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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1902
Page
2
A miscellany of brisk, era reflecting items including health authority notes on yellow fever vectors, colonial and political musings, social foibles, marriages and divorces, the Boxer rebellion, naval talk, Harvard New York club life, and a spoofed view of Italian finances while surveying a collage of public and private affairs and light satire.
The party led by M. De Windt departed Paria aiming to traverse Siberia to Behring Strait and reach New York by land. Accompanying are Le comte de Clinchamp and George Harding as official support from Russian and American authorities grows, despite prior failed attempts and political hurdles.
The excerpt from a Tokyo column quotes a personal essay describing a woman as abundant haired and willow supple with a brilliant visage. She speaks of wealth to sustain life with a gracious educated lord and a shared later rest in a pink marble tomb.
The article describes constructing an ornate cabinet with open shelves for art and storage. It notes spaces for etchings watercolors or photos, corner shelves at ends, a top shelf for display, and a padded back. It suggests white or cream enamel finish for a charming result.
A report states four duchesses from Montrose Sutherland Portland and Marlborough will attend Queen Alexandra at the coronation. They will wear cloth of gold gowns and be crowned attendants, regarded as among England’s most beautiful duchesses.
The text notes boiler tubes in a liner would reach about ten miles and condenser tubes over twenty five miles. The total number of steel plates in the ship’s main structure was under 40,000.
Corless of Michigan is cited as founder of a golf club and an early pioneer follower of the game in his state, among the sport’s first adopters in Michigan.
General Wood purchased the San Juan battlefield including San Juan Hill and Hood Bend for 200 acres at $15,000. The tract will become a United States reservation with a park planned on the site of the surrender tree where the Spanish army capitulated.
A market talk quotes a merchant describing how people gain prominence, noting old Hiram Rees as the township’s oldest man after ninety three years. He cites methods from winning prizes at county fairs to paying debts, and even biscuits, ending with him ejecting the traveler for mocking locals.
The university college of North Wales imposes strict rules restricting male students from meeting or walking with female students off sanctioned events. Reasonable contact is allowed only at authorized social gatherings, during matches on the college field, or for college business, a system likely to provoke uproar in independent American circles.
A man and his minister discuss what Adam and Eve would do if forewarned of consequences. The thoughtful man argues they would sin anyway and still pursue a life of happiness, while the minister notes warnings may matter little. The dialogue explores fate, temptation, and moral choice.
A bronze statue of Oliver Cromwell was recently unveiled in St Ives Huntingdonshire by Lord Edmond Firmaurice M P. The figure, a work of F W Pomery, was erected by public subscription on Market Hill near the town center.
Paria asserts global leadership in dressmaking with about 75,000 workers directly employed in its dressmaking establishments, and including designers and material makers, roughly 140,000 people engaged in the business.
Booth Tarkington is described as an Indiana man with a keen interest in state welfare. He is 11 years old, born in Indianapolis, studied at Purdue for a year, then attended Princeton, and after leaving in 1899 began writing stories that brought him fame.
Gold placers have operated in the Ural and Siberia for years but dredging below surface water has been rare and trials on Amoor tributaries failed due to short season and repair access. In West Siberia Mariinek district two years saw New Zealand and American dredges, with limited season reports from band and a sole 1900 New Zealand dredge in operation.
The piece notes opals once mainly from Hungary and later Mexico. In 1889 an Australian hunter pursuing a wounded animal found an opal, marking a turning point. Since then Australia has produced opals valued at about 2,009,090 dollars.
The German emperor altered the Behiller Prize statutes. The gold medal valued at 100 thalers and the monetary prize will be awarded every year rather than once every three years, increasing the total prize to 2,000 thalers. If no suitable work appears in a given interval the 2,000 thalers will be used to further Germanic artistic promotion.
A garbled passage mentions a figure around 27 million and references leading motels and hotels in Lop with a capital city. It notes a busy month with $400 and 4,000 servants, and states tuberculosis causes thirty eight of every one hundred deaths in marine hospitals.
In Detroit Belle Isle enclosures, timber wolves poised as a peacock escaped its pen. The bird landed, and the wolves sprang, tearing it to pieces within seconds.
The Benjamin Harrison Monument association of Indianapolis has raised nearly $40,000 and believes plans now agreed on will quickly boost the total to $150,000 as active operation begins.
Deficit of French Halfwaye French railway returns shows an increase of 61,000,000 francs in receipts compared with last year, while expenditures remain the same. The companies have applied to the state to cover the deficiency under their guaranty terms.
A rare botanical curiosity known as the Wonder flower thrives in the Malay Peninsula. The blossom exists without leaves stems or vines and attaches itself to decayed wood as a parasitic growth.
