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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1900
Page
2
A collection of pithy lines and jokes from Marble Hill Press pages includes quips on fashion hats, political patriotism, fate and consequences, opportunities, aging, and war era observations. It also notes a local Luzon medical statistic contrast and a Chicago Chinese sentence about punishment, all reflecting era wit and culture.
A society woman who aided a collegian is offended when he calls her by her Christian name and is shunned from her house. Nearby a band of recently departed military recruits serenades Miss Gould at her doorway, chanting her name and reading her pardon in her smiles.
The article notes bicycle lamp improvements highlight the need for brighter locomotive headlights. Electricity promises to reduce night travel dangers by making obstacles on the track and other trains ahead visible early, allowing trains to stop before damage occurs.
The Charleston News and Courier notes a large white oak log eighteen feet long and forty two inches in diameter shipped from Savannah to a northern firm. Estimated value if sawn into lumber is 240 dollars. Past timber-land sales in the South brought two dollars per acre or less. Landowners who sold or neglected forests faced losses, and preserving growing timber could yield significant future profits for farms with forty acres or more.
A rat damaged wires in a Chicago store drew ten policemen and private watchmen with drawn revolvers. Two weeks earlier enfe-crack ere blew up a west side store. no officer heard the racket. The tale concludes that being a safe-blower may be safer than a rat when police are near.
Burlington officials assert Illinois between Galesburg and the Mississippi river is the best region for sugar beets based on experiments and science. They contend this area offers superior soil and climate for the crop compared with other regions.
The article argues Republicans fixed the gold standard via congressional currency bills, shifting the 1896 campaign dispute. It traces McKinley era moves toward international bimetallism and notes public debate over free coinage vs single gold standard. It predicts voters will decide next year, warning of eventual reckoning.
Denver Posts reports under the House Military Affairs chair that the standing army should grow from 100000 to about 160000, citing the 65000 troops in the Philippines needing relief within a year. Proposals urge a relief army and regimental expansion, arguing costs and taxes will pass in peacetime despite imperialist sentiment.
The St Louis Republic questions the claim that Mark Hanna stands as the sole defender of trusts in the United States. It argues a broad network defends trusts, including wealth holders, paid attorneys, and officials who defend or shift blame. The piece suggests Hanna represents a type among many defenders.
A distressed Washington Times report warns of growing coal shortages as Pennsylvania mines face unrest and potential business failures. Shoppers fear higher prices and empty shelves this Christmas season amid coal industry turmoil and public frustration with the coal trust.
The Indianapolis Sentinel argues that Senator Kyle and his commission cannot truthfully claim that trusts are good or should be perpetuated. It asserts that ordinary people, not funded by trusts, oppose trusts and would vote against lawmakers who favor them, despite party pressure. The piece contends the people do not favor trusts.
The Denver Post criticizes the shift from home market protection to promoting shipbuilding subsidies. It claims decades of protection robbed the public and argues the president now plans greater losses for citizens to aid a carrying trade expanding American industrial export markets.
In the Bay of Plenty New Zealand lies White Inland or White Island a remarkable sulphur rich isle three miles around and 800 to 900 feet high. Vapor clouds rise to 10,000 feet from blow holes while a boiling lake of acid water covers 60 meres and can be navigated by boat with steam and fumes visible. Sulphur from the isle is very pure though no automatic extraction method has yet been developed.
The Chicago Chronicle reports Grosvenor agrees with Griggs that the federal government cannot control trusts. He remains optimistic, saying state governments, especially Ohio, can and will crush trusts. Yet considering Ohio’s Republicans rejected Attorney General Mollnett, distrust grows over Grosvenor’s trust smashing push.
The Philadelphia Ledger argues against aggressive monopoly policies, urging revision to avoid creating monopolistic trusts that control trade, limit production, and oppress workers and consumers. It questions whether the president and Congress can address the crisis and whether a different plan is feasible.
The Minneapolia Times argues against government action, seeking a disturber. It warns that capturing him could turn him into a martyr, complicating Luzon pacification. Dewey suggested allowing Aguinaldo to escape as a constructive alternative.
