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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1897
Page
3
The piece recalls a duelling pistol in a collector’s museum beside a pestle used for making pills. It critiques era medicine that coaxed the liver with sugar pills rather than remove obstructions, urging readers to take the advertised “pill that will” when the liver needs aid.
A traveler remarks on a booming town seen from freight cars and misreads Capacity 40 000 as Capa City. The joke sparks laughter as a girl decodes the sign. An unrelated ad touts No To Hac quit tobacco remedy and a grim quip ends with a macabre line about death rites.
A quirky ad column praises the value of the advertisements and suggests readers enjoy the “highly interesting study” found in the notices. It mentions reliable advertisers and cheekily notes “Young and Goldsmith” and the phrase women want it all, hinting at light local commerce vibes.
A challenged Irishman and a lame man with crutches attempt a duel at 100 feet. The lame man asks to lean on a mile stone, then on the next one. The Irishman balks, asks to lean on the second mile post, and the party returns home without a shot fired. Also notes a grain-based coffee substitute grain-o offered in stores.
A parish tale recounts a minister who prays lightly for a difficult dead man after the widow asks him to omit further judgment. The aged pastor grants a cautious hush, noting the deceased’s family support but deeming further critique unnecessary amid memories of a kindly household.
A Civil War era Irish recruit in Nashville milks a comic guard duty exchange over a countersign, while a separate Italian tale notes how a leech in a bottle supposedly predicts weather. The leech behavior signals fair, rain, wind, and thunderstorm as trusted household omen.
Fragmentary dialogue parodies medical ads and travel costs with mock wisdom. The text mocks medical rhetoric with nonsensical phrases and inflated claims about cures and prices.
A garbled OCR dump from a 1906 clipping cites Africa mission figures with 600 missionaries and 400000 converts, mentions martyrs and a personal cure, then devolves into disjointed phrases about clothing, bottles, collectors, and random events with no clear narrative or cohesive items.
In a snowy midwinter scene Patsy Noonan asks for help from the Helping Hand Aid Society. The Irish boy, living on Finney’s Court near the Island, inspires reform in his parents after their three months away. The society furnishes a tenement and Patsy’s faith and effort help secure a new life for the family.
A long denunciation of Texas wild horses as nuisance to ranchers cites the New York Herald and describes stampedes and fence jumping. The piece contrasts past value of mustangs as cow ponies with today’s difficulty in selling them and recalls rugged horse endurance and danger to stockmen.
In Europe the Lombardy poplar is viewed as a natural lightning conductor. Doctor Hean’s Swiss tests confirm its conductivity and height, yet advise keeping foliage away from walls and removing nearby metallic objects to maximize protection. Roots should reach moist soil for best effect.
A profile of the National Woman's Relief Corps home at Madison Ohio on the Western Reserve. The Ohio cottage built by the legislature cost 394000 dollars and was dedicated in 1890. The facility covers twenty acres with gardens and a hospital in an adapted building supported by member taxes and donor gifts.
Miss Gertrude Allen, once a Denver Republican figure and city election official, has been indicted on multiple counts of making false election returns while serving as a judge of elections in a Denver precinct. The Lansing dispatch notes alleged forged notes, desertion, and robbery as part of her past, though she claims she merely recorded others’ rolls. The grand jury returned a true bill, targeting her role in falsifying results.
Lazar Greengard living with his son Solomon in St. Louis Missouri is described as the oldest Jew in America at age 104. He is tall and muscular with a flowing beard and a venerable patriarchal bearing, remembered for a long life.
In Boston a beautful young stenographer Miss Alice M. Barrett was found dead after an electrical shock in her office. A bullet wound in her left side changed the belief from suicide to murder, as police and family dispute the cause amid rumors of a loan and a likely robbery attempt by a peddler.
In Brazil markets live snakes measuring ten to fifteen feet are common. They are used by hovines to hunt rote at Hlaht, though generally harmless. They attach to a hovee when a dog is fed a cale.
A history item notes the typical expense for an Atlantic steamship trip from New York to Liverpool ending at about $75,000 in modern terms. The remark emphasizes high travel costs for transatlantic passages and reflects historic shipping economics.
An article notes global crustal movements as the north circumpolar regions rise while Greenland’s coast sinks near Disco. It cites historic land elevations, submerged cities in the Arabian Sea, and a long cycle of surface changes driven by subterranean forces. The piece also advertises TR70 Clima Brandy by Speer N. J. Wine Co. as a superior pure grape distillation medicinally superior to many French brandies.
Induction describes three year old Ray visiting Miss D- who has started housekeeping and aims to master it. Ray rejects a cooley after one bite and later asks for his mother. The Tail asks if his mother is sick or if she ate that cookey, with Miss b- recounting the tale as likely good faith rather than news.
A garbled ad copy touts an amolarious antidote claimed to defend against miasma born diseases and kidney troubles. It extols inhaled venom and water imbibing as preventive measures and eradicants. A stray dialogue fragment about compliments follows the medical pitch, noting a marriage remark and a joke about complexion.
A garbled text fragment references a band in another field and poor expectations. It mentions education, candy, and a refund, with scattered mentions of a young man's mustache and disappointments. The readable content is sparse and lacks coherent events or clear entities.
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