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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1897
Page
2
A collage of quips and anecdotes from the Marble Hill press satirizes public virtue, education, health policy, and social reform. It notes immigrant literacy, isolation protocols for consumptives, Salvation Army efforts, and a dramatic courtroom recovery after faith healing. Names include Gomez, Weyler, General Booth, Lyman Abbott, and Orville Alford.
Five prominent bachelors in Shelbyville Indiana form The Coming Benedicts pledge marriage before Christmas and will appear at a hotel dinner on December 25 1897 with wives. If any man breaks the pledge he must attend the dinner bound and gagged with the sheriff and forfeit 100 dollars to each remaining member. The odds seem long some may end up in asylums before year’s end.
In Manchester Connecticut residents push for state limits on cocaine sales amid rising use. Prominent locals driven by fear for town prosperity describe a drug habit that has spread, tracing back to a pharmacist's asthma remedy containing cocaine and menthol sold at 50 cents an ounce, fueling weekly expenditures up to five dollars for addicts.
The article profiles Countess Constance Wachmeister, ally of the late Madame Blavatsky, describing her cosmopolitan life and unyielding devotion to theosophy. It notes her 1885 first contact with Blavatsky from Stockholm and her role educating American students in esoteric teachings.
Countess Wachmeister joined Madame Blavatsky in shaping the theosophical circle in London after leaving Germany. She influenced the Russian occultist while mourning the sect’s schism, plans to stay in America then return to England, and remains a key figure in the movement. Dead letters office reports vast accumulations of photographs, hair, and unaddressed mail, with millions sent without stamps.
The Indianapolis Journal notes Uncle Sam auctions discarded mail at the Dead Letter Office. Bundles sell for 1 cent to a dollar with no inspection or refunds. Spectators hope for a diamond ring or silver teapot, while items range from cigars to underwear and music, often yielding ridicule rather than prizes.
Former U S Minister to Hawaii Albert Willis died in Honolulu from pneumonia contracted in San Francisco. Born 1843 in Shelby County Kentucky he had served as Democratic representative for Kentucky’s Fifth District. Appointed by President Cleveland in 1885 to restore Queen Liliuokalani he later supported the Dole government and faced health declines from the strain of his duties. President Cleveland mourned his loss, praising his honesty and capability.
A fire strikes Monastic University located in Urga on the River Selva in Mongolia. Bogdogeggren, a Buddhist high priest, rules the city as a sacred site with four faculties including theology and medicine. The 15,000 inhabitants include 12,000 monks, with Mongols, Russians and Chinese making up the rest.
Naturalists estimate that at least 100000 plant varieties are already known and classified, reflecting vast biodiversity and ongoing cataloging efforts across regions and families.
A Sedalia Missouri woman Mrs S Roe wife of Mr Roe recounts four years of locomotor ataxia and paralysis, then a dramatic recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She credits the treatment with restoring strength, mobility and youthful health after long suffering. The affidavit notes the pills' claimed blood and nerve benefits and lists purchase options.
An anxious old lady asks if the train stops at Chicago and the conductor warns of a big smash up. The item promotes Aunt Rachael's Elecampaie and Hore remedy products with claimed cures like Hore- Anund Elecam pane toe very best thrpst remedies, priced at 2 and 75 cents.
An old newspaper blurb advertises Nameseekers Excursions at half rates to western points via Missouri Kansas City and Iron Mountain routes. Tickets on sale select Tuesdays February through May with descriptive pamphlets available from H C Townsend St Louis Mo. Mud baths praised by ancient peoples and still used in Europe at several spas and towns such as Driburg Eilsen Neundorf Jurment Spa and Yeplitz.
In a letter from Evangelist Mary A Hillis she endorses Kay's Six Balm noting her son's harsh winter cough and her family's relief after two boxes. She claims it surpasses other medicines for lungs throat and catarrh and guarantees cures even where others failed. It costs a box and can be mailed from Dr B J Kay Medical Co Omaha Neb with free booklets on female diseases.
A fragmented 19th century collage mentions Lake Mohonk with a playful name Sky Top, a note on Speer and an Oporto grape, a ventriloquism joke by a giraffe and hippopotamus, then lists farm yields and promotional seed catalog offers from Salzer Seed Co. The garbled text blends whimsical trivia with agricultural ads and reader notes from East Troy and Mishicot.
The article notes San Miguel church in Santa Fe as the oldest church in the United States. It dates its erection seventy seven years before the Plymouth landing, twenty years before St Augustine, and fifty three years after Columbus's voyage.
A newborn in New York faces uncertain prospects as the mother stands trial for murder. The piece urges prospective mothers to safeguard infant welfare with nutrition, strength, and Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, extolling its benefits for pregnancy and child health and noting the author’s long association with Dr. Pierce and his medical works.
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