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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1900
Page
3
The National Advertiser recounts an old bachelor buying a pair of socks with a slip asking for correspondence to matrimony. He writes back and receives further details from a young woman, who explains her mother’s marriage history and adds she is 18.
A garbled wartime era catalog offers a free medical book The Science of Life or Self Preservation by Gald Model Prize Treatine with 70 pages and engravings, plus other ads for Yuratan Chill Tonto and Maple City Bell Washing Soap. Includes a joke about baby names and a note on war color camouflage citing zebra and deer patterns.
Bluebell wakes bound and led by Gerald Moore across a barren karoo to a mountain pass between Natal and the Transvaal. Moore promises marriage after crossing Dutch soil, while Bluebell pleads for help and recalls Adai Rothes as she endures heat, thirst, and fear on a day’s journey toward town and possible rescue.
Rothes investigates the fate of Bluebell after a Boer raid and house fire. Miss Elizabeth reveals Bluebell’s possible abduction by Baas Moore, her brother’s death by stroke, and Rothes vows to search toward the Tugela river with a loyal Zulu companion, facing danger on the journey.
Adair Rothes learns that Mr. Leslie’s house burned to the ground and he was shot by the commando. The town of Ladysmith reels as war news arrives, with hospital work ongoing and no other world news yet. A Dutch farm boy messenger confirms Leslie’s death and burial planned today.
Report from the New York Herald describes how passenger liners host many cats aboard to keep rats down and entertain crews. Cats are fed in shifts, some promoted to first class saloons, with stewards and rat catchers sharing duties during harbor visits. prized felines can attract large rewards and guarding against theft.
A playful survey of name anagrams from famous figures and phrases. It links statesmen like Gladstone Disraeli Nelson Livingstone and others to witty transposals, highlighting how letters twist into revealing comments on power, nursing, law, and society.
An account of royal burials at the Escurial pantheon describes the processions from Madrid, the path to the Macarial, and the ceremonial entry through the grand portal. The ritual includes the high chamberlain’s benedictions and the sealing of the casket in the vault, with princes and widows buried separately.
A plan to operate fifty pumps in the Bog land area by electricity is described as a major advance in electric distribution and control. The pumps would be wired so no single point could switch them all on simultaneously, marking a striking application of power management.
An Atlantic ship captain seeks to curb a passenger's deck habit by assigning a termaster to escort the offender with a bucket and mop. A London Spectator remark notes the plan as a practical joke that delivers a clear result amid scattered quotes and testimonials, including ad copy for remedies and soaps.
Sir Robert Ball predicts a global catastrophe if waters break through a thin spot and meet the raging Dras within the globe. He cites a past explosion in the Indian Ocean that sent a worldwide tidal wave, engulfing inland areas.
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