Tepede Moats aboard the Bour Tasgie shattered a maritime record by sailing from Havre to Cherbourg at an average speed of 28 knots, marking a notable achievement in cross channel sea travel.
A garbled OCR style sentence describes a 1400 mile “San Francisco” river in Brazil, claimed as a riverine feature with disputed or unclear naming. The fragment hints at botany or botanes and mentions discovery, but the text is too corrupted to confirm specifics or dates.
German physicians apply a lecithine based remedy to diseases affecting nerves and nutrition. Lecithine and its compounds are claimed to boost weight gain and growth.
A Missouri editor faces party tensions as his ams sonian wife demands proof of how he secured information, highlighting media pressure and personal strain in a political environment.
A Laredo Texas businessman issues a circular in typewritten form portraying himself as a versatile man and humorist. The ad shows a line claiming he is proprietor of “Mean”-the “Wd-Woman” with two portraits labeled This is Me and This is the Old Woman flanking the caption.
More than 40 000 Hungarian residents gathered in New York to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Kornsuth the great Hungarian patriot landing in the city in 1851.
A building sits on the border between the United States and Canada serving both postal services. Its cellar collects duties from both sides, and years ago a general store operated there with deliveries crossing country lines. The border line and shared operation prompted a costly dispute to realign the property and ensure access.
Miss Mary McFarland and Miss Marie McParland, renowned as singers and beauties, have been chosen to perform at King Edward VII's coronation next summer after meeting the prince in Europe. The royal command to sing comes directly from the king, not from the organizing committee.
A detailed description from the Chicago Daily News outlines building a recessed window seat with a deep seat at about sixteen inches, a foot from the ceiling shelf with decorative molding, and smaller shelves for books and a cupboard for pottery. Wood should be stained and varnished or enamled in a tasteful shade. the completed unit is meant to give great satisfaction.
A collection of brief anecdotes on eyes and perception, including Jaya Professor J M Simon noting gray eyes as common in eminent people, a Scottish soldier's tartan garb prompting a child's question about trousers, and a man’s voice heard across eighteen miles in the Colorado canyon.
The recent surge in French vineyard yields is linked to planting vigorous American vines after phylloxera deaths. However the wine quality is regarded as inferior to that produced from traditional old French vines.
The article notes a rise in religious houses across Belgium and neighboring regions. By 1900 the number of convents and monasteries grew from 179 with 12,000 members to 3,200 institutions housing 27,000 inmates. The growth reflects broader religious expansion during the period.
An irrigation update notes about 8 million dollars spent on the Chenab canal project with last year’s rope of irrigation estimated at about twenty percent of that sum.
Inventor M Roche proposes women masks in silver, gold, or aluminum to match moods and occasions. He envisions ready-made gold masks based on Diana's face and custom masks showing expressions from sweet to smug. Masks would reflect time, place, weather, and company for a fashionable outing.
A notable exhibit at the Christmas children's show in Crystal Palace London is the Queen Victoria doll's house. It was played with at Kensington Palace by Victoria when she lived with her mother the Duchess of Kent. Built on Buckingham Palace’s plan, it features large columns and a commanding appearance.
The Chicago Daily News reports on the young princess admiring the well furnished nursery toys and the two carpets crafted by the late queen with her own hands. The scene draws attention from both children and elders, highlighting cherished keepsakes and royal handiwork.
Over forty years Russia’s annual expenditure rose from under 0.5 billion rubles to nearly 2 billion rubles. The peasantry and industrial classes, comprising about 99 percent of the population, bear this burden.
The English channel squadron prepares for the next cruise to avoid a rainbow of ship colors. The British navy department seeks the tint that provides the greatest invisibility. Copper, blue, Mak and black have been tried. black failed except at night.
Report states the so called largest book in One World was produced by four creators under the name 4 Gray. The project draws attention for its scale and ambition within a global literary context.
A fragmented note states local authorities require weapon permits and secure handling. It mentions the purchaser must notify authorities and have transfer recorded, with responsibility placed on the holder for attempted misuse or demonstration. The text implies adherence to laws governing weapon ownership and transfer.
Mrs Willie Allen plays a key role in reviving lace in Belgium where Bruges and Mechilin lace traditions endure. The Belgians emphasize Finest Honiton pillow lace and point d or patterns passed through generations. Her social influence is noted in relation to the lace trade revival and cultural interest in literature.
A garbled report describes a congressman’s strain with constituents over transport and funds spent during seasons. It mentions Emperor William and sons receiving education, a royal academy in Plov, and Adalbert with military training, ending with a partial line about a war-related tent eye-balf buchen.
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