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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
7
Excerpt from London Opinion presents playful banter among speakers Flossie Footlight Vinnie Wings and Percy. Dialogue touches on a mock wedding ceremony and a dream proposal with Edith and Percy exchanging humorous quips about timing. The piece concludes with a Dean Stanley quotation about loving what is lovable to make life pleasant.
A reader criticizes excessive female surgeries and cites letters praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as life saving. The pamphlet extols the remedy for displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains and backache urging women to seek advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
Mrs. R Grumbles of Carrizozo New Mexico runs a large ranch five miles north of town with seven children. Widowed twelve years ago, she manages butter sales, cattle branding, and beef printing while riding, branding and roping with skill. Local reporter notes her calm strength and prolific hospitality at home.
Jefferson City reports Governor Folk’s Thanksgiving proclamation praising peace and prosperity in Missouri over the past year. In Mobley Carl Andrews, a mine worker, was killed by falling rock near town. Fellow miner William McCullough was badly injured but survived.
Mrs Enos Shearer of Centralia Washington recounts years of weakness sleepless nights and leg swelling. After four months bedridden and three doctors declaring no cure she tried Deans Kidney Pills and soon recovered enough to leave bed and resume activity. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A dialogue in 19th century style features Mr Holesale and Mr Litewate arguing after a disputed bill. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething is mocked as a remedy priced at 25 cents a bottle. The line about charity closes the vignette.
Roger McCullie, a young farmer four miles from Williamson’s farm, was shot in the abdomen while on a telegraph pole. The daughter’s father, J. G. Williamson, stood on horseback below and fired. McCullie fell and broke an arm, found dying later.
Sedalia reported two earthquake shocks Thursday morning at 6 05 and 6 07. The tremors were felt about three miles south and west of Sedalia with vibrations moving southeastward. In Moberly the Missouri Conference of the M E Church South Board of Missions met with prominent ministers and laymen from north of the Missouri River attending. William Edgar Benson, longtime Kansas City school official and secretary of the board of education since 1891, died at 47 after moving from Chicago in 1867 and serving as city clerk beginning in 1876.
A load of cars was unloaded from the farm of George F. R. Gibson and placed on the public square for auction in Mexico. The load, weighing fifty bushels and sold in five bushel lots, brought one dollar per bushel. Proceeds and remaining returns from the sale go to the ladies of the Christian church in the city.
Johnny Jorgensen, 11, may be the lone pupil in a Ferry county district near Kettle Falls. Teacher M. R. Honeviman, formerly of Spokane, guides a single student after others moved away. The district is organized with a board and funds, plus a state appropriation of seven cents per pupil per day, the highest in the nation.
Captain Charles V. W. Curtis, a former steamboat pilot and later a ship captain, died at his home. A schoolmate of Mark Twain, he lived near the site of the city park. He married Miss Leathern in Buchanan on March 1, 1849.
Gov Folk issues requisition for extradition of John Teeters wanted in Nodaway county Missouri. Teeters is held in Bedford Iowa by local officers awaiting Missouri authorities. Also Gov Folk announces Thomas O Monnell of Hannibal appointed to Missouri state board of embalming for five year term from April 1 last.
David Gaupp aged 62 was found hanging in a smokehouse on Frank Jasper's farm five miles southeast of Washington. The coroner ruled death by self inflicted hanging.
An article notes increased whiskey use for rheumatism drawing medical debate. It cites a formula mixing whiskey with Toris Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound, dosed before meals and at night, with Toris marketed by Globe Pharmaceutical Co Chicago. A separate anecdote imagines a wife’s homebound tactic of removing her husband’s shoes after dinner.
An OCR fragment markets Hall's Catarrh Cure for deafness caused by inflamed Eustachian tubes and lists testimonials and other ads. It includes a $100 promise for cures Hall's remedy cannot achieve, plus side promos for Hall's pills and various products. The piece closes with a tongue in cheek quip about scandal.
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