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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1902
Page
2
A garbled OCR page blends assorted bits from early press, noting diamonds valued at $300,000,000 and explorers in coal shortages. It references Peary and polar talk, opera box prices, matrimonial agency gaffes, divorces, navy talk, and society scoops, all in a brisk, era-tinged collage.
The fragmented text outlines proposed constitutional amendments in Missouri concerning school funding, municipal debt, and taxation. It references districts, counties, and cities, outlining rates, limits, and procedures for voter approval, bond issuance, and revenue use for municipal and educational purposes.
A garbled, antiquarian collection of aphorisms and moral adages appears, mixing proverbs about money, prudence, punishment, time, and fortune with scattered, unreadable fragments and invented spellings from an old newspaper clipping.
A quirky old text links hair color and style to personality traits. It claims crisp curly hair signals hasty impetuousness, black hair shows power with a tendency toward contrast, harsh upright hair indicates reticence and stubborn cruelty, straight grey black hair with beard marks straightforward toughness, fire hair suggests refined sensibilities, auburn hair supposedly marks high antimert and intense thought and pain capacity.
A fragmented passage muses on quick promises and duties to God. It weaves odd aphorisms about Christ, reading, Providence, and the costs of wealth, ending with a clipped note on business as a curse when one is too busy to pause.
Amid snow covered wilderness Paul Miller and a captain face starvation and peril. A dog with a collar becomes a courier, delivering a message to aid from a distant ally as they survive blizzards and hunt a moose. Laura awaits in Alaska as a ship arrives bringing tense reunions and dark pasts.
Virginia Menapaper describes a remarkable appearance seen in Norfolk with an eastern sky showing a golden crown shaped light and a bright star. The phenomenon traveled from the south to the east, leaving a glowing trail as it faded behind clouds above the city.
The Insular government and scientists urged residents to return to the Pelee area near Fort de France after a supposed end to danger, leading to renewed catastrophe as the volcano erupted. The policy left hundreds exposed and harmed by the disaster.
The text recounts Theodore Hallam recalling a burglar defense story as prosecutors question a defendant’s wife on marriage and life choices. It also discusses the word pate meaning the crown of the head with references from Shakespeare Pope and the Bible.
Two elaborately carved white marble tombstones mark the graves of Nae Ban and Zan and Chike, Japanese spaniels owned by Miss Buried. The dogs died in Washington in April and were moved to the Letters home at Geneva Tennessee where their graves are tended daily with ornate stonework.
Fragmented Missouri pieces recall tales of life in small towns. References to Bere wit and Trenton mix with local names like D L Thor and Ben Jose Cal. The report mentions marriages, fairs, bands, revivals, odd crimes, and quirky anecdotes from Maryville to Willow Springs, with scattered notes on schools, churches, and agriculture.
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