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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1891
Page
2
An editorial voice argues free schools defend religious liberty against sectarian push, praising nonchurch education as the stronghold against inferior literature and urging higher public taste and criticism. It discusses education, labor, and the need for practical experience alongside study, plus reflections on urban housing and colonial power shifts.
Fragmentary verse piece reflecting on love, fear of death, and enduring truth. Poem hints at youthful creed and consoling hopes rising beyond fear, with lyrical imagery of breath and belief in broadening truth.
Exhausted French troops waited in rain for orders as two days of fighting ended. In a nearby chateau the marshal played billiards, winning his game as hundreds fell in the field, the army awaiting orders while battle raged.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows a gray haired proprietor and cashier debating whether to promote James despite the man’s heart trouble. They decide against a raise for now, fearing medical advice and seeking to do the proper thing while delaying action.
At a station a young man hurries to catch a departing train. He recalls his overnight bag and searches for his beloved, only to kiss another girl on the platform. An angry reaction erupts from the real owner of the kiss as passengers gasps and the train pulls away.
A distorted OCR fragment references a teacher urging a listener to discover the advantages of a great benefit, mentioning an advent of benevolence and a perceived novel doctrine. The readable text is limited and lacks clear names or events.
An irregular pyramid of hewn logs once formed the officers quarters of Fort Dearborn in Chicago. Built in 1816, the timber walls stood near the lakefront and witnessed Indian wars, cholera outbreaks, and Black Hawk era alarms. Notable residents and colonial figures loom in the tale of Chicago’s oldest post.
A description of early lamp experiments by Argand, detailing a table scene where an oil flask broke at the bottom, revealing a long necked tube. The fragment hints at a pivotal accident in attempts to increase lamp light output.
The passage notes that many great discoveries credited to human genius emerged from accidents. It cites examples like sugar, calico printing, and vulcanization of rubber as among the accidental breakthroughs that shaped progress.
Dr William E Hughes of Philadelphia and Lt Peary's Arctic expedition report the Valley Hills near Valley Forge Chester County hosting over 600 black cap heron nests. The site exceeds previously recorded nests, with many fledglings, and disturbs local farmers due to noise and guano.
Haydn’s Dictionary links old London names Lyn den and Llyndin to a lake city. Tradition says London sprang from Brite a descendant of neds untented Troynovant until Lud built walls and named Caer Lud. Some claim a city on this spot 1107 years B C and Romans later founded Londinium in A D 6.
A Valley City horse named A High Horse measures 19 hands tall about 6 feet 4 inches at the withers with legs spanning 28 feet 6 inches to the body. The creature reportedly dwarfs a six foot man and stretches about 14 to 17 feet long from nose to tail depending on measured corners.
A collage of humorous snatches and wry quotes from various papers and editors. It catalogs quips about politics, etiquette, jokes, and daily gibes, including remarks on Nixon, tea, jokes failing to land, and a light mockery of social pretensions.
The piece surveys oath traditions from ancient Greece and Rome to Jewish, Arab, and English roots, noting how oaths invoked gods, sacred sites, or personal stakes. It traces shifts from solemn sanctions to later corruption, with examples from Kings Louis IX to Henry IV and others.
The article traces glasses origin from Roger Bacon and Alexander Botnla to 1240 and 1919, credits Paris scientists Scheffler and Giraud for modern practice, notes materials like glass and Brazilian pebble, and asserts glasses have alleviated more misery than other human efforts through improved sight.
In a drawing room lecture on American history fashionably late attendees arrive as a cohort of petti coats. A protest by a grandmother is noted while a sharp remark from a young woman mocks punctual society’s lax manners. The piece cites Kate Field’s Washington on manners and time.
A western divine lectures his son about entering business in New York. He warns against fighting yet urges self-reliance, saying the unfailing man is the one whipped. The exchange ends with the son asking how to choose the right man, and the father replying that the other is the right one.
An old Harney Valley ranchman habitually hauls water at midday to save the supply, enduring sun and effort to preserve the scarce resource.
A Victorian era snippet reports a dance ritual called skipping or dancing partners in which a man and a woman pair off, gesture and move around the hall while chosen by a host. The piece notes invitations, postures, and eventual acquaintance leading to romance, with youth in red and maid in green participating.
A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent reports on Italian island prisons housing several hundred inmates. Lockups occur at sunset and daybreak with midday releases for farm workers. Prisoners may roam freely during open hours under director approval, while violations incur seclusion. Doctors, clothes, and 10 cents daily are provided. security is tight with soldiers and a swift felucca. The open air yields healthier prisoners, surrounded by honest locals, reinforcing humane treatment and social reintegration.
Mrs. Madison, widow of a president and wealthy planter, owned property and supported her son Payne Todd who squandered a fortune. The son, raised at the White House, lingered in idleness, later spent money in Virginia estates, and caused his mother’s ruin. After her death, two years later, he died of typhoid fever, cared for by the family staff.
A note on meteorite impact speeds describes how even the fastest cannon balls barely raise air temperatures beyond extreme heat. The text discusses air heating and shock effects during high velocity entries, illustrating the intense energy involved in meteorite motion.
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