The Marble Hill Press snippets on world affairs and notes
The Marble Hill Press reports assorted satirical and observational items. It notes incorrect Boer diagnoses, a booming 1895 flour output, naval displays by England and Spain, a sermon on mobility, and self taught nat uralists. It mentions Cuba's tobacco crop, Ha vana cigars, dairy cream quality, and political jibes about Armenians and Venezuela. It also covers divorce cases in Wichita, Oklahoma migration, and a House bill to establish ramie experimental stations in multiple regions.
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Washington
Northway
Ohio
House
Secretary of Agriculure
Middle States
Northwestern States
North Pacific Coast
South Gulf States
Pacific Coast
Secretary of Agriculture
Botanical Gardens
Nebraska Sheepman Forecasts Record Year for Feed and Exports
A Nebraska sheepman says Wood River feeders hold about 20,000 head, with Nebraska-wide slaughter reaching 400,000 this year, the best in state history. He notes abundant cheap feed, previous dropouts reentering the market, and plans to export directly to Baltimore and Glasgow, shipping 7,000 head per boat every ten days. He expects British restrictions to raise costs for American wool and foresees higher herd numbers in the coming years.
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Nebraska
Wood River
Baltimore
Glasgow
Faithful Hearts and a Returned Love in London
Lady Brereton hosts Capt. Valence after his five year absence in India as the pair revisit their past. He declares love and plans to marry another woman, while Brereton battles jealousy and a longing for the life they once shared, ending with a tense secretive moment on stage.
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Lady Brereton
Green Street
Bezom
Mrs. Crosbie
Lord Brereton
Blanche
Arthur Valence
England
Victoria
Sho
London
India
Brereton
Capt
Valence
Blanche Forrester
Capt. Valence
Ivory Caravan Arrives Along East African Coast
The Congo correspondent of a Brussels paper notes a caravan has reached the east African coast with many thousands of pounds in ivory belonging to the late Mr Stokes. The report is viewed as evidence of the honorable conduct of the free State's agents.
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Mr. Stokes
Congo
Brussels
Free State
Californian Fasts Thirty Days in Santa Rosa Home
A Californian, Solomon Hitchcock of Santa Rosa, aged about 70, ends a thirty day fast with weight drop from around 200 to 155 160 pounds. He traveled daily to town, helped around the house, and talked with locals about Christian living. He reports no hunger and says he feels as well as ever. The piece interweaves superstition and anecdotes on luck, urging caution against breaking daily rituals and omens.
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Solomon Hitchcock
Santa Rosa
Cal
Hitchcock
Massachusetts
Simonton
Laundry clash with skunk ends Wah Hoop’s business
Wah Hoon known as Jim Lee runs a Mt Morris laundry when a skunk invades his Chapel street kitchen. A chaotic scene follows with chopsticks dippings and a tin dipper as bystanders watch. Wah Hoop ends the encounter in tears and the skunk departs, leaving him out of business.
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Wah Hoon
Jim Lee
Mt. Morris
N. Y
Chapel Street
Wah Hoop
Cathay
Bob Ingersoll
Girls Fight with a Big Wolf Near Harold
Misses Mary Marso and Emma Shultz aged eighteen and twenty chased six wolves while riding north of Harold. Schultz, dismounted, fought a wolf as it clamped her hand. Marso helped, Schultz subdued the animal, they pounded it to death, brought it to town, and claimed the state bounty for the scalp.
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Harold
S. D
Mary Marso
Emma Shultz
Barrel voyage down the Missouri River from South Omaha
Richard Merron, Swift's employee and veteran cooper, is building a large air‑valved cask with a rudder for a down river trip to Kansas City. Swift's workers have a sizable wager on the stunt. Merron plans to depart soon with friends and reporters watching. He says the voyage is certain unless the river freezes before completion.
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South Omaha
Neb
Richard Merron
Swift's
Kansas City
Merron
Swift
Rabid fox hounds bite two Philadelphia boys
Charles Geary keeper of fox hound kennels in a Philadelphia suburb reports two of his sons were bitten Sunday night when they entered a pen housing seven mad dogs. One boy suffered a severe cheek wound, the other an arm injury. A dog died of hydrophobia, six others were shot. Surgeon confirms hydrophobia, lads treated and sent to the Pasteur Institute.
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Philadelphia
Charles Geary
Pasteur Institute
Uned Dynamite Breaks Jail in Springfield Special
Jamey Connors and John Rogers two U S prisoners held for robbing post offices attempted to blast their way out of the county jail. They used a steel saw and dynamite to cut through a hollow iron railing and plant a charge. The blast shattered jail windows and damaged the wall, but a makeshift opening was created allowing their escape.
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Springfeld
Jamey Connors
John Rogers
United States
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