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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1894
Page
6
The piece compares usage of bike versus wheel to describe women and the growing navy. It notes Brook lyn Eagle and Harper's Weekly disagreement and suggests a convention may settle the term. It then reflects on frost easing fears of foreign epidemics and praises quarantine measures during a hot summer.
A forthcoming congressional debate will consider a better government for Alaska as investments in the territory grow. Proposals to organize Alaska like other territories and grant representation face opposition over white population counts. The piece also discusses Sons of the Revolution activity, historical memory, and extensive fish stock distribution and restocking efforts across states to prevent depletion.
The nation’s fish commissioner oversees enormous annual catches from streams across the country. Locally, a noted decline appears as sap collapse in a certain area. Shandoar rivers lakes and brooks show signs of strain amid intensified activity and monitoring.
A New York Sun summary details naval discipline aboard ships where captains punish crews with confinement in the brig and loss of liberty. It recounts sailors evading penalties, passing food through brig grates, and smuggling liquor via clever molasses jug schemes and shellac-based disguises. The piece notes guards inspecting returning sailors and sailors’ penchant for schemes to drink aboard despite regulations.
A naval officer cites the secretary of the navy as wielding unchecked authority over officers pay and assignments, capable of docking income from $6,000 to $2,000 for issues like hospitality or personal slights, with no court appeal or presidential review. The piece contrasts Navy with Army pay constraints and lampoons the lack of appeal channels for commissioned officers.
A distressed scene unfolds with a tramp pleading for two 10-cent pieces, the housekeeper telling him to clear out. He begs for one, explaining he wishes to give to a poor neighbor who has no money. He vows to scour the town to beg enough for all.
A dubious report claims that the sultan privately funds numerous Mohammedan missionaries to convert Africans. The piece alleges many converts exist in central Africa and that proselytes resist Christian influence more than traditional fetishes.
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