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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1900
Page
2
The text notes a mix of social warnings and political commentary. It cites a missoUni print and quotes about people inclined to do good delaying actions while referencing city ental elections. It remarks on the premium value of paper money and Sunday laws enforcing closures in Honolulu with penalties for sports.
Sweden suffers from a manufacturing boom drawing workers to cities, 20 to 30 percent rent increases, scarce money, and a looming crisis as manufacturers overextend capital. New Zealand shows a revenue surplus over expenditures by over 3 million and signals a planned 1 million loan for railway expansion. Two old cannons from Louisbourg, recovered and bought by the government, rest in Toronto. In Lyons, a textile firm uses caustic potash to emboss cotton-silk webs, creating varied patterns by shrinking cotton fibers while silk lengths stay fixed.
A spectator climbed the back platform of the Roosevelt train at Greeley Colorado to hand the governor a home made cake. The speed forced her to leap to the ground where she rolled in sand but rose smiling and waved a kerchief as Roosevelt looked on with concern and others nearby cheered.
A Philadelphia Record account notes a bankruptcy filing where creditor and debtor were both Quakers exchanging a cordial exchange before shaking hands. It also reports Pan-American exposition costs totaling $10,000,000 with $6,000,000 in resources, 6,000 workers, a $3,000,000 midway, and grounds of 60 acres opening May 1, 1901.
An Italian crackdown sees twenty two hundred anarchists jailed or fined for pro government rhetoric. In Ancona, 182 treason cases yield 144 years in prison and 169000 francs in fines. The report notes broader surveillance and persecution amid wartime pressures.
In this installment Mollie and Reggie drift toward a pledged but troubled union while madame Dubois opposes the match. Reggie consoles Mollie and faces Madame’s wrath as Mollie risks exposure when Easter secrets stir in the manor. Madame flirts with danger and contemplates drastic acts as events tighten around Mollie and Henri.
A dated polemic argues against state execution for incorrigible criminals, noting the impossibility of universal, trustworthy judgment on reform versus removal. It condemns “gentle” killing as shirked moral responsibility and recalls harsher ancestral practices as a caution. The piece invokes Dr. McKim and John Jones as hypothetical cases.
The Early Rising Association in London, satirized by Dickens, urges sunrise rising for health enjoyment and longevity. Members discuss that sunrise as the proper hour, with summer shifts making 4 AM rises. no definite start time was set and eight hours of sleep would be affected.
An early bicycle accessory described by Samuel Goss adds a music mechanism to a wheel. An iron frame fits the machine with stretched wires and small hammers struck by a cylinder, rotated by worm gears from the crank shaft. A lever disengages gears to stop the cylinder, and changing cylinders varies tunes.
Governor Candler has been urged to act on whitecapping outrages in Fayette, Clayton, and Spalding counties Georgia. He offered a $100 reward for capture of any one or more of the men guilty to break up all whitecapping and criminal demonstrations statewide.
A garbled line suggests Hans and Fentt in werage with references to sega in cold storage and applied fruit. It mentions a fictitious or corrupted set of terms like vielolsy and apalied Trust, along with porosity and wraplily.
William Mullen, Texas cowboy turned evangelist, now tours major cities with a act that blends religious preaching with horse taming. He tames Flying Devil, a vicious broncho owned by Brother Smith, showing a dramatic appeal that draws crowds and elevates his sermons beyond traditional text advertising.
Evangelist Mullen tours open air meetings using a trained broncho to draw listeners. He calms the restless horse with a rope tease and a brief act before mounting. After the ride he resumes preaching on a theme titled Going to Hell at a 2:20 wait. Buffalo Bill once offered a place with his Wild West show.
Miss Grace Moore of Glen Falls must travel about thirteen thousand miles to marry Prof Irwin F Beadle. Her fiancé, once a college student and aspiring teacher, went to Honolulu to teach English, built a fortune, and now plans their immediate marriage as he awaits her arrival.
Apricot pits fetch rising prices this season with claims of multiple uses. They supply marketable oils and acid content for candy and baking powder, feed strong demand in Germany, and a San Francisco firm plans to save all pits. Consumers are advised against eating kernels raw.
Florence, the city of flowers, marks a centenary story of the dahlia. Originating when three Spanish explorers brought the tuber from Mexico in 1790 for famine relief, it failed as food but dazzled the rich. By 1800 specimens reached Paris, and the dahlia rose to European garden glory named after botanist Dahl.
Report notes British Indian tea planters sell tea leaves at 3 francs per pound in Paris, while Parisians pay up to 7 francs for inferior quality. Russia, with vast importers, may echo the tale, spending millions on Chinese products. The disparity suggests substitute Indian tea or Chinese tea and profit margins.
The Lake Shore Railroad prepares a pension scheme for long standing employees who reach retirement age. The plan mirrors the Pennsylvania Railroad, offering a lump sum to a core group, then expanding it by one percent added to monthly wages of employees.
An observer notes telegraph wires show a weekly pattern with better performance on Monday and suggests each wire should have a full day off every three weeks. Also ahead of the next tourful season, Swiss railway from Qpies to Foutl oem is slated for completion.
A Eurasian observer compares life in China with America highlighting Chinese domestic service as easing life for Europeans. He notes foreigners form a cosmopolitan, well educated community at treaty ports like Shanghai, with markets and social life shaping a relaxed schedule. Business pauses at 4 pm, dinner hour follows, offering sport and leisure in a refined expatriate social circle.
The Philadelphia Times reports a revived method for drowning victims calling it the Laborde technique. The procedure uses a wedge to keep the jaws open and traction on the tongue while an assistant performs pharyngeal stimulation and mechanical artificial respiration to restore breathing, potentially after an hour.
A Civil Engineer in Pago Pago recounts a legend of a naked, tall, tattooed Samoan who stalked into Ana demanding food. He is said to be one of three Solomon islanders who escaped from Vailele twelve years ago, later killed a man, then vanished, with locals reporting multiple Samoan disappearances blamed on him. The tale notes the man’s fierce appearance and immense size as he is taken to Fago Toga for questioning.
A fragment recounts Elizabeth declaring herself King if she cannot be Queen of France under Salique law. It notes the English monarch title lasting 432 years and the 1801 omission of the French link, yet the English ruler remains Defender of the Faith as asserted by Henry VIII in his era.
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