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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1893
Page
2
A diverse 19th century miscellany argues English law in a breach case, rails at cotton and petroleum exports, and jokes about ghostly sightings and naval discipline. It weighs public health ironies, French corpse shows, and praises cows for feeding the rising generation, urging free unlimited cow coinage.
The Humane society promotes brotherhood across faiths and politics, with no tenets it tolerates or endorses. It acts as a universal good Samaritan, aiding the wounded, comforting the afflicted, and feeding the hungry without bias or affiliation.
Elmira reformatories face a legal challenge as inmates with indefinite sentences may be transferred to state prisons. Warden Bradbury’s authority to move a prisoner raises questions since trial and conviction are required by law. The piece also critiques reformatories and notes proposals for practical newspaper training at the University of Pennsylvania.
A wandering observer recalls a shabby-genteel dancing academy on Third Avenue where a "lady assistant" teaches waltzing for three dollars. The narrative follows Miss Kate, a hard luck working girl in the East Side, as she describes dancing for pay, her disdain for masculine vanity, and a glimpse of a life shaped by struggle and resilience.
A vivid scene in a studio shows a young woman Miss Kate listening as a professor introduces a new pupil. The hard faced assistant conducts a disciplined session, declaring two more lessons to reach the required finish before the pair leave the room.
Descriptive voyage along the coraled barrier reef in the Coral Sea near Terra Australis. Vivid scenes show milk white coral bowls, branching antlers, blue-eyed pinnacles, fern like pink and yellow branches, brain coral textures, and an underwater fairy garden as luminous colors bloom with depth and light.
In Great Britain alone the manufacturing sector is described as wielding power equal to the manual labor of 4,000,000,000 men, vastly surpassing the number of men presumed to inhabit the globe, highlighting industrial magnitude and strain.
A cryptic note recalls a past remark about padding and a playful accusation. The speaker cites a person named Mario and a prior moment when the other wore a pair of shoes, framing a lighthearted exchange.
A public demonstration claims a pasteurised cure for consumption. Of ten sufferers, one died, three appear cured, four show improvement, and two gain weight. Thirty physicians test the treatment with medicine kits, while opponents accuse the organizer of violating medical ethics.
A collection of short comic exchanges and dialogues from a stage sketch or radio script. Features characters like Ethel Harold Vincent and Yvonne with teasing dialogue about engagements, manners, and everyday miscommunications. Quick vignettes cover weddings, poverty, fashion, family visits, and local color with punchy one liners.
A Kentucky county court case ends with the owner winning the horse but losing the fee to his lawyer. The defendant explains he must walk ten miles home because he has no horse left after paying the attorney. The judge’s win is overshadowed by the costly fee.
Eastern suburb residents meet with the mayor to block contagious disease hospital plans saying they fear catching illness and hint at their “dove” of suburban humor. The exchange ends with the mayor puzzled by their remark and the crowd’s reaction.
Enormous crowds converge on St Louis for the Columbian celebration with the vast illumination displays and exhibits. Visitors view the city’s largest brewery, drug house, and shoe factory among other mammoth operations. The tenth annual exposition ends October 21 with low-rate rail options for October 12 Spanish Italian day and October 19 Pythian night. Over 75 000 lights blaze across twelve electric panoramas and 40 000 gas lights line principal streets.
In St Denis a wedding was stopped when the registrar discovered the bride listed as Nicolas Webert on the birth register. The couple and guests were stunned as the ceremony could not proceed until the civil records were corrected, delaying the marriage.
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