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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1902
Page
2
The text presents a jumble of clipped items and anecdotes from Marmble Hill Press era items. It mentions pingpong, drinks, vegetarians, a home for inebriates, and a trial by Nation. It notes Sol Smith Muswell discovery, gambling concerns, a divorce case, a Michigan man’s head injury, and various snippets about Wheat, voting duty, European royals, and distant wars.
Charlie Stuart confronts a forged tangle in Antwerp involving a supposed wife of Professor Richter. A duel looms at sunrise as Sophie Richter’s card leads to a staged ruse by Hildegarde to prove Charlie’s innocence regarding a vanished affair. The plot twists through mistaken identity and a witty resistance to fate.
The Lotus club hosted Wu Ting Fang and guests pressed him to sign menu cards. Unschooled in Chinese, diners compared signatures to find they were not the real name. Chinese consul Chow Thay Chi decoded the amusing autographs as playful taunts about him.
Boswell first met Dr Samuel Johnson in Thomas Davies bookseller shop. Davies introduces Boswell who is anxious. Boswell jokes that he comes from Scotland but cannot help it. Johnson retorts that many of his countrymen cannot help it.
Dialog notes Mr Youngwed staying home from the office due to not feeling well. Mrs Naybor comments on the couple’s home projects with carpets taken up and back shed painted while Mr Youngwed did the work.
The text claims Japanese mills run continuously with children as the majority of workers, earning low wages. It cites Osaka where 2,600 under-15 workers operate 1,700 spindles, comparing to 300 workers in America doing the same. The fragment includes stray quotations and unrelated anecdotes.
A fragmented poem like note extols a grand memorial for Confederate soldiers. It depicts reverent imagery of a figure crowning a victor and praises southern devotion and Spartan resolve. The text reads as a ceremonial tribute with blurred references to service and sacrifice.
England's Duchess of Sutherland, daughter of the Earl of Roselyn, popularizes a Dew social custom by leaving informal invitations on calling cards for dances. She married the Duke of Sutherland in 1494 and is renowned for stately beauty among British society.
In Haschmann a yearly contest offers prizes for the men who marry the ugliest, and for the women over forty who have been jilted. A benefactor left funds with minimum payouts of 90 dollars to the ugliest girl, 60 dollars to the cripple, and 50 dollars to each of four forty plus women who have been twice jilted. The trustee may adjust sums to honor unusual matches.
A correspondent reviews years of literature arguing the clover could be the Irish shamrock. It traces debates to 1830 when J E Bicheno, then secretary of the Linnanean Society, questioned the clover’s Irish origin and cited earlier European introductions. The piece surveys European links and early publications cited by W G S in the London Gardener's Chronicle.
The text recalls Lord Kelvin’s teaching at Glasgow University. He tested a natural philosophy demonstration by suspending an egg in air to compare whether it would spin longer if boiled. He used the friction between contents and shell as a clue to the earth’s interior behavior, concluding that none of the eggs boiled, a remark attributed to him.
The excerpt notes dates from Meehan's Monthly showing the shamrock as lover and not clover, asserting that in very early Christian times the clover leaf was red to symbolize the Trinity, predating St Patrick.
Rev. Columbus Bradford faces a heresy charge for advocating reincarnation of souls. Known in Chicago from 1504 to 1900 as moving from animalhood to angelhood, he posits reincarnation into new bodies until human development ends. The doctrine, elaborated in a book, has shocked the Southern Illinois conference and will be prosecuted by Hoy. Dr. J. W. Van Cleve of East St. Louis aids the adverse case. decision appears almost certain.
Williams Halleck Deming calls a friend by telephone and is impressed by the soft shortness of the values in the central office.
Mrs Denison elected president of the Federation Women’s Club, after years as vice president. She is praised for tact and discipline, with a life dedicated to study and strong oratory. The piece oddly shifts to a description of a royal barge scene, detailing European attire and regal pageantry among bishops and aristocrats.
Brigadier General William Auman and General Snyder, long serving officers with ties to Bow and Pennsylvania, are placed on the retired list after forty years in the Army. Auman, a Civil War veteran, began as a private in the Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry and was later breveted captain for gallant meritorious service before Petersburg, Virginia. Snyder entered service in April 1861 as a second lieutenant of the Fifth Infantry and served throughout the Civil War.
The piece warns of growing upheaval among Russians unless the bureaucracy yields to reform. It links imperial ambitions with domestic sacrifice and notes potential radicalism from socialist and revolutionary factions challenging the empire. The tone mirrors a cautious, opinionated press view on policy, reform, and stability.
Before overshoes, clogs made of wood called pattens ware to keep feet dry. The rustic footwear protected wearers from wet streets and damp ground, illustrating early practical solutions to rainy conditions.
A memorial shaft about sixty feet high is planned near the Eaton or Edgartown area to honor Elizabeth I. Construction will cost around 3000 dollars and the monument will be given to the Massachusetts Historical Society after completion and dedication. Clergymen Raleigh and others accompany the proposal.
The Philadelphia Record notes that palms bananas and other tropical plants in Horticultural Mall at Fairmount Park Philadelphia are carefully inspected for dangerous insects. If any spiders tarantulas or centipedes are found the stems and leaves are sprayed or treated to destroy them and their eggs to prevent bites or exposure to visitors.
Mire Mary A Livermore noted lecturer and suffragist rests at her Melrose home under physician care after a serious collapse. The aged reformer, once a vibrant speaker in Europe and America, faces a grave prognosis and may be unable to continue her social and political reform work.
A. Wile of New York advocates a new approach to puddle care, urging practical sewing techniques to seal leaks and prevent water damage. The brief, read as a local note, highlights amateur adjustments and home remedies for everyday damp issues.
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