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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1897
Page
7
A jumble of ads and quirks fills the page from a vaudeville tone to cautions about tobacco safety and elephant dangers. It notes elephant keeper risks, a whiskey reference, and a claims of cures for piles, while weaving in humorous skits and a Blois castle mixup. It hints at a waterline rise in the Gulf and Cuba amnesty talk amid the clatter. The piece ends with vignettes on romance and a castle tour gag.
An art scene snippet shows a critic and artist debating Alma Cadmium’s painting, each claiming the other’s view. The dialogue turns to mistaken opinions, with a humorous aside about stomach ailments and a quack health note, ending in a playful domestic moment.
An OCR fragment shows a tobacco habit cure claim and sales banter. References to Old Soak, No-To-Bae for fifty cents, and a dealer named Uncle Eben appear in a dialect voice. The text hints at marketing lines and consumer skepticism about ads and habit cures.
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