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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1904
Page
3
Years ago Albrecht Schtal founded a Lodz sect in Russian Poland and prophesied the exact year month and day of his death. When the foretold midnight arrived he did not fade away but shot himself, thus fulfilling his own prediction.
Defiance Starch Co offers 95 round trip tickets to the St Laws Exposition for the top trade mark entrants from Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Missouri. Send 10 ounce package marks to Omaha by Sept 1 1904. Exposition trips promised by Sept 6. Starch sold by dealers.
Four state swords belong to the city of London. The black sword is used on fast days and during mourning for the royal family.
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company announces the 1904 Almanac is ready for distribution. It includes monthly calendars, household hints, and information on Missouri Arkansas Indian Territory Texas and Louisiana. Write to 8 G Warner General Passenger and Ticket Agent Kansas City Mo.
Experts declare hats are an absolute absurdity from a hygienic point of view, useful only when protection from the sun is necessary.
Sly advertisement praises Dr Caldwell's Laxative Syrup Pep sin as a soothing, tasty remedy for digestion. It claims to normalize stomach and bowels, suitable for children and adults, with a $1.00 price and wide drugstore availability.
The Church of the Epiphany in Brooklyn faces a $22,000 mortgage. Pastor Dr Dean Richmond Halbut raised a $200 plus interest note after days of effort and now pledges to raise the full amount by New Year’s Day to discharge the mortgage.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a variable price list and store references. Mentions a grocer street address 14 Michigan Street and items priced in cents. Names and details are garbled.
Polar explorers face the challenge of retracing every step to safety after a dash to the pole. The piece notes the strenuous return journey and the need to conserve strength for the trek back to supplies. it also advertises Defiance starch at 16 oz for 10 cents with a one-use warning.
The Ottawa Herald mocks acclaim for Indian character, reporting morning shock at Indian men walking away from show cars with heavy burdens while squaws pass by without loads, claiming the fall of the noble redskin is complete. Putnam facial dyes touted for brighter colors and easier work.
A garbled alert cites a faulty claim about a Dr Kline trial bottle and Creatine, mentioning Dr M B Kline Ltd in Philadelphia and a Toledo rumor about Newport naval apprentices. The text dismisses sensational messages as unlikely, framing it as a consumer caution about misleading offers.
A Parisian hairdresser received an offer of Solb from a convent near Tours. The sale involved the hair of nearly all novices who, on entering the convent, were required to have their hair cut.
The ad claims best results in starching come only from Defiance Starch and promises money for some amount, noting no cooking is required.
A report compares population densities noting Japan with 255 people per square mile, while China, often labeled most densely populated in the east, is listed at 236. The figures highlight Japan's dense living conditions relative to China.
A dispatch from the seat of war reports Japanese forces drove Russians from the Yalu islands and crossed to land at Taku Shan in a four mile offensive. After a week of skirmishes, Japanese troops captured key positions on the right bank and aimed to force a Russian retreat toward Feng Wang Cheng. The action included pontoons and multiple attack waves, with heavy casualties evident on both sides as batteries and ships exchanged fire. In other news, Col. Amasa A. Sprague, Rhode Island war governor William Sprague’s brother, died, leaving an immense fortune from a once vast cotton and print goods business sunk by the 1870s crash and failed investments.
Map shows Potinsa on the northern Korea Bay shore about twelve miles east of Takuchan and fifty miles west of Antung. It notes Japanese transports sighted aiming for a landing and warns a force there could menace Port Arthur, affecting current Russian positions. Dispatches say Kourepatkin’s troops prepare to resist at Fengwangchen.
Washington announces a Treasury call directing marginal bank depositories to transfer ten percent of their public deposit to the assistant treasurer in New York by May 1, 1904. The 10 percent per bank follows the previous twenty percent call, totaling thirty percent, with exemptions for some banks whose balances were under a set amount before the recent action.
Washington conferees on the Panama Canal bill reached agreement Wednesday night by accepting the Senate’s first section allowing payment of 1000 dollars to Panama and adopting the House provision placing the canal zone under presidential control. No decision on construction bonds was made.
Honolin S. oiaituela, clerk of the house, was convicted by a federal jury of destroying certain expense vouchers of the house. The verdict centers on unlawful alteration of financial records tied to house expenses. The case highlights accountability within legislative staff and could influence ongoing investigations.
General Kuropatkin has wired the marshal of the nobility asking hospital staffs funded by the nobility to help move the wounded from the front to the rear areas of the army.
Washington Secretary Mooty and a party of friends left here Monday for a tour of inspection in Southern waters with planned stops at Guantanamo, Key West, Pensacola and New Orleans.
St. Petersburg reports engineer Brousneff returned from a 1903 spring voyage seeking Baron Toll's polar expedition. No traces of the Toll expedition were found during the mission, and he reported back with no discovery.
Washington report says Col Albert L Millis promotion to brigadier general was not brought up in the Senate executive session Thursday leaving the promotion in doubt unless a recess appointment is made Meanwhile in New York banking interests plan to move about 40 million dollars of government funds to the Panama Canal Company of France but payments are not yet fully arranged and observers expect 26 to 30 million in gold to be shipped to Paris.
British forces bombarded the coastal town of Lig in Somaliland and captured the Sul tan of Ulug. The operation targeted coastal defenses and resulted in the surrender of local authority, signaling a significant setback for regional power structures.
A blaze in a six story Providence structure housing Anthony and Cowell Furniture Company began Saturday night and spread through the block from Weybosset to Chapel streets. The fire, under control by 2 a m Sunday, caused an estimated half million dollars in firm losses and injured a firefighter after smoke overcame crews.
Mrs Martha Jones widow of the late Lewis Jones died suddenly Tuesday morning at age 68. She was described as the largest woman in the state, weighing 854 pounds at her death. Despite her weight she kept housework up to near the end.
Austin dispatch reports the Mexican Central railroad company has decided to resume construction on the extension of its line to the port of Manzanillo. The move signals renewed momentum for the project and logistics expansion along the coast.
The Japanese captured Chin Tier nine miles north of Antungs on the Yalu river, seen as crucial to the Russian position on the right bank. Reports suggest Russians may attempt to retake Penge Han Cheng.
Russian forces retreat after burning Antunge on Sunday. They withdraw toward Fong Hunan Cheng while Japanese forces secure the estuary of the Yai.
Evansville Ina reports a black man chased by Union Township farmers into a creek on Tuesday drowned. The victim is identified as John Baker of Hopkinsville Kentucky. Local tensions against blacks in the area are described as intense.
Kansas City, MO. The trial of Jesse L. Jewell, State Senator, on a charge of soliciting a $9,000 bribe was continued Tuesday until May 23 due to the defendant's illness.
The isthmian canal commission members have returned from inspecting the recently acquired canal property on the isthmus and will convene in Washington next week.
Twenty eight men confined in the summary department escaped by saving and filing their way out on Monday. Among those who fled were six prisoners charged with homicide.
An early item notes All Up to Date Housekeepers favor Defiance Cold Water Starch as superior and affordable. In Parliament, Mr Wyndham calls TL W Russell a political desperative, while Russell accuses Wyndham of mortgaging his soul to landlords foreclosing their tenants.
Captain Milton Reamy presides over the Minot's Ledge lighthouse off Massachusetts, serving seventeen years and earning the highest salary on the New England coast while endureing isolation. Keepers are allowed to lodge half their time on the Cohasset reservation, reflecting demanding duties and remote life. A letter from Mrs. Thos BeRlins of Norwich, New York, dated February 17, 140, references Tom sure Piso's cure for consumption.
A $3000 bribery payment linked to Senator Clark’s rejection by the Montana legislature remains unclaimed in state archives. The recipient never asserted the money and the briber or bribers seek its return, with no legal channel to appropriate it as public funds. A separate ad promotes Defiance starch to keep clothes white.
In Pierpont Morgan's New York office a junior clerk, son of a millionaire, spends idle moments cutting the flaps from used envelopes. The backs are preserved in pads for scribbling and the mail volume justifies the small saving. This curious habit reflects idle efficiency in a major financial house.
During the Civil War orders required killing bloodhounds used to hunt slaves. A soldier seized a poodle bound for execution despite its mistress pleas. He insisted the dog was a bloodhound and left with the animal, noting it might grow into one if left behind.
Mrs. Au bie Jackson of Boston, a police matron for thirty years, receives praise for managing refractory prisoners and saving lives with prompt, skillful care. Known for her humane handling of hardened inmates, she has supervised about 20,000 women in custody and earned commendations from police commissioners before taking her first vacation in decades.
