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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1897
Page
6
A travelogue on ginseng’s wild and cultivated forms across Asia and its revered medicinal use, followed by explanations of weather forecasting methods in early stations. It describes isobars, isotherms, cyclones and anti cyclones, and notes the Weather Bureau’s value for business, travel and maritime safety.
London tests a horseless carriage system to replace omnibuses with a tram car like vehicle. It uses pneumatic tires capable of bearing 1.5 tons per wheel and an air cushion to reduce vibration. Operating cost is under two and a half pence per mile with spacious seating. The project aims to cut dirt and dust, improving health and city cleanliness while offering passenger comfort.
A Rural New Yorker correspondent shares a grindstone contrivance that turns and grinds simultaneously. Build with two to one gearing from binder wheels, using a 20 inch or larger stone, and select a good abrasive. Am her 1 preferred over Berea for most uses. avoid over or under gearing to ensure proper speed for cutting.
A historical weather note outlines that while long term atmospheric prediction is impossible, it is feasible to extract principal changes within the next twenty four hours from the date of observation. The fragment hints at early forecasting methods.
The cut shows bending an iron rod into a wall mounted two part holder for bag strings and a baz, with holes to secure it. The piece saves steps on the farm. An article notes alcohol stunting growth in children, reporting cases where wine use led to dyspepsia, cramps, bloating, and organ enlargement, hindering development.
A buoy on a long rope, set in a deck receptacle, would rise if a ship sinks, with the rope uncoiling as the cage sinks. The idea seems sound but risks entangling in rigging and being dragged down during the swirling water of a sinking vessel.
Instructions demand full name and address for free readings and mailing replies. Horoscope excerpts describe Libra Scorpio and Aries Taurus blends with ruling planets Mars Venus, noting health, ambition, art, and possible marital misfortune amid warnings about managing money and seeking private instructions.
Horoscopic data for Mrs Helena of Cairo notes Sagitta rius rising as Jupiter’s sign, making Jupiter your ruling planet. It describes a medium to tall figure, clear complexion, light hair and eyes, cheerful disposition, and high social appeal. It predicts travel, strong constitution, a tendency for large earnings and losses, and a love of horses while aiming for major business success.
A reader born under Libraria ing with Venus as ruling planet is described as medium height and slender with blue or light eyes. If born four minutes earlier Uranus would share rulership, adding a darker eye shade. She is cheerful but prone to brief blues, forgives injuries, loves justice, admires fine art, and has strong but namodic intuitions. Marriage should be more than average fortunate.
A colored female cook reveals to her mistress that she has married last week. She explains her husband is a hotel cook and is away on his honeymoon in New York and Washington. She plans to stay until his return, which will be about six weeks.
A humorous exchange from Harper's Bazar features Farmer Jones and Willie Princedale '99. Willie jokes he learned to smoke and to plow with golf clubs, and the farmer approves, planning to have him smokin hams and using golf clubs to plow a ten acre lot.
A Boston Globe snippet quotes a woman recalling her fiancé proposing and her refusal to marry him. She explains she wanted pressing and refused him, and he did not ask again, prompting reflection on the emotional timing of the proposal.
A brief cartoon caption shows a wife filling census papers asking her husband John to recall her previous age from the last census, illustrating a moment of forgetfulness and domestic humor. Actions focus on the couple and the census task without graphic detail.
In a Philadelphia North American clip a playful exchange unfolds over a small hand in poker terms. He muses on owning the hand while she teases him about calling his father’s fate or fortune with a playful banter.
A dramatic exchange in the Detroit Free Press features a daughter declaring she will wed only if allowed to marry the speaker. The old gentleman responds with a forceful retort, underscoring a heated family dispute over marriage choices.
Far Worse. He laments his lost cigars at parting as Edith interrupts. The exchange reveals a light moment about procrastination and memory, echoed in short jests from multiple papers.
A brief item notes a quotation from the Indianapolis Journal about business failure and social abandonment following a collapse. It uses a parable tone to illustrate how friends may desert someone who goes under in business.
A terse exchange centers on parenting and responsibilities with a sharp banter about bringing up the family and handling chores. The dialogue hints at household duties and coal as a symbol of daily labor. The speakers underscore control over domestic tasks and immediate priorities.
A quoted exchange from the Detroit Free Press notes a man named Cosby facing a choice between staying home with his wealthy wife or going to work, highlighting an implied social dilemma in a brief OCR fragment.
A house of wire lathing by architect G F Armitage showcases flexible fire safe construction. Wire lathing applies to wooden beams and partitions, with wire cloths forming part of the system. The cottage appears neat and may offer fire resistant properties as a notable benefit. Danger Environs Us If malaria is present in the region, medicinal safeguards are advised. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is claimed to prevent and remedy malaria and related ailments.
An advertisement quotes Dr Jones of the New York Board of Health extolling a Port wine from New Jersey as superior for the weak and debilitated. The claim notes a careful trial and argues the wine is more reliable and worth the Maherin price.
A Detroit man challenges a friend with a mental arithmetic conundrum. He asks if you have ten dollars and someone asks for five, how much remains. The friend answers ten dollars, prompting laughter in the Detroit Free Press description.
A vignette touts Salzer's farm seed catalogue with impressive yields and testimonials. Readers are urged to send 10 cents plus the notice to John A Salzer Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin for the catalogue and 12 rare seed samples valued at ten dollars to start.
A physician proposes using a rubber strip to draw severed wound lips together. One end is attached to one lip and stretched to fasten the other end to the opposite lip, maintaining continuous, elastic approximation of the tissues.
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