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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1899
Page
3
A New York catalog of old books by a curmudgeonly dealer features mock prose and mock letters. The dealer invites trades and payments, listing bizarre items and demanding payment in kind, arguing the catalog is a peak of eccentric, entertaining writing.
The Buffalo Courier argues that announcing a doctor by professional title in news is advertising of a calling. It suggests skipping titles like Dr and treating all individuals, including Sawhones, Grover Jones, and Sawyer Smith, equally in reports to avoid promotional tone.
Miss De Style declares she needs time and asks Mr Poorchapp to show deep affection in public. He agrees and they plan a two to three week interval to observe Mr Richfello’s reaction.
An old San Francisco Call humor piece notes a shift in outlook as characters Geraldine and Reggy joke about marriage. Geraldine declares no longer anxious, claiming she has joined a light hearted social club called the Don't Worry Society.
In a continued tale, Nona accepts a proposal amid comic misunderstanding. A detective accuses Charles Branscombe of a clever plot involving Miss Branscombe and a string of deceptions. Branscombe vanishes after a hand delivered note states he has gone, leaving no address.
In a fog shrouded mansion a crucial letter vanished from a pocket on the eve of a planned arrest linked to a will dispute. Detective Widdrington seeks the document to seize the will, while a household gathers by the drawing room fire awaiting news and fearing ruin of the plan.
A humorous vent about a morning fly that relentlessly intrudes as sun up nears. The speaker, Mr Gouzleby, describes the fly’s polite yet persistent buzzing and skimming flights that corral a sleepy person into rising early, with vivid, comic detail. The piece ends noting how one stubborn insect can push a person to swear.
An informal talk in a women's club after tea debates whether rapid club participation stems from modern women who work away from home. One speaker, a veteran clubwoman, reveals her husband accepts her busy schedule while they board and she has no children. The dialogue questions if lack of motherhood fuels club activity.
Mr Gillespie of Edinburgh notes a soporific plant found in Russia and America known as stipa. In the Mediterranean coast it is called virgin's flax and used for bouquets. In Texas and New Mexico a related form, stipaviridula, causes cows and horses to sleep and weaken. Sheep seem unaffected. Experiments with extracts on animals yielded varied results and observations on temperament and symptoms.
A narrator recalls Miss Demar at a seaside resort where she captivates admirers yet shuns pursuit. The tale follows her walks to Red Cliff, her fondness for the beach, and a lone, bearded master at the Cedars who unsettles the narrator with his gaze and presence.
The narrator describes Miss Demar nursing M. Auxerre through illness in a storm lit night. A mysterious scarred man on a cliff is later seen in the stairwell dream, and Demar tends him in a rain soaked study with Mogul the hound guiding the way. Afterward the pair share a tender moment and plan a future union witnessed by the narrator.
Curated notes on Hull's Catarrh Cure and a range of literary works by Verne Dryden Auerbach Bellamy Parker and others. The passage also features a comic scene with a treasurer planning an improbable dividend and a director’s humorous response.
A humorous yet scolding account criticizes the station baggageman for preying on passengers and plundering trunks despite locks and arms. It contrