11 Nov 1897
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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1897
Page
1
Ben Adams comments on senatorial chances and tax policy while Georgia passes a game law protecting possums. A celestial event predicted for next Sunday morning inspires awe. Scott Winximson sells the Jackson Comet to Walker and Mitch II, renaming it Herald with a shift toward a middle path politics.
EB Wire of Bernidji, a pioneer trapper from Minnesota, predicts a cold winter. He notes deer with thick coats and muskrats building high, thick-walled houses, claiming such signs have never failed in his experience.
Marble Hill Press and Jackson Cash-Book quote James D. Fox as a popular local judge with strong influence over his district. They claim he is a staunch advocate of Chicago platform principles and a keen admirer of William J. Bryan, noting some critics.
A Philadelphia merchant credits newspapers for his advertising success, stating he buys newspaper space to craft his message and keeps ad cost sensible by negotiating with publishers. He claims profits grow as media support increases and cites careful spending above his journalistic investments. The Nashville Sun notes an election shift with a solid platform and educated voters in populous states.
Chatiney J. Filley offered remarks to the Sunday Republic predicting a Democratic next Congress and McKinley defeat if renominated. He cited Nebraska's stance on Thurston and commented on Mark Hanna, the national committee, and Missouri politics, noting Republicans leaning toward Hanna and action over talk.
Fredericktown News reflects on last Tuesday's state elections calling it a Waterloo for the Republican Party. It blames corrupt bosses and Boss Hanna, noting Ohio voters rejected administration influence, with McKinley era majorities dropping from 40,802 in 1896 to about 12,000 for the Republican ticket, signaling a purge of alleged spoils hunters and Hanna loyalists.
A pamphlet by Mr Chew criticizes the St Louis Conference for oligarchy and abuses within church polity and calls for reform while affirming his conviction in the Methodist church. It condemns injustice and demands accountability to preserve public confidence despite internal criticism.
The text surveys diverse beauty standards across peoples, noting that Sandwich islanders favor weight, Ohio nose desires black teeth and deformed feet, South Ben islanders require blue tattooing and an anope-ring, and African princes demand filed teeth, illustrating wide cross-cultural criteria.
In Madrid Missouri and across the district Hon W D Vandiver commands broad backing from both opposition and friendly papers for renomination. He has canvassed the entire district and remains a highly popular figure among constituents and colleagues. Cape Demourat reports Col Bordyoo again seeks seat opposing Dr Ruby lortion in a continued contest against the Ontten Bight Railroad Company with local figures cited.
Local notes report welcome showers lifting spirits and wheat nearly sowed while corn harvest nears finish. A resident, Mr King, dies November 3 from congestive chill leaving a wife and four children. Farm news recounts vendors peddling mutton, and social commentary on newspaper bias toward the wealthy.
Health good reports as Frank McNow visits from Bloomfield. W D Hinkle mentions Zulma and a denolite setting. Dan Cato sells his farm and plans to move. Rebuilding plans discussed for the schoolhouse at the old site. Miss Cora Dann leads the school, prayer meetings held Thursdays at Mr Banke's. Charles Verdin from Bloomford visits, ATL Dunn seen Sunday. Gaps and garbled names pepper the page with community chatter.
A Washington Post feature describes three sisters in Tennessee who live together and farm. They work split duties with two in fields and one cooking, remaining mute except at harvest when they quarrel over proceeds, earning the nickname death and dumb couple.
The article explains wax cell construction by bees using scale wax secretions and six top structures, pollen carried on legs called bee bread, and propolis edges from tree buds. It describes drone, worker, and royal cells, the shape and size differences, royal larva feeding, and the queen cell method if no queen exists.
In the hive a final contest among queens ends with one dominant ruler. The winning queen lays about eighteen thousand eggs, mostly workers, with eight hundred drones and four or five other queens among the brood.
A Georgia farmer and his seventeen year old son visit a county paper editor seeking money to start a literary career. The editor, noting the boy’s prospects, gently rebukes them and tells them to return home to plow. The scene unfolds in the editor’s sparsely furnished office.
Readable fragments report on global commerce science and politics. It mentions canaries bred in Germany and sold for large sums, Russian cattle and sheep losses, population figures for the British Empire and Argentina, camphor cultivation, a Montreal bridge project, and yellow fever research in Uruguay. Also notes a Russian census, a legal case in Allenville, and land appraisal in Delta. Some text is garbled but key entities include St Helena, Uruguay, Montreal, Mackeson? No.
The speaker contrasts personal comfort with the plight of the poor and urges sharing warmth and shelter. It calls for opening doors to those in need during cold nights and praying for compassion toward “a brother to the light.”
A Washington state backed venture promotes selling preferred stock to fund prospecting for gold in Alaska and Yukon. It promises rapid dividends and claims 290000 shares at 0.25 to 2.50 each with promises of locations, offices of state officials and legitimate backing, urging investment by mail.
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