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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1893
Page
7
An assorted ad cluster touts Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a superior remedy versus cheaper bitters tainted with alcohol and drugs. It also promotes California Syrup of Figs for gentle relief, notes a hotel near the World’s Fair, and includes quips about royalty and trousers at a reception.
Si Smithson rides home from the store through biting mountain air when a second sleigh races toward him. A spectral black sleigh and driver pass through his wagon, leaving him unhurt but baffled. He swears it was Satan, a claim his family disputes after an empty cider jug is found.
Deacon Dykeman of Oakland Pennsylvania clashed with his daughter Emily’s suitor Fred Gilbert after politics sparked a feud. The lovers forged a plan, used a crafty note system with Emily’s dog Beauty, and wed secretly on February 20 after Emily fled for Temp New York where an aunt urged her to go. The deacon later learned of the marriage, hoping for forgiveness.
Kate Field visited a Washington high school and urged pupils to write. A pupil’s letter expresses thanks for the lecture and notes relief in finding someone not biased, mentioning Delsartett and a sense of astonishment at the kindness shown.
London's readers confront claims that Catholic priest Procopius Diwisch first recognized lightning as an electric spark and developed a full theory of atmospheric electricity as early as June 15 1754. He allegedly lived in a Bohemian village and built a rod with 324 needle points connected to earth. No reason given for lack of publicity.
A Vermont judge ruled that a maiden who ends an engagement must return the ring given by her lover. Recollection cites an English court decision holding an engagement ring is not recoverable under any circumstances.
Do you wish the finest bread and cake The Royal Baking Powder is claimed to be the purest and strongest It pledges light fluffy food and easy digestion It warns against cheap or gift offers that may contain alum lime or sulfuric acid harming food quality
A collage of odd notes from 19th century life mentions Rome catacombs housing 6 million remains, poultry raiser in Alabama, costly wedding invitations in New York, and California springs producing acid ink. Other items note Fentress Tennessee lacking a church, Cherbourg’s electric canoe, a fish that walks and climbs trees near Tranquebar, and a flaky medical ad. A humor joke ends with a detector of barbers and theater sobriety.
Fragmented OCR text shows an oath by Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Coensy & Co. promising one hundred dollars for each cataract not cured by Hal's Catarbe, plus snippets about milk relations, a teeth cutting baby, and Beecham's Pills pitched by an ad voice, all reflecting garbled old newspaper print.
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