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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1904
Page
3
Weak and unhealthy kidneys cause vast sickness and suffering. Do not neglect kidney trouble or ignore symptoms. Dr Kilmer’s Swamp-Root claims to aid kidney liver and bladder health with a simple trial. Sample bottles offered by mail from Binghamton NY with testimonials and directions.
A reader is advised to send for a medical kit and book from Dr Kaimer and Co of Binghamton New York if any kidney or bladder symptoms appear or run in the family. The offer promises a wartime like remedy with testimonials and a reply paid envelope. The notice requests mention of seeing the offer in the paper.
A fragmentary advertisement references sending a bottle of Wamp-Root and a coupon. It mentions Nate St and Power street in a historic ad style but lacks complete details or clear actions. The readable parts suggest a promotional offer, though specifics are unclear.
The passage blends vague finance terms with scattered product pitches and dialogue snippets. It mentions a 1994 live issue fee, Missouri and Kansas City references, a railway company, creamery prices, De-Hance Starch, and various unrelated conversational lines, creating a disjointed mosaic without a single coherent event or clear identities. The readable parts resemble ad copy and stray dialogue rather than a unified report.
A dispatch from Anning reports rumors of Japanese capture of Pung Wang Cheng on May 4 after forceful fighting. Heavy fighting around Port Arthur and the Kia Tung Peninsula continues as Japanese forces advance. Karapathia races to rally defenders from the Yalu. Japanese landings at Pitsewo and Cape Terminal threaten the region, with transport trains and telegraph lines disrupted.
San Francisco reports the inventor of barbed wire, once a prominent St. Louis figure, died in the almshouse after moving to California six years ago. He had sold his stake in St. Louis, was connected to John Gates, led a brief golf expedition, and last oversaw Judson Wire Mill in Oakland before paralysis led to his confinement.
The Colombian consul general in New York, Mr. Anderws, learned that Dr. Herran who left Washington two months ago will return to the city in the same capacity. The move signals a full restoration of friendly ties between the United States and Colombia.
The hello girls at the Missouri and Kansas telephone exchange in Atchison went on strike Wednesday afternoon after linemen walked out on Monday. The girls seek a five dollar per month pay increase, clarifying this is not a sympathy strike.
Panama constitutional convention votes narrowly to end the gold standard and establish a silver standard, shifting monetary policy and signaling a major currency reform decision.
Wenona city council raised the annual dramshop license from 500 to 750 dollars. Liquor dealers refused to meet the new rate and signed an agreement not to purchase licenses at the higher figure. As a result, all dramshops in the city are closed.
Rome dispatches report General Kuropatkin advancing from Lian Yang toward Feng Yuang Cheng with an army of 20,400 troops as sieges and maneuvers unfold.
A destructive wind and hail storm hit South McAlester on Sunday evening. Phillip trees were stripped and gardens beaten down. At Archibald several houses were blown down but no fires were reported.
Equality Illinois report says the Junction City post office inside Ridgeway Dry Goods was burglarized Sunday night for the second time in two weeks. The incident follows a prior break earlier this month, prompting police to investigate possible patterns and security lapses at the store location.
The ad claims kidney disease causes back ache headaches dizziness insomnia and urinary issues. Nurse Mrs William W Brown of Paterson cites personal relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. A free trial offer is available by mail from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo with the product sold by druggists at 50 cents per box.
Electric rat traps are employed in Amsterdam. They are wired to a power supply. only the bait platform conducts. When the rat touches it a shock ends its life.
Blurred garbled text with scattered phrases about tires, prices, and ownership. The legible parts mention Petts Werth and Livin Blue Co. and a street address, but the overall meaning is unclear.
The Rev. William HH Salmon of Bridgeport Conn has accepted the presidency of Carleton College Northfield Pa and will begin duties January 1 1903. Also mentions Defiance Starch claiming 16 ounce packaging at the same price as 12 ounce packages elsewhere.
Yone Yeragisawa of Japan is an LL B from University of California and an M D from the Affiliated Colleges of San Francisco. She stands four feet ten inches tall and is described as an educated professional. Also promoted is Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children claimed to cure constipation feverishness bad stomach teething disorders and regulate bowels while destroying worms with over 31000 testimonials. Available at all druggists 24c sample free address A S Ulmsted Le Roy New York.
