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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1897
Page
4
The text surveys Missouri state actions and national issues with feeble coherence. It names Gov Bushnell and Maj McKinley in a silver policy frame, mentions Ohio senatorship, and notes legislative moves in the Missouri House. It also reports market prices for cash wheat, oats, corn, and livestock, amid a stylistically jagged column setting.
Eminent scientists clash over the meaning of events while a Washington dispatch laments waning senatorial statesmanship. Chicago reports 8,000 starving families and rampant poverty as the Civic Federation plans emergency aid, revealing public outrage at prosperity pockets and urging decisive action. A Percy County Republican riff urges readers to reject unwanted mail and support honest editors.
The piece laments a shrinking, corrupting Senate weakened by boss rule and demagoguery. It argues the chamber has become a peril to national interests, its members lacking conscience and knowledge, turning governance into a hazardous venture for the republic.
Dispatches from India spoke of famine in Bombay amid global aid. A fresh report claims bubonic plague has appeared in Bombay and may spread inland, while famine regions suffer.
Observations on a historic plague, its devastation in London in 1604, and the fearsome toll on populations in Bombay and India. The report notes drastic measures like culling dogs and cats, with implications of ongoing distress and future fatalities amid famine and disease.
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