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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
3
Advert says Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has gained renown for treating feminine disorders. Claims of permanent good for women nationwide and huge sales. Mentions Mrs. Pinkham offering free counsel from Lynn, Massachusetts and invites letters from women seeking advice.
A large English coalfield covering about thirty two square miles plans to electrify its pumps. Fifty pumps at numerous points will be connected to a centralized switch at a single point to start all pumps together. If successful, it will be a landmark in electric distribution and power control.
Mercedes Lopez of Mexico holds the title for the longest hair, standing five feet tall with hair that drapes four feet and right inches when upright. The hair, eighty thick, conceals her head entirely and grows quickly, allowing frequent cuts to supply dealers each month.
At a philatelic exhibition in Birmingham England the penny and two-pence Mauritius stamps were displayed as the world’s most valuable. The 1848 two-pence Mauritius has only twenty three known specimens and the exhibited pair were valued at 10600 dollars. They belong to a Parlain collector who loaned them for the show.
In a playful exchange cited by the Indianapolis Journal, Cleveland Plan Mealer jokes about rail travel pains and reveals he is an actor. The banter pivots on a quip about colors turning when proposing, highlighting lighthearted theater life.
In a Natal settler home near Ladysmith Bluebell interacts with her stern father Adam Lealle and the visiting millionaire Gerald Moore. Tense dinner conversation covers Boer forces and British aims while Bluebell senses danger in Moore’s gaze as talks turn to a future bargain Moore pursues a single, troubling objective.
Bluebell travels on Rover toward the river route under a hot sky with signs of coming rain. The veldt is dry and desert-like as she follows a wagon-path past withered shrubs and a swaying dry road toward the Drakensberg, keeping steady.
Bluebell meets a gray khaki wearing man near Lady Smith as Rover the horse stands by. The sunburnt, decent figure with clear gray eyes offers his hand in tension and concern, in a scene labeled to continue.
The article surveys Constantinople street tradesmen such as cafe-ji coffee sellers, fish and kebab hawkers, shoe criers, and a Turkiah barber who doubles as chiropodist and dentist. It describes street scenes, routines, and curious customs, noting the crowding and lively exchanges in public spaces.
In Burmah amber is found in the Hukong valley tucked among impassable ranges. Accessible only from the south, the mines are guarded by locals. Diggers shape primitive tools, dig in shifts, and extract amber from clay pockets or pockets indicated by strings of coal matter.
A list details flag colors by country noting red blue black green and yellow elements. It cites Great Britain United States France Germany Austria Italy Spain Denmark Belgium Sweden Switzerland Turkey Mexico Chile Portugal Venezuela Cuba Ireland Brazil Egypt Persia and China with varying color combinations. Stray Slorlea.
A New York Tribune report recounts a Maryland court scene where a prisoner, amid a garbled defense, insists the alleged theft involved a chicken and a king belonging to two different owners. He protests the guilt as a misidentification and questions the judge.
Fragmentary line discusses talent and substitute for James A Ourdeld in a context of hard work. No clear event or outcome appears. Entities named include James A Ourdeld. The text is too incomplete to establish a full news item with dates or places.
The Mashoda region reportedly hosts a rich fauna with a river teeming with crocodiles and hippopotami, and frequent sightings of various antelopes and giraffes. This is notable as North African giraffes remain scarce in zoological gardens worldwide due to restricted access to the Central Soudan for many years.
The Denver and Rio Grande railroad issues a second edition of The Fertile Lands of Colorado a concise guide to agricultural horticultural and grazing areas along the line in Colorado and the New Mexico Territory It covers irrigation farming sugar beet industry and mineral interests and is a factual portrait of regional products. Copies are sent free on request to K Hooper GPLA D&RGRR Denver or railroad officials.
A Chinese hostelkeeper who agreed to board a visitor for a dollar a day could not settle the weekly account. He proposed to maintain the guest for half a dollar a week, arguing he would lose less.
Northern Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan offer hundreds of charming summer resorts as Sun Belt visitors head north. Destinations include Fox Lake Delavan Lauderdale Waukesha Oconomowoc Palmyra The Dells Kilbourn Elkhart Madison and farther afield Minocqua Star Lake Frontenac White Bear Minnetonka Marquette on Lake Superior. For pamphlets and the illustrated Summer book titled In The Lake Country apply to the nearest ticket agent with postage. Geo H Heatford Old Colony Building Chicago IL
A doctor died and was buried in Miltonville recently. In the funeral procession the doctor’s team followed the hearse, with the medicine case propped on the buggy seat. The piece notes debates on heredity and ancient burial customs citing KS City Journal on warrior burials with weapons.
