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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1891
Page
3
On April 1 E and Stoddard of Monroe City Missouri sowed four acres in alfalfa clover to test adaptation. A single hay crop appeared, with a late observation noting a thirty one inch length yield. The piece also advertises Chicago Sunday Press boy employment and mourning stationery trends with plain white envelopes sealed in black wax as preferred.
A fragmentary notice describes a novel about renewed strength for Alfred Apear of Presa NJ after a log Speer episode. It also advertises a low crowned sailor hat as ideal for outings, with Mrs Jack Tar or Miss Gill Tar styled in striped attire and white flannel, ready for yachting or sailing expeditions.
From Far Away Japan Some of the Latest Fashions examines gowns at Ascot wear and Princess of Wales attire in gray satin with lilies of the valley. It notes velvet trimmings, peau de soie capes, and Me rck collars, alongside German Empress routines and Prince walking in various weathers. It also covers gloves trends, mantles with ribbons, and lace details, plus Mrs. Goulds dressing case and home life in Irvington and royal preferences.
A garbled report notes Mrs J C Ayer renting a hotel in Paris and using a courier to guard her dowry jewels and wine aboard, with references to her home in Leng Fae and listed travel items. The fragment hints at travel, wealth, and security but lacks clear events or dates.
A fragmentary note reports a new item at Seaalapsie during summer. details are unclear but suggests a local display or sale. The text mentions a mantis and unfamiliar terms, indicating a damaged OCR passage with limited readable facts.
Lillian Russell owns a dressing-case filled with gold items and keeps most of the rest in a safe deposit. She travels lightly, taking only essentials while desiring every piece to match. At her town flat the case sometimes lies open, revealing a dazzling display of gold backed trinkets.
An article surveys current fashion notes from stockings to hats and hair color. It describes extravagant hat trims, wide brims, and silk cloaks, with emphasis on ostrich feathers, white monocelline soles, and brown straw hats. It notes whites hair as a fashionable future trend and discusses color choices for stationery and gowns.
A London anecdote tells of a canary reared by its mistress who learned to speak and whistle. After an abandoned chick was raised by hand, the bird learned to say Kiss me dear Minnie and other phrases, and to whistle God Save the Queen. Other accounts include a 1833 London canary and Gray’s Pall Mall coffee house bird that could whistle twenty tunes. Lady Sandwich sought the bird, but Lord Peterborough swapped birds, fueling tales of loyalty and the king’s departure.
A refined Paris cafe regular avoided payment for a year while the proprietor served him coffee and rolls. When the man vanished, he repaid with twelve crates of coffee and sugar, a note from a Martinique planter explaining his financial troubles and gratitude for the host’s year of indulgence.
A Seneca Missouri man created a steam catapult that hurled a five pound missile a mile. After loading 800 missiles, a test struck a hotel roof shocking guests who feared hail. A second shot hit a man in the abdomen, collapsing him, prompting residents to arm themselves and march toward an old mill.
Miss Jane Osgood of Norwich Connecticut hosted a cat party at her luxurious home to honor Milo and other salon beauties. About a score of cat owners attended with their pets, invitations printed on linen highlighted the fashionable gathering.
A paper features a picture of a sleek cat at the head of the card. The cats quickly became acquainted within half an hour and then shared a feast comprising various kinds of flab and other viands.
A Georgian era brisk note explains trap door spiders building brood nests as homes and nurseries. Mother spider cocoons hatch hundreds of spiderlings, which wander and establish miniature burrows nearby. Cannibalism rumors are dismissed as unproven, while instinct drives early life and nest replication. The piece blends natural history with occasional stray anecdotes.
A historical note compares soldiers' stops by army, citing German soldiers with 40 centimeter stops and French Austrian Belgian Swedish soldiers averaging 74 centimeters. It also mentions the original Emancipation Proclamation draft lost in the 1871 Chicago fire and Lincoln handwriting confirming emancipation in C. F. Gunther's Chicago collection.
An inventor in Black Rock New York attaches an automatic musical instrument to a bicycle and seeks a patent. A jeweler-turned-inventor develops a sleeping car ladder of leather tubes for upper berths. An Italian engineer proposes a downhill train power system that compresses air to drive the locomotive uphill and enable control. Freddie Burke, twelve, of Robinson Maine, carves a violin from a rock maple after felling the tree, then performs a tune for a caller while his sixty six year old father dances nearby.
A collection of perplexing figures and anecdotes from a historical newspaper page. Mentions 70 million bushels to Europe yearly, a Japanese source bringing fans, molders in San Francisco moving east, a Detroit to Canada tunnel at 489 per foot, cod catches in Newfoundland, large cotton mill employment in Massachusetts, rising New York unemployment, a watch face light via electricity, large Jewish expulsions from St Petersburg and Moscow, New York District Assembly expected to reach 60,000 members, seven million two hundred thousand dollars in weekly gold exports, Central London railway workmen trains, Belgian laborers gaining voting rights, Pennsylvania steel and iron output shares, and nickel and coin values.
July and August feature over three hundred Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota South Dakota resorts near lakes, reachable by the CMStP line. They range from formal dinners to casual wear, with many fine fishing lakes. Northwest shooting grounds promise good Knack Chickens, ducks, geese, and deer hunting information available free from agents.
A travel advertisement extols the Chime St Paul & Kansas City Railway for Northwest travelers linking Duluth Minnetonka White Lake Denver and Colorado Springs with transcontinental connections. It touts comfortable Compartment Sleeping Cars and courteous service while urging inquiries to company agents.
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