The Philadelphia North American asserts that Pennsylvania’s government is an organised crime ring. It accuses a principal criminal of seeking Senate admiration, claims his credentials are a sham, and asks merit as a pretense that shames his party and could land him in prison.
A fragmentary passage discusses Bosider slavery and polygamy within U S territorial jurisdiction. It questions how polygamy is tolerated as an institution under territorial governance and references a representative from Utah amid concerns over distortion of facts and legal status.
A historical overview of privateers from the age of sail to the 19th century, noting the abolition of privateering by four 1866 rules of warfare at sea, the Transvaal context, and the shift to neutral and legal constraints. The piece also weaves anecdotes about Lincoln and a dog episode in a hotel bar for flavor.
Readable fragments recount Theodore Tilton as guardian angel to a southern girl in New York after the Civil War. A separate Florida incident describes a 14 year old girl fighting an alligator at Lake Gibson, escaping twice and surviving with non fatal wounds. The piece ends with a joke about Lincoln and a hair growth remedy.
A traveler recounts a curious incident in South Africa where John the driver bought pumpkins from Mazoe valley natives bartering at the wagon. He had mistaken preserved alum and areente for salt, trading away about twenty pounds, leaving the camp puzzled by the origin of the natives and how to explain the error.
The article recalls a long forgotten tunnel between St. Martin's-le-Grand and Huston Reid, four feet high and four and a half feet wide, dug beneath Newgate Street down to Farringdon Street. George Threlfall explored it, finding it intact and usable, and proposing its use for parcel delivery by electric traction, serving as a feeder for the London and Northwestern railway.
A historical note describes a Chinese oath used in city police courts. A magistrate tried to stop it, noting the Celestial would honor truth only if sworn after traditional rites. The ritual involved cutting a chicken’s head and burning a paper prayer while invoking a severing of the head if truth was not spoken.
A scrambled message references a person or title claim with phrases like Jagge-Well-lie-Maa and a boast about winning. The text is garbled with nonstandard spellings and lacks coherent context, making precise facts or names hard to determine.
The dialogue reveals Periahing Mim and his wife reacting to their new servant leaving the household. They discuss contacting a motherly figure named Nie and wonder if the servant’s departure warrants summoning help. The scene captures domestic tension and cluttered speech reflecting a stage or diary fragment.
The text argues that blood must be pure and strong to nourish the body and nerves. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a standard blood medicine with many remarkable cures.
The piece lists student totals and staff notes from multiple colleges and universities. Chicago YMCA evening classes reach 1000 students. Johns Hopkins adds conversational Spanish. Francis T. White donates 25000 to Barlham College, Richmond Indiana. Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons unveils a new building costing SHOU. Michigan University reports 3600 students, Northwestern 2500, with large year-over-year increases. Springfield High School alumni gather for a 50 year reunion. Prof James H. Hyslop denies resignation at Columbia. Yale professor G F Lach lecturing in Japan receives the Order of the Rising Sun. London University facing property cap challenge. G S Burroughs directs Old Testament studies at Oberlin Theological Seminary. Rev Dr James Campbell of Hartford provides gold medal for Yale medical top student. W L Clark held a brief term as professor at Washington and Lee University. Carleton College shows 10 percent attendance increase. Colorado College 12 percent. Ohio Wesleyan 9 percent. Pacific University 10 percent. Western Woman's College of Oxford Ohio reports no change.
A reflective sermon-like piece urges grasping opportunity, maintaining hope and joy as riches, and avoiding despair. It extols upright living, balance, temper, and patience as foundations of everyday greatness, noting effort, discipline, and belief shape success and happiness.
A series of pithy aphorisms from the Chicago Dispatch on incapacity, loafing critics, indulgent tastes, and gentlemanly conduct. The quips connect character traits with social perceptions, offering compact observations on behavior and judgment.
Notable figures include Onrel Hendrick Kruger nephew of the Transvaal president and Edinburg graduate winning the Syme surgical scholarship. Dr Courtland Myers of Temple on burning subjects Would Christ Belong to a Labor Union and What Would Christ Do with a Million Dollars. Senator Berenger leads the International Congress on Sunday as a legal social day. Rev yr B Winchester Donald, rector of Trinity Boston, critiques Sunday school lessons and the International Sunday School movement.
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