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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1894
Page
4
A Marble Hill Press item mocks many topics from smokeless powder for the army to a Brooklyn fatal defense by a physician. It notes a New York traction firm offering 59000 for new streetcar motive power and recounts the odd death of John Nolan after drafting his will.
A playful Exeter anecdote shows students plastering a principal’s room with posters after he barred a burlesque. Separately, Youns Jewell Flint of Sacramento admits guilty to second degree murder after shooting a girl who rejected him. Authorities note gun ranges and lifeline limitations cautioning toward safer life-saving devices.
Peter Neary of Newark owned a billy goat and a ten dollar bill. The goat chewed the banknote after a meeting with the bill, dissolving the partnership by destroying the currency. Neary sought dissolution and recovered fragments sent to the treasury. A new ten dollar note was issued days later.
Photographs of a giant dead whale on a beach at East Hampton were taken for publication by Prof. W. C. Bartholdi. The creature stood sixty five and a half feet long with a mouth eighteen by twelve feet, offering a rare camera subject for locals. The report notes Congo natives being trained for railroad work, supervised by a white foreman, and suggests a potential solution to labor needs as trains near the lower Congo districts.
A Spanish bark wreck leaves three sailors adrift exposed to tropical heat and thirst. They endure nakedness and near starvation as they struggle for survival at sea.
A colossal whale washed up near Lugg Pond draws attention as experts note its huge oil content. In Africa, Major Thys reports Congo railroad workers from natives and Zanzibar laborers amid the iron highway’s push. Rescue of three Spanish sailors from a slave ship near Turk's Island ends in gratitude to Captain Howes and humane rescue aboard the Henry Lippitt.
An American explorer’s sketches portray Matabele warriors with bull-hide shields two assegais and a knob berry weapon. The article notes warlike Matabele men bred from Mashona mothers and the role of medicine men. It contrasts Matabele labor in mines with reluctance to work at home, as readers see through illustrated depictions.
Pau lino Pallas, described as a reserved quiet 30 year old father of three born in Cambrils, executed by firing squad days after attempting to assassinate Marshal de Campos in Barcelona. He displayed calmness at arrest, confessed, and lamented not killing the marshal. Gen Costellii wounded, civil guard mortally injured, several spectators hurt by debris.
Dr Holmes comments on realism and photography in an interview with a traveling Englishman. He defines realism as going into detail when useful, but warns ultra realism reveals unwanted facts and cites the ease of modern detail through photography as fueling ultra realism. He predicts the trend will later normalize.
An article discusses how the singing of the lark, especially in flight, has been captured in quirky syllables by observers W J Gordon and other Scots. It notes comparisons to bagpipe music and playful alternative renderings of the bird’s cheerful tune.
The piece notes dogs housed with regiments showing high intelligence. It recalls a Crimean War dog that patrolled sentries each night and woke a sleeping guard when danger or a need arose, then moved on if the sentinel was awake.
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