The Marble Hill Presss Mixed Era Notes and Opinions
A column from Marble Hill Missouri surveys social issues and morals. It rails against excess advertising and moral decline, cites a Chicago Chinese laundry sign about Sabbath keeping, and laments wasteful sleep. It notes sleep aids digestion per a French study and previews public health inquiries by the US Department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Wedderburn
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Chemical Division
Fragmented ode to Mary and Jesus in Coventry Patmore
Poem fragment depicting Mary as humble and contemplative, contrasting her simple nature with awe before the divine. It ponders motherhood, virginity, and the incarnation through intimate imagery, invoking Mary’s role and the infant Jesus. The voice questions wonder and reverence in a devotional, old-fashioned tone.
The Roulette of Lucien de Hem on Christmas Eve
Lucien de Hem, a young aristocrat and gambler, loses a fortune at the roulette table on Christmas Eve. He steals a beggar child’s gold coin to fund bets, and the child dies of cold while he wins back money. He later enlists in the First African Chasseurs, living frugally and giving alms, haunted by the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucien de Hem
de Homg
Zautcha
Lucien
Monsieur
Atairs
Louis
Alma
Aloula
Ike
Asree
Luelen
Christmas Bells Ringing and the Heart Responds
A poetic meditation on Christmas bells and the heart. The speaker asks how the heart will bear love and tell the heavenly birth, urging the heart to become an advent angel and follow the way, spreading Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bella
Christmas Bells and Hope for the Grief Stricken
A reflective Christmas verse by Eleanor A. Hunter contrasts the joyous bells and angels with the sorrow of those who find no cheer. It pleads for an angel’s voice to pierce grief and unbelief, guiding all toward Christ’s reign and a true Christmas Day in every heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
God
Elisa
Coventry Patmora
Ile
Bethlehem
Eleanor A. Hunter
Omaha
Maotoat
Cet Manood
Btath Medical Company
Omahs
Neb
Hungary’s Christmas Dish Goulash Keeps Holiday Pace
Hungary takes center stage at Christmas with goulash as the national staple. The meat dish features small dumplings, tomatoes and paprika, served with fried cabbage, beans, and poppy-seed cakes. A rose-decorated centerpiece appears on the table as families dine before midnight, sharing brandy and bread after church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Dicaloy says you must dislike Nowcom very much
An unclear quotation suggests a feud or insult directed at Nowcom. The line features a speaker named Dicaloy and an adversarial tone. The fragmentary text includes jocular or exaggerated comparisons, indicating interpersonal conflict rather than a formal event. No verifiable dates or locations are provided.
Why He Went Up
Mrs Perkins wakes to a burglar alarm in the attic. Mr Perkins rushes from bed, then questions why she thought he was downstairs. The exchange spans a tense moment as they search for the intruder and confirm where he is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
John
Mrs. Perkins
Mr. Perkins
Tam
Old Real Estate Boomer in a Dry Goods Tale
A Western town ex-boomer, now a clerk in a dry goods store, tries to drum up business with grand promises. A lady asks about the price of dress goods and the clerk touts a 300 percent profit plan, then realizes the deal is not real estate and apologizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teiple
Dea
Ren Estate
Why did Mrs Langdon leave? She found receipt for engagement ring
The excerpt suggests Mrs Langdon left her husband and returned to her parents after rummaging through his papers and discovering a receipt showing his first wife’s engagement ring cost $20 more than the second ring. The lines imply financial irregularities influenced the move.
Calamity Howler voices post election gloom on straw vote work
Calamity Howler laments prosperity as a mere illusion and notes his past role running the straw vote department for the Dally Blowhorn. He questions the value of the election outcomes and reflects on his own diminished status after the vote.
Fragmented dialogue and misheard lines from early theater chatter
A garbled OCR snippet features names and phrases about marriage, neglect, and jokes. It references a line about the early bird and worm, a dragon story, and a beer tale, plus mentions New York theaters in the 1700s atmosphere.
Santa Claus Arrives to Town in Jubilant Noise
Carl Currie captures a festive scene with Santa entering town amid drums bells and horns. The poem celebrates children's joy and communal cheers as the arms of Christmas unfold in lively, noisy pageantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Carl Currie
Christmas in the Country Forty Years Ago
A nostalgic reminiscence of Christmas in rural days with a bright winter day, sleigh rides, a grandpa’s Christmas gift and kiss, peppermint candy, a family feast with a grand turkey, gravy, rice pudding and pies, then games in the kitchen and keepin room chatter as relatives gather and depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandpa
Grandma
Puritan Christmas Scorn Shapes Early New England Traditions
The piece traces how Puritans in Scotland England and New England opposed Christmas observance. It cites Cotton Mather style condemnation of revelry and the 1659 fine to suppress Christmas play and labor. Judge Sewall notes open commerce on Christmas and later friction over Anglican services in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Knox
England
New England
Cotton
Sewall
Church of England
Boston
Belcher
The Wise Men of the Haat and the Magi legend
The piece traces the legend of the three Magi as kings and givers of gifts, noting names and ranks, and recounts how their remains were publicly revered across Constantinople Milan and Cologne. It describes a high relief circular plate depicting the Offering of the Magi and a medieval reliquary adorned with jewels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melchior
Hus
Idog
Balthazar
Chaldea
Jasper
Tarshish
Baylor
Artlete
Helens
Constantine the Great
Constantinople
Beauty Cure Promise From Cascarats Ad
Reauty to Blood Deep. Clean blood meania a clean ekin. No beauty without it Cascarat tle plaintin your bood and weary it clean by stirring up the laxy liver and driving all im pee from the body. Hog today to vanish pimples blotches blackheads by taking Cascarats a beauty for ten cents. All drug giants satisfaction guaranteed.
Wife of Li Hung Chang Entourages With Thousands of Servants
The wife of Li Hung Chang is described as having a vast retinue of a thousand servants while lacking notable feet of consequence, illustrating high status through scale and irony in a historical remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Li Hung Chang
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