Goofy Aphorisms and Inventions Fill Marble Hill Page
The Marble Hill Press from Marble Hill Missouri presents a collage of wry homilies and satirical quips on life, politics, and society. Items touch on goading rhetoric, the folly of flowery talk, stray words about Goats milk insanity remedies, Kaiser Wilhelm, and a note on wireless telegraphy claims by Dolbear of Tufts with Marconi contested rights. The piece closes with thoughts on school transportation economics and Harvard President Eliot on school location versus distance.
Weather glass and camphor barometer explained
A French savant details a camphor barometer using an alcohol solution of camphor nitrate of potash and ammonium hydrochlorate sealed in a glass tube, noting temperature has no effect and that crystals fluctuate daily. The piece notes such devices mislead weather readings but intrigue molecular physics. It also reports the battleship Kearsarge’s speed trials on the Cape Ann course with averages around 16.8 to 17.5 knots and compares to the Town.
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Kearsarge
Cape Ann
Thet Kearsarge
British power plan meets American bid for Glasgow project
Britain and America clash over a Glasgow Scotland electric power station project. An American Pittsburg firm won the steel work bid worth far less than the British offer despite transport hurdles. The piece then shifts to wartime and colonial references with figures and alleged plots from various theaters and leaders.
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Americaun
Corporation of Glasgow
Scotland
Pittsburg
Thin Ta
Ateo
Demonetization and Remonetization of Gold and Silver
A Chicago Central Music Hall speech argues for maintaining gold and silver in monetary use. It traces global production values since 1492, notes demonetization of silver harmed the silver standard, and warns that artificial equality between metals breeds disaster and poverty while favoring gold.
Carl Schurz on Imperialism in Public Morals
Carl Schurz argues against imperialism, calling conquest criminal and blundering, urging sober debate over expediency. He asserts Americans would reject imperial policy if asked by a direct popular vote and emphasizes the difference between peaceful expansion and distant rule.
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Carl Schurz
Imperialiam
Dinaster
Whence trusts and the currency question
The piece argues distrust of anti-trust laws failing to curb trusts. It contends political excuses do not address trust growth. It warns that inadequate money supply sustains trusts and cites gold and silver stock figures to illustrate monetary distortion.
Credit World and Gold Standard Critique
A polemic argues that total cash capital at $1.38 trillion is insufficient for booming business at $332.25 billion. It denounces credit money created by stocks bonds and notes as fake wealth and says trusts thrive on such debt. It calls gold migratory and insists the nation must become a creditor nation while preserving productive power.
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England
Abolished Money and the Gold Standard Debate
The author argues that gold cannot serve as a universal standard because it is not itself money or a true measure. Silver and other commodities fail as standards, and redeemption schemes inflate the base through bank notes. Gold's role is criticized as a speculative medium replacing money rather than a stable unit of value.
Our Money and the Sliver Dollar Debate
Living Issues questions the integrity of US currency and sound money. It asks if silver dollars were ever unequal to gold dollars, and why coinage was deemed unsound. It challenges evidence of past dishonesty or depreciation and argues for equal value among all dollars.
National Glory and Its Hidden Costs
A historic clipping questions who bares the price of national glory tied to McKinley era policy. It argues taxes rising, raw materials costly, and production expenses climbing, forcing labor and wage concerns while capital bears the burden of national prestige.
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McKinley
Senator Cushman Davia Talks Policy For Philippines Cuba
Senator Cushman K Davia of Minnesota voices opposition to future government policy for the Philippines and Cuba. As administration mouthpiece and chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee he asserts no action will be taken by the coming congress to legislate a policy for these territories, signaling cautious stance in foreign affairs.
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Omaha World-Herald
Cushman K. Davia
Minnesota
William McKinley
Senate
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Davia
Congress
Philippines
Cuba
Government Indian Burea
Indian Congress
Exposition Grounds
Omaha
Hut
H. Lord
Pissengur
Adams Street
Chileno
Prussia Sets Annual Medicine Price Rules
Verneelm Madleine reports Prussia regulates medicine costs under the etata. Four new price lines are published each year by the Delag, outlining changes for the market.
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Verneelm
Prussia
Etata
Lini Delag
Missouri Doctor Promotes Goat Lymph Therapy Discovery
Dr B F Roberts of Greene City Missouri travels to Europe to explain his goat lymph treatment and its use in reviving aging functions and treating rheumatism locomotor ataxia and epilepsy. His work centers on transplanting active cell life from healthy animals into patients and has drawn both supporters and critics across the medical world.
