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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1904
Page
3
A Richmont Va dispatch May 20 reports Methodist leaders aim to publish a free Sunday paper containing only what they deem appropriate for Sunday readers. The plan includes measures to counteract excursions and entertainments that draw people away from church activities.
Former division superintendent R E Cahill resigns from Missouri Pacific at Nevada Missouri to take the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf superintendency with headquarters in Little Rock Ark The notice also advertises Salter seed catalogs and farm seed samples amid era agricultural booster prose.
The ad asserts Defiance Starch is more flexible and lasting, preventing blowout and staining others. It blends quirky marketing lines about marriage and teething, mentioning Mrs Winslow and vague remedies with nonsensical phrases and names like Bhatt Peotele and Gerald Geraldine, reflecting garbled OCR text.
The Queen Dowager of Italy has purchased Carducci’s books and manuscripts leaving the poet full use of the library for life. Catherine the Great similarly protected Diderot’s library from dispersion. A marble statue of Empress Faustina was unearthed in the Roman Forum, intact but with a broken body and mutilated face.
New English Comic Weekly reports Arthur W. A. Heckett, longtime Punch staffer, will start a new comic weekly titled John Bull. Artists Percy Spence and Harry Furiss are named among those connected with the venture.
Major Pond, a well known American impresario, has just marked his 64th year. He began life as a journeyman printer and worked three months setting type with John Brown on the Herald of Freedom.
A fragment reads Mrs P Brunzel praising Doan s Kidney Pills for back pain relief after years of suffering. Other clipped notes advertise Doan s at 30 cents a box, Defiance Starch claims 16 oz per package, and London schools repurposing space with London County Council plans.
An old advertisement touts a “tivre te at tenscone” tonic claimed to purify blood and stimulate liver function, promising dramatic health benefits. It targets medical professionals and the public, listing Cheney & Co of Toledo as sellers and offering decorative “Dollar” incentives.
Dolores Johnson awaits news of her missing father as a mountain search mobilizes. Young Green leads a small party to a perilous ledge, calling down into the mist for confirmation and using a rope to lower himself toward a possible clue while Dolores, brave yet wary, watches with a mix of hope and fear.
A parrot on Gates Avenue witnesses a young girl nicking apricots from a cooling fire escape. The bird’s sharp call shames the child, who retreats fruitless, after being taught honesty by the feathered observer. Local tale from Brooklyn.
A conservative speaker rails against women voting arguing it could ruin politics and home life. He jokes that women might bet on elections and inflate millinery costs, imagining society financially strained by hats and bets. The dialogue mocks women voters and gendered fears.
The piece contrasts Loeb and Matthews view that nervous impulse is not identical to electrical current with Dr O Briens stance that nervous current equals electricity. It cites four arguments for the electrical identity including constant electricity during nerve action and parallels between nervous and electrical signaling mechanisms.
Greater London and suburbs total 6.551 million, up nearly 1 million in ten years. Females outnumber males by more than two to one in ages 19 to 25, influenced by many female domestic servants. London has 234 398 female servants versus 14 425 men servants, fewer children, but more people over 45 than ever.
A brief quoted line appears from the Atlanta Constitution expressing a colored speaker's warning to sinners about impending consequences, framed in a regional dialect. The remark emphasizes a fiery, gospel style sermon without lengthy or formal address.
A Portsmouth man displays a goldfish that takes food from his hand. He offers a morsel just above the water surface and the fish rises to snatch it. The behavior showcases the clever pet training seen in domestic aquaria.
An Trisonan fighting under the British flag was captured by Boers on the plain. He refused surrender and was shot in many places, left for dead. Found next day, he reached a field hospital and joked to a nurse that he was badly shot, noting the other patient caught cold from the draughts.
A grocery store refuses to sell Defiance Starch to a customer who previously used a one ounce package. The store cites brand policy and a stork in band of 12 2 as part of the incident.
The Sparrow club of Elsenham Essex England, with fifteen farmers, reports 36 10 old sparrows destroyed over ten years. Members pledged to kill as many sparrows as their farm acres between September and May. One member failed, owing seventy short, paying a penny per head for seventy un slain sparrows.
A Maine writer in the West compares New Hampshire granite country unfavorably to Aristocrat soil, wondering how locals live there. The text also notes Roumanian rural theaters planned to teach morals, King Edward VII’s champagne breakfasts, and New York youths adopting the trend, hinting at changing social habits and tastes.
William E. Gentry of Lakefield Minnesota at 77 years old after 46 years with kidney trouble reports a complete cure. He praises Dodd's Kidney Pills saying they ended back pain and misery, and now feels better than in 40 years.
Paderewski, renowned pianist, earns over 100000 yearly and reinvests wisely. He is reported a shareholder in a major piano firm and a part owner of a leading Warsaw hotel. He claims to have never suffered a serious financial loss in his investments.
The text contrasts whisky production with wine making, noting wine producers use science while whisky makers rely on tradition. It also mentions a New York church in Afrace with a choir of exceptionally young girls, the youngest four, performing in unison with white aprons and baby caps.
A physician recounts years of weed coffee causing daily heart palpitations and near fatal attacks. He switched to Postum, notes improved heart health, and advises others to quit coffee. The Postum Co. promotes its product with instructions to brew longer and even add butter for flavor.
Public letters from across the nation praise Peruna as a catarrh remedy, with Dr Hartman receiving hundreds of endorsements daily. The Governor of Oregon is an admirer, claiming Peruna prevents colds and cures catarrh, a universal ailment, urging households to keep the remedy for coughs and colds.
A governor praises Peruna medicine in a letter to Dr Hartman from Ohio. He notes it cured his family’s colds and argues other ailments often begin with a cold. The ad urges families to keep Peruna at home and request Dr Hartman’s free book Winter Catarrh.
Opalescent glass offers delightful flower holders for long and short stemmed varieties. A daffodil and a tulip holder are novelty items. A bread bowl with deep fluted edges is common, its openings fitted with a removable wire frame for inserting flower stems.
A bold promotion from John A. Salzer Seed Co of Lant Cross Wis offers a big plant and seed catalog plus seeds to grow 1000 heads of tr nbbages 2000 Carrots 2000 Clanching Celery 2000 Tied Lettuce 7000 splendid tmleans 14 inches rare ratslshes and exotic flowers. The company promises more with postage paid and a Berliner Cauliflower pack added if the notice is returned.
Boston stages a new neighborhood town hall project with restaurants and recreation rooms intended for public use. The plan envisions a central community space as part of urban development.
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