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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1891
Page
2
A fragment reflecting American views on British honors and the established church. It critiques rewarding Darwin, Thackeray, and others with titles, notes the London feasting aristocracy, and argues against entailed state church favoritism. It questions why Britain favors the established church while denying others.
A discussion on public statues origin motives and the dangers of monument busts. It notes academical life in towns vs cities, traveling Americans abroad, and the unobtrusive nature of cultured travelers. It praises the bicycle as a reforming force for better pavements and roads.
A curious coastal essay explores pilot fishes and their supposed guidance of sharks, noting sharks circling a boat while pilot fish and remoras forage nearby. It questions whether anemones, crabs, and other sea life serve as true pilots or mere accidental riders in the underwater world.
The piece recounts Christopher Columbus two marriages. First wife Felioa Manuels Perestrello, daughter of a Prince Henry navigator, married in 1471. Their son Diego survived hardship. she died circa 1483. He then wed Beatrie Enriquez in 1487 at Cordova, mother of son Fernando Columbus, later his biographer.
A fragmentary notice describes a bell called Black Tom of Boothill tolling at midnight on Christmas Eve to mark a murder expiation in Dewsbury Yorkshire. The piece notes the bell as the Devil's Knell and mentions local belief and superstition surrounding the event.
The writer cites Lyman Abbott on national women’s clubs, urging wider reach from cities to villages. He envisions clubs addressing domestic economy, servant treatment, and church worship, proposing unions with standards for servants and cross-town employment but admits it may be a speculative masculine fantasy.
Continental rules for lawn tenure gain popularity with strict costume demands. In Wels Baden a man must wear a collared shirt, bare arms are frowned upon, and a ball striking a spectator provokes strong indignation.
We are told that 100000 Americans visit Europe each year and leave behind 100000000 dollars. The piece argues this is where money disappears and claims no other country could endure such strain. It praises American finance and gall.
A Washington Star poem depicts a baby as a besotted autocrat who rules parents by a cry and smiles, lying in bed and crowing while nurses serve. The infant boasts wealth of need and commands indoors and out, with royal invocations and solemn gaze.
A collage of curious clippings reports random curiosities and oddities from a bygone era. It mentions Paris models vs Italian models accused spies, a mother of 21 in Atlanta, Queen Victoria’s wardrobe beliefs, a Boston kindergarten piano pupil born blind deaf and mute, a Pittsburg woman making pottery, and whimsical exchanges about elopement and midweek jobs.
In Washington a 1964 Lincoln and Grant likenesses were photographed amid a rush of relics. The two portraits, once rejected, are praised for lifelike accuracy with Lincoln holding a newspaper edge visible. Copies were produced for posterity but sold out quickly.
Col Alexander Kelly McClure longtime Philadelphia Times editor famed for his role in Lincoln era debates with Lincoln’s secretaries. Born January 2, 1825 in Sherman’s Valley Indiana, he started in journalism at 14 and later ran anti slavery papers before moving to Philadelphia in 1850.
A rose tinted lake draws visitors as salt crystals cover its surface enabling foot passage for people and animals. Another feature dazzles with a circle and vivid color, while salt rims along the banks create a striking setting.
The Toce brothers, described as conjoined in two heads tied to one body, speak Italian German English and French. They are under Mr. Frank Uffner’s care after exhibiting Lucia Zarete, the Mexican midget. They will be shown privately to doctors in their first week, then publicly at Worth’s Museum.
The tale recalls Col. Thomas H. Nelson’s Chile stay and an American jailed in Santiago. Story, son of Supreme Court Associate Justice Story, faced contempt of court for entering the Supreme Court bar and crossing his legs. Lincoln era diplomacy and apologies followed. Story lived and died in Santiago.
Newsboy Alex Rosenfield who died in Detroit was the youngest major of the world and a loyal member of the Newsboys association. His funeral was imposing with nearly 200 newsboys following his coffin to the burial site. Rosenfield led Detroit's News Lefty band as drum major and wielded a baton with skill beyond his years.
Fragmentary note from Trinidad Colo hints at a pending change in a program. Text mentions a morning event at a residence near Playa de Gerola and references an upcoming formal statement or timetable later. Names and specifics are garbled in the OCR.
A fragmented item notes a woman who fell in the Soho area, with unclear details and garbled phrases. The readable parts indicate an accident scene but no confirmed injuries or officials. Further readable context is needed for a precise summary.
Miss Violet Ith to wed Gen. E Grubb of New Jersey, U.S. minister to Spain, with the ceremony after his England return and Madrid tour. Miss Sopwith, “the Rose of Lismore,” to wed the general, while Miss Mosby and Miss Horwitz emerge as Baltimore and national social figures noted for beauty, wit, and arts.
A hunting party encounters a huge bull amid a pack of white wolves. The wolves tear at the bull, ripping out its eyes and tearing flesh as the veteran animal fights to survive. After a moment, the wolves disperse and resume the attack later, leaving the bull mortally wounded as the authors ride on.
A writer laments rising Anglo-Saxon slang in colleges and shares a boy’s schoolroom glossary. He notes terms like brack meaning native and lists phrases such as overweary aky-adge wignificent and folk wain. The piece contrasts East coast slang with Western misunderstanding of such expressions.
In Brazil rats have multiplied so much that households rear a small twelve foot gibola snake. The creature, sold for 1 to 1.50 in Rio Janeiro and other cities, sleeps by day and hunts at dusk. It bites and crushes rats, seemingly killing for pleasure, and returns home when moved.
A historical note discusses whether planetary motions persist forever. It cites tidal friction causing slow energy loss on Earth and estimates that Earth loses about one part in 16,000 years, aligning with Adams and other scientists. The piece reflects on Newtonian ideas about motion in space.
Fragmentary OCR notes a corrected proof related to a pudding phrase, with unclear context or participants. The legible portion hints at a publication or printing stage and a debate over wording, but concrete names, dates, or places are not present in the readable text.
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