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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1891
Page
4
Local note from a Missouri county newspaper dated Thursday January 29 1891 announcing the official paper status and advance copy policy. It lists price details for single copies and subscriptions and mentions advertising rates available on application.
An address discusses Missouri legislature actions to curb express company robbery charges, lower express rates, and regulate taxation. The piece mentions Western Kansas financial distress, bank suspensions, and the rail commission's aid, plus brief notes on Cameron sliver dealings and Prince Baudouin's death.
Alabama Senate refuses World’s Fair appropriations until the Force Bill fate is known, urging caution on immigration. Missouri Legislature later pauses pending Moree Bill results. Washington state House shocks with 400 greenbacks, Blaine Jr. tale amid broader political drama.
Senator Jasper N Burkain is acclaimed as a leading orator in the Senate with expressive sentences that earned him the nickname The Southeast Cyclone. The piece notes this prominence occurs within about five weeks of the current Congress amid a pivotal debate led by a prominent party figure.
The piece surveys a patchwork of political conjecture and local notices. It mentions a force bill showdown in the Senate, tax-like interest rate bills, Kansas senatorial bets between Ingalls and Pieter, and trivial trials in Latrobe. It also reports a California death, onetime political moves, and a Missouri inventor touting a hydraulic engine that eliminates steam and electricity in favor of compressed air or water.
The inventor, a 44 year old Virginia native and farmer now in Mexico after moving from Lincoln County, claims his device can withstand higher pressure than tested and that perpetual motion has been solved after twenty years of study. He has worked eight months on the model and plans an imminent public exhibition for verification.
A local lodge committee presents memorial resolutions for Bro. B W Henley who died December 18. It notes his long service as Medical Examiner and officer, offers condolences to his widow and children, pledges mourning at the lodge, and directs publication to the Observer and Marble Hill Pigg. The item ends with local agricultural notes on sowing oats and subscriber time questions.
Public sale notices detail real estate levies in Bollinger County Missouri. Sheriff John Huskey and Deputy advertise auctions for March 16 1891 to satisfy on nearly identical orders against Michael Shell and John Vanbuyston with properties including sections and quarters in township ranges.
Notice to stockholders of Bollinger County Co operative Association to meet at Marble Hill courthouse on Monday February 2 1891 all stockholders and members of Siler invited to attend and be prepared to pay first installment Eu Lutes president Luresville Missouri January 20 1891
By virtue of a March term 1891 decree, John Huskey sheriff levied, describing 40 acres, west half of the northwest quarter of section 15 two. town range 10, in Marble Point, Bollinger County Missouri. On Tuesday March 16, 1891 at 9 o clock a.m. sale to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy costs.
Multiple 1891 sheriff sale items listing James Seabaugh as collector and debts against heirs or unknown heirs. Real estate described as portions of sections and quarters in Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri. Auctions set for March 16, 1891, and other times with sale by public auction for costs and debts.
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