Marble Hill Press Letters Mix Commentary And Snippets
A chaotic collage from The Marble Hill Press notes varied items from politics to society humor. It mentions women leaders, arbitration, industry, and a clock theft, with jokes about gas trusts and public office as trust. It references figures like Rudyard Kipling, Funston, and Yale president Hadley, plus California sea lions and the St Lawrence whales, ending with a remark on a presidential selection process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Fish and Game Commissioners of
California
Baya
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Earl of Warwick Limited and the new stock venture
The piece reports on Earl Guy Greville and the Countess of Warwick forming a limited company to manage four counties and life insurances totaling about 1.14 million dollars. It notes directors from the market, including Lord Warwick, and discusses Warwick Castle and the Greville family history. It critiques the move as exploiting noble titles for stock exchange profits while mentioning social reactions and related schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onion Stock Exchange
Gilbert
Plaza Toro
Gandollera
Guy ~ Greville
Earl of Warwick
Bart and Countess
Duke of Sutherland
Lord Kenyon
Tyndale White
W. T. B. Fosbery
Henry Burdett
The
Stock Exchange
Lord Warwick
Board of Directorat of Yourself (Limited
Aogied
Clitheroe Estates Company
Lmited
Lord Montague of
Nedullen
John Scott Montague
Warwick
Bondstreet
London
Brooke
Prince of Wales
Tranby Croft
Singer Cycle Company
Malson Virot
Warwick Castle
Warwickshire
Remichamps
Noevilles
Greville
Grévilies
Richard II
Guy
Hey
Warwick Lay
Héen
Wales
Earl
Thas
Wargdek
Seven Americans Kill Four Bulls in Mexican Arena
Seven Americans fought and killed four bulls in Durango Mexico in a volunteer exhibition that drew a packed crowd of locals and visitors. Despite warnings from American horsemen, the arena show proceeded and drew over ten thousand dollars for charity as Americans plan to stage more such bull fights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Spain
Don
Mexico
Kegan
Mushrooms Grow on Lawn Baffle Philadelphia Correspondent
A Philadelphia correspondent asks how to sow the seed as mushrooms sprout among the grasa-on lawn. The piece notes six mushrooms appearing and describes the dark dust expelled during ripening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodi
Philadelphia
de Hires
Hla
Trade routes shaped by rival railroads discussed
The excerpt notes how the Southern Pacific favored California laden trade and a Mexican corridor while the Santa Fe secured a Pacific route via Los Angeles and San Diego. P Ripley of the Santa Fe and Mr. Huntington of Southern Pacific spoke with ease, as if handling swans.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Chicago
Santa Bo Company
Benson, Ariz
Guaymas
Gift of Californian
Southern Paclic
Needles
Mohave
California Desert
Sénora
Santa Fo Wan
Crea
Southern Pacific
California
Pacific Ocean
Los Ameches
San Diego
P. Ripley
Preshet
Mr. Huntington
Pictfic
Noted California Lawyer Reed Recalls Bar Admission Story
Washington correspondent recalls meeting Mr Richard C Merens of St Louis and Mr Reed who spoke of his California bar admission. The tale centers on a former schoolteacher who faced Judge Wallace with a constitutional question about the legal tender act, earned twenty five dollars, and later hinted at a separate, unnamed follow up about a Mexican client.
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Washington
Thoman ’. Reed
Shoreman
Richard C. Merens
St. Louis
Reed
California
Wallace
Tuolumne County
Mr. Reed
Kerons
Thittiers In New Yealand. The fist Moor of their theaters is flat
Readable fragments describe theater fronts in New Zealand with plain unpainted exteriors and a flat facade, suggesting modest presentation. The text hints at stage setup details and early visual branding, noting simple design choices in local venues.
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Thittiers
New Yealand
Prince Paydian visits America to plead for Indian Pariah slaves
The Indian prince Paydian, noted as J. B. Pandian, arrives in the United States to lecture on persecuted Pariahs. He argues slavery persists as social oppression despite legal abolition, seeks sympathy and emancipation efforts, and cites water access, schooling, and caste-based discrimination as core issues facing Pariahs who have embraced Christianity.
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Beugein
J. B. Pan
Famity of
India
T Herald
Prince Paydian
United States
Europe
Suse
Prince
Sandian
Iim
Empire coal prospects in China praised by Chambers Journal
The article notes vast coal deposits across Chinese provinces and predicts China could become the world’s leading coal producer. It cites a 1,600 mile area in the north near Shang and Chita as significant anthracite fields guiding future rail growth and empire wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Aays Chambers’ Journal
Ching
Shang
Chita
Poetry and the Dawn of Literature Across Civilizations
The oldest literatures begin as poetry, with early peoples expressing themselves through rhythmic, mnemonic verse. The text traces how later prose narratives and classic authors emerge, placing poets and chroniclers in a long chain from Pindar to Dante and Chaucer to Bums.
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Prous
Pindar
Thuegaldea
Virell
Tacituy
Dante Pefore Bocsacolo
Chronicle of the
Don Quixote
Unpleasant Tastestion Mothed by Illumined Medicals
Fragmented OCR text shows a dialogue about attending an illuminated recital, a refused invitation, and a quoted singing moment. Names and clear facts are obscured, yielding a partial, unclear item. The passage mentions a cook, a mother, and distracted phrasing with garbled terms.
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Phes Pilkington
Mirvidit
Spanish Knife Duels Stir Appalling Local Fear
A fragment recounts brutal knife duels in southern Spanish cities where fighters use long blades called faca. Whistles trigger crowds to witness swift, deadly clashes. two men tied by the ankles fight until both are mortally wounded, later dying after renewed combat in a hospital.
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Spain
Statisticia
Tan
Buch
Aeaventee Wounda
Tre
Changes in Fiji Island Sunday School Finances
In the Fiji Islands a shift is noted as 40,000 native Sunday school scholars contribute nothing to the missionary box, signaling a change in giving patterns and potential impacts on missions.
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Fiji Islands
Bletra Forest Story Reaches Nevada Overton
A fragmented report mentions Bletra forest and Overton Nevada, with unclear references to Lyle Wiehe and Wiehe’s actions. It hints at religious pretenses and lack of decisive deeds amid vague accusations.
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Nevada
Overton
Strane
Lyle
Foil Dispositions Are Early Shown
The notice describes blood ailments in children and youth, claiming early signs can be eradicated by Hood's Sarsaparilla. It promotes the medicine as a cure that purifies and enriches the blood, urging timely use to prevent scrofula and pimples.
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Hood
Allen
Orpculsts
Allen ’S
Olmatud
Lettoy
Milk and bread as foods and value for nourishment
A passage compares milk and bread as nutritive foods, noting milk as closest to a perfect food with all necessary nutrients while bread supplies nourishment in proper form though not in ideal proportions. Tadley scolds Bobby for misbehavior as Bobby contemplates sharing lessons with his future son. An aside muses on how the aggressive woman of the future might be titled Mrs So and So and husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley
Yale
So-und-So
Husband
Fruit Farming Along the Frisco Line in Midwest States
A garbled notice discusses a new pamphlet on fruit farming along the Frisco Line in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and the adjacent territories, with references to transportation rates, pamphlet availability, and the time frame for obtaining and using the information. The text also includes assorted ads and stray lines on machinery, medicines, and household goods with no coherent narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prisco
Missouri
Arkinais
Kansas
Fodland Territory
Arya Snyder
GPA
St. Louis
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Joe Ein
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U. S Army
New York City
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