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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
3
A garbled health advisory promotes longevity via dietary rules and lifestyle tips. It mentions avoiding meat and excess salt or alcohol, drinking water, exercise, and a bustling, if unclear, reference to a hospital or hotel in New York and a quack remedy. The piece blends medical folklore with modern wellness buzzwords.
Garbled lines discuss women rights and antisuf fragist phrasing, with scattered names and phrases like Patrice and Piotbush-Tidut. The text appears as misread OCR from a speech or article, lacking coherent narrative or clear event.
A Missouri mother touts Vicks Vap-O-Rub as a safe external remedy for croup in infants and children. The testimonial claims rapid relief and cites gradual use, noting the product’s vapors and skin absorption help loosen phlegm and relieve tightness.
Fragmented OCR text mentions medicines and products like Pierce’s Mlescant Pellets and liver pills, plus stray phrases about youth, ground, and a Rome cathedral. The readable content shows ads and garbled lines with no clear news event or coherent story.
Two Missouri counties St Clair and Callan face federal judgments over old railroad bonds issued years ago and repudiated. A proposed compromise would allocate tax levies to pay bonds, with counties Macon and Henry having settled earlier. The plan aims to repurpose county property and taxes to fund bond debts amid low revenue.
The report to the legislature shows 1,612 pensioners and requests 256,440 for 1914 and 1917 plus about 240,000 for back pay, totaling 1 18. Reversing Confederate veteran relief and paper contracts issues surface as lawmakers push for funds, audits, and reform. Former Gov Major’s Panama trip vouchers reveal 2,919.71 cost to the army. The Joker Clause resurfaces to block local option votes. Senate hints at extending convict labor contracts, raising wages to 1 a day. Kinney seeks to curb the Public Service Commission over St Louis water rates. Supreme court nears January term opinions. Missouri Insurance Dept reports 1914 fire losses rising, no profit in 1916. Governor Gardner names Painter warden to push prison reform, while Hackmann refuses to pay temporary legislative officers for two days.
An extended discussion on Western Canada’s wheat harvest in wartime, noting high yields and labor shortages. It cites Alberta and Saskatchewan farmers, reports on yields per acre, and the reliance on militia and temporary harvest labor. The piece highlights wage levels, labor mobility, and the need for immigrant or transient workers to meet harvest demands during the war years.
A garbled dialogue fragment shows two individuals named Sori aon and Indew debating an issue with an ironic tone. The text is incomplete and contains numerous spelling errors, making it impossible to identify the event, place, or participants with confidence.
An early 20th century hair treatment advertisement extols Knowlton’s Imaderine as a solution for dandruff and cleaning the scalp. It promises a stronger, shinier style and suggests a two cent bottle can yield dramatic beauty results, mentioning social groups and place names of the period.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Wooten and names a song title and a possible writer. The readable parts reference a TV series, a "Wrihen ern" line, and a list of unclear phrases. No clear event or outcome is established.
Hair dressing advertised as La Creole Hair Dressing claims to restore beauty for gray or thinning hair. Sells for 1.00 ad.
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