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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1896
Page
2
A moralistic column from a Missouri paper comments on courage kindness and self reflection. It notes a massive pumpkin grown by Edgar Minard in Indiana and jokes about Paderewski writing an opera. It mentions the body of outlaw Poke Wells in a St Joseph dissecting room and jokes about a New York tenor needing a chaperon in Chicago.
New York court declares coasting not a crime unless the rider interferes with others. Judge is a wheel man, lending expert insight. A Bellevue alcoholic ward case follows, illustrating a rich cotton magnate's sons dying from drink. A grim, cautionary tale about alcoholism and waste.
A correspondent recalls Spanish cruelty in Cuba and recounts a plantation foreman, a French citizen, who fled to his house and wrapped in the French flag. He was seized and killed despite protests while another country’s colors were respected. Spanish troops then searched a British consul estate for a young man, nailed a notice on the door, and challenged Spain to tear it down, highlighting imperial power protecting British subjects and questioning American defense across the world.
A family crisis unfolds as Harriet reveals a rumored affair between Edward Withers and his sister-in-law Constance. Edward confronts the gossip, while Constance’s fear grows as a regional journal headlines the alleged elopement, prompting a stern, public reprimand.
A New York Sun military correspondent reports a full grown Rocky Mountain lion that forms a rare bond with a Cheyenne Indian. The animal trails its master everywhere, accepts kindness only from him, and even accompanies the trader into stores before being caged and sent to the National Museum in Washington.
A naturalist and bird lover claims crows are highly intelligent. He observed a sentinel crow count entrants and detect two missing boys, then signaled the flock to return after all had left. The experiment took place near a Welsh sheep carcass and barn.
A shabby silk-hatted man recalls encountering a rude, uncharitable employer who used a music-box decanter as a silent jab. The device played when touched, derailing his clerical job interview and likely costing him a prime position.
The Buffalo Express extols the native beech as a superior lawn tree, noting its graceful branches, bright leaves, long buds, and pinkish bark in winter. It says beech thrives with ample space, resists pests, and deserves broader planting compared to copper beech, mountain ash, or horse chestnut. It highlights blue beech as a smaller, hardy relative. It also describes pile driving by Chinese women in Japan with a Maypole-like rig and a 20 cent daily wage.
A learned judge, once a keen politician, aided a liberal candidate for a Scotch borough. He began with a Scottish story but failed to emulate the accent. He switched to his natural oratorical voice and declared, I do not Speak Scotch, but I vote Scotch, prompting loud applause and making him the hour’s idol.
In Harlem Life, Bina laments the challenge of eating corn from the cob without getting it on her mustache while the Bouton girl replies that she has never found it so.
Fragmentary lines describe a perilous romance and dramatic fate with playful odd phrasing. A speaker thanks a beloved for a tip that makes life precarious, invoking a life as an invalid amid a town setting and intimate danger.
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