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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1900
Page
4
A garbled OCR snippet lists various newspaper names including Hill Chandler Hubli Globe-Democrat New York World and others. It reads like a catalog of press references with prices and stray terms but lacks coherent narrative or events.
Obscure OCR text shows partial train schedule items with numbers and destinations including south bound and north bound listings. The legible parts reference passenger and freight services with times and car numbers, but the fragmentary nature limits clear interpretation.
Fragmented text lists dates and times for meetings or services with names and places that are mostly garbled. It references a Mr J R Mellie and activities on Sundays and days in May at various locations, but the details are unclear.
Local items report Sagguel and VanAmburg firms advertising to expand business including handkerchiefs and stove sales. Mentions of Greenbrier sheriff elect A. C. King and farmer Thomas Formway, plus health and dental services. Several readers subscription pledges, local weathered ads, and a humorous quip about toll collectors amid notices from Witmer’s Marble Hill and other area towns.
A pasted miscellany of items includes health claims for remedies and tonics, sales pitches from Witmer’s Marble Hill, dental and medical notices, and brief railway and political quips. It reports merchandise offers, soap and toiletry promotions, and local chatter about events and people in Cape Girardeau and surrounding towns.
Abraham Hare a Bulleville Ohio druggist complains about beat slang and misused terms. He laments the shift from familiar phrases to odd coinages like the beat becoming the bow selling while railing against medical jargon and mispronunciations.
The new song Fading Hopes Wingio by Judge John L Bogg from Sc Genevieva with lyrics by Joseph Pigan receives praise from major critics and gains popularity. Price 26 cents. For sale by Thipbes Sterlin Masts Co in St Louis Missouri. Mason Winder is spotlighted: brand new subscriber.
Public interest grows as TV owners promote Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption. Claims include cures for asthma bronchitis and throat diseases with free trials and a $1.10 bottle size. Advertisers list Chandler Wilmer and R James among distributors. Copious rain reported recently.
Advert promises Dr King New Life Pills cure sick and nervous headaches by purifying blood and boosting health. Claims thousands testify to its motchless merit. Priced at 25 cents with money back not offered. Sold by all druggists.
The Cotton Belt Railroad has introduced nine new freight engines and numerous fine passenger locomotives. No. 209, the first of the freight engines, weighs about 120 tons and matches the size of three box cars with a cab top significantly higher. The giant locomotive is praised as a marvel, comparable to the famed eastern engines.
Ora Dibble of the Clarendon Chronicle delivers a valedictory noting the paper’s four issues revealed prior liabilities exceeded assets. He states public reception was icy, discusses a payment dispute, and announces departure with thirty cents in cash and a wish for no ill will. W. A. Thompson will take over and publish a new, fair business stance in Monroe County.
The Dubuque Daily Telegraph notes that attempts to turn voters against Mr. Bryan fail due to his broad support. It argues his influence will grow in the party over the next years, and any organization ignoring him risks severe consequences in a political landscape framed like a Hamlet question.
The article exposes Missouri Republican nominee Joseph Flory as a political foil, noting his alleged disdain for workers and ties to railroad interests. It describes his campaign travel in private cars, public skepticism, and shifts in image after nomination, plus a promotional plug for a pricey 1901 reference book offer.
Official returns incomplete yet show Vandiver leading Mosley across counties with a majority exceeding 2000 votes district wide. Cape Girardeau and Dunklin show notable margins while socialist candidate vote remains uncertain around 1000. county court actions and local notices follow in the same issue.
The article notes Vandiver’s victory with reduced Republican majorities in Cape Girardeau Christian and Douglas counties. Cape Girardeau fell from 556 in 1896 to 867 this year, Christian from 891 to 702, and Douglas from 1117 to 782, mainly at populist and friendly Republican expense. Jubilant reception in his home county and district follows.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions McGee’s Chill Cure and a “purge” claim with unclear references. The readable parts reference a bottle and a guarantee, but specificity and context are absent. No clear people, places, dates, or organizations are extractable from the text provided.
An old advertisement from Jackson Missouri promotes headstones and tablets executed per MARNE GRANITE orders. It offers cemetery work with English or German lettering. Prop. John It Sander, represented by C TL TA SteveAgent, with permission and savings in Jackson.
The Twice a Week Republic is marketed as a versatile periodical for both men and women. It promises telegraph news political and foreign affairs markets and commercial matters for men while offering household tips fashion and entertaining stories for women along with book gossip and varied topics of interest.
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