In St Petersburg a near relative of the czar was heard to call him an idiot after the czar assured a crowd of half the attendees that he agreed with widely opposed opinions. The relative’s remark contrasted with the czar’s quiet confirmation.
A Milh School principal describes decades of indigestion and rheumatic pain ending after two months on an exclusive Grape-Nuts diet. He credits renewed strength and long life hopes to a physician friend and to Postum Co.’s Grape-Nuts, urging continued production and noting the slogan There’s a reason. He invites physicians to verify and alludes to The Road to Wellville booklet.
A Kansas paper prints a hostile farewell to a rival editor arriving with a hand press and type. The piece mocks the newcomer's plans and hints at local retaliation on the back fence. Also noted is Miss Maggie Alderson Scott as England's 100 yard swimming champion at fourteen, youngest holder of the Perpetual Challenge Cup.
Defiance Starch claims to be essential in every home and offers a superior cold water starch option. The copy touts it as a top choice with a price advantage, asserting it costs four oxen more for L0 cents than competing brands.
A folklore note warns to avoid the oak during storms and seek the safe beech. In a forest district survey lightning struck fifty six oaks, twenty four firs, and seventeen beeches, with only one beech hit.
The 1900 German empire housed 737000 strangers including 390000 Austro-Mungearians and 55000 Swiss. Total population reached 96557000. In 1901 emigration totaled 22473 with 730 going via Hamburg and 8100 via Hremen.
An old advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Ble, a large 2 ounce ball blue product, priced at five cents. The brief promo targets household buyers and highlights the discount for this cleaning and laundry aid.
Albert the Paris pet monkey detects smoke in a burning house and opens a window, climbs a waterspout to the porter’s lodge, and alerts the staff. The porter enters the blaze and rescues the mistress from suffocation. Fisk president notes broad opportunities for educated Black professionals among 8,000,000 by citing Nashville doctors thriving.
A. E. Dolbear recently earned the degree LIL D from Tufts College. Forty years ago he rose to prominence by inventing a writing telegraph. He later developed a magneto telephone in 1874 and the static telephone in 1879, and by 1881 he had created a system of wireless telegraphy.
In Bridgeport Alabama on April 25 a woman named Mrs Martha Glasscock recounts a tale of near paralysis. She describes tingling burning sensations in her flesh and feet and cold spells for six years. After trying Dodd's Kidney Pills her symptoms vanished and she gained weight. She credits the remedy with saving her life. Major William H Lambert of Germantown Pennsylvania preserves in his library a tin trunk fragment from Chickamauga containing eleven musket and cannon shot pieces.
Grocers balk at De fiance Starch due to 12 oz packages from rival frauds though De fiance offers 16 oz for the same price. Meanwhile James B. Duke begins erecting a grand public drinking fountain at his Raritan NJ preserves near Plainfield. cost about 80000 dollars with a bronze statue bought in Italy for 25000 dollars.
Advertises large oz packages of Ball Blue laundry aid for whiteness. Mentions price five cents and grocery stores selling the product. Describes usage to keep garments white and unsightly yellow cloths improved.
A new light litter for wounded by Mrs. Chadwick wife of the New York flagship captain of the Spanish war uses straps slings and a canvas seat weighing three and a half pounds. Christian Endeavor Hotel in St Louis Mo advertises as a stop for visitors to the World’s fair.
A Chicago Record-Herald quip notes men recover by fishing, catching wall-eyed pike and healing fatigue, while women lament at home and cry if looked at. The remark ends with a tongue in cheek praise of male resilience.
The sole survivor of Commodore Perry's Japan expedition is Prof John S. Sewall of Bangor theological seminary. He is now engaged in writing a comprehensive history of the expedition and its results.
Ifon. Nelson Rive, mayor of St. Joseph Michigan, writes to Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio praising their tonic. He cites grateful patients in his county and extends heartiest good wishes for the company and its product.
The ad notes spring sicknesses like weak nerves poor digestion and impure blood as the sun moves north. It promotes Peruna as a natural tonic that strengthens circulation nerves and bodily functions, claiming it helps catarrh and related ailments. Dr Hartman offers free advice from The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
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