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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1900
Page
3
The Bookman hears a Scatch professor extol ancient Italian exercise. McAllister jokes about Roman youths leaving clothes on the far bank after crossing. Westward expansion rail lines announce cheap advance sale tickets for March and May departures with illustrated pamphlets free by mail request to H C Townsend in St. Louis.
Carter Medicine Company wins final injunction and costs against Carter Label and Box Company in Chicago. Court records show infringement on labels and wrappers for druggists. Case now awaits master in chancery for final accounting.
Strange horned rabbit shot in Chase County Kansas by Teane A Wright. Only a hand preserved. horns three quarters of an inch long, goats base, located near left ear and above left eye. Rabbit described as ordinary cotton tail despite horns.
Invented scales and medieval monks are mentioned alongside curious claims about famous Scots, a Waorthington resident joking with Gen. Joe Wheedler, and a burned coal exhibit near Clarkeburg West Virginia. The garbled OCR blends science, medicine, and stray anecdotes without a clear single event.
A special letter describes the Mukwaki Indians of Tama county Iowa living on 4000 acres by the Iowa River. It notes their isolation from churches and schools, their dog feast and dances, and a long effort by missionaries to educate them. The piece cites a 1815 treaty and pride in the treaty’s persistence.
Engineers in Puerto Rico consider damming rivers to generate hydroelectric power for coastal arteries. Potential outputs include 1 000 horsepower at Arecibo 1 200 at Cameno and 1 600 at Lula with feasibility hinging on sustaining American pork exports valued at 915 annually.
A garbled note describes a new automobile venture on Fifth Avenue New York aiming to accommodate thirteen permanent units as time progresses suggests an earthward fate.
The article warns walls in churches schools and hospitals can harbor disease germs without proper coating. It advocates Alabantine a disinfectant cement for walls noting low first cost easy renewals and cleaner maintenance. It also reports Mexico City trolley expansion electrifying lines from Guadaloupe to San Angel with new roadbed and 85 pound rails, aiming to start in about nine months.
A compilation of short items notes a bargain day promotion by Farm News offering one year of the journal for a penny on June 1, plus various humanity updates. It also mentions Union Veteran James Walsh of Cumberland born 1796 at 104, and a brief trivia on grains and turf bricks as fuel. Additional items advertise Grain-O beverage and Allen’s Foot-Aid. Historical notes cover burial practices in ancient times and Saint Augustine’s temple usage.
An advertisement promises Garfold Headache Powders with no injurious drugs and herbs curing headaches. It claims a free powder sample envelope and mails upon request to Garthald s Co Brooklyn NY. Also notes unique Spanish workers and a claim of no tortious form for a tonic.
The salary of the president was fixed at 25000 a year until Congress doubled it for General Grant after he resigned a life army post to take the presidency. In the Lake Country of Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan many summer resorts await thousands of travelers from the South and East. Names include Fox Lake Delavan Lauderdale Waukesha Oconomowoc Palmyra The Dell at Kilbourn Elkhart and Madison with longer lists such as Minnetonka and Marquette on Lake Superior. A pamphlet titled Summer Homes for 1900 or the Summer book In The Lake Country can be obtained from a ticket agent or G H Hoafford Old Colony Building Chicago IL. A verdict of ndorer Dayan in Milaworth County Missouri found that a man died by his own exertion with neighborhood assistance after a chain of events leading to a rope and a telegraph pole suicide.
An organized Beggar Syndicate recruits panhandlers from France for American scams, with deserter ruses and daily payments to the syndicate. In Ulverston, Lancashire England a marble lighthouse memorial stands in a cemetery for Miss Wilson to honor her late father. The 22 foot structure rests on a wide base and uses white Carrara marble.
The Venezuelan Herald reports natives near the Venezuela Colombia frontier claim a remedy for elephantiasis found in an herb named tuatua or frailejou. A priest provides the report as credible, suggesting potential value to medicine if true.
The guide suggests mending a large hole by pulling edges together with long stitches across the gap using fine cotton. Avoid puckering, and when edges meet tightly without wrinkles, darn thoroughly and remove the basting thread.
Read letters from young women praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier for menstrual irregularities cramps heart pain chills and nervous dizziness. Names include Miss Many Games Aptos Cal Miss Many Genus Aptos Cal and Miss Matilda Jansen Ogdensburg Wis with dates in 1899 1808 and 1800.
The London Electrical Review details a new canal towage system using small track tricycles with six horsepower motors to draw 300 ton boats along a tow-path from overhead wires. Two 200 horsepower generating plants, one at each end, power the line and promise faster, more regular service despite higher cost than animal haulage.
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