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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1902
Page
3
A Kansas City reader reports seven years of kidney and digestive illness linked to a neglected cold. After nine months on Peruna she claims complete cure and urges others to write for guidance. The letter quotes Dr Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium offering further advice.
The Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route offer one way Colonists and Ber thers to California and North Pacific Coast points and to Missouri Arkansas Indian and Oklahoma Territories Texas on the flat and third Tuesdays each month from October 21 to April 11 at one half the standard first class fare plus $1.00. Inquire at nearest agent or write H C Townsend St Louis.
The article blends humorous maxims with news from New Providence Indiana about Helen Moon, a three year old cured from dropsy after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. Doctors once despaired, but her health fully returned. The piece notes the doctors’ astonishment at her recovery and mentions an item titled Most Valente is Fesris claimed as the world’s largest and most valuable pearl.
Block granite rectangular structure with immense copper doors on four sides resembles a simplified Grant monument. Estimated completion cost is $100,000.
An American commander in charge of Panamanian neutrality duties, H. C. McLean of Cincinnati, has been granted broad authority to safeguard neutral passage through the canal region. Despite no expected hostile actions, he is prepared to take action against Colombian or revolutionary forces if needed, relying on his long service in the U S Navy to justify the trust placed in him. Separately, Tom Ochiltree recalls addressing a homeward-bound crowd when a constituent announces Henry Bacon’s suicide at the station, prompting the crowd’s surprised reaction.
A packed Metropolitan Opera House welcomed Pietro Mascagni for his New York debut. The crowd surged with applause as Mascagni bowed repeatedly after the performance, marking a triumphant entrance in the country.
Chester Alan Arthur, son of the late President Arthur, returns to the United States with his wife and sister after residing in Europe. They plan to settle permanently in New York. Mrs. Arthur is described as a California heiress and was previously prominent.
The article notes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle insists publishers not use his knighthood in book titles, viewing it as an honor for his South African surgery work rather than as an author. It also mentions a French statistician estimating 2,890,000 cows in the civilized world and butter yield of 2,640,009 tons per year.
A historic account notes passenger pigeons form immense breeding colonies in trees, building platform nests from twigs and roots. The species is large with flat plumage, rapid flight, and vast congregations. ranges from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, with multiple birds nesting in single trees and woods spanning tens of miles.
Anarchists threaten to assassinate Dowager Empress Maria Dagmar of Runeia now in Copenhagen with her father King Christian. Police take strict precautions as Italian anarchists are reported to be en route to Denmark. Russian agents have been brought in to assist Danish police.
Report describes elephants securing and piling teak logs in Rangoon yards, using ropes, teeth, and tusks to move heavy loads with apparent intelligence. It notes their method of dragging logs and lifting lighter pieces, while briefly discussing astronomy references and moon phases.
The Swarthmore Bachelors Club devises a yearly marry-off scheme where the member drawing the shortest straw can propose to three women, with penalties of leaving the borough or suicide if no marriage occurs within a year. The description contrasts with old time mackerel fishing scenes at sea showing sailors seizing fish and packing barrels.
A payment of five thousand dollars was made for the drinking glass used by the late Empress of Austria during the wasters of Langen Schwalbach near Wiesbaden.
Retired farmer John J. Scharshug of Aurora Wisconsin reports kidney relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He says the medicine cured him years ago with no recurrence and endorses a free trial offer by Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York. The ad notes price 60 cents per bottle and requests mail applications for the free trial.
A collage of late 19th and early 20th century clippings notes exchanges yielding credit, a Lyon County Missouri tone, a Henderson Kentucky remark, and New Holland Ohio insights. It highlights female education progress at Bryn Mawr and quotes M Carey Thomas on marriage and gender roles in colleges.
A garbled passage blends social musings on marriage gender roles and success with a report on public salaries. Governor Taft’s $20,000 pay and other civil officials’ salaries appear alongside references to Dr. Charles Nichols and a claim about habitual drunkenness affecting divorce rulings.
A fragmentary news item describes a New Year Mass in Paris at Saint Germain L Auxerrois opposite the Louvre, conducted by Cardinal Richard with judges of the higher courts present, referencing the massacre of St Bartholemew. It also notes unrelated vignettes about a judge in Tarrytown defending himself against a highwayman and various small advertisements and cultural snippets.
A garbled passage reflects on sin and greatness, warning that repeated toil leads to breaking. It muses on respect for wisdom after folly and notes beliefs about money and male success. The say that women are late is touched, and a garden scene with Adem appears unresolved.
The fragmentary text ribaldly questions gallantry and money while referencing a 19th century NY bill to imprison drunkards. It mentions General Pallavicini dying at 17, Berengari in Crimea, and Colorado Senator Thomas M. Patterson, born in Ireland in 1840, with Crawfordsville ties.
A column blends testimonials for Jacobs Oil with anecdotes of a duel between Italian officers over a dog quarrel. It notes historical Saturday ominously affecting English kings and mentions Palmer’s Colorado sanitarium donation. Also references a missionary near Herschel Island and a late October dated letter from him.
The piece notes German East Africa’s negroes adopting European goods and manners with markets showing tea and sugar use and women wearing European clothes. It also reports the engraving office completing a Roosevelt portrait vignette for possible future use on money, based on the best recent photos. It closes with a Kipling anecdote about a maiden mistaking him for tall and handsome.
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