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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1902
Page
3
An assortment of notes covers Defiance Starch claims, a parlor ad about athletic use and quick relief, a medical testimonial from Valley Massachusetts, and a 19th century note on carrier pigeon protection using wing tubes. It also mentions Dodd’s Kidney Pills, Canada’s size, and a Vienna medical school centennial.
Fragmentary OCR summary notes Representative Wheeler of Kentucky serving a third term. Mention of Paducah attorney background, Southwestern University Clarksville Tennessee, and vague references to years and roles. Also includes unrelated notes on German East Africa changes and various named individuals, lacking coherent context.
Mrs. Davis seeks ten thousand dollars from Mississippi to sell the historic Davis homestead at Beauvoir for a Confederate veterans home. She refused a northern bid of sixty thousand and urges state action to establish and maintain the home.
Reports from Hilton Head, South Carolina say a dynamite gun with 15 inch bore and fifty ton weight was successfully built and tested. It hurled a 600 pound payload 6000 yards under careful operation, but a 500 pound shell reached 4000 yards. Five shots were fired in twenty minutes.
Santos Dumont fell into Monaco Bay with his balloon but was rescued uninjured by a launch. The airship was saved after the apparatus malfunction forced the inventor to shed the basket to avoid being carried away by an uncontrollable craft.
Major Trollope of the British War Office will witness Texas inventor Cody's kite trials using a half mile line to raise a basket and test navigation range, with a plan to cross to France by kite powered tow. Galveston women organize Arbor Day beautification events to fund trees and street planting.
Alexander R. Shepherd, former Washington governor and early developer of the capital, plans to move back to Washington once his Mexico mining and other business interests are settled. The report notes his past fortune aiding national capital projects and mentions his connection to a Carnegie gift through Mr. Shaw, eliciting laughter and applause.
Report notes that inmates released once sober are being set free to avoid the danger of smallpox spreading in the jail. Authorities decided sobriety-based releases to mitigate health concerns and potential contagion within the facility.
A Michigan farmer, after seven years ago arriving with twenty four dollars, now holds over seventy head of cattle and a thriving farm near Regina and Saskatoon. He praises western Canada for rich soil, abundant hay and water, and good timber, urging would be land seekers to relocate. He and companions toured Calgary, Beisnton, and northern districts, deeming the area the best they have seen and predicting strong futures for farming success.
A curious Mulberry tree in Ware County Georgia grows a cherry and peach tree from its heart. The three trees rise ten feet above ground and bear fruit yearly while remaining alive.
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