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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1897
Page
4
One copy and one year subscriptions offered at club rates from the Press and The Republic with prices from the New York World and Hicks' Almanac. The piece also surveys political figures and commentary on campaigns, taxes, and governance, naming Hart, Coxey, Hanna, and others in a stream of opinion.
The piece cites deficits rising to over 530 million with no new revenue and mentions Lynas J Gaer chosen for treasury by Major McKinney. It contrasts Gaer’s stance with Mark Hanna and recalls the South’s 1896 80 million expenditure on colored schools amid textual quips about language use.
The Lutesville Banner reports debate on the Avery fellow-servant bill passed Jan 26 and now in the Missouri Senate. It defines railroad liability for damages to agents or servants, addresses contributory negligence defenses, and sets rules about fellow servants and contracts limiting liability as void.
A split tale weaves a cautionary test with a Bible a bottle and a dollar to judge a boy’s future as priest brewer or drunkard. Biography then traces John Drum born 1808 in North Carolina, moving to Cape Girardeau Missouri, marriage to Mary Fulbright, and life building a large estate with seven children still surviving.
In a Tennessee lecture Gov. Bob Taylor laments the music of politics and the fever of office, recalling his gubernatorial campaign line about Tennessee’s vast landscape from Maine to California. An old Dutchman probes his son’s future with a blunt test of ambition.
Reader instructions describe using urine sediment to diagnose kidney issues and promote Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy. Claims include relief from back pain and urinary problems, with sample bottle and pamphlet offered by mail from Kilmer & Co.
Cape Girardeau residents note enrollment at the Normal School holds near last year’s level with 249 students to date. Attendance looks stronger and officials anticipate about fifty more students this term. Also recorded are the death of Mrs. Aithea Brown Travis at 61 and 3 months and 1 day, and local fire losses in Malden and Bertrand totaling about 23,000 with insurance.
Mrs Amanda Scheppelman nee Clifton wife of Alfred Scheppelman died Friday January 22 1597 at her home in the northern city. Funeral services were held Sunday January 24 by Rev M T Haw Methodist pastor. She was born August 24 1870 at Millerville and married August 23 1891.
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