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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1921
Page
6
Reported in a late 19th or early 20th century style, a woman named Taylor purportedly cured dying patients with a tea remedy and a ritual involving incantations. The account notes her reputation and years of practice, with testimonials from followers who describe revived patients and gratitude.
A fragmented reminiscence piece describes a Missouri backcountry hermit family, their eight-year timeline of poverty and hardship, a late 19th or early 20th century farmstead, and the community’s reaction. It notes the Elliott family, their kinship, and the social structure around land, marriage, and inheritance, with emphasis on self-reliance and rural life.
A chaotic account describes the earliest airplane theft from a hanger at Evanston, with the machine stolen during a stormy night. The pilot Strmmnit is implicated, and the pursuit involved police and a grand jury in Evanston as investigators work to recover the aircraft and determine motive.
In a bizarre domestic horse sale, a brown pony with a white blaze was mistakenly shipped to a buyer. Henry Gifford allegedly authorized the shipment, but the pony belonged to Gifford's boy, upsetting the child who learned the pony was gone. The boy's father seeks to recover the animal, involving long distance telephones and express shipments to locate and return it.
Report describes a midriver operation where forged roulette style ticket stock printed on blank paper is used to bypass a lottery law. Paper appears black, with the center misprinted. Officials recovered most tickets at the margins as the scheme collapsed.
Reports detail a two story crop system praised for land fertilization and increased yields. Farmers across regions test innovative methods, citing higher productivity and prospects of economic gains amid weather and market conditions.
Washington reports scientists and physicians are developing artificial violet and ultraviolet sources to imitate sun therapy. Dr Cotents and colleagues compare quartz mercury lamps with sunlight, noting lamps emit more ultraviolet and shorter wavelengths resembling X rays, while sun includes broader spectral content.
In San Antonio Texas a nine year old American boy clung to a tree for five hours to shield a five year old child above flood waters. Rescuer, battered by wreckage and fuel, was taken to a hospital. the child remained unharmed.
Decter Cobents notes fellow researchers caution that shorter waves may irritate and burn more than longer ones. Meanwhile, Twiry products from California in 1900 were valued at 90 million dollars, reflecting rising market activity and demand.
A Rosbury Massachusetts mother of five reports chronic back pain and weakness eased after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits relief to the remedy and urges other women to try it, citing personal improvement and renewed ability to care for her children.
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