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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1893
Page
3
Vanderlyn declines a whist game and recounts a haunting gambling tale from college days. He describes a spectral opponent and a nightmarish Lasquenet session that ends with a gunshot and ruin, leaving him with a lifelong fear of cards.
A sketched chronicle of 18th century highwaymen famed for opulent dress. Claude Duval, James Macleane, and John Rann are profiled for elegant attire and a life of crime, with Duval praised for fashion, Macleane condemned yet stylish, and Rann known as Sixteen-String-Jack before his execution at Tyburn.
A 19th century Pennsylvania tale recounts Joseph Stemler and wife Ellen in Montgomery County. Dave Stemler kept bones and artifacts from his mother in law, including a canoe carved from jaws and a horned mortality room. Neighbors recalled dinners, a gun-armed eviction of a trespasser, and a wife who joked about displaying bones to hang clothes. The grisly collection drew both fascination and fear among visitors.
A belt recently made for the Brooklyn City Electric Railway Company measures 116 feet in length and 72 inches in width and weighs 1800 pounds. One hundred twenty hides were used in its manufacture.
A witty article recounts a spoof set of postal rules including onions priced at two scents and alligators banned by mail. It also humorously covers corked ink bottles, fruit trees, and lovers’ letters. The Salvation Army vignette follows, featuring a California recruit and a clever exchange with a gold piece.
A writer proclaims the latest story his best work while sharing the moment with his wife. She teases about sending it to a magazine as a light, humorous exchange captured in a Puck cartoon snippet.
A compact set of linguistic notes notes vowels in order with two exceptions. The piece then shifts to earthquakes, noting most quakes occur in the cold months and highlighting January February as peak times. It cites widespread quakes from England to India and estimates $200,000,000 in treasure sunk along sea routes.
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