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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1901
Page
3
A garbled obit notes a woman named Adie buried in July aged about unknown years, mother of five with only three living. It mentions nerve troubles among women and an item named Deflanes with a chemical ingredient. Also references gloves produced for export to Austria and Belgium and a government sewing school plan.
The passage surveys blossom arranging in era decor with Chinese and Japanese influence, mentions barrels and stands, and references Vienna and Maria Theresa. It notes a 1603 Sydney newspaper origin, printers’ scarcity among convicts, and jokes about compositors. It covers umbrellas, novelty cane-umbrellas, Dresden handles, and evolving umbrella materials.
A Plaquemine correspondent cites a cigarette cessation method using crushed Acoricn tablets as cough drops to curb smoking over four to five weeks. The item also mentions Piso's Cure for Consumption and includes diverse notes on steel birds nests in Soleure, Switzerland, and various consumer tips from the period, including starch products and fashionably priced wages in Maine mills.
The Weekly Panorama notes the death of Admiral Bones at his Washington home after several months of illness. Born in 1884 in Connecticut, he entered the naval service in 18, and saw Civil War action including Fort Sumter and Charleston siege. Rising through ranks to rear admiral in 1898, his latest post was commander of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He was widely respected for duty and bravery.
The article notes Northwestern and Union Pacific trims a Chicago to San Francisco limited by 3 hours 10 minutes and reduces durations of two other trains. It contrasts modern rail efficiency with pioneer travel, recalling Edwin Bryant’s California journey and the vast expansion of railroad networks across the American continent since then.
The report notes a wave-like pattern of bank embezzlements with three cases in two days involving George Armitage, M. A. Hinory, AG Smith, and Louis Swift, totaling 71,000. October adds three more cases, lifting monthly losses to 306,000 and yearly total to 2,068,011, nearly half of annual bank losses, per Chicago Tribune.
John Nicholas Brown, the world’s richest baby, has arrived from Europe and will winter in Newport with his mother Mrs Ellen Nicholas Brown and Aunt Mrs Harold Brown. He inherited six million dollars from his father who died last year and could gain more from uncles’ estates by age. The “Lord Minto” is noted as governor general of Canada and enjoys outdoor activities, with Canadians fond of him.
The London News reports Mary Lee, the oldest innkeeper at Myre, praised for running a high minded house. During her forty years as landlady only one complaint arose, about minor decorum. She reads from her Bible in the taproom each Sunday, offering a simple religious service for men who would not attend church, appearing cheerful and plain in an old fashioned bonnet.
William Gilbert the librettist of Sir Arthur Sullivan operas lies on his deathbed at Harrow Weald England aged about 65. His early librettos include HMS Pinafore Pirates Patience and The Mikado. He has been invalid for over a year with nurse Miss Nancy McIntosh, the American actress adopted into the Gilbert family.
A Washington daughter of Booker T. Washington, Miss Portid Washington, has joined Wellesley College amid broad welcome. Report says faculty and students extend courtesy and attention as the notable inclusion stirs campus discussion, reflecting pride over the prominent family tie and the ongoing Roosevelt dinner controversy.
An account from a historical source reports extraordinary forests near the West Coast of Africa. Trees allegedly reach only a foot tall with trunks as thick as two feet, two-leafed branches, and leaves spanning two feet in length.
Mrs Clara Keye wife of Charis Kegg a school teacher tells a remarkable tale of years of misery and pain eased by Dodd's Kidney Pillow. She recalls how the remedy freed both her and her 74 year old mother from chronic aches and distress and notes household changes and improved mornings after starting the treatment.
A fragmented OCR passage describes starch packaging claims and guarantees. It mentions ounce counts per package, refund promises if a product not refunded, fabric care assurances, and distribution details. The text cites Mag Ethc Starch Co Omaha Neb and references a Toledo address. It ends with a quip about helping a wife with pictures.
An OCR fragment references a pharmacy ad about prescriptions and druggists with household cleaning products, mixed with a stray note about Dr H J Green and a claim on volcanic islands. The passage mentions Volcanic Island of Mecent Mirth and counts of islands disappearing or being inhabited, lacking cohesive context.
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