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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1897
Page
4
The column records a flood of local notices including Dr Biggs cough syrup promotions, hardware sales, farm reports on wheat and oats yields, fruit harvest notes, and community events such as Arcadia camp meeting dates and Zalma picnic plans. It mentions local schools, teachers institutes, and business ads from Robert Drum, Sander & Son, and George Clark & Son.
In Dunklin County near Campbell a lightning strike killed John Siegers and his wife as they sheltered under a tree during a storm. The couple, tenants with five children, died after their skulls and necks were fractured in the tragedy.
A lady correspondent explains the ideal husband must be healthy with appetite and temper, capable of facing the world, protective, prayerful, virtuous, kind to women, thrifty, self controlled, domesticated, fond of animals and flowers. He should trust his wife, comfort her, study national progress, and be patient in business. He must forgive quickly and not expect idle leisure.
A long moral text urges self restraint discipline and charity. It extols cheerfulness steady effort personal growth and responsibility advising rectifying mistakes and judging others with charity while highlighting the value of helping others to unleash their best effort.
A South Chicago jeweler built a clock requiring winding only once in forty years. The 15 inch, 75 pound timepiece runs in a unique vacuum-sealed glass case to reduce friction and oil drying. Movement revolves every 2.5 years, with fifty six revolutions needing seventeen key turns to reset for another forty years. Philadelphia Times reported.
A Grit writer extols enduring tenets of manners. A gentleman embodies truthfulness, benevolence, and self reliance while respecting a woman’s good opinion. He faces others squarely, remains calm in haste, and improves each social moment with tact and restraint.
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