Marble Hill Press highlights and odds and ends items
The Marble Hill Press notes varied topics from a physician in Indianapolis dying laughing at a cartoon to Army estimates for 100000 men and Philippines, a deluxe edition from British officers in Pretoria, and calls for homestead grants and flood irrigation plans in the Western states with a proposed yearly $250000 funding.
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Indianapolis
National Business Men's League
League
Congress
Best firing by battleship on China station says report
The prize firing returns of the British Navy show one battleship on the China station did the best work. The worst firing is blamed on ships in the Channel Squadron tasked with protecting a region where in war inaccuracy would be costly. The piece notes that in modern warfare hearts of oak are not enough and straight shooting is essential.
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China Station
Channel
Boston protests Chicago professor over tea party origin claim
Boston reacts angrily to Prof. Shepardson of the University of Chicago who argues that the famous tea party started from mob violence. The brawl over interpretation is described as a mid way plaisance snapshot and showcases humor among Chicago professors.
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Boston
Shepardson
University of Chicago
Triggs
Birds fill schooner rigging on voyage to Port Townsend
The schooner J. M. Weatherwax, en route from Honolulu, ran into a vast flock of canary-like birds 150 miles off Cape Flattery. Sailors fed the visitors as thousands settled in the rigging and elsewhere, remaining aboard until the ship neared land.
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J. M. Weatherwax
Port Townsend
Honolulu
Cape Flattery
Lord Lamington Tours Queensland North West
Governor Lord Lamington departs Brisbane for a tour of Queensland's northwestern district along the Gulf of Carpentaria. The trip aims to inspect material resources and potential development for the colony.
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Lord Lamington
Queensland
Brisbane
Guilt of Carpentaria
Australia
Pictures in Our Public Schools Impress Foreign Educators
Foreign educators are deeply impressed by United States public schools after viewing sixteen moving pictures from New York schools. Nearly two thousand pupils are shown in varied activities including recitations cooking class and fire drills. A phonograph accompanies the display enabling simultaneous pledge and songs. Both Russia and New Zealand governments have requested loans to show these pictures to their pedagogic societies.
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New York
New Zealand
Opinion on liquid fuel torpedo boat trials by Lieut Doddridge
Lieut John O Doddridge U S N presided over Talbot experiments with liquid fuel and judged current methods useless. The piece notes their lack of valuable data and limited future improvement. It also reports W Houston an old soldier leaving 13000 to the Veterans' home at Waupaca Wisconsin after visiting in disguise as a tramp.
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John 8. Doddridge
Talbot
W. Houston
Utica
Veterans’ Home
Waupaea
Wis
Sardou Prefers Work Over Amusement In College Sports
Sardou says his favorite amusement is work. After a month in the football fold, the college athlete embraces on field labor and disciplined practice as his preferred activity.
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Sardou Waa
Ship speed standard debate spans sixty hours of endurance
A historical discussion argues that a vessel’s sustained speed can be maintained for at least sixty hours without crew fatigue. The tale reflects a long‑standing belief learned early in life, suggesting enduring reliability of a ship’s performance and morale under extended duty.
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Ttme
Inquest on Lydia Chamberlain Death at Bartholomew’s
Arthur C. Langham deputy coroner conducted an inquest into the death of Lydia Marie Chamberlain, a riding instructor's niece, at Bartholomew's hospital. She died after a fly bite caused progressive inflammation and blood poisoning. The jury returned a verdict of death by misadventure due to insect bite.
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Bartholomew's Hospital
Arthur C. Langham
Lydia Marie Chamberlain
Chelmsford Road
Walthamstow
Alfred Lewis Chamberlain
Mr. Langham
Pall Mall Gazette
Nixon
Convenient Refrigerator From Nashville Inventor
An inventive Nash ville Tenn man designs a refrigerator that reduces ice loss by exposing only the meat chamber when opened. A side handle turns a triangular chamber outward on a pivot, pulling the back part to reveal the storage area.
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Nashville, Tenn
Ice box with cooling air flow preserves meat quality
The device describes an ice box that blocks air entry at both ends to trap cold air inside. Cold air is forced to pass over the ice as it enters the chamber, cooling it substantially. A meat compartment door swings to seal and reintroduce cooled air, driving out warm air from around the meat.
Wingstar's Ice Mine in Tingstaf Arizona
Tingstaf a logging town on the Sante Ke Pacific Railway in Arizona hosts a remarkable ice mine. Caves nine miles south supply heavily frozen ice from lava formations. Visitors feel the cold quickly, with ice filling every nook behind a narrow entrance passage. Some suspect an underground lake. geologists have not solved its origin.
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Wingstar
Tingstaf
Arizona
Nature
Pine Woods
Aueh
Piagalat
Dusty Ocean Highway Inspires Maritime Image
A vivid line reflects on the sea route as a dusty ocean highway. Sailors recall how even with careful washing of decks each morning, scant work during the day leaves a dusty reminder of the voyage.
Combined cane and tripod for portable camera support
Amateur photographers gain a handy device that combines a cane with a tripod. Three telescoping legs pivot to a small head with a threaded shank for a detachable handle. Hooks on sliding brackets form a triangular rest for small cameras, or unscrew the handle to mount a larger camera via the screw shank.
Ingenious eel trap on Delaware shore tale
A Maryland doctor at Bowers Beach observes a local fisherman using a king crab trap with a two inch auger hole. Eels swarm around the crab while fishers use bare feet to hold the shell in place and extract the flesh. The eel gathering lasts an hour leaving the beach strewn with vals.
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Eoin
Edward M. Hardcastle
Boston
Bowers Beach
Delaware
New Telephone Fire Alarm System Patented
A new fire alarm system operates by magnetic current and dry batteries. Once installed only fuse failures need repair, with rapid fixes. Each fire district has a separate wire, allowing many telephones per district. Houses and factories along the line connect to the alarm wire, enabling low cost protection. Wires also serve long distance telephone needs.
How He Got It Rich Uncle Cash Tale
A humorous exchange unfolds as a young lawyer learns the source of a vehicle and a large fortune. The elder lawyer reveals the wealth came from a client’s rich uncle who died, leaving the young attorney puzzled by the timing and source of the windfall.
Promising Puplt Uncle and the Tow Hin on Politeness
Fragmented OCR text shows playful fragments about a boy and politeness with names like Seth Johany and Meggendorf ai Disotter. It presents incomplete dialogue about turning away, a bald spot, and a fan recall, ending with a child asking about the thing used to brush worms.
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Seth Johany
Remarkable rifle feats by two twelve-year-old girls
Lafayette Indiana reports Misses Edith and Ethel Long, twin experts, perform advanced rifle tricks once only by adults. They shoot with back to target via mirror, cut stems from clay pip cups, remove ash from cigars, cut a edge-bound card, and guide bullets along card edges. A Lafayette club members, they are hailed as top marksmen.
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Lafayette
Ind
Edith
Ethel Long
Lafayette Club
Ths
Father trains young sharpshooters in Western rifle craft
John L ong, engineer and father of Edith and Ethel, taught the Western sisters Sonia Wright and other marksmen. He claims a heredity of backwoods skill, recounts early lessons at ten yards, and notes rapid progress to one hundred yards. The girls joined Lafayette Gun Club and aim to win prizes with specially made twenty two caliber rifles.
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John 4. Long
Long
Sonia Wright
Annie Oakley
Edith
Ethel
Rail prices in America undercut Europe and continent
American steel rails are reported cheaper this year than in England or on the Continent, with England about five dollars higher and continental roads six dollars more. Rail manufacturers say one price, including a 26 a ton basis, will be kept, despite higher costs for heavier trains and improved rails. In Pittsburg offices most large buyers have not yet placed orders, indicating market timing remains early. A separate note details the Yeakel cottage on Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, slated for removal to widen Mermaid Lane, a rare log cabin residence dating to 1740s.
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England
Rall Manufacturing
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Mermaid Lane
Chestnut Will
Germantown Avenue
Christopher Yeakel
Upper Germantown
Yeaskel
FIELD FOR PATRIOTISM IN AMERICAN MEDICINE
A New York Press note cites the Philadelphia Medical Journal praising American medical progress and urging native study over abroad training. It argues American clinics surpass foreign ones in many departments, especially dentistry and ophthalmology, and calls for mastering the mechanics of medicine to advance national science and practice.
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London
de Osler
United States
Philadelphia Medical Journal
New York Press
Old Woman Rethinks Sentry Numbers in Wartime Tale
A German autumn tale from the Hara mountains describes a little old woman who mistakes two sentry numerals 7T and 77 for prisoner numbers. She returns with a chair to let the soldier sit, saying it is inhuman to stand all day. She then leaves the chair for later.
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Hara Mountains
Burns gifted Cicero edition at Kilmarnock museum
Burns museum in Kilmarnock received a prized 1756 Cicero edition. The fly leaf bears Burns’ note dated April 23, 1787 thanking Dr Gregory for the gift and pledging gratitude and reverence.
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Burns
Cicero
Kilmarnock
Scotland
Edinburgh
Dr. Gregory
Robert Burns
King to Indulge in Music With Queen Avid Listeners
The young King of Italy, economically minded yet inclined to culture, plans to indulge in much music. both he and his Queen are passionately fond of melodies. The saying woman who never sheds a tear for a man does not love him is echoed in their sentiment.
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Indwige
Italy
Future of China and the Missionary Role in Progress
The article argues that China's progress owes much to missionary work from diverse nations. It emphasizes their educational and philanthropic influence, notes Catholic dominance in China including bishops, schools, and cathedrals, and asserts that Catholic and Protestant missions will not leave China. It cautions against undoing three centuries of work and treaties, urging continued engagement.
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China
Progren
Spain
Italy
Ranen
Chingi
Polciy
Jon Its
Benedictiner
Auguallon
Chris
Wan Brothers
Lagerista
Pion
Ching
Mollie and Kate Escape to the White House
Mollie helps Kate flee from Madame by lowering her from a veranda and guiding her to the White House. They race along a road pursued by danger, reach safety, and find refuge with Reggie and Mrs. Anstruther. Kate dies later, Mollie remains strong, and the story closes on Mollie’s enduring memory of Kate and her own happiness with Reggie.
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Mollie
Attie
Kate
Madame
Kittle
White House
Reggie
Mrs. An- Alruther
Joyce
Alia
Mollie and her mad relative in Beverton house tragedy
The chapter recounts Madam Dubois's dangerous relapse after a night of crime and remorse. Mollie helps her rival Madame Anstruther into an asylum while Mollie’s half sister declines, and Reggie returns to care for Mollie as Beverton neighbors offer support and kindness.
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Madam Dubois
Sla
Mallle
White House
Reggie
Henri
Beverton
Madame
Mollie
Mol- He
Colonel L'Batrange
Uute
Mies
Bed Bugs and Their Habits Described by Kilelo Nimek
George Edwin Black in Indianapolis Nowa describes bed bugs of the order Hemiptera. They have small wingless bodies, paired eyes, and a strong odor when disturbed. They hide in cracks in old wooden beds and cluttered rooms and feed on human blood, causing irritation and bites. Methods to control them include coal oil, turpentine, hot water, brimstone, and sealing rooms, noting their resilience against powders.
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George Edwin Black
Indianapolis
Nowa
Chimney soot eyed as fertiliser and insecticide
Experiments in France show chimney soot can fertilize gardens and meadows and kill phylloxera quickly while boosting vine vigor. Wine grower M Danverre notes rapid pest destruction and strong growth in vines, though other researchers doubt its effectiveness against phylloxera and note it may kill various larvae.
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France
M. Danverre
Woolwich Arsenal Boosts Military Manufacture Output
A rough report notes Menklectaving Bevel attention to Woolwich arsenal devoted to weapon production. The output surpasses previous levels with a steady increase in maval gona manufacturing.
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Woolwich Arsenal
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