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Paris
Berlin
B. F. Roberts
Greene City
Ting
Europe
Irvin Fuller Bush
Joliet
Bush
W. H. Hartwell
Vandeventer
Washington Avenues
St. Lows
Koeh
Brown-Sequard
Parts
W. A. Himmond
Washington
Missouri
ED. F. Roberts
Roberts
Koch
Jenner
Hite
Dr. Roberts
Roberta
Anie
Joseph R. Hawley
Chicago Clinical School
Hartwell
St. Louia
Hawley
St. Louis
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Dr. Hartwell
Distin
United States
Assassins Life in Jail After Condemnation in Geneva
U S consul at Geneva reports on Lachen the assassin of the empress Shown in Breche jail cell near Calvin's church He appears neat and comfortable yet his bravado fades His repentance is noted three hours after the crime Authorities hope to use his penitence for a capital punishment critique The piece suggests such reform could alter the public example and warns of the potential moral impact of capital punishment in Geneva
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United States
Geneva
B. H. Ridgley
Lachen
Hela
Breche
Bishopry
Calvin
Lucien
Jong
Lucheni
Card-Playing Duchess At Seaside Resort Stirs London Rumor
A queer London rumor centers on the "card-playing duchess" from a seaside resort where the duke and duchess host family gatherings. Sunday lawn card games became a feature of the season, unseen from the road, prompting shocked churchgoers to protest the spectacle.
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London
Lighting the Med Gea and Hodson Lighthouse Debate
Parliament members including Thomas Sutherland express concern over lighthouse redevelopments promised to improve southern waters. Critics call the plan too practical, potentially eroding an ancient maritime image.
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Oral
Thomas Sutherland
Roden
Life on St Helena reveals ordinary joys and growth
The governor reports St Helena’s 1871 revenue at £9,182 with a small deficit offset by a £6,000 grant. Imports focused on food and building materials, potatoes dominate exports, and lacemaking grows among island girls. Population stands at 4,548, crime is rare, and guests from England may visit for winter.
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New York Times
St. Helena
Napoleon
Jaland
Helena
Engdah
Jess
Notance
St. Helens
Aland
England
Madeira
Death of the twelfth Lord Dunboyne and a famed romance
The twelfth Lord Dunboyne, Roman Catholic bishop of Cork, inherited the peerage after a nephew’s death. He sought a papal dispensation to retire from the priesthood and wed a Protestant woman, was censured, broke vows, and married. Later he left the marriage, was reconciled to Rome, and his widow survived him to 1860 at age 96.
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Lord Dunboyne
Dunboyne
Cork
Uue
Pius VI
Vatican
Gahan
Italian seller of foe cream in London court case
A certificate presented at Bow Street police court in London alleges Italian seller of spoiled cream contained twenty eight million microbes to a thousandth of a pint. The document cites at least 200 specimens of deadly cold communia among the microbes, authored by Dr. Stevenson the renowned public analyst.
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Bouthwark
Stevenson
London Mail
Dr Laborde Warns of Growing Drug Habit Risk
A brochure on the subject warns that if preventive steps are not taken, preach work plans in a few genres may foster habitual drug use, citing Dr Laborde as a preach physician.
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Laborde
Druskarde
Wuilding Supper in Catron After Two Mohammedan Weddings
A report describes a Mohammedan wedding ritual where the bridegroom first sees the unseen bride, kisses her hand, removes her veil, presents jewels as the price of unveiling, and the couple eat a private supper on a divan. The bride speaks last after many rituals, meat is avoided to prevent future bickering.
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Catron
Klssing
Ambiguous Verse Quip Sparks Brother's Query
The Washington Star quotes a speaker saying the lite volume with a crany quilt cover hides no meaning and reads like poetry yet is clear once understood. Her brother asks if she means poetry or a doctor's prescription, prompting a playful exchange.
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Washington Star
Agriculture’s Premier In Austria Remains A Monarch’s Honor
In Austria Count Clary Aldgingen stands as one of the realm’s leading figures in agriculture, a sector central to the nation’s economy. The invitation to prominence underscores agriculture as the premier industry in the country, with revered status among the monarchy.
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Ron Avatelan Meemler
Austria
Clary Aldgingen
Cambridge Muslims Form Prayer and Study Association
The Mohammedan students at Cambridge University have formed an association for prayer and the study of the Koran.
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Mohammedan Stidenta
Cambridge University
You Can't Catch the Wind in a Net
An advertisement-like note touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a constitutional remedy to cure a disease described as constitutional. It claims the medicine purifies the blood, repairs inflamed membranes, and expels impurities, asserting efficacy in long-standing blood disorders.
Harmonics of Labor Strikes and Digestive Health Parody
A satirical piece likens labor unrest to bodily disruption, arguing a single problem in a system causes global disorder. It critiques overindulgence and suggests liver balance as the fix, mentioning tonics and laxatives as remedies amid garbled text.
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Rinehart's
Indian Pictures
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Weare
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Archoolhouse
Mabbitt
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Totty “le Fowl
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Lake Street
Pistol Pete
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Misa A
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