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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1913
Page
7
A fragmentary, humorous profile extols George Washington, praising his greatness while wryly noting limits. The quirky piece touts Washington’s wealth, public service, and imagined quirks, weaving anecdotes about his era with playful exaggeration and historical myths.
Mount Vernon letter from 1794 shows George Washington warning about France and advocating peace. He notes distrust of an alliance and stresses a desire to avoid war while preserving national safety and honor. The missive framed cautions about European influence and urged prudent foreign policy.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions uncoordinated events and vague plans involving Wall Street and a feast. Readable names are scarce. the fragment hints at a banter or plan with mentions of dynamite and a stray reference to Sargkin snipe.
A playful spoof of political life and social scenes, listing a parade of null deeds and missed encounters. The verse lampoons figures and moments from a past era, ending with a jab at a plain, unsophisticated man and his ordinary life.
A brief quotation attributes to Daniel Webster the view that American institutions have chiefly given the world the character of Washington, arguing that achievement alone would merit global respect and admiration.
A Kansas woman from Se N Walnut St, Joliet cites two years of illness during Change of Life. After three doctors failed, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound relieved bloating and fatigue. She credits twelve bottles with renewed strength and capability to work, praising the remedy and urging others to try it.
Alberta farmer Harris Olum shows diversified farming from 240 hogs to 35 Hereford cattle on 902 acres. He homesteaded 40 acres, now runs 1,920 acres with barley yields of 10 bushels per acre and corn prices around 4 cents a bushel. He seeks details on beet districts for home steading.
A clipped passage shows a feud between editors trading cheap jibes about each other towns and readers. The exchange labels rival groups, calling readers and leaders to scrutiny while detailing mockery and headlines from opposing papers.
Mrs Arthur Haworth recounts her four year old nephew's severe facial rash with red spots and blisters. After applying Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap, the disease cleared without a scar in about ten to eleven days. The ad claims worldwide availability and offers free samples with a postcard request.
A garbled exchange shows Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething affecting children and a clerk asking how to spell citizen. The dialogue hints at front end terms and treatment of a cook, ending with a quip about family treatment.
The article notes tea plantations in Ceylon surviving about ten years with annual output around 2,004,000 dollars in value. Disease reduced cultivation, prompting decline and job concerns. Today tea farming is costly and laborious, with workers from southern India earning varied wages and a foreman's salary around 200 a month.
A fragment describes a strange exchange where a rude roungater addresses a bishop as My lord and a stately figure questions the age of a child. The scene shifts to a frightened child repeating “My God, University” in a surreal, unclear dialogue.
Unable to derive a coherent news item from the provided text. The readable parts do not form a clear event, names, or place to summarize into a factual card.
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