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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1894
Page
5
A poem from Youths Companion on clinging to hope and courage. It speaks of a merry heart that is wise, facing rugged times with dauntless resolve, choosing the better part as sun follows night and light returns.
The tale follows Rudolph and Mrs Trotter as a foundling infant and a mysterious woman named Lola shape the futures of a shop family. A Hampshire market day unravels a grim murder at Blackmoor Farm as Lily, the niece, vanishes with suspicion looming. The narrative shifts to a London Brompton Road parlor where Helen Marham and friends confront duty and finances amid illness and moral choices.
The article notes Mt. St Elias is now within British possessions after boundary lines were extended to the 141st meridian, shifting the highest North American peak from U S soil to Britain. It cites surveys, explorers, and comparisons with Ben Nevis and Snowdon, and remarks Alaska’s size and coast line relative to other states.
A traveling preacher named Bowman in Kentucky used a bizarre method to end dueling. He accepted a duel with a desperado who chose a half bushel of Irish potatoes as weapons. The rules limited each shot to one potato at a time, five to six hits, and target the opponent. After the potato volley, the man was defeated, bedded, and laughed at by the crowd, ending dueling in that region.
The article describes varied wedding rituals such as a Java bride washing the groom’s feet, Tartary horseback weddings, a Borneo custom requiring a severed head, Greek judges forcing a gauntlet, and a Roman rite of lifting and carrying the bride over the threshold.
A quirky feature notes the world’s most unique Sunday school on the Nast ville Chattanooga and St. Louis road among telegraphers. Regular lessons and Q and A use wire communications as the setting for study and discussion.
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