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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1897
Page
2
A collage of notes from Marble Hill Missouri and abroad. The column cites weather postponements and social quirks, mentions a Covington horse swap convention, Queen Wilhelmina’s plans, and a Hamburg meeting with Emperors William and Humbert. It discusses American rail steel in Japan, Sir Isaac Holden, and German cooperative insurance with figures for 1898. It ends with a curious polemic on college life and etiquette.
Ohio gubernatorial candidate WW L Chapman writes to North Robinsons John Vinton Potts, a Bryan Democrat club secretary, answering six queries on art, banking, trusts, labor and capital, single gold standard, and silver coinage. He condemns the gold standard, advocates free silver, rapid payment of national debt, and issuing paper money backed by government credit. He endorses remonetizing silver and calls for direct wealth to the people through a flexible monetary system.
Columbus Ohio September 15 1897 John Vinton Potts secretary The Bryan Eagles Bimetallic Club North Robinson Ohio responds to questions on tariff money trusts labor and capital urging tax fairness private currency limits and government authority condemning injunctions and military power over civil rights.
A compilation of Democratic-leaning opinions critiquing the gold standard and silver purchases, citing Bryan and McKinley, with references to the Bland-Allison act, recent market swings in wheat and corn, and calls to oppose free coinage. Includes mock advertisements and editorials from Decatur and Quincy papers.
An OCR fragment discusses national revenue shortfall and potential Congressional action. It mentions preparations for the regular session, tax officials, and references the Dingley tariff. The text is garbled but indicates fiscal policy debate and revenue measures without coherent detail.
Mr will outline his intended actions if elected mayor of New York as he addresses residents, business leaders, and supporters. He emphasizes public safety, housing, and economic growth while calling for transparent governance and community engagement.
A description of Sir Walter Besant's home Frognal End detailing its grounds, interior, and the author’s tastes. The red house sits on a hill with green lawns and flowering borders. The study opens to garden views, birds are favored, and old stairs, a spinning wheel, and mahogany bureau set the scene.
A Saturday Review critique blasts Siegfried Wagner as degenerate and unfit as conductor at Baireuth. It alleges slovenly playing, lost rhythm, and massacred moments like the Valkyries Ride and the Ride of the Gods prelude. The article questions his intelligence and criticizes his attitude toward English visitors in knickerbockers.
Miss Lyttle, a 23 year old Tennesse native, becomes the first colored woman admitted to a U S bar. Her path includes a Kansas fortune father, Nashville Central College law study, and a Memphis judge ordering Shelby county enrollment. She aims to practice in Topeka and beyond.
The text describes a drawing-room noted for its six large windows with uninterrupted glass. Por Aeres drape the arch dividing the window from the main room, maintaining an unspoiled vista and a sense of cozy comfort despite any snowfall outside.
A fragmented reminiscence describes Napoleon Bonaparte visiting General Kriegg at the Rue Neuve des Capucines office. He appears casual in hat, sash, and sword while grilling Kriegg on army details, contrasting his own reputed warlike intelligence with apparent ignorance of ordinary matters. The scene evokes a public image of the chief in casual scrutiny and control.
In a hot season visitors imitate Wagner’s figures with octogenarian tenors and heavy divas, turning the resort into a fashionable destination. Women adjust costumes for comfort as Amfortas pangs are invoked, prices rise toward Monte Carlo levels, a clergyman preaches on Sundays, and Siegfried Wagner is noted as contriving amid social contrasts.
Reports from Bordeaux describe April and May rains seen to darken the ground with yellow specks. Scientists traced the "sulphur" to pollen from pine forests south and southwest of the city. The pollen rises with wind during the pines flowering season, explaining the phenomenon.
Readers learn of quirky plant and insect life such as Jumping beans and Jumping cocoons. The article notes how a bean containing a pupa hops and rolls as it moves, with the pupa pushing through the bean’s shell. A South African example by Doctor Sharp is mentioned as well.
A special letter outlines wealthy Americans creating private game preserves modeled on European estates. William Whitney starts a Berkshire reserve near Lenox, stocking buffaloes, elk, and antelope while planning a large, multi-species domain with staff and fences. The Adirondacks host a major 20,000 acre preserve owned by Dr. Seward Webb and H. Walter Webb, focused on wild conservation.
A rabbit head found dead near Stonehaven in Scotland is blamed on oversized lower incisors that left the animal unable to feed. In Australia widows perform mournful rites, shaving their heads and applying clay to create a weighted skullcap. In Milan a novel gas lighting system uses an electric locomotive to move along a tiny track beneath gas jets.
An 18-year-old girl Mabel Gemble waved a red petticoat signaling to stop a train from going over a thirty foot embankment into Pine Creek near Williamsport Pennsylvania. An 80-year-old Bannerville Maine man, partially blind and bent for bell life, has recovered his senses without treatment. A Waterville Maine man reported a near drowning after swallowing tobacco chewing bean.
Advertisements promote Grain-O made from pure grains as a cheaper coffee substitute. It closely resembles coffee in taste and costs 14 to 25 cents per package, claiming suitability for children and the most delicate stomachs without distress.
A dated ad offers a dubious ten year cure for vitality with no medical basis and a Chicago lock box address. The piece mocks bad service notes about cold chicken and includes quirky lines about Grannys in Paducah Kentucky and family histories, reflecting a fragmentary newspaper humor style.
John A. Miller of Au Sable Michigan recalls his life being saved by Plao's Cure for Consumption as he asks Col onel about a birthday gift and declines extravagant presents on April 9, 1905.
A garbled text fragment mentions a person named Georgie and Gertrnde. It hints at someone willing to put everything at risk and references a whispered plan or request amid unclear surrounding details. The readable items point to a personal appeal rather than a public event.
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