Asbestos towels are cited as curiosities, tossed into a hot fire to renew their condition. Lewis' factory in Peoria offers "Ingle Hinder" cigars praised for quality. Scotland's record salmon of the season weighs sixty pounds, measures four feet seven inches, and has a girth of twenty-four inches, hailed from the Tay.
Consumers choose Wellance Starch for better value and quality, gaining one third more product for the same price. The promotion highlights superior starch quality appealing to budget conscious households.
Report describes uncharted Amason headwaters forested region where Hiddeneid mines are believed guarded by a large We Was Indian tribe. Napa Indians allegedly reveal rich placer deposits using hollow bamboo points to carry gold washed by primitive methods in Quito towns.
Dr. Doyen returns to Paris after a Rhine tour praising German colleagues for diligence and success. He cites the renowned surgeon Dr. Bergmann who, despite being eleven years old, begins at six each morning and works through the day, his clinic receiving over 200 patient visits daily.
Students lured a Berlin professor to his door with bricks and mortar found near his house delaying his morning lecture. The professor became a prisoner inside his home until workers arrived and demolished the wall, ending the prank.
A testimonial asserts that switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee cured stomach and nervous troubles in the writer and family. It describes a neighbor recovering from side pains and long work incapacity after stopping coffee. The message promotes Postum by Battle Creek, with a booklet titled The Road to Wellville.
Western Canada offers one-dollar wheat and free land to settlers as American farmers increasingly move northward. The Interior Department reports large numbers cross the border, with D-akotas leading entries and states from Alabama to Wisconsin represented. Texans, Oklahomans, and Missourians join the migration seeking fertile prairie lands, guided by full knowledge of soil, laws, and taxation. Canada expects steady settlement to develop the prairie region.
A wife burns her husband’s corpse and places the ashes in an urn on the best shelf. She remarries his brother and a pie storm smears the front wall. She bites the ashes from the urn and spreads them on the steps to manage risk, then earns money by the act.
Local reports indicate Portland residents, including prominent figures, are discussing a monument to William Pitt Fessenden longtime Maine senator and Lincoln era Secretary of the Treasury. Born in Portland, he is honored in his hometown with talk of a well deserved memorial.
The text notes that the first born often have a laxer fate than their mothers and sisters and that longevity is claimed to be hereditary, with insurers collecting data to support the claim.
A boy named Nedoo-Ebra Young of Cruse Roads Warren County Tennessee describes lifelong kidney trouble improving after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He reports better sleep and renewed health and endorses the remedy. The piece also notes rising German women students in Berlin and includes a line about Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and patent medicine claims.
A prominent late Sipyearin spy states that more than 500 women are roving Russia to prepare revolutionary and socialist actions. They circulate tracts printed on secret presses and assume various disguises.
The piece extols comfort and warns pains will worsen if ignored. It promotes St Jacobs Oil as a timely cure for rheumatism neuralgia lumbago and sciatica and urges households to keep a bottle for injuries and ordinary hurts. The tone mirrors a period health advertisement emphasizing ready accessibility and prevention.
A noon Thursday announcement stated a Japanese force began landing on the Liao-Ting Peninsula with operations centered near Port Arthur. The transports and landing waves moved toward the coast east and north of Port Arthur as Japanese forces aimed to establish a foothold in the area.
Reported sightings describe a fleet of forty Japanese warships and transports off WolbHat Weit Tuesday with Chinese junks arriving nearby. The west coast Ldto Tung peninsula north of Port Aviles is cited as a watch point for naval movements.
A Central News dispatch from St Petersburs sass ru mor reports a second date at Kilian Cheng In where Hessian losses totaled 17,000 and Japanese losses are stated as light or men and casualties, with Japanese reportedly driven back in disorder, though no confirmation is available.
St Petershbur e Viewroe Alesteff has left Port Arthur to confer with General Kuropatkin at Lia Ve me the General will return immediately after an inspection of the troops at Fine Wang Cheney Rear Admiral Wittsoetr chief of staff to Viceroy Alexieff has been left in charge of the naval forces at Port Arthur.
The Bates County Circuit Court opened in Butler with Judge Graves presiding. The case State of Missouri v. Charles Kratz was continued by consent to August 1, with a special term planned. Prosecutor Ludwick and Attorneys Polk attended, defense by Francis and Clark. Kratz attended the session and left with Folk for Sabonis after a brief public reception in Judge Graves' office.
Washington reports opposition among members of the Isthmian Canal Commission to a further payment of 1000 to the Panama Canal Company for arrested work on the Isthmus during canal property negotiations. The commission disputes the work’s scope and value and notes differences over excavation at Culebra and a settlement of the canal question.
London dispatches claim Port Arthur has been blockaded by Admiral Togo with nine steamers sunk at the harbor mouth during a dense fog. A transport with foreign attaches including General Hamilton was wrecked on a reef near Shimonoseki as attaches attempted to proceed aboard other vessels.
Wilmington Delaware Circuit Judge Gray on Thursday named Judge Edward G Bradford of the U S District Court of Delaware to hear the Northern Securities case at Truman replacing Judge Kirkpatrick who died Tuesday.
Jundou dispatch says Thibetans from Shigatze attacked the British mission at Gyantze at dawn on May 5. The Thibetans were repulsed with heavy losses and fled. The British suffered two wounded. Chicago reports no flat insurance rate increase yet for conflagration hazard in Chicago Milwaukee and St Louis, despite talks of higher premiums in congested districts.
Washington Senator Quay of Pennsylvania remains at his home in this city in serious condition. His present condition erases his friends anxiety and shows no intention of yielding to illness as supporters rally.
In the County Court at Salem on Wednesday a decree granted Walnut Hill the right to vote on incorporating as a village. An election is scheduled for May 21.
A Tuesday Big Four wreck in Pana Illinois destroyed two oil cars and spilled 10,000 gallons of oil. Residents’ cellars flooded as locals scooped up the oil in buckets and jumped to evacuate homes.
Kansas City reports that James Brown the Hawaiian, condemned for the 1899 murder of his wife, was scheduled to hang in Independence Missouri Friday but the execution was blocked as his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by Gay Dockery.
Reports from Gen San say the Haginoura Maru is dangerously overdue and feared blown up after long unexplained absence mirroring the Kinshui Maru disaster. Local authorities urge caution while naval authorities investigate possible loss.
A quip about a fire at a Licsion hotel recalls a famed escape by a guest and cites Secretary Payne of the New Jersey board of riparian commissioners granting a conditional 200 foot extension. The permit ruling included a two sentence paragraph of 258 words, far more than a typical single sentence.
A fragmentary OCR notice touts Pao a Cure for consumption as an infallible remedy, with references to Jecun Grove and local promoters. The readable lines suggest a sensational health claim without corroborating details or credible authorities.
A colored man, Hinles H. Moore, of the class of 2878S, is described as graduating from an agricultural college. He has four years of college work and has spent five years at the academic department of the agricultural and mechanical college for the colored people at Greens-40Po in his native state.
An advertisement urges readers to buy Red Cross Ball Blue from grocers to keep laundry whites bright, noting a package product and accessible purchase.
Counselor questions a witness about absent mindedness as a man believes he left his watch at home and checks time, while the witness notes a degenerate concept of absence. The testimony centers on the idea of an absent minded lapse affecting the will dispute.
A fragment from a Michigan note claims a 3d style threshing machine by Nichols and Sicparus at Battle Creek could end wasted time. The writer argues the device would eliminate ancient inefficiencies and improve farming productivity.
A garbled OCR style fragment discusses biblical words and translations. It mentions Genesis and Verse meanings, a Hebrew term rendered as big, and confusion over pastimes and fear in a disputed early translation. The fragment lacks a clear event or identifiable subject.
In Montsometyshire near Cem mes on Taleluzeu mountain farmers unearthed a cache of ancient war arms. The find includes a twenty perfect bronze axes and other relics, prompting inquiries into origin and date.
The Defiance Starch Co of Omaha Nebraska promotes a contest offering 25 ladies a round trip ticket to the St Louis Exposition. Five winners will be selected from eligible states Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri for submitting the best trade imprint from a ten cent package of Defiance cold water starch. Entries must be received by the company, with tickets mailed by September 6.
An old advertisement states Allen's Foot-Ease powder rests tired feet and cures corns bunions and other foot issues. It claims relief for sweating and nail problems and promotes new shoes. Benign claims target druggists and shoe firms with a sample offer and address in Levy New York.
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