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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1905
Page
2
The Marble Hill Press notes quirky lines about a wise man guarding his umbrella, harmless Fourth of July powder for American boys, and praise for Joseph Jefferson before it is too late. It mentions Low mites in the Patan canal work and Missouri’s need for recognition, plus two French generals planning a duel and no rise in the court plaster price in Paris.
A New York scientist who claims he can restore life to the eaten challenges should be urged to adapt the saying Let well enough alone. The remark implies skepticism about attempting risky life-restoration methods.
A shuffled round of captions surveys reform wishes and curious oddities from San Jose to Ireland. Notes include a police resignation in New York, regional boundary feuds between Oregon and Washington, and a witty line on baseball. War correspondents emerge from Borneo as a miscellany of opinions and brief stories.
A man long praised as the originator of rural free mail delivery dies in Connecticut's outer Was area. Newspapers have not confirmed his name. The piece questions the nature of fame and the fleeting recognition of innovators.
Astromoters say the Martian winter appears unusually calm, suggesting any coat strike would have caused little suffering. The remark links harshness to prospects of limited impact on residents and observers.
Nater Carnegie furnishes a response to the puzzle stirred by the advent of the automobile: what shall we do with our excess time and energy as new machines change daily life. The essay weighs practical adjustments and potential shifts in social routines.
Dr Seymour of Chicago asserts Te soap users are healthier than non users. The piece questions how the doctor obtained numerous non users to confess their crimes, implying an unusual or questionable method.
An Arizona farmer claims wheat stalks will measure six feet tall this year. The remark marks early signs of Kansas losing its best workers to emigration as the talent pool ebbs.
Senator Proctor complains syrup lacks the taste he remembers from his era. He notes even fresh apples may not share the same sweetness he recalls from years past.
It is claimed the German emperor amasses a vast wardrobe of neckties and scarves from various eras and nations, with a reportedly huge collection surpassing fifteen thousand items, though many of these reports may be unverified.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch notes seventeen year locusts are due this spring. They must emerge early to compete with the annual insect pests threatening crops and vegetation.
The University of Pennsylvania horticulturists push Drosera dicholomoa to lure mosquitoes, signaling a potential new popular piazza plant this season. The Boston Globe asks what is woman's ideal pot, noting shifts from cradle age to modern times.
Dr Arnold of New Haven told Columbia students that women are far less graceful than men. He contrasted drawing room ease with the challenge of racing to overtake a car, prompting dialogue on gendered perceptions of athletic grace.
Witness Mrs. Leslie Carter testifies in a suit against a theatrical syndicate. She recounts Samuel Nixon swearing, a moment that critics of her performances in Zaza and Sappho would find revealing about her knowledge of the scene.
A Mentone bull fight features a toreador dressed in white with a whitened face posing as a statue on a pedestal. In a separate jab, the piece notes the US minister to Turkey pressing Abdul Hamid about indemnity, joking that his harem distraction delays payment.
The Igorrotes will not be part of the Lewis and Clark exhibition. The decision likely reflects concerns that their national costume and Portland climate hinder benevolent assimilation efforts.
The Garfield report on the Packers business methods faced sharp criticism after eight months of inquiry. Proponents note the figures remain uncontradicted, while opponents question the charges. Officials deny a link between the Heer Investigation and bank failures cited in an Eastern magazine article.
A Malay shot a young tiger and brought it to Teluk Anson for the government reward of 25 dollars. The skin sold quickly and the meat went for 40 cents per catty in town, per the Echo, Penang.
Advertisement touts Defrance Storch laundry product claiming to keep whites white. It promises a 16 ounce bottle for ten cents and targets households seeking brighter laundry results.
A historical notice posted on a church door states that only parish residents may be buried in the churchyard. It directs those who wish to be buried to apply to the parish clerk, signing as Parish clerk. The fragment later lists various medicines and remedies with unclear references.
