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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1897
Page
8
The Atlanta Weekly Constitution launches its third annual missing word contest offering $1000 to ten winners. Subscriptions with the missing word guess receive the chance to win. entries must name the word completing the sentence THE RIGHT OF IS THE VERY ESSENCE OF THE CONSTITUTION.
The Constitution announces a third missing word contest open to readers who subscribe to both The Constitution and The Weekly Constitution. The first two contests awarded $1000 to Mr M L Britain and $1000 to successful guessers, with May 1 prize distribution. The Weekly Constitution, a 156000 circulation paper, emphasizes subscribers should join both papers to enter.
An old hunter humorously argues that a coon has a rubber back, recalling a mountain hollow ride in southwestern Missouri. He claims a coon always lands on its back after a long fall, bouncing like a rubber ball, a tale not found in natural history books.
Narrative recollection of Confederate generals in the 1860s, focusing on Thomas J. Jackson and his perceived instability. anecdotes describe Jackson’s maneuvers in the valley campaigns, Ewell’s anxiety under Jackson, and confusion over Jackson’s location and orders during key spring 1862 movements toward Gordonsville and Charlottesville.
In a valley campaign the narrative recalls Gen. Jackson’s abrupt leadership and lack of explicit council, Ewell and Taylor questioning plans, and Lee’s strained success. It contrasts Jackson’s decisive secrecy with Taylor and Ewell’s skepticism, noting Gettysburg as an exception in Lee’s campaigns and detailing dietary whims that allegedly influenced the war’s course.
A reader reports hassle with a druggist over Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey. The note warns purchases must come as sealed bottles in 25c or 50c sizes and urges verification of the bottle’s unopened seal, Granny Matealfe image, and the Eartherland Medicine Co. of Fountain Park Paducah Ky loyalty.
Postmaster General Gary announced a policy to honor the four year term for all postmasters including fourth class and Presidential appointees. Removal for cause may occur for delinquency incompetency or unsatisfactory conduct. The plan was eagerly awaited by postmasters and patrons of post offices nationwide.
A miscellaneous piece discusses how sleep begins with the senses fading, eyelids drooping, and ends with touch. It notes eyesight first to go, then taste and smell, hearing, and touch, with humans being easily awakened by a red band on the forehead and cats retaining smell sensitivity. It mentions experiments with a pet cat to trigger waking.
An advertisement from a patent attor ney in Washington D C seeks inventions with a price offer of 81.90 and outlines a two hundred invention plan. The note includes a speech by Hon Richard Stubble Dob son of Nebraska legislature challenging repeal of supply and demand laws by a prior Republican body.
The text records a jumble of voices including Dennis Arrah Pat and vez discussing leaving or staying, religious and moral judgments, a Miss DeBosh remark on women and public behavior, and a Miss La Toush reaction. A hardware sale at reduced prices for thirty days is advertised by August Dolingack.
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