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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1891
Page
2
Magsuz-H111 Press voices concern that sweets lure youths into lotteries and that current penal and sentencing systems fail to account for underlying drivers of crime. The piece contrasts genuine wealth creation with mere extraction of money and criticizes tax and reward systems shaping behavior.
An editorial critiques sending 2000 corsets 700 rubber garters and 8500 dress ribbed with whalebone to India last year. It mocks the effort as second hand heaven treasure. It condemns gun violence and notes some never learn that a loaded gun is deadly.
The piece mocks the self important man who imagines all speech targets him and argues teatotalism as practical in business. It praises the disciplined mature man who studies science and life, warns against usurious schemes, and critiques popular benevolent orders as unlikely to fulfill their promises.
The narrator accepts Bolsover's plea for forgiveness after a strained confrontation over the treasure and aligning with him and Oliver Fane. A bold march leads to a clash with Caribroos on Wynter's Hill, where fire and strategy funnel into a brutal fight and a dramatic rescue by Amyas Fane and Oliver.
An exhausted field commander trains 1500 armed men into three regiments and a rifle company to confront Cariboroes approaching Wynter's Hill. He discusses limited arms, logistics, and timing, planning to strike immediately to prevent enemy initiative while guarding against ambush and securing Fairhaven.
Whales near Norway are harpooned from iron steamers using a swivel cannon harpoon with an explosive shell. The chain and stout cable connect to an accumulator spring to absorb the first strain. If the shell explodes in vital parts the whale dies, but if a vital hit misses the whale can mount a fight and move the vessel.
Archaeologists report discovery of a four acre prehistoric site on the Ohio riverbank near Parkersburg West Virginia. The area yields pottery fragments ashes bones and remnants of ancient fires and possible tools including battle axes drills spear and arrow points plus bone ornaments. Some text oddly notes Australian fear while flying and linguistic garbled terms appear, but core finding is a dense archaeological midden with artifacts and remains indicating a village settlement.
The article stresses shelter for stock to cut feed waste and protect animals in winter, notes corn husk value for seed protection, promotes willow tree cultivation on wet lands, advises indoor plant placement by window exposure, and shares home remedies and practical farm tips including stock care, breeding notes, and housekeeper hints.
Theodore Onild im Harper's Magazine surveys Lima once rich as the Pearl of the Pacific now a moribund city. He depicts beggars, poverty, and poor hygiene amid a climate that dulls the will, compares Lima to Constantinople, and notes a thriving money changing scene fueled by debt and a weak native coinage system.
A dinner tale recounts how DeMille quieted a chatterbox by telling a parrot story. The parrot orders a bulldog to attack, the dog responds, and the bird observes its own fault, saying I talk too blamed much. The incident ends the interruption and the dinner resumes.
The passage lists London Paris New York Canton Berlin Vienna Tokyo Chicago Philadelphia St Petersburg and argues that including a metro area would place New York second after London. It emphasizes how metropolitan districts alter city rankings among the great old world and newer cities.
Experiments in France test how trichine specimens endure 25 degrees below zero for two hours and recover to normal vitality with light and heat. Mrs Oldfiget fears for her daughter after a night when she kissed her and the girl exclaimed about Charlie shaving her mustache.
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