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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1901
Page
2
A garbled mix of reports covers Hill and Chandler publishing a bill, Pruswat and German affairs, a Roma journalist seeking life of the Pope, tax notices in Saxony, China hiring a powder factory engineer, a Japanese suicide threat and execution, and a fatal shooting in Winchester Indiana where a boy impersonating President McKinley killed another boy. the projectile fatally wounded Pellea.
Government support for tea growing has spread to the favorite desk in Rawls. Tea thrives in the Caucasus with several plantations operating for years. Cultivators have secured flavors from Chinese, Ceylonese, and Indian sources, while the produce finds a ready market among the peasants.
A will from a late native of La Haye in Normandy provides 20000 francs yearly for village needs. One third funds bread medicine and medical care for old people and children, another third creates savings banks for ten youths, and the remainder aids soldiers from La Haye on active service. The article also notes several Paris and international anecdotes and curiosities.
In a dramatic Damascus chamber Horam and Omar confront past misdeeds as Horam reveals Helena’s innocence. The king frees Julian, admits his fault, and invites Horam’s forgiveness and unity with Alin amid a hopeful restoration. The scene ends with Julian accepting his father and a pledged future.
In a 19th century domestic tale, Bessie Bird reveals to Brande Bentley that she is going blind, ending her engagement to Harry and prompting discussions of money, inheritance, and cautious romance between uncle and lovers. The scene shifts from the Bentley home to Beasie’s resolve and the looming impact of the illness on their future.
The scene describes Bentley Grange as a constant beauty, paling only in autumn when harvest reapers work among trees. Yellow October sun reddens brick and mullioned windows outline stone and lawn. A tall brick structure stands amid bordered fields and a tranquil landscape described with vivid color.
In a dramatic scene at Bentley Grange Harry Wade pleads with his uncle to let him marry Bessie. The elder man accuses him of cruelty, then declares their home and future secured if Harry weds Bessie, calling her a priceless jewel and promising the estate as their shared home.
A long feisty tale contrasts a shoe maker turned tycoon father supporting his son through college with a comic misfit heir in a late 19th or early 20th century setting. The piece shifts to a grand Ben Hur style stage production showing chariot races battles and a Mount Olivet leper scene.
A Buffalo Commercial reprints a New England tale from a hill town where a drummer, Mies M. B. Boyd, reports a widow torn by the idea of remarrying after her husband’s death. The widow recalls a youthful love blocked by her mother’s disapproval and reflects that her unfaithfulness in heart means she cannot wed her former fiancé James.
A home visit unfolds with a linen joke about bills and a stork. Neighbors fill the parlor as the narrator recalls a maid’s remark Mr Thom Mason was visited yesterday by someone with a bill and Marie notes the stork was the visitor. The exchange sparks talk of prearranged wit.
A peculiar visiting card popular on the European continent features the owner’s name and address on one side. The other side prints words in each corner such as Visite Conge Felicitation Condolence to indicate the card’s purpose by turning the corner.
A fragment from The Weekly Panorama discusses issues around serum safety, deaths from serum reactions, and public prejudice toward diphtheria vaccines. It argues anti toxin use reduces risk but warns cautious, continued use may be needed with safeguards.
A Washington dispatch reports that some Republicans believe President Roosevelt intends cabinet changes after Congress reviews his first annual message. Ex-Senator Edward C. Wolcott of Colorado is among names increasingly mentioned for Cabinet posts as the new administration begins shaping its plans.
The Cleveland Steam Canal Boat Company sold its two steam canal boats and their consorts, long plying Cleveland to New York via Lake Erie and the Erie canal, to a new corporation planning to operate lighterage in the Philippine Islands. The vessels will be cut into sections to be shipped to Manila. The change aims to compete with railway facilities.
In Europe the bicycle and automobile win favor from army authorities for scouting and dispatch conveyance. The folding bicycle offers minimized space and reduced visibility as a fast, rigid machine, with a second parallel frame tube increasing strength and stability.
The Canadian government grants a patent for an electrical lighting scheme to illuminate the 8t Lawrence at night from Montreal to Quebec, signaling potential wider use of electricity in lighthouse complexes. Ernest Seton Thompson seeks name change to Ernest Thompson Seton in New York court, claiming Thompson was a family pseudonym tied to 1745 rebellions. Booker T. Washington visits Windsor Castle during a Europe tour.
The article profiles Matthew Borden, a textile executive praised by union labor for his innovative print cloth production methods. It notes his forty years in cloth manufacture, his craft in converting looms into prints, and his support for union labor across the country.
The article praises the St Louis World’s Fair architecture as grand and dignified, aiming to rival Washington’s Capitol and famed expositions. It notes public desire for more than classic orders and hopes the fair will showcase innovative design beyond Doric Ionic and Corinthian columns.
The piece recalls Dick Whittington and the Bow Bells tale. An artist initially drew Whittington with a skull, provoking public outcry over a portrait of London’s lord mayor without his cat. He relented, adding the cat and altering the scene to show the back of the cat.
Robert Pinkerton of the Pinkerton agency opens a North American Review piece on the Detective Surveillance of Anarchists. He argues that if proper precautions had been used at Buffalo, McKinley’s life might have been saved. He cites guarding guards noticing a bandaged hand and urges quick checks to prevent concealed weapons through any trusted machine of harm.
Elizabeth Louise Echold of Philadelphia married Ethan Alles Doty of Brooklyn a few days ago. The groom gave a nuptial present of 6,000,000 in securities and real estate, among the largest wedding gifts on record. The piece also notes Ole Hansen, minister of agriculture in the Present Damieh cabinet, was seen harvesting on his farm. Henry Watterson and pape Hanna will speak at the Boston Merchants’ Association twenty-fifth anniversary banquet early next month.
A fragmentary page blends odd household tips with brief notices. It mentions laxatives from Tabiora style tones, a cheap starch sold by weight, and a curious turtle catching method using a tail ring. Also notes experiments with underwater clocks and a new explosive, plus Belgian voting rules and whalebone size data.
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