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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1897
Page
2
The Marble Hill Press reports varied items from J S Mill business notes in Marble Hill Missouri. Mentions include a possible Klondike renaming to Troondike and speculation about Frank Novak as a second Holmes. Also notes temperance efforts in Norway and a Trollope widow pension in Britain.
A Chicago woman advocates a brutal campaign to kill the physically or mentally weak, arguing the end would justify the means for human progress, while noting she will likely stop after one error is realized.
The text amusingly notes no babies named Klondike yet as mothers await next summer to know if fathers are millionaires or dieting on snowballs. It cites a state supreme court ruling on ferocious animals and a spectator cage duty, then references a Buckingham Palace banquet, Windsor plate transfers, and a London home misstep. The entry mentions a massive gold plate weighing over thirty tons valued at over £8 million, with its costs including work and ship.
A garbled note questions wartime priorities and roadblocks to river enhancements. It mocks a collar firm’s influence over the President and skeptically cites tunnels, a center bridge plaza, and limited space for river improvements, reflecting urban planning tensions.
An early 17th century medical record notes the death of a person in Tehoran Persia. The physician of Institute Eliah attended and administered care, while Tholean recognized the outcome and declared the death.
A historical analysis traces bimetallic money from the 18th to 19th century, contrasting gold and silver values, mint regulations, and the 1873 shift. It references Hamilton Jefferson and Crawford, arguing for the dual-metal standard and criticizing moves toward a gold standard as eroding monetary integrity and purchasing power. The piece discusses Mexican silver, its impact on trade, and cautions readers about the broader financial implications for U.S. banks and railways.
The piece questions booming gold claims in the Klondike, arguing that even vast new gold could cheapen money and worsen conditions. It critiques persistent silver advocates and notes that cheap gold would not solve economic strain while warning that current prosperity talk rests on speculative spikes and temporary factory restarts.
The Washington Post criticizes Mint Director Preston for issuing extra opinions to depress silver values and harm currency. The piece urges Preston to focus on managing the nation's mints lawfully and prudently, accusing him of bias and lack of propriety and suggesting he should reconsider his role.
Gov Altgeld delivered a Labor Day keynote urging government ownership of monopolies including mines telegraphs and railroads. He outlines a comprehensive plan to acquire these monopolies for municipalities to run street cars heating and water privileges without changing laws. The speech aims for wide circulation and suggests Chicago could lead a national movement.
A mid-19th century critique laments campaign opponents who opposed the gold standard yet fail to act independently. It argues prosperity should empower self-reliance and honest convention, warning that pretended prosperity leaves them subservient to others and undermines true independence.
A pneumatic tube connection between New York and Brooklyn is close to completion as street excavations wrap up. The system is designed to carry letters between two points in roughly thirty minutes, with the trenching process nearing its end.
In Larue county Kentucky a fragmentary note mentions Charles Wit and a ban from something unclear amid garbled text. The readable parts suggest a local record or obituary style brief with named individuals but lack coherent actions or dates.
The Westminster Gazette laments the silver envoys mission as a blunt farce. It questions McKinley’s dual push to appease silver Republicans with a bimetallic commission and to placate gold Republicans with a greenback currency proposal. The piece suspects a possible preference for gold despite a stated aim to help silver.
A drawing master Mr Corbould recalls a reminiscence about the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon. At the palace the Prince of Wales shows a Napoleon on horseback drawing. Wellington, entering, jokes that the left figure is Napoleon and the other is himself. He notes he never set eyes on Napoleon, lost in smoke during battle.
A humorous string of misheard lines and playful exchanges among shoppers and clerks. Characters such as Willie Bobbie John Jingo and Rounster Down speak in punctuated banter, touching on heaven, medicine, and a mocked Hawaii joke in a brazen, ribbing tone.
A women and home feature reviews fall weather lace for lingerie and tall dresses, notes on autumn outfits, and a Cardinal Newman quote. It surveys modest ruffle trends, belted bodices, blouse effects, and a red green plaid gown with velvet trim worn at a country house. It contrasts women operators’ politeness with men’s attitudes and cites women’s labor in Belgium Germany France and civic life in Budapest.
A brief discussion notes maids and mairone adopting the early Victorian revival, outlining how fashion prescribes that women shall engage in lace making for intimate apparel. The tone reflects period voice and social expectations of domestic crafts.
The article describes light cloth street outfits with double breasted bodices and box plait fronts, black and white fabrics with white belts, plus a second ensemble in black and white with scarlet lining and ornate trims. It notes women sewing trims at leisure, preferring home work over full garments, and includes a simple summer chemise pattern. It ends by examining women as central station operators and contrasts courtesy with male operators in Boston.
A fragment notes a tall woman seeking better treatment and attire. It mentions a well dressed New York figure and hints at social attitudes toward height and fashion. The text is incomplete but suggests a column on fashion or personal outlook for taller women.
A series of practical home cooking hints covering milk thickening with cornmeal sugar use in oatmeal and milk, steaming graham bread, preparing potatoes for steaming or boiling, keeping mush smooth, removing woolly taste from mutton, and mixing shortening into baking powder for lighter pastry. Includes using hot whey with milk to make dough.
An elderly man corrects a boy outside Largo about his bicycle pump, insisting the device is a stuffer not a pump because it does not suction. The exchange ends with the man admonishing the boy and walking away.
A Chicago Post quip recounts a social scene where a woman's extravagant bath attire drew attention. The remark likens the swimsuit color to her complexion, noting the color ran when she left the water, prompting amused commentary among friends.
A fragment describes Tauppone and a curious young woman debating gold prospecting methods. Derringer explains most find gold by creek work, while others work bluff deposits, reflecting varied approaches in the Wheeington Stor narrative.
A local inquiry uncovers a tangled mix of odd objects in a cluttered space. Authorities note findings include a stale tread piece, a white minlin fragment, and improvised items used near a bolting cabbage. No clear link to wider events established.
A man boards a 4th avenue car with wife and children and pays two dimes for all inside, refusing to cover his 6 year old daughter's fare. The conductor insists, a policeman is called, and the child volunteers to pay her own fare to Bond Street. The scene draws amused, indignant glances from passengers as the man defies the required payment.
A plain envelope offer claims ten years of fruition in medical restoration with no O D fraud and no money accepted. It states no connection with medical concerns and requests a self addressed stamped envelope to Lock Box S48 Chicago IL.
An ancient health note claims the apple after the fall of man preserves health. It states when ripe the apple is a globe of health and long life. It acts as a mouth disinfectant, stimulates the liver, aids sleep, assists kidney secretions, prevents indigestion, and guards throat health.
The tank, a melodrama staple, arrives in Paris in a Decourcelle romantic piece presented in five tableaux. A canal lock scene will be built with real water, signaling the novelty of this staging. A Denver man jailed after assaulting his daughter for desiring a bicycle ride warns that opposing a bicycle procession invites trouble.
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