Mrs. Hare extols her husband in Memoirs of a Quiet Life noting his easy nature and daily kindness. She praises his refinement of feeling and the influence this gentle temperament exerts on small matters, describing him as exceptionally easy to live with.
Hand made of ripe thoroughly cured tobacco for a crisp satisfying smoke. Prices vary by quality with cheaper options available. Lewis' Factory Peoria Illinois.
Naval officers and European residents in China indulge golf. Local Chinese boys have learned the game using improvised gear, crafting a club from an old stick and using a real ball found by a laborer. The scene shows cross cultural adoption and playful adaptation amid colonial presence.
An old advert describes ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE as a powder that calms painful smarting nerves in feet and ingrown nails, makes shoes fit easier, and cures sweating feet. Sold by druggists for 25 cents with a trial package free from A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Fragmentary reflective text discusses desire and sufficiency, noting the wisest men seek less than they might obtain. It hints that living well is an art of wanting little and valuing restraint over excess. The wording echoes aphoristic moral guidance.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a travel related incident and possible misdirection. Names appear garbled with mentions of locations and a brewing term, suggesting a mundane report or classified blurb rather than a full article. Further readable details are needed for a precise summary.
The article notes Sweden and Denmark lack literate soldiers while Russia has 7 percent of its army illiterate. It highlights literacy as a military issue affecting all three nations.
A Vienna census of 5,000 tramcar drivers finds 400 knights about fifty barons and four counts among the ranks indicating notable aristocratic representation in the city’s urban transit workforce.
A fragmented 19th century style advertisement touts remedies for catarrh claiming local applications cannot cure the disease. It promotes combined ingredients and proprietary preparations, asserting direct action on moron surfaces and promising free trials. The copy mentions a physician or company, pricing and prescriptions, with garbled brand names and unspecified patentees.
Wine manufacturers in Greece and Italy propose using barrels made of paper to store and age wine. The idea aims to reduce costs and weight while boosting portability and sustainability for regional producers.
Railroads compare setting freight charges to checkers and chess with communities and producers as pieces. Rates are crafted to aid cities, manufacturers, and shippers, guided by traffic managers who balance risks of bad moves. Mutual concessions drive lower US rates versus Europe and Australia, the lowest in the world.
In the papal treasure house two crowns are valued at 2.5 million dollars. One crown was a gift from Napoleon to Pius VII and houses the largest emerald in the world. The other crown, a gift from Queen Isabella of Spain to Pius IX, weighs three pounds and is valued at 1 million dollars.
A remarkable creature described as half tiger and half panther has been brought from the Congo by a Belgian and placed in the zoological gardens at Antwerp. The animal's unusual appearance and origin have attracted curious visitors and local interest.
In Castle Kernsberg the duchess Joan of Hohenstein hosts an embassy from Plassenburg led by Leopold von Thessaner. Captains Jorian and Boris vow to reveal a deceit about betrothals to the duchess, drawing their guards and guests into a tense standoff amid tavern bravado and looming consequences. Werner von Orseln warns them, and a bravado-filled scene erupts with meals, rings, and threats of punishment.
In a dark decor, Werner von Orsen parades a chained Danish youth called the Sparhawk before guests. He recounts a tale of Castle Lynar and a northern foray as the boy refuses to cower. The tyrant orders the lad to dance for sport, insults the Dane, and dismisses mercy.
Lillian Russell lent the opera manuscript of Lady Teazle at Hollis Street Theater to a youth who sought to read lyrics. After weeks of searching and a confession, the singer learned the package was found by a stable cleaner who had sewn her name on the cover and returned it.
Senator Depew describes flim flam as mind confusion leading to self deception. He recounts a grocer and boy molasses tale where the boy is shorted yet the grocer claims the extra was in the measure before. The anecdote illustrates deceit and complicity in wrongdoing.
Mark Twain loved smoking and quipped that there are twenty four hours in a day to do it. A San Francisco anecdote recalls a critic remarking on his cigar box while he looked in a shop window and his reply about moving again.
