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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1920
Page
9
The garbled text presents a mix of political candidate names for governor and other state offices, a public election notice on animal control in Hollinger county, and county court actions. It includes ballot forms for Bollinger county Missouri, a sheriff sale notice, and assorted ads for clothing and groceries.
Notice is given for sealed bids to furnish 40 cords of 4 foot wood to the Marble Hill Missouri courthouse. Bids due October 8 1920 at 12 o'clock by the county court clerk. Wood may be oak hickory ash or maple and bids accepted in increments of at least 10 cords. The court reserves the right to reject any or all bids. This 21st day.
A large turnout greeted the Good Roads campaign caravan here on Monday with a marine band, speeches by road boosters, and an evening picture show. The event served as instruction and entertainment before the caravan continued to Patton. John F. Myers returned home after spending the summer in Michigan.
A fragmentary report notes Lester Howe discovering a cavern near Alans, West Virginia, called Ostenrages Cove. It lies about four miles from the surface and includes rooms named Reception, Washington Hall, Welidal chamber, and a chapel. The cave extends to a depth near 12 miles with passages and chambers described as part of a continental network.
In Cincinnati and four other sites steel is treated by oil hardening. A 50,000 pound steel shaft, the largest piece treated, moved through the method at a Car city plant. The shaft, part of a dredging project, cost about 17,009 dollars and was heated upright before being lowered into a boiling oil bath.
Archeologists study a prehistoric lion carving found near Vere Cras. Efforts to trace origin fail as the creature resembles an African lion more than a North American mountain lion, deepening the mystery of this little known relic.
A woman's invention for gas stoves in Goa uses a weight on the burner to keep a valve open, letting gas burn full. When the weight is removed the valve closes to cut off gas except a small amount to support the pilot light, saving fuel and reducing waste.
Fragmentary account describes the discovery of a holy cross by Rueprese’s mother of Constantine the Great and a Jewe who aided the crow from the convicent. It recounts alleged powers of repmelering and the Jerweaivw event, with campaigns across the Prae coast toward the Adriatic to quell tensions.
The article describes a marked transition from planchette to the Ouija board, noting how the pencil traces messages as believers claim spirits answer questions. It contrasts devout adherents who see spirit control with skeptics who treat it as a parlor game and amusement.
A terse critique contrasts reverence for Browne with ignorance of Cobbett and laments shallow literary sustenance. The author mocks reliance on contemporary lists of forthcoming works and complains about lack of new poems and sermons, labeling the approach as stupidity.
A 19th century inventor claims a new chemical and application method can prevent almost all motion picture film from igniting. The device surrounds the projector with a tubing ring fed from a iron tank of chemical via a valve near the operator. Instant protection is claimed, per Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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