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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1902
Page
2
A compact column item reflects fragmented 19th century notices and musings from The Marble Hill Press. It mentions suffrage debates in Sweden, Hetty Green's wealth, and various curio quotes about industry, locusts, and professors, with stray notes on politicians, crime, and global events. The tone resembles a patchwork of editorials and quotes.
A dated chronology chronicles the South African War from early campaigns to major battles and sieges. It notes Ladysmith, Kimberley, Bloemfontein, Pretoria surrenders, Lord Roberts and Kitchener movements, and the Boer leaders De Wet and Delarey seeking peace talks as British forces press advances. The account highlights redrawn lines, blockhouse tactics, and the shifting balance toward British control in 1900.
The narrative covers rising tensions between British authorities and Boers in South Africa, the Jameson raid fallout, and the lead up to the 1899 war. It notes ore wealth, outnumbered Uitlanders, taxation abuses, and Kruger era resistance, culminating in ultimatums and early battles at Talana Hill and Elandslaagte.
A German invention tested in Pittsburg uses an 85 foot telescopic ladder attached to a heavy truck with an air tank. The ladder extends to reach windows in burning buildings and can lower quickly with a firefighter and rescued persons secured at the end.
The passage notes Queen Alexandra and King Edward appearing youthful for their ages. It contrasts Alexandra’s parental outlook with her long retained youth and mentions the king’s parents aged and sold by fashion to depart youth early.
A speculative thought imagines extreme cold turning the atmosphere to squid air. It would create a hypothetical sea about 35 feet deep across the globe's surface.
A former land baron of the San Fernando Valley once owning extensive acreages is now blind and poor, with a dependent family and possible eviction from his home. Once generous and hospitable, he shares the fate of many old Spanish California landowners who end life in want amid a lack of business prudence and changing fortunes.
Mrs Roosevelt inaugurates Mrs Rostevelt's Garden Partha Garden parties, pleasing the president who favors outdoor amusements.
A historical fragment describes men’s corsets and bustles in New York with references to military sack coats and hip improvers. The text mentions fashion novelty, price cuts, and concerns over appearance due to hip development, implying garments designed to alter shape.
Report says Prince Henry of Prussia will accept Lübeck plans to unite the middle classes for his Reichstag bid at the next general election. Prince Maury has not engaged in his country's politics.
Miss Fonsheimier a native of East Mess moved from Albany New York after schooling at Cornell and Harvard then studied at Edinburgh and Oxford. She taught Biblical literature and comparative religion at the American College for Girls in Constantinople and soon becomes dean and chaplain upon returning to the Turkish capital next August.
A memorial at Arlington dedicated to those of the American war effort was unveiled amid ceremonies. A 40 foot high shaft topped by a cannonball and an American eagle symbolic of victory stands with the motto In God We Trust. The National Society of Colonial Dames organized the dedication noting contributions of those honored.
Edith Leeke, formerly of Chicago and later California and Texas, has been admitted to practice law in Texas becoming the first woman lawyer in the state. Daughter of George E. Wood, a noted attorney, she is 29 and already perceived as unusually mature and capable. Her career as an attorney is anticipated with interest by friends and admirers.
Miss Mayme Z Bayer of Pleasant Grove near Birdsboro Pa walked 700 miles round trip to teach this term. Her home to school distance is two and a half miles and she did so daily for seven months through sun rain and snow. She is praised for dedication and holds a silver medal from an oratorical contest.
A dozen Camden County residents faced federal charges in Jefferson City for cutting and selling timber on government lands. They admitted the act, posted 2000 each on recognizance, and await grand jury action. A defendant cited destitution after failed crops as motive and expressed no complaint at punishment.
Princess Torquin of Algiers, traveling incognito as Mile. Torquin, has recent entertaining by Boston society. Described as a typical oriental beauty, she is not yet 24, highly educated, fluent in English and multiple languages, and an accomplished musician with a contralto voice.
Lawrence E Godkin retired editor of the New York Evening Post and The Nation died in England at age 71. A noted reformer, he became editor of The Nation in 1865 and of the Evening Post in 1871, shaping national criticism of men, measures, and institutions.
The Southern Pacific reports Cuban flags as the dominant export from New Orleans to Cuba. Large quantities have been shipped, enough to furnish flags for every Cuban home. Flags were mainly manufactured in the eastern states and initially used for President Palma's inauguration decorations.
Recapped account from Hiawatha Kansas recalls Beren A Pantz being drafted during the Civil War. At the recruiting office officials discovered the name misreads as A Pant and Pantz was released after a brief, unusual identity confusion.
King Edward creates an official to manage the royal stables and motor fleet. Graham White is offered the post of master of the king's motor cars, charged with driving the king and supervising all motor arrangements. The role carries an honorary status with a nominal salary.
Pittefeld Minnesota, called the gem city of the Borkehines, has housed many literary figures over time. Notables include Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Hawthorne, and Herman Melville, with Longfellow writing The Clock on the Stairs in a house on East street.
A partial, unclear OCR fragment discusses future progress taking seventy years to uncover and mentions treasuring a remedy. The text is incomplete and lacks concrete names, places, dates, or events.
A statue of renowned caricaturist Gavarni is to be erected soon at Porta In. A Gavarni ball will be held to raise funds for the statue, with attendees wearing costumes drawn by the artist. Gavarni is praised as the historian of Louis Philippe's reign, akin to John Leech's portrayal of Queen Victoria.
Reports state one car owner paid 15000 for a vow racing machine and another, after striking a boy with a car, was ordered by a jury to pay 84195 in damages.
A report notes Manila’s rich Filipinos live in lavish homes with manicured lawns while outsiders accuse them of secretly funding rebels. The Philadelphia Times cites a Manila observer who says some wealthy families rent adjoining houses to display wealth, contrasting with the struggle to purchase.
Mie Pours 9 plans a book on the Oxford movement in the Church of England. She is a fourth year philosophy and theology student who recently commented in Preach Journal that a college education is necessary to produce a gentleman.
Emperor Francis Joseph was traveling by night train from Vienna to Budapest when a bomb wrapped in paper was found in his compartment at the Vienna terminus. An investigation led to the dismissal of several railroad workers and authorities kept the plot secret with a ban on Viennese newspapers reporting the incident.
Fulcothropic millionaire Baron Henri de Rothschild, a physician and infantile-disease specialist, expands into auto making. He opens a motor car factory beside his children’s hospital, pledging all profits to the hospital. Expected sales run about 100 cars yearly, with about $40,000 yearly benefit to the hospital.
Charles Owen O Connor known as the O Conor Don, age 64 on May 7, seeks a possible Irish royal claim. He traces lineage to the last Irish kingdom, is a Irish privy counselor, and sat on a royal commission examining Britain Ireland financial relations. He held the Roscommon seat for years before the Parnell era.
A Las Ky conductor mistook Mim Lute Thurman for a Black woman and subjected her to Jim Crow treatment aboard the American railway. She received $1,000 solatium for indignity and damages.
De and f Van Bere, ordained at Milford, served at several churches including Milford and Newburyport. Dr. Van Buren issued four works and a forthcoming Latin Hymns Verae. Tales of Wall, Maged Rage, and dynamos appear amid a political science institute tribute to Carnegie. Ex-President Cleveland linked with land rights and monumental shore control at Buttermilk Bay.
Fragmentary text mentions American port with Martinique and busy orders from St Pier. Details are unreadable. cannot determine full event, date, or entities.
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