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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1902
Page
2
A fragmented column from Albany New York and London gossip cites Carnegie library rejection in Albany and Andrew Carnegie’s wealth, Marconi wireless business, Rockefeller remarks, Lipton Shamrock hopes, Mont Pelee theories, nobility sales, and coronation talk with scattered jokes and cultural observations.
A New York man died recently from overexertion while playing ping pong. The bizarre remarks mock public worry over games and public figures, referencing politics, sea voyages, and Panama hats in a satirical, single-page jab at contemporary concerns.
A 19th century report notes six cases in which women who posed as men married and even acted as fathers. The most famed is Murray Hall, a New York figure who lived as a gallant male and died revealing she was Alice Howard after forty years of marriage to a wife.
In Smithville, a large crowd gathers at Jackson's grove for a patriotic Fourth of July. Claudia Vanaister portrays Columbia while Jim Bowen confronts political discontent with a restrained speech praising the nation and unity, ending with a tearful but proud moment.
A 65 year old California woman Mrs Honora Bletles is jailed in Alameda for violating Berkeley sanitary rules by not connecting her Berkeley houses to the sewer. She owns several properties and chooses imprisonment over a $50 fine. She vows to appeal to higher courts and says she will stay a year if needed.
A fragment notes variation in closure frequency by lighting: candle light occurs 65 times, gun light 28, cam light 22, and electric light so far. The text is garbled but indicates a comparative tally of light sources in observed closures.
Tax assessors hike Newport rate to 11.40 per thousand raising 476996.74 for summer residents. Notable estates include Breakers and Vanderbilt properties valued from 943100 to 333000, with Belmon ts, Berwind, Astor, and Wetmore among the largest listed properties. The shift underscores exclusivity and higher taxes at other seaside retreats.
A young woman contemplates marriage for money if a suitor has wealth, social position, a distinguished profession or merchant activity, a rich family background, a well furnished town house, country residence, luxury gems, and generous support, provided she truly loves him and can have her own way.
The Richmond Times reports that from 1890 to 1900 Virginia grew from relative smallness to a leading shipbuilding state. It cites Virginia as first in capital invested, third in wage earners and wages, and fourth in value of products, with shipbuilding capital rising from under a third of a million to about 15 million dollars by 1909, nearly matching New England and Pacific totals and nearing Great Lakes levels.
A Steelville Missouri farmer reports a hay scam after buying a bale that contained a faulty weight and a thief is sought. Neighbors are outraged while authorities probe the alleged deception. The incident centers on a fraudulent weighing and loss to the local farmer.
The text offers a fragmented reflection on wisdom and folly, noting that the foot may not always be correct for the wise and that even the successful may not always enjoy true fulfillment, while a fool may lack full enjoyment.
In a chaotic Senate scene several young women, seeking luncheon, were barred from their seats as guards intercepted a messenger whose package held items deemed dangerous only when ingested. A congressman with a bulge in his coat was forced to reveal his ink, bought at Use Sonate station ry-Foom.
Coast erosion by the sea has swallowed several towns and lands, leaving bays and submerged forests at low tide. From Sussex’s Goodwin sands to Wirral and Dex hill, shores retreat, drawing away parishes and landmarks dating to Henry VII and earlier. Many towns like May ensburg vanished. Reculver’s church fell inland with aging towers saved by seawall work.
The death of Paul Leicester Ford recalled anecdotes about his quirks. A Chicago friend recalled visiting Ford in Brooklyn and finding him moving between desks as he wrote. Ford built his New York home on money from Jane Meredith, calling it a gift from Miss Meredith.
A sensational account portrays President Roosevelt ignoring officials attempts to shield him from public exposure. He refuses closed car rides on fine days, orders portico doors opened for view, and slips past detectives by taking unannounced walks or drives. The Secret Service learns of his departures only as he begins his walk or drive away.
At a memorable gathering Henry II presides as prelates and barons, each with a lit taper, encircle the king while the archbishop of Canterbury invokes a curse on future violators of two charters. The ceremony closes with a chanted pledge by the king to uphold the oaths as a Christian ruler.
A vivid tale recounts a patriotic but not clever madman enlisted in a cavalry regiment. He faced the fencing instructor who tried to show him a trick by gently touching with the point to verify if he simulated shamming.
A man named Martin Baddies toured offices with a grip of poems. At one editorial guard he was told the editor would not discuss manuscripts yet the guard noted the editor is fair. Baddies replied he would call again when the editor is sober. Atlanta Constitution.
A witness at court declares he has spoken truthfully in all directions and admits being a widower, prompting the judge to press on the length of his widowhood as a key detail.
A clipped and garbled dialogue shows a man and a woman trading romantic lines about smoke, heaven, and nature. The text conveys longing and affection but is heavily corrupted with misspellings and broken phrases, resembling a damaged literary fragment.
A Philadelphia attorney has bought 48 acres in Bonsales township for a syndicate to establish a Chinese cemetery east of the Rocky Mountains. Plans include temples with a nine story pagoda and bells rung from balconies to mark hours and ward off evil spirits. The Chinese seek land along the Pennsylvania railroad line between New York and Philadelphia.
Sculptor Edward Kemeys and his wife have settled in Washington after studying Indians and wild game in New Mexico. Kemeys is at work on bronzes ordered by Chicago to depict key American animals for public buildings. His notable pieces include nine foot statues guarding Chicago's Art Institute entrance.
In parts of Northumberland England brides follow a custom where the bride’s grave clothes are part of the trousseau. Lavender herbs accompany the garments kept aired and inspected, offering comfort to the mourned and curious as they await the moment of being viewed by neighbors.
Cosset's Magazine recounts Holland House now owned by the fifth Earl of Ichester, descendant of the Earl of Holland. The piece notes the estate's vast holdings and wealth for upkeep. It also shares a ghost story about Lady Diana Rich who reportedly saw her own apparition in the garden, followed by another sister’s sighting before death.
Fragmentary dialogue between characters discussing exposure and brains amid a harsh exchange. The passage includes Irish and English speech and uncertain context, with incomplete sentences and garbled wording throughout.
A New York Tribune reporter in Washington argues George Washington was not a churchgoing communicant and shows no dying hours religion. Quoting Robert Dale Owen, the piece asserts Washington had a liberal faith, dying as a patriotic man with no clerical aid, prayers, or Bible reading.
A ragged compilation of Missouri items covers street funding in Gallatin, bond debt payments via Scotia county drafts, and trial updates on a prize-reward case. Also noted are local government hiccups in Palmyra and Marceline, runaway-couple descriptions, railroad housing push in Jefferson City, grain and idle binders in Johnson and Texas counties, and scattered rural curiosities from Monett to Marshall with preparations for summer and independence day celebrations.
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