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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1894
Page
7
A poem from Harper's Bazaar recalls Mount Pisgah with moonlight on the crown of the mountain, misty night, a red star sinking west, and a call to awaken the heart to strive for a better life. The verse frames nature and aspiration as a beacon guiding the soul.
In a dialogue heavy excerpt Percy and Bernie discuss two visions, a doctor’s account, and a coincidental pattern linking their actions to a woman in a carriage. The narrative shifts to a confidential Home Office memo revealing Miss Charlotte Linwood and Mr Linwood amid political plotting, Hampden club intrigues, and looming arrests as March yields to April.
A corrected science note explains that despite the Mississippi valley being slightly farther from the earth’s center at the mouth, water does not flow uphill. Gravity follows the surface of equilibrium, and the plumb line points perpendicular to that surface. The valley slopes toward the south, with a roughly three mile difference, not three and a half miles.
In 1808 Jamestown New York settlers cleared the public common by a unique penalty system. Drunkenness triggered stump digging, with larger stumps for heavy drinkers and smaller ones for moderates. The scheme eliminated the stumps and aimed to curb intemperance, praised by the city fathers.
A Texas Siftings tale set in a small roadside inn dining room. A waiter teases a serving girl about cups and coffee, prompting her to seek payback. When the stage arrives the sharp fellow asks if the stage dines there, to which she snaps that the passengers do. The scene ends with a witty regional retort.
Wyoming reports 30,000 square miles of cecal deposits with 6,000 miles of irrigating canals watering 2,000,000 acres. Canal coat exceeds 610,000. Livestock value surpasses 611,001,000. A single county mines bullion totals over 65,000,090.
In a Houston focused market note, Real Estate Association secretary O W Crawford argues the current climate void of a boom but healthy for investment. He cites cash purchases, Houston activity, and nationwide real estate sentiment shifts, noting railfare incentives and a surge in cash-driven subdivider sales while contrasting past booms and panics.
The notice describes a railroad excursion to Houston starting February 18 with fares around Balt, valid 30 days. It touts Houston real estate options near the city, claims land as cheap as $10 per acre and front-foot property at eight dollars, plus electric services and water. It mentions Houston Heights sending a free illustrated book and notes a population figure and railroads, ending with a stray personal line about Mollie Roth.
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