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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1896
Page
2
A collage of outdated global and domestic notes. Miss Canada and Lord Dunraven are referenced amid political sparring between Harmon and the Joint Traffic Association. China Japan and Cuba drift into war talk while Morgan stabilizes the U.S. government. Public figures like Queen Victoria and General Campos appear in skeptical or humorous context.
United States Consul Seymour reports a war on freight rates between Asiatic and American ports via the Suez route. The Annandale sailed from Hong Kong to New York, and the Nestor was loading for New York, with about 6 dollars per ton, far cheaper than overland routes to the Pacific. Seymour believes canal logistics threaten Pacific coast trade and hints at an American line to Eastern Asia.
In a sharp critique, the article attacks the Nashville Banner for misrepresenting free coinage and silver’s role. It argues that under free coinage a flood of silver would shrink the money supply, making dollars worth 50 cents, and defends Secretary Herbert’s illustration of silver depreciation. The piece mocks the Banner’s logic, notes the impracticality of a pure silver standard, and asserts the broader instability of gold alone as a monetary standard.
A mixed set of childlike vignettes and moral reflections. It includes a child's tale of a German speaking dog turned by a friend’s German call, a Massachusetts girl and her horse Jack sharing tea and music, and spiritual homilies urging readers to find heaven within and live with eternal life in view.
A Washington Star tale tells of a Western girl who came to the Agricultural Department seeking work to lift her family from debt. She saved, then wrote to a home district congressman for a government post. He aided her, they wed, and the seed division's abolition becomes a capstone to a Capitol Hill romance.
A list of noted Christian figures said to be converted in childhood. Adam Clarke reportedly converted at four, Alfred Cookman at ten, Seano Watts at nine, with Robert Hall at twelve, Jonathan Edwards at seven, and William Peng at nine, asserting enduring influence in moral and spiritual realms.
In a reflective anecdote, Mr. Goslington recalls a dog he owned that, despite slow responses, understood gentleness. He argues that dumb creatures are not insensible to kindness and shares how patient, compassionate treatment revealed the dog’s responsiveness.
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