Are you using Allen's Weot-Mase It is the only cure for swollen smarting burning sweating feet corns and bunions Ask for Allen's Foot-Love a powder to be shaken into the shoes At all druggists and shoe stores 26c Random address Olmsted LaRoy New York free sample offer
In scattered regions of Spain, men cover their heads when needing shade and women adorn with flowers. The note hints at local customs described in a plot driven piece, highlighting practical head coverings and floral adornments as cultural cues.
Fragmentary notice advises daily bowel movement for health. Mentions liver and kidneys care and lists numbers 26 and 609. Source text unclear but reads as a health tips snippet with medical terms and pricing.
A New York Commercial Advertiser note asks for a photo of a “N A and Child” titled Bhe aont me and catholic picture. The request appears in a brief stroke about compiling holiday imagery. No further details on participants or location.
The article discusses ultraviolet rays detected by Fireflee according to Scientino Amér ican. It claims the rays pass through materials like cardboard and copper, reflect, refract, and polarize, suggesting alignment with Bacquerel rays and ordinary light. It details an organ producing slat-like emitters and layered tissues connected to air tubes and nerve fibers.
A collage of old notes on English usage cites the New York Sun on has got while a Berlin scientist Horolam of a turtle dies after a snow bridge accident. It mentions Dr. Densmore’s book on open air treatment, a Liszt anecdote about Mme Schumann, and a noisy classified section with dogs and red fox ads from Kirksville Missouri.
Information from the British foreign office notes fears of Amazonian rubber exhaustion are unfounded. It cites rubber produced over at least one million square miles, with overproduction and natural regrowth when not overused. The piece also mentions a local reader comment about a cured child after doctors gave up.
A German remedy based on Epstein's color study proposes bright red spectacles with calomel to treat seasickness. It argues seasickness stems from brain blood deficiency and red lenses push blood to the brain, producing a rash and a radical cure by fixed gaze.
A Maine clerk who requires parental consent for underage marriages received an odd note from a man advising on marriage. The letter jokes about a young couple earning ten dollars weekly and asserts the writer’s approval of the union, ending with a casual request to marry them.
An OCR fragment mixes product lines and ads including Wall's Catarrh Cuore at price seventy and an assortment of notices. It threads through military funeral language, water from Jordan for baptism, and stray quotes about remedies and humor, reflecting a jumble of early 20th century advertising and society items.
An old advertisement asserts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic treats malaria with iron and quinine in proper proportions. It claims rivals imitate the flavorless formula, and that Grove's is the original, superior to others, with a no cure no pay guarantee and a penny price.
The text outlines major rubber regions led by Brazil Venezuela and the United States of Colombia with Central America Mexico Africa and India increasing output. It also notes a disadvantage of searchlights on warships revealing ship positions and describes US navy experiments with submersible lights that illuminate upward as they emerge to avoid betraying the light source.
A new man was hired at a coal yard and disappeared while delivering his first load. A search followed. He was found at the house where he left his coat in the cellar, living in the kitchen. The cook recalled he would not leave and he explained, I thought I was sold with the coal I was weighed with It.
A 2800 B C tablet reveals a drassmakers bill with entries like D2 pure vesimenta for priests. The list includes ten white robes for the Temple, eight robes for the house of the lady, ten gold collars, two white robes, four scented robes, and two winders likely meant to bind watat.
Lady Bullard opened a huge brewing implement at a Norwich brewery. The mash tun holds 10,000 gallons, weighs fifty-five tons when full, and stores 267 barrels. It will contain as much barley as twenty-two acres produce, marking a major capacity for the region.
A giant sewing machine claimed to be the largest in the world is reported to be at work in Leeds. It reportedly weighs 6690 pounds and performs heavy cotton belting sewing tasks, showcasing industrial scale machinery.
The Presbyterian Journal notes growing acceptance of perfect holiness among Southern churches. The Southern Presbyterian cites Ady paper in South Carolina as a holiness publication. A new organ from the Fire Baptized Holiness Association targets this belief with a correspondent claiming to be “basking in the furnace” as the fire “burns, invigorates and intoxicates.”
A Chicago News fragment humorously notes family life with lines about a mother-in-law being useful, a wife wary of discipline, and Birdie's mother causing kitchen chaos while the cook’s goals suffer amid smashed furniture. The excerpt showcases casual, domestic banter in newspaper chatter.
The Missouri Pacific Railway and Tron Mountain Route announce a series of low rate excursions to the West and South-West. Tickets available for March 6 and 20, and April 17. Free maps folders time cards and illustrated pamphlets on the various states are offered on application to Hi C Townsend, G P Z Agent, St. Louis.
The Journal of Medicine quotes Chomel saying a man digests with his legs as with his stomach and notes exercise aids nutrition and waste elimination. It urges proper conditions to improve digestion and mentions whitening clothes with Maple City Boag towels sold by grocers.
Ruesin imposes an amusement tax aimed at funding the Empresa Marie Foundation for the poor. The levy applies to every amusement ticket sold and is added by managers to the ticket price.
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