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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1900
Page
3
At Clarkedale convention the Woman Suffragists adopt resolutions extending congratulations to Louisiana women on enfranchisement. They express hope for further legislative progress and better rights ahead.
Experiments indicate a large ocean steamer at nineteen knots travels about two miles after engines stop and reverse. Authorities give at least one mile to one and a half miles as required space to halt progress. Fogcaused collisions may be explained by longer stopping distances.
One hundred dollars reward offered for a cure of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Advertisement by F J Cheney & Co Toledo. Testimonial from area wholesalers endorses Cheney's integrity. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally claimed to act on mucous membranes. Ball's Family Pills also advertised.
The excerpt presents a father and count discussing wealth and status in a stylized dialogue. It includes garbled OCR phrases and stray garbled terms, with a Philadelphia North American quotation and unrelated misspelled words interleaved, producing an unclear narrative fragment.
A Montreal newspaper praised for twenty years for its sporting and tobacco coverage and game advertisements, avoiding sensational court cases. It notes Putnam faceless dyes offer bright colors, cites Rockwood Australia as the world’s largest cemetery at 2000 acres with only 200 acres used, and mentions Denmark imports ready made shoes mainly from Austria Italy and Germany.
The article notes that most snakes in circuses come from South America and Florida. It describes Florida hunters, often three to four men, using a pole with a noose to capture snakes and seal them inside a bag for transport. It contrasts Florida snakes with California coast specimens and discusses gold nuggets at Cape Nome as likely glacier-transported, not water-worn, with unknown original sources.
A German workman in this country claims a noiseless smokeless powder. Private tests showed a shell fired at fifty yards with only the plunger sound. The inventor, named Bohnengal, has not sold the secret but is negotiating with governments for purchase.
German physicist G Tammann reports new facts about ice and water freezing point. He claims freezing point changes with pressure and that three distinct ice forms exist, yielding water five known forms including vapor, ordinary ice, Ice I and Ice II. A sixth form, ice cream, is jokingly cited. Photographs of nebulae by Dr Tsau6 Roberts show star counts changing over time, suggesting celestial plates lose stars unless permanently reproduced.
A Siberian border vehicle resembles a wheelbarrow but is mule or horse drawn. It carries loads in a howdah mounted on the saddle and fits large loads in rough country. It aids rapid transport of ammunition and military stores and can move light mountain guns to front positions.
A July 7 1900 dispatch from Reich enburg Germany cites a Reichenberg paper contradicting traditional fibers. An Australian manufacturer tested turf as a raw material, bleaching and forming durable paper substances. The process allegedly patented and gaining favorable reception, with turf based papers pasteboard and homes deemed good quality. Also notes Linnean Society London entertained by a monster described in Mexico and a large tree quote.
A metal receptacle with slanting sides and two tin plates holds a small lamp. The plates reflect light to attract moths. A shallow basin of water with coal oil traps them as they circle the flame and fall into the liquid. After clearing, the lamp and reflectors are removed.
A survey of new devices and odd methods from the period includes a Los Angeles liquid air plant for refrigeration, a combined hydrant lamp post in England with fire and water use features, and German acetylene lighting spread to many towns. Also described are Calcutta X rays used creatively, thieves swallowing lead with lime to conceal valuables, and a method to age eggs by salt water buoyancy.
Disappearance of quaint London spots continues as workers strip the front of Obriat's Hospital in Christ Church Passage Newgate Street. The statue of Edward the Sixth and the red brick columns are moved to Hor sham to form part of the new Christ's Hospital entrance, with stone elevators to be rebuilt there.
United States and Russia together yield about 190 million barrels of petroleum per year. The figure reflects the two nations as major oil producers with significant global impact.
A grocer recounts helping a tramp and reflecting on his duties to the distressed, mentioning a past booting of the tramp after a nickel dispute. The page then shifts to a string of short ads and notes about Allen's Foot-Base, cosmetic hints, Garfield Tea, Lane's Family Medicine, aluminium coin experiments, coffee alternatives, and Grain-O.
The Lahore Tribune quotes a Chinaman praising rata as a scalp hair remedy while advertising Cascarets bowel supports. The Harlem Life spoof notes an immigrant inspector quip about marriage as a contract, reflecting period humor and immigrant scenes.
An advertisement promotes a free trial bottle of 5 drops for rheumatism sciatica and neuralgia with a paid two cent stamp for mailing. It also sells large 300 dose bottles for $1.00 prepaid by mail or express and lists a long disease remedy scope. It mentions agents wanted and cites PWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO Chicago Illinois. Includes an anecdote from Peardon's Weekly about Geneva and Leman lakes and notes Calcutta animal shelter housing about 4000 inmates with a veterinary staff.
The piece praises Paris Opera Comique decorative work funded by the government and contrasts it with English theaters. It notes exterior sculpture by leading French sculptors and paintings by premier painters, urging broader public art support in England.
A vignette from Canby features a summer visitor praising Silas Woodruff as a state legislature candidate while a Canby farmer downplays his value, joking that in Canby he’s worth no more than a few rods of side bill as community opinion contrasts with broader health advice from Youth's Companion.
A mixed OCR fragment bundle includes an Allen’s Foot-Bane advertisement for foot powder, a London publisher inquiry to Ben Johnson, a St Louis to Way trip promo with 80,000 tickets, Volcanic dust enriching soil, Kemp’s Balsam cough remedy offer, and a quip about Chinese physicians and the emperor’s diagnosis.
A church assembly passed a resolution stating the law of the church does not recognize divorce and urged bishops to devote themselves to securing action toward needed church reform and renewal.
Barry O'Brien cites pet superstitions of Papeaul, including avoiding passing others on stairs and dislike of thirteen clause bills, plus fear of green banners. A Georgia paper reports an office accident where a foreman was shot through the chest but survived, with damage to a plate glass window.
A chaotic clipping notes a Kansas City convention hall costing 200000 with claimed unmatched acoustics and full visibility for 15000, plus unrelated bits about a South African army colonel and a trial on wasps and a 1346 Florence street pageant.
A fragmented warning on female nervous exhaustion and sleep loss cites indigestion backache and dizziness as warning signs. It recounts a reader cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and promotes the product as proof of its efficacy for suffering women.
In Bohemia near Trebuioh glassy bottle-green objects called moladivites are found. Prof Suens of Vienna argues they are real ly moreoriion and belong on the list of foreign bodies fallen to Earth. The piece also includes a stray line of dialogue about a will and work.
Article fragment notes the army scandal worsening in Washington with skeptics doubting earlier limits. It references Gen Magas and hints at ongoing investigations or reactions, though many details remain unclear from the partial text.
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