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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1891
Page
3
An odd dialogue at a garden gate intertwines a budding trade system with intimate exchanges. A narrator references mutual interchanges and a system taking a heart, while a doctor reports a perfect prescription success involving a life insurance matter.
A garbled OCR fragment lists various quack cures and household tips including zinc solutions for fabrics, syrup for health, soap pitches, toothache remedies, and alchemical gum arabic tips. It mentions testimonials, druggists, and a Dr. Kline reference, with scattered instructions on cleansing, soothing teething, chimney cleaning, and making gum arabic remain sweet, all in a period-like promotional tone.
An 19th century pill pitch extols a female health remedy by Dr Pierce Baroce lle Prescription claiming to treat organic displacements and uterine weaknesses. The ad promises satisfaction or money back, plus digestive and sleep benefits and a low cost for the quality product.
A lively natural history piece compares the opossum and kangaroo pockets. It explains the opossum’s dual birth into a mother's external pouch, life in the pocket, and the animal’s climbing, tail use, and odd habits. It then notes the kangaroo’s similar pouching in Australia, its size, leaps, and lone young.
A fragmented excerpt extols busy individuals who, despite 24 hours in a day, manage a vast workload. They are quick to help others, advise on what to start, and move seamlessly from one task to the next with ready assurance.
The 18 year old son of Jethro Jackson of Griffin Ga died at the battle of Resaca, buried in a rough pine coffin on a mound marked by poke berry bushes. After a long search his father followed a dream and located the grave in Resaca, identifying the remains by coffin shoes and clothing in a discovery confirmed by the Atlanta Journal.
A narrator discusses red as warning and peril in rail signals and flags, naval lights, fireman uniforms, and narcotics. He cites red as a symbol of anarchy and danger in art and literature, noting how masters like Turner and Lindseer use red, while many followers regret its indulgence in art.
A study of kitchen terms tracing origins from stew atove chop luncheon and other words. It links sage to Latin calvus and explains pudding from pad a sausage and loaf to lady and loaf-keeper. The piece notes cook from coquere and ties cake biscult to contemporary eating terms while mentioning salary salad sauces and souse with a shared saline origin.
Fragmentary text presents a moral admonition about harming others and self. It references thoughts of a mother’s prayers and a warning against careless deeds, though content is incomplete and some phrases are garbled. The readable portions convey a cautionary verse about ethics and personal impact.
The notice highlights summer resort localities in Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota South Lakota and the Michigan peninsula along the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway accessible by saree travel. It advertises fishing friendly pear lakes dining dress codes and various outfits. It also promotes September and October hunting grounds with prairie chickens docks geese and deer shooting prospects. Full information is available from Gov H Hestroxp Grev Pass Agt Chicago IL.
A garbled blend of verse jabber and pseudo science ads claims spring greetings while touting painless cancer cures. It references “Spring had come” and a Surgical Hotel in Ohio, plus dubious earth age figures from self-styled scientists.
A playful verse recalls how a child’s care changed with stage and name. Once rich, she received Costela. as Chill, she wore Cantoria. as Miss, Castoria became her care. When bad children, Castoria offered relief in a familiar cradle of routines.
A German resident in Chicago reports a horse theft from his barn after mishearing or misusing English. The diary style note describes waking in the night, suspecting someone tampered with the barn, and a plan to search for the animal and secure the premises.
The immense Manchester canal project shows its scale with nearly a hundred steam navvies, 14 locomotives, 45 steamer toes, 10 portable engines, 211 steam pumps, and a large workforce. About twelve thousand hands are at work on this giant undertaking.
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