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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1893
Page
3
The passage extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for malarial fevers dyspepsia liver trouble and kidney complaints. It claims it uproots the disease and fortifies the system while noting a humorous exchange about a pantomime and a Senate reference.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses how knowledge provides comfort and enjoyment, noting that those who live better and spend wisely will attest to the value of knowledge. The passage includes garbled lines and incomplete phrases about wives and well informed readers.
Mrs. Sarah J Cox of Defiance Ohio reports heart disease and rheumatism improved after using Green's August Flower. She had found other medicines ineffective and says the product saved her life, leaving her stout, hearty, and in best health.
The text describes forehead shapes signaling intellectual power or weakness, temperament traits, and social qualities. It notes high, broad foreheads imply intellect and nervousness, sloping foreheads hint at talent and keen observation, and fullness or roundness suggests generosity, friendliness, or artistic appreciation, with various facial regions linked to character.
A reader denounces church charity fairs and their “twenty five cents admission” as a hidden exit of ten to twenty five dollars per attendee. The writer urges reform, noting growing public aversion to such abuse in charity events and questioning managers’ awareness of the problem.
Two laborers named John Day and an unnamed hay man quarrel over a load of bricks and hay. Each pushes to the other side of a ditch, both pretend to sleep, then confess their identities and misplace loads. The incident ends with overturned hay and a damaged wheel on the brick wagon.
In Alnwick North England candidates for bailiff march in a town procession to a horse pond. A brass band leads and the population follows as they navigate mud and water. The custom traces back to 1210 King John visit when bailiffs were seized for road neglect.
A boy nibbles a fragment with his fingers prompting a sister’s tease about using forks. He retorts that fingers were made before knives and forks, while she fires back that his might not have existed. The brief childish exchange ends with a playful bit of kitchen wisdom.
A satirical note on Grimes being shaped like a corkscrew explains how her wife’s constant twisting wrists and fingers around him yield a twisted figure. The remark critiques fashion and gender dynamics in Vogue style commentary.
A description of how sailors keep a log using letter codes for sky conditions and wind. It explains symbols for clouds, rain, fog, lightning, mist, and visibility, plus numerals for wind force and terms for calm to hurricane. The passage notes this system is generally followed on merchant vessels.
An excerpt discusses name etymologies Europe meaning a lighter complexion Asia between Europe and Africa Africa the land of corn. A brief humorous dialogue follows with a young lady and The Poet about a misapplied argument and a witticism.
Sir William Fraser releases reminiscences recounting Disraeli’s dining quip about forgotten days and a lord mayor’s Macbeth reference. A Boston feature explores women courting noble servants, noting their sly maneuvers, torn loyalties, and humorous misunderstandings with aristocratic staff.
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