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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1896
Page
2
A column of eclectic items mentions naval buildup, Paderewski, and a predicted Dase tax. It cites Huntington cross examination, a McLean rifle claim, and Pearl Bryan murder theories. Quirky vignettes include a Maine woman killing a bear, New York schooling plans, and a prank egg marriage notice.
The American Bible Society of New York has gained control of publications from certain London houses while Chicago plans a city printing venture. Chicago will issue bibles in forty languages and operate independently from London and New York, with annual tributes totaling tens of thousands of dollars to Gotham.
By agreement between United States and France authorities ex Consul Waller will soon be released from a French prison. He receives a pardon on condition that the United States shall make no claim for damages for arrest conviction or imprisonment. Waller may sue in French courts for damages for ill treatment.
Report from Wounded Knee creek notes Ogallala Indians holding a grand powwow with a large attendance. They feasted on 200 stewed dogs before performing the Omaha dance, though the article humorously admits unfamiliarity with the dance.
The text notes ongoing emancipation of women with daily advances in new opportunities and broader areas of work. It reflects optimism about legal protections and the widening role of women in society.
A tiny Parisian shop houses a frail old sausage seller and his daughter Annette. An artist in a dusty loft seeks a fresh model, aided by a crafty Madame who schemes to unite lovers for the painter's fortune. The plot twists as Annette is dressed in a grand gown to charm the artist, while the vendor worries about his daughter's future. Madame hatches a plan to make love and livelihood coincide, with Laubeau's consent still uncertain.
Women in Hungary will be allowed to enter the Buda-Pest university and become doctors and apothecaries or study in the philosophical faculty. They must pass the same high school exams as men, and the government will fund Latin and Greek studies to qualify.
A fragment notes Goratish dilah lare of Chinese origin found near Lores Lake. The text is unclear but suggests a cultural or geographical reference tied to a location named Lores Lake.
Aluminum skates are now being manufactured as a novel toy from England. They are light and mostly aluminum with a narrow runner of steel hidden between aluminum strips. Designed for speed, they appeal to hockey players but not to casual skaters who seek flashy tricks.
Corks once discarded as waste now find diverse uses in cities. Used corks heat insulating covers for steam pipes, powder cork fills horse collars, and cork shavings fill pneumatic tires. Cork mats for lih rooms and cork in the composition of Nucleum are noted, with bottle stoppers cut up used in cheap life preservers.
The text describes cotton fibers magnified 150 times revealing ribbon shaped twisted spirals. It notes edge thickness variability and surface markings, with Sea Island cotton showing a central longitudinal cavity in better fibers. It compares cotton to wool and silk, highlighting ribbon shape and spiral structure and praises microscopy as a source of knowledge.
An odd mechanical toy arrives from Europe to this country. A round metal box houses a rapidly revolving pivot that protrudes from the top. On level surface the toy is set in motion by a left hand hold and a right hand bar pulled and reset. A wire figure touched to the pivot dances as the magnetized stand draws it in a comical spin.
The Washington Star reports S A Potter of the weather bureau has built a diamond shaped light kite from silk boxes joined by a wooden frame. It flies upward with a rush, weighing about a pound, and could map atmospheric currents, aid engineers, and even carry bombs in future war.
Experiments with prepared fuel bricks faced limited success due to particle coarseness. A new process grinds material to near dust-like fineness, blends with pitch and coal-tar, and forms cakes hard enough for transport and combustion. The cakes burn freely, resist moisture, and are dustless for households.
The thimble began as a thumb bell worn on the thumb. In 1884 Amsterdam marked the thimble bicentennial with ceremony. The first thimble, made in 1684, was given to Anna van Wedy, wife of Killien van Rensselaer, purchaser of Rensselaerwyck. Van Rensselaer urged Mme Rensselaer to accept the covering for her fingers as a token of esteem.
An expert tool juggler at a renowned English needle factory performed a delicate feat in a recent test. He drilled a hole along the full length of a standard sewing machine needle, from eye to point, large enough for a fine hair to pass through.
A fragment describes a geologic rift stretching over 100 miles with a width of 2 to 5 miles dipping to depths around 1292 feet below the Dead Sea area. It notes the land sinking below sea level and rapid subsidence in a section called the Dead while the street remains on solid ground.
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