protects the people. It condemns the Republican gold policy, condemns Cleveland’s gold monometallism, and predicts open battles in 1896 and 1900 as true silver supporters rally for victory.
The article argues General Charles H. Grosvenor may lose his bid for Congress in Ohio's eleventh district if he runs again. With a 4483 majority last year and a 44000 vote total, Democrats carried the district, signaling likely victory next year. Republicans may replace him before the election.
The New York World notes New York New Jersey and Kentucky cast 58 electoral votes for McKinley last week while one Kentucky vote leaned to Bryan. Subtract McKinley’s 58 from 271 to get 213 and add 58 to Bryan’s 170 to reach 294, a 21 vote majority. Thus Democrats need only to keep those three states to secure the next president.
Fragmentary text suggests a political warning or opinion in a newspaper item. It mentions Ohio Legislature, Republicans, Hannal, Uncle Marewa, and a warning from a president about stopping a Manna mark, with implied threats of a Drumline in the Tonka line.
In the crowd, a speaker claims the right to sentence Count Germain for betraying Valerie, his sister and mother to misery. He recounts a staged marriage, imprisonment, and a vow to avenge decades of wrongs, calling for grim justice as chaos erupts and Violante retreats unseen.
Violante escapes a brutal pursuit with the help of Bernard and Valerie in a cliffside cavern. Amid fear and pursuit by Count Beauvais’s party, they seek safety as Jean and a Jacobin faction face moral reckonings. After trials, mercy and reunion prevail, with a final return to Normandy and renewed estates.
Vitt Iolante cowers behind arbor rail as rude crowd roars in bloodthirsty oaths and imprecations. Wer hid back, wary of danger. scene hints at perilous confrontation and tense powers.
A Payette county farmer and his friends were amused by a joke about Mrs Willson shooting a supposed tramp. The wife devised a ruse to keep him home by shooting their porch cat and staging blood, misleading her husband into believing a danger enjoined him to stay. The plan succeeded as he remained home, and she finally revealed the ruse.
A column likens the oyster to a life of leisure and self sufficiency, drawing lessons about water supply, trade, and comfort. It then recounts Hartley Coleridge's dinner anecdote with an Irish enthusiast who quips that there are few evils in Ireland, popery first and Protestantism second, and the guest flees in laughter.
A German observer reports falling death rates in northern Germany from typhoid fever and diarrhoea, linked to antiseptic methods and sanitary reforms. From 1876 to 1894, typhoid deaths per 16 000 fell from 6.17 to 2.86 and diarrhoea deaths dropped from 16 to 6.3, reflecting improved hospital surgery outcomes and public health advances.
In Washington DC a young man arrives at a Dupont Circle mansion by ambulance, quips about a future reference when asked the reason, and explains he plans to seek the young lady's father’s consent. A policeman reacts with a low whistle as the scene unfolds.
Cassell's Journal notes that foreign ambassadors in London are treated as little kings above the law. They may commit murder robbery and even plot against the queen without police action. The state can only expel them and protest to their sovereign, risking war if ignored.
A visitor to a Sooteh lunatic asylum observes inmates aiding in new promises. He spots a lunatic wheeling a barrow upside down and learns from him that “that’s the best way.” The visitor tries the same, but is told that method was tried and filled with bricks, prompting the inmate to move on.
The article notes Mexico's regular army at 27 000 with 2000 police and 250 gendarmerie plus two small unarmored ships and three gunboats in the navy. Expenditure runs 12 600 000 to 15 000 000 dollars. In Greenwich Conn a home for city working girls is overrun by peepers frightening inmates and provoking sheriff confrontations. A remark argues a woman should marry the man she loves and notes post marriage change.
In Louisville the Draudt family heard eerie sounds from a cellar wall and called police. Officer Prather crawled into a narrow sidewalk opening and fought a furious black cat that had remained unfed for five days. The animal, owned by Jacob Draudt, attacked him and was killed with a hatchet blow.
A resident in Taypton ML writes to French Chemical Company at 00 Dearborn Street Chicago enclosing one dollar for a bottle of Anti Neural medicine. She reports her mother's neuralgia head stomach and heart pain improved quickly and thanks the sender, wishing prosperity for prompt delivery. Signed by Mary Ei Perkles Lupton P.D. Minolta.
A Mibany family overwhelmed with cats and kittens could not rehome them. A young member later set the animals aflame with ribbon and left them by the wall. Neighbors misread the scene as alleged pet theft.
The clipping touts Cascarets as a cure for boils and skin flaws with extravagant claims and mentions of popular brands like Star Tobacco and Canvarety Candy Cathartle. It riffs on Greek readers and a National Correspondence Institute promotion, noting home college education and humorous Uncle Eben quips.
An appeal urges women to seek Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for womb inflammation and related pain, claiming it cures thousands and offers care from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. It cautions against neglect and praises the product’s soothing effects and accessibility at drug stores.
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