A tribute to Dr Richard Garnett of the British Museum notes his unmatched research skill. Varry Furniss recalls a friend who failed for months to find data until Garnett promised a single book with all details on page 530.
St Nicholas notes that cold blooded animals retain heart activity after death due to nerve ganglia. A turtle heart may beat after removal if kept cool and moist under a bell jar, with records of 12 to 14 hours and up to 36 or 45 hours reported.
Vice Admiral Guimares of the Brazilian navy proposes a hot gun made of bronze with a steel breech chamber. The projectile is a wine bottle filled with sawdust soaked in oil loaded at the breech. When fired every five minutes the bottle shatters and oils the water to smooth a passage for the advancing vessel.
In Manila Bay Rear Admiral Enquist arrived aboard the Aurora with Oleg and Jemtchug, all damaged and many wounded. Ohio, Wisconsin, Oregon, Raleigh, and Cincinnati maneuvered outside Corregidor as the Aurora saluted. Repairs were estimated at Oleg sixty days, Aurora thirty, Jemtchug seven. Engquist sought permission to repair, citing rough seas and patchwork at the waterline.
Crowds pressed into Berlin as Duchess Cecelia arrived for a royal entrance. Five hundred people were overcome by heat or injuries, with 36 in serious condition. Emper or William and Empress Augusta Victoria hosted a dinner for 240 guests including ministers and naval officers. The Duchess impressed attendees with warmth and grace. The event ended with a torchlight procession along Unter Den Linden.
James Hazen Hyde states he will not surrender his control of Equitable Life. He plans to keep his stock and influence, declaring he will resist any move to place shares in trustees. Predicted retirements of James W. Alexander and Gore Hell Turhell are anticipated as Hyde shaping the board and creating a new powerful chair.
Cornelius P. Shea president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters was arrested Saturday afternoon on criminal libel charges filed by Robert J. Thorne assistant general manager of Montgomery Ward & Co. Thorne seeks $325000 in damages claiming Shea said in interviews he was offered 10000 by Thorne to strike against Sears Roebuck Co. The suit cites statements Shea made to newspapers and before the county grand jury and notes editorial insistence on accuracy.
Paducah Kentucky reports the marriage of William L Hughes and Daisy Good and Thomas N Kneghes with Ethel Good of Graves County. The ceremony occurred Friday at Metropolis Jr. The brides are cousins and the grooms brothers.
James H. Brown arrived here Friday from Eureka California. He left in 184% with a prospecting party for California and this marks his first visit home since.
In a fog off Dungeness on Saturday morning the British battleship Ceaser collided with the crewed bark Afganistan. Shortly after, the battleship Hannibal fouled the German schooner Emma Loulse, seriously injuring its crew.
The Mount Stirling Building and Savings Association settled its affairs Saturday and went out of business after an existence of twenty years. The dissolution ends a local financial institution that served Mount Stirling and surrounding areas since its founding two decades ago.
In Rome Foreign Minister Tittoni voiced the opinion that peace negotiations are imminent. At the Russian embassy officials admitted the war’s end could be in sight soon.
London dispatch from the Daily Mail's Tokyo correspondent reports that Russian observers appear to have believed the Japanese base lay at the Pescadores. They avoided passing the isles and instead chose a roundabout route, suggesting a misreading of Japanese positions.
A Sunday demonstration in Pavlovsk Gardens near Tsarskoe Slovo drew about 5,000 attendees for a funeral march mourning Russian sailors lost in the Sea of Japan. The crowd clashed with police when drawn swords were used, chairs flew, and a battalion of tirailleurs fired warning shots. Dozens were wounded as exits were blocked and chaos spread to the streets.
Newport News reports a Saturday ceremony on the battleship Missouri as Missouri state representatives present a silver bell to the ship in place of the navy bell. Chairman Saunders Norvell led the committee. Miss Julia Cabanne of St. Louis acted as sponsor. Captain W. S. Cowles accepted the gift.
The final day of King Alfonso's stop in Paris featured a Spanish Church service a Louvre museum visit and the Grand Steeplechase at Auteuil attended by 125 400 spectators. He departed at midnight from Invalides Station en route to London.
In Pinckneyville Illinois the city election dispute went to circuit court before Judge Moore. The recount increased Dr G F Meade s mayoral majority to fourteen votes from six, restoring a larger margin amidst the post election contest.
Secretary Way arrived in London from Paris Friday evening looking better than when he left New York, but still far from well. He will sail for New York on the White Star line steamer Baltic leaving Liverpool June 7.
President Diaz in Mexico City Friday appointed Joaquin Iy Casasus as ambassador to the United States, succeeding the late Manuel Aspirez. The appointment follows the death of Aspirez, marking a key diplomatic posting.
Brodie L. Duke, a wealthy tobacco merchant, has begun divorce proceedings in New York seeking absolute divorce from his wife. The case follows recent sensational reports of his marital troubles and his confinement in a sanitarium.
John C. Crowell, stroke oar of the University of Pennsylvania crew, died Saturday at University Hospital from typhoid fever.
St Petersburg reports Admiral Birileff, who left Cronstadt on May 25 for Vladivostok to assume general command of the Russian naval forces in the Far East, is returning aboard a patrol vessel.
Guthrie Oklahoma reports three hours of heavy rain Monday evening. Hundreds of acres along the North Fork in Pottawatomie County are flooded and crops across the territory suffer heavy damage.
The United States government operates a large acetylene gas plant at Chickamauga Park in Georgia. Six and a half miles of mains power sixty five street lamps across the historic battlefield site near the entrance where thirty thousand Union and Confederate soldiers perished in 1863. The War Department installed the plant after tests at Fort Meyer and has since expanded to other government institutions. Acetylene gas, produced from water and carbide, provides safe, bright white illumination suitable for farms, villages, town halls, churches, and public spaces.
In Germany preventive measures against American cattle and meat imports have raised meat prices. As a result, demand for fresh, dried and salted fish has grown. A Hamburg company opened a depot and packing houses at Matari en Menzalen Egypt for the evrine and shipping of Nile caught eels.
A Japanese temperance movement begun in 1873 by Yokohama foreign residents now includes forty six societies uniting as a national league with 3 617 members. Their agitation led to a bill prohibiting tobacco use by children under twenty years of age.
The earliest weapon appears to be the sword. Spaniards in Mexico found natives with wooden swords, likely the primitive form. later bronze swords were introduced after the discovery of medals, with many examples found over time.
Piney Flats Tennessee resident D S Hilton reports complete relief from two years of rheumatism in two days after using Dodd’s Kidney Pills. He credits the pills with removing pain in back hip and legs and states he would not trade their effect for any money. The ad claims rheumatism comes from uric acid in blood and that healthy kidneys remove it.
A New York Central freight train completed a 435 mile run in sixteen hours and twenty minutes en route to the port of New York with cotton bound for Liverpool spinners. The journey showcases speed and reliability of the rail line during the period.
Many children are sickly says a nurse from a children's home in New York. The tonic claims to cure feverishness headache stomach troubles teething disorders break up colds and destroy worms. Sample mailed free to Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York 25c per bottle from druggists.
Henry Morris notes cancer risks from clay pine and decayed teeth. He urges households to choose Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry, highlighting 16 oz per package, same 10 cent price as 12 oz rivals, and claims of no sticking or chemicals.
Professor Airoli presents Rome Forum findings arguing the city predates Romulus. He contends Etruscans founded Rome on Aventine hill and then moved to confront the Sabines.
The Sultan of Turkey has supplied fifteen thousand woolen tunics for soldiers stationed at Adrianople and Salonika. The article notes the generous aid to Ottoman forces and marks a significant supply delivery to units in those locations.
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