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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1902
Page
2
A collage of wild items from Marble Hill Press covers a range of topics from a fictional Hessler echoot master to Albania’s deadly viet and pop culture notes. The text references coal shortages, timber use, a Dent Worry Soriety founder quitting work, and various social curiosities.
Miss Helen Gould is made an honorary member of a Binghamton fire company after giving 4000 dollars for a hosehouse, though she is not expected to manage the apparatus. The item also drifts through various satirical notes on royal and social matters, adding a collage of late 19th or early 20th century headlines.
Captain Miller denies kinship to the young captive Paul Miller and refuses to reveal the treasure. Morally steadfast, he resists capture plots as Ned Padgett and Ben Allen threaten harm. Paul and the hermit plot a daring escape from the cavern fortress amid a tense pursuit.
Paul Miller fires on captors in a cavern then grabs rifles pistols and belts of cartridges. The two men seize three pistols, rifles broken, and load pockets with dried meat. They march west guided by stars, hope for Metlakehlans fading, then sleep exhausted. They avoid a camp to escape pursuit and resume travel at dawn.
Review praises Jezebel by Misa Lafayette as a striking retelling that blends biblical text with bold dramatic scenes. Melaws portrays Jezebel as a passionate powerful queen, delivering rapid stirring action and an original, startling conclusion.
The essay argues that stress and breakdowns more often affect small business owners who must do everything themselves. It contrasts railway and bank leaders with small operators, noting that leaders succeed by hiring capable assistants while small shopkeepers bear heavier burdens and risk mental strain.
The account notes Solon Sophocles Pindar Anacreon Xenophon Kant Buf fon Goethe Fontenelle Newton Michelangelo Titian Harvey and others living long or aging productively. It cites Landor Walton Hahnemann Du Polsy and Balman with ages from 80s to 106, claiming Balman as the oldest authenticated age and the oldest Free Mason and Royal College of Surgeons member.
Trustees of a Bucken Germany church posted a notice at the entrance barring poultry and cyclists from entering the churchyard. They say chickens peck grain on graves and riders disturb the sacred space, and the sign will remain indefinitely despite jokes.
A historic note on an elephant’s sense of smell being extremely acute. It is claimed the animal can detect human scent from a distance measured in Leod yards, illustrating remarkable olfactory ability in elephants.
A garbled OCR style notice outlines proposed amendments to Missouri constitution, outlining sections on taxation limits for counties and cities, property valuation, and school districts. It mentions joint resolutions, voter referendums, and a plan to submit amendments at a general election, with specifics on rates, exemptions, and thresholds.
Voters in areas including cities face a proposed amendment to set debt limits for municipal bonds. The measure would restrict indebtedness to state law, require two thirds voter approval to issue bonds beyond cap, and define funds for state university and seminary purposes. The notice outlines voting procedures, deadline, and constitutional amendment framing to finance public buildings and improvements.
A garbled collection of humorous and moralizing old sayings riffs on human folly money luck and time. The phrases mix parodied proverbs with typos and odd spellings reflecting an OCR artifact filled with whimsical misprints and altered motifs.
The text notes that upright hair signals a reticent and stubborn temperament, with a cruel streak implied in the overall portrait of the individual.
A fragmented reading offers a brief moral note on promises and learning from scripture. The text contrasts haste in promising with the long process of understanding God’s book. The piece references perseverance and discernment in a compact aphorism.
A patchwork of county news reports covers complaints about burned fences and coroner inquiries, a plan for a new courthouse at Houville, and a rejected offer to move to Cass county. Also noted are a blooming cherry tree in Sedalia, Warrensburg plans for a $20,000 county house, horse trades in Slater, drought chatter from Shannon county, cattle and calf profits, cucumber yields in Marion county, a Joplin matrimonial ad converting into a marriage, and mining unionization moves in Dear Shelbina.
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