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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1917
Page
3
Fragmented OCR reads like a wartime home front piece discussing youth, duties, and self protection. It mentions keeping lamps safe, electric plugs, and routine household cautions for families in wartime France. The text blends prose and stray phrases about cleanliness, milk, water, and safety measures.
Fragmentary 1900s style entries include Grove’s tonic claims with quinine and Liver health notions, La Cre ole beauty serum pitches, a nervous breakdown anecdote about Dr Pierce’s products, and a Hand Searchlight description noting a portable electric device for war use.
A short ad promotes a pest poison named Stearns Paste as a cheap, effective remedy for rats and mice. It claims widespread availability at stores and that the product is inexpensive and humane. The U S Government has distributed large quantities of the paste for cities with rodent problems.
Fragmentary remarks discuss bone wax and a waxed paper item used before applying hot frolla to remove stain and discoloration. The text suggests that if all men sought work there would be few who are overworked, presenting a general thought on employment.
An ad mocks counterfeit money and promotes La Creole Hair Dressing as a natural darkening product with no dye. It touts fair bargains, warns against deceptive offers, and notes a price of 61.00, urging shoppers to seek genuine value over gimmicks.
A historical notice critiques alcohol as medicine, noting physicians rarely prescribe it and calling many claimed cures untrustworthy. It discusses temperance perspectives, the efficacy of tonics and diets, and the shift toward safer remedies, while mentioning a hair product advertisement at the end.
A clipped New York letter argues water should be prohibited to prevent typhoid deaths. It links waterborne disease to alcohol, urges total prohibition as the only remedy, and blames temperance foes for tolerating drink. The piece critiques modern science and advocates drastic action to destroy the water's perceived danger.
A column argues that prohibition laws in several states including Oregon Washington Colorado and Arizona defeated brewer efforts to carve out beer exemptions. It urges brewers to abandon hopes for light wine carveouts and invest in food-producing factories. Also a temperance anecdote about an echo tale in Scotland ends with a joke.
In a memory fragment a speaker recalls Aunt Jerusha and no cake on a frontier homestead. They ground corn on big mortars, moved camp with a spring pole, and cooked a dish called samp before hardships and sickness limited meals. The tale mentions the Pimpia mill and a journey about forty miles to Hiowlwed Robinson's Denvie biota.
The advert promotes Cuticurs Soap and Ointment for facial care with free samples by mail from Cuticurra Dept. L. Heston. It mentions a Saturday night rain event and a power wash threat affecting field work, linking nothing better than Cutheura to daily toilet routines and skincare.
Fragmented OCR shows a Hartford playground incident where a boy named Holly meets a stranger as his mother introduces Mire, Lert. The text hints at a dramatic reaction, with lingering questions about a misinterpreted introduction and a startling misdirection at a public place.
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