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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1902
Page
3
A jumble of distant topics fills pages with remarks on Arabia pillars, New York transit power shift, coin fractional issues, and a Raleigh anecdote about Dodd's Kidney Pills. The fragment blends weathered facts with misprints, including a mule tale and crocodile stomach myths examined by Mr Voltkow.
A Texas correspondence piece describes an inventor in Vienna unveiling aluminum water shoes weight light enough to be worn with a treaded motion. Prototypes power four car shaped wings to propel a rider across water, with demonstrations claimed safe in rough weather. A separate note recalls a local boy finding an oyster-covered well after children dumped a shell, the well later full of young oysters.
Frank C. Andrews vice president of City Savings Bank of Detroit, dubbed young Napoleon of Fi panes and Detroit's youngest millionaire, rose from clerk in a real estate office to partner through shrewd deals and stock speculation. After the bank's failure he warned that quick wealth through speculation brings ruin, while New York Central Park buys peanuts to feed abundant park squirrels.
The Argentine government BOW lists artillery holdings including field guns M6 mountain guns 226 weigh guns 26 bowltsern 42 total 650.
London scientist Dr Marage has built a device that synthetically utter five vowels clearly by passing currents through plaster mouths shaped as human oral cavities. The machine aims to reproduce vowel sounds for an international alphabet and could aid ear trumpets without altering ear acoustics.
A local official in Frater, Mrs Hults, serves as postmaster while also running a general store. John W Hults, newly elected police magistrate in Breckinridge County Kentucky, is described as 83 years old yet mentally sharp. Secretary Gage, once a clerk in a wholesale grocery, recalls loading flour barrels and developing strong lifting muscles during his public career in Washington.
The Washington Star notes the patent offices see a true busy period between December and April. Applications surge during these months, more than in other times, contrary to common assumption.
An Odessa Missouri youth was intrigued by a small ad in a local paper offering to reveal a hidden sweetheart. He sent ten cents and received the answer. The occult diviner replied with a single name: Mother.
In a Carnegie example inspired move Sir William Macdonald of Montreal donates 120000 to Ontario for college facilities at Guelph and Liverpool Hospital needs. The appeal also yields gifts including prize cows and produce shipments to support the Liverpool hospital fund drive.
The article notes Elizabeth Blackwell as America’s first woman physician in 1840 and charts growth from six in Philadelphia in 1843 to 3,000 nationwide by 1689, 4,656 by 1896, and an estimated 6,000 practicing women doctors today with many running lucrative practices.
London property transactions totaled £5,565,008 in 1901, down from £4,994,769 in 1900 and £6,290,014 in 1899, reflecting a year of reduced real estate activity compared with prior years, according to city records.
The article discusses global copper origins and distribution, noting major sources like the Anaconda in Montana and Queen in Arizona, with cargo moving to Europe and the Pacific. It also critiques cheap household starch and urges improved diets for consumptives, then mentions Canada’s potential newsprint manufacturing cost pressures on the New York market.
A collage of ads and short notes flits across the page. It includes Defiance starch promotions claiming better ironing results, a laxative product pitch, a Pope letter-reading quip, and miscellaneous bits on income tax in Britain, shipyard labor stories, and a veteran war anecdote.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a narrative involving Lavta and 69 attempts, with references to Mattie Douglas and a journey through the United States and Canada. The text appears as broken phrases about cures, virtues, and a book on them, lacking coherent events or clear人物.
The report cites Dr Hartman of The Harunag Ranttarium in Columbus, Ohio, asserting Peruna cures mucous tarrrhal diseases permanently. The fragmented text references nasal and throat membranes and a demand for a full statement of the case to obtain a valuable radipees.
Report shows 5 064 811 passengers carried on Santa Fe last year traveled 614 027 047 miles, averaging under 100 miles per traveler. Short trips dominate as editors’ journeys average 40 miles, countering jokes about travel.
Amid a crowded shop, buyers compare Cold Cold Water Biarch and other brands. A voice laments the pressure to sell 12 or more packages, noting some money changes hands for favored items while defending Society as its foundation.
A questionable wartime style ad claims cures for deafness and seeks money from readers. It mentions a bogus offer of ten dollars for a restored condition and cites a fake firm, Tate ’se Gains Cousin, with Cheney Co Toledo listed. The piece ends with a brief quote about gallery eggs.
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