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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
3
A memorial day meditation laments endless war and urges a new era of harmony. It calls for rulers to end bloodshed, heed the writing on the wall, and begin a century of brotherhood, justice, and love over conflict.
From boyhood Grant showed expert horsemanship like Washington, capable of staying aboard any horse. A Mexican war episode recalls a blindfolded stallion bucking wildly, yet Grant remained unmoved, a legendary centaur in saddle.
A lone Union representative rode out a dangerous slope to transfer a rider and his horse to a steamer while Confederate forces pressed. Grant’s groom was captured at Belmont and a Black cook kidnapped by a Confederate colonel, prompting a proposed exchange. Polk offered to swap the cook. Grant declined to exchange the man, but the cook could return if desired.
In a Brooklyn car a stylish woman with candy and an opera libretto pursues headlines from a newsboy. A conductor ejects the newsdealer, the pair share a moment over a typewriter rescue story, then she latches onto a burglars tale as the big man directs the next page.
Andrew Lang joked about a dinner where a budding comedian and a socially deaf guest ruined his enjoyment. Later reports claimed the guest was not deaf but bored by less educated company, while Lang described an “id ilotic middle aged gentleman” who talked about golf. The Philadelphia Press notes the humorous misreadings surrounding the banquet.
A fragment reports Sammy Snagge declaring he is an anti antl. The elder Snagan expresses surprise as the boy answers You are what with the retort lam an antl an anti antikationtut in a Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph taste.
A humorous snippet from a Philadelphia wedding notice notes that a couple received U8 clocks as presents. The exchange mocks the couple’s plans to go out for supper, with the groom’s rhyme about time and future errands reflecting lighthearted social commentary.
A long mixed clipping covers a letter by W H Kinkade of Alameda Western Canada describing genuine claims about Canadian land costs homestead rules and the prairie climate. It notes beaver work patterns and lists resorts and travel notes plus various ads, with aims to reassure readers about government agents and immigration.
The article notes Lindley Murray was born in East Hanover township Lancaster county now Dauphin Pa and that his birthplace house stood until about 1850. It mentions Murray station on the Lebanon and Tremont Railroad named for him and advertises a $20 per week and expenses offer by C H Marshall & Co Chicago. It also contrasts Arctic and Antarctic icebergs with differing shapes.
Teo Generous Noll remarks on his generosity as he mails blessings on postal cards. He notes arrangements to ensure every woman in the household receives one before March, according to the Philadelphia Record.
Fragmented passages reveal debates over constitutional interpretation, expansionism, and dissent. Amid calls for stern constitutional readings in the United States, German canal plans loom, while medical and consumer ads mix with early 20th century health remedies and product promotions.
The advertisement claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures derangements of the female organs causing backache painful periods and unusual discharges. It touts a thirty year record of absolute cures with thousands of women vouching for the product and its appearance in this paper.
An ind y guest helper at a party misstepped in serving tea and cake stirring the crowd. She loudly asked if crathura had been fed yet while directing attention to an adjoining room, causing startled laughter among the guests before the host and hostess lightened the moment with humor.
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