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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1897
Page
2
A miscellany from Marble Hill Press features pithy maxims on temperance, industry, and common sense. It reflects on the value of steady cultivation over idle leisure and cites figures like George J. Gould while lamenting a foreign flag incident during a Venezuelan diplomatic dinner.
A bill in the New York legislature would compel or deter use of bed weight scales in ordinary spring series used by butchers and grocers. The issue notes that the spring series misleads customers as they are 700 quick and cunting for the untrained eye.
Fragmented OCR text references Grover Cleveland moving to New Jersey and mentions a Democratic candidate for governor. It discusses the governor’s office as a higher post and recalls long service in government, including Monroe as a great man. The passage is garbled and lacks clear events or dates.
A novel use of the Roneen ray illuminates a pediatric esophageal coin retrieval. The patient swallowed two coins and the fluorescence enabled physicians to see and grasp the coin clearly, guiding instruments to withdraw it.
A contributor asks if postal savings banks would help small towns without private savings banks. An argument from Ex-Postmaster General Wanamaker says self interest would make every depositor a defender of government credit and stability.
A curioius question on penalogy resurfaces as the new law on convict labor in New York State prisons subjects inmates to near solitary confinement. Authorities seek work to ease the harsh penalty, but prisoners despair and at least one attempted suicide, raising fears of insanity and a possible challenge that the law may be cruel and unusual.
In a hunting tale the narrator recalls tracking a lioness and the slain Jim Jim. They fortify a kill site with thorns, plan a nocturnal setup, and endure hunger and suspense as they await the lioness’s return, recounting a dramatic long shot on a kudu and a tense night near a sick ox.
The Illustrated American notes palace protocol with the couple in the carriage seating the president on the right and his wife on the left. It explains dining rules, visits to embassies, and the caution around informal invitations to avoid offense.
George Yeeser pursued his sister-in-law Mrs. Frank Yeager from Camden New Jersey after two years of fear she and his brother had eloped. He searched Europe traveling thousands of miles expecting them in Germany. Returning home he met them in Camden where he confronted them and the romance ended.
William Warden of Boston and E C Warden of New York reported sighting a massive sea creature at St Augustine Florida. They described it as forty feet long with a swift head and pointed tail rising high from the water and said it could not be a whale. The creature glistened like silver under the moon.
A Cedar Falls Iowa educator Prof A H Nye living at 2500 Olive St suffered from grippe severe weakness and swelling leaving him nearly helpless. After exhausting medical care he tried Dr Williams Pink Pills on his friend’s urging and reports great improvement after three boxes. He offers to recommend the remedy and notes its benefits for nervous and blood support. Pink Pills sold at pharmacies or by mail from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
A manager received a letter describing the presenter as an actor of merit. The note cites performances in Virginius, Richelieu, Hamlet, Shylock, and Billiards, stating he “plays Billiards the best.”
An iron last 205 inches long and 7 inches wide was made by Boggs & Co of Martin's Ferry Ohio for Jona Farnhouse a colloreal preacher at hallotan North Carolina. The monstrous foot reportedly measures fifeet 4 inches high and weighs 410 pounds.
A curious notice urges sending 10 stamp fees to John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin for a farm seed catalogue and 12 rare seed samples valued at one dollar to begin. It notes 67 daily newspapers started and died in New York City over 60 years with reported losses over 25 million dollars.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications because the disease is constitutional. Internal remedies are needed. Wall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quick medicine. J Cheney & Co advertises testimonials and sells at druggists.
The clipping lists German forest areas by region with acreage figures such as Bavaria 2 800 000 acres and Saxony 416 000 acres. It also includes stray lines about Star Tobacco chewing tobacco and a South Carolina man growing tea plants on 40 acres. Minor notes mention 8 100 boxes of Cayarets and a comment on a tired colon or lector.
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