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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1902
Page
2
The Marble Hill Press column surveys a jumble of global and domestic curiosities from a lampooned world. It riffs on Spain’s Alfonso, Peary’s pole dash, Egypt’s cholera, water debts, and water rights, while lampooning politics, crime, and society with pithy, satirical asides.
Laura Kean faces ruined bank funds and a love triangle as Clarence Berry and Ethel Bush plan a spring Klondike journey. Theodore Lackland rebuffs Laura with threats, a bank crash wipes out her savings, and Paul Miller’s letter reveals ruin. The couple marry before heading north, while Laura battles heartbreak and fear over Lackland's menace.
Citizens debate swift punishment after a terrible crime near the Kiowalke stream bank. Gid Myers urges a harsh example as Crack Lash is wounded and others warn against hasty justice amid claims the robbery was not accidental. The scene shifts to public safety tips and eye health advice.
Kentuckian Jenkins pursues ten year old Wallie Basiep amid a tense family dispute. A stray shot from Jenkins strikes the boy in the hip as he fled toward a fence, ending with the youngster dying soon after. The case centers on a contested romance involving Jenkins and the boy’s sister.
Mexican conservator Leopold Batres reports discoveries near Oaxaca including Monte Alban ruins sunk about 3,000 years ago with extinct marine traces. An obelisk similar to Egyptian art and a tomb entrance were found, and Batres will submit a detailed government report. The site sits 130 feet above Oaxaca with monumental temples nearby.
A Boston youth aiming for Harvard works as a bellboy in a Maine summer hotel. He writes the caller that when asked about funeral bouquet cigars or graveyard whiffs he replies no, only spring water. The guest inquires for water and tips a dime, noting locals favor spring water.
A fragment describes a suitor asking a father for consent to marry his daughter. The father reacts with anger, turning red, grabbing the suitor, and throwing him over a banister before the door is slammed.
Mr and Mrs Ghatnes J Pair longtime residents of California were killed when their Mercedes car including a speed of eighty five miles an hour swerved across the road near Bureau and struck an elm. Charles L Fair, Virginia born in 1867, and heir to a vast estate, died as a passenger. The accident follows a five day stay at Trouville where they watched races and planned travel to Paris.
Robert A. Remington of New York died by his own hand at a Newport club last week. The incident shocked Newport and New York society, linked to the broken engagement with Miss May Van Alen daughter of James J. Van Alen and granddaughter of Mrs. Astor. Financial troubles and alleged mental imbalance cited by the Van Alen family as factors. Remington, son of Edward Remington of Philadelphia, briefly practiced law before entering advertising with his brother as Remington Bros. He met Miss Van Alen in Europe two years ago.
Reverend Nathan H. Downing who led the Presbyterian church effort among the freedmen in the South for twelve years died recently at Lake Harbor Michigan. After the Civil War he and his wife organized and placed schools with many teachers, chiefly in North and South Carolina, Sumter in Washington DC area serving as the Head. The narrative notes Barnum's advertising stunts and funny animal ploys used to garner attention in Bridgeport and New York advertising circles.
The article notes smoking norms in Giam with cigarettes and betel nut used by men while women and children refrain. Tobacco is mild and smoked slowly with carriers chewing and stowing partially smoked cigarettes in car lobes, relighting hours later. An American clerk carries a pen for work.
Mr. Palmer of Joplin Missouri, fifer for the drum corps, plays a fife once worn by his grandfather through the war of 1612. He notes he served in the Civil War and hopes his grandson can play it in a country still united and expanding amid grand human achievements.
A fragment captures a tense scene with a character seeking ale while others glare and threaten. The exchange hints at hostility and a looming confrontation, but details are scarce in the clipping.
The fragment mentions a department and bets cases a salary thereto with unclear names and roles. Readable elements include references to a Lindon chute manager and Renate, but the OCR is fragmentary and lacks clear events or outcomes.
Miss Vivien Sartore becomes the bride of Predartek, a cousin of the president, in Coburg Ontario. The ceremony followed an engagement in June 1901 and the bride’s preparation previously reported.
An officer explains using dogs as carrier messengers during campaigns in the Northweet. Dogs were taken from each unit and sent to other settlements with papers on their collars to relay official communications to headquarters when soldiers could not pass through surrounding tribes.
Luther R Marsh a noted lawyer and jurist who once partnered with Daniel Webster died in his 90th year. Born April 4 1814 in Pompey New York he studied at Pompey Academy and Partridge Military School Middletown Conn admitted to the bar in Albany in 1856 Marsh gained high reputation and wealth and in later years embraced spiritualism as a devoted believer in supernatural manifestations
A publication promotes tincture of Peruvian bark as a cure for drunkenness. The article claims a person should take a teaspoonful every two hours to destroy the craving, suggesting the tincture draws the bark’s properties to erase the taste for liquor. The claim notes the remedy is seldom believed or tried.
Ry B Whipple of Minnesota arranged a ten bell chime cast in Baltimore for the Cathedral of Our Merciful Savior in Faribault Minnesota. Each bell bears an inscription and is said to have superior tone. The chime can play one hundred tunes.
A published diagram shows the head of a mosquito in magnified detail, focusing on the central proboscis and mouthparts, highlighting how the insect’s anatomy appears when enlarged for study.
The text lists naval power standings with the United States at the top, detailing counts of battleships and tonnage. It cites figures like 348,294 tons and 176,185 tons for certain ships and mentions several battleships and fleets in a comparison across nations.
Obituary notes Prof Behenk a leading bryologist who taught at the university for twenty one years and published key embryology works shaping the field. The report praises his long devotion to science and laments his death amid family and professional losses. A second feature urges teaching girls to swim highlighting safety and curriculum inclusion.
Announcement from Cleveland states Mrs Helen Rockefeller is engaged to Mr Walter Bowler. Miss Rockefeller, aged twenty years, is the youngest daughter of Frank Rockefeller and son John D. Rockefeller. Herman
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