23 Jan 1896
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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1896
Page
1
A mix of verse and community notices fills the column with poems by Frank L. Stanton, local correspondence from Laflin, and a parade of short items. Reports mention photography by James Brown, hog prices at 3 cents, a charivari in Scheperville, and local accidents. Distant towns like Sedgewivgevile and Glen Allen appear with church events, meetings, illnesses, and daily trades.
Cape correspondent reports on illness, lectures by President Vandiver in Doniphan, and the Normal school’s new hall furnishings. Sorosis fete nets about 60 dollars for hall funds. Exam week ends, term exits January 28 with new students expected. A Norman student led military company forms. Opinion on England’s focus on Germany. Tom Burton, from Hurricane creek near Marble Hill, dies after railroad accident. leg amputated. funeral to Bollinger County.
B F Snider plans to ship a car load of hogs to St Louis today while Laflin's stave factory runs full time. Farmers crowd the yard with fine bolts and locals note Mr Wann may build a flour mill soon. Uncle John urges support for southeast Missouri’s enterprise drive.
In Patton this week Seaphen Yount preached on The Final Destiny of Man and the Everlasting Punishment of the Wicked at Post Oak chapel. Joseph Hicks plans a Sunday reply with Bible proof that ages of the wicked are not endless and that death and Sheol will be burned away. Local visits noted include B B Masters of Marble Hill and Henry Nugent of Fredericktown.
A grim estimate notes that at least a million people die yearly in Ladis due to the Searva Toa threat. The report highlights widespread impact on both genders and calls for urgent public health action and awareness.
A fragmented news snippet notes the Wear murder case proceeding in Poplar Bluff with Judge Riley presiding. Prosecutor W. J. Renfro leads the Butler county effort alongside RF Walker of Jefferson City and other defense counsel.
Germany marks the twenty fifth anniversary of unification as a pivotal turning point in modern Europe. Bismarck's diplomacy forged the empire and shaped continental power, while Kaiser Wilhelm’s era emphasizes peace amidst war fears. The anniversary highlights Germanys rise as a major global factor and reflects pacific appeals amid contemporaneous tensions.
A humorous piece on parents written as Bobby's reflective essay. It contrasts pas and mas stereotypes, recounts a vacationing boy on a farm who resists waking early, and ends with riffs on parental dependence and respect. The narrator recalls a boarding school boy who called his father the governor and lost allowance.
A courtroom scene depicts John facing accusations of drinking. He admits fault but questions the purpose of life as a judge and observer remark on his state. A deflated dialogue shows financial pressure with a debtor creditor exchange and a rough plea for payment.
A Salemville Pennsylvania case popularizes photography as a temperance tool. A wife arranged a photo of her husband while drunk, hoping he would see his true state. The image inspired him to quit drinking, illustrating a provocative use of photography to curb alcohol use.
A fragment lists river lengths and routes such as the Nile and Ganges with figures, notes river works at the Danube mouth, then shifts to maxims about love, antagonism and conscience. It includes garbled phrases about prairie fires in Kansas and Missouri hog and hominy, ending with unrelated lines.
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