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Marble Hill Press

Location

Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1896

Page

2

Lady's Bat Piw: A Curious Local Item From Marble Hill

Peculiar clippings reveal a mix of social satire and odd anecdotes from Marble Hill Missouri and nearby towns. Notes on fashion trends, elopement humor, a New World view on race and opportunity, a rabbit linked diphtheria scare, and Mrs White’s clever fund collecting from saloon-keepers illuminate small-town life and press humor.

Miss Rhodas Measure and the Mortgage Resolve

Miss Rhoda faces eviction as a mortgage near foreclose forces her to leave the old home. Relatives rally to keep her housed for life with help from Aunt Martha and brother John, culminating in a Christmas house warming that renews her ties to the community and restores hope.

Ware John Martha Miss Rhoda Rhoda Christian Mr. Bates Tom Carpenter Martha ‘Bates Arthur Mrs. Bates Bates Aunt Martha Jebo John Bunyan Visigvery Valley Abraham Isaac

Christmas Kindnesses and Peace This Season

A Christian Herald exhortation urges children to glorify God by promoting peace and forgiving others. It asks readers to pray daily for world peace and to show good will locally by helping those in need who cannot afford cards, food, or toys, highlighting charity within a short walk of home.

Christian Herald

What Makes a Happy Christmas

A short reflection asserts happiness at Christmas comes from heart and home not wealth. It emphasizes a warm merry heart, small acts of invention and effort, and love as the halo over the day rather than material splendor. It mentions God’s creation and simple cheer outshining gold and tinsel.

Good Farm and Fruit Lands for Texas

Offers to buy or rent farms near Houston with annual rents from five to six dollars per acre. Claims 13 acres of pears netting over 5,000 dollars, diverse crops year round, mild frosts, and cheap rail-enabled travel. Promises pamphlet Fertile Farm Lands and free fare to Texas via Rock Island lines. Southens Texas Consolidization Co., Chicago office.

Houston Cums Teaville Texas Rock Island Ft. Worth Santa Fe Wallis San Antonio & Aran Chesterville Southens Texas Conesization Co Joss Lasvranota Mgr WAG Inttae Preivling Chica

An Ambiguous Quote on Thought and Work Ethics

A fragment reflecting on working people and thinking more clearly. It contrasts hands on labor with mental effort, asserting both groups should engage in head-work to improve judgment and conduct. The text lacks clear attribution or context.

Farmhand wanted for winter sample work and hooky drug ads

A terse classified note seeks a farmer in every township to work one day weekly in winter to distribute samples and collect names of the sick, trading for druggists on Dr Key's Renovator and Dr Kay's Lung Balm. Good pay, men or women, with book reading and terms, via Dr Br Kay Medicine Co Western Office Omaha Neb.

Key Kay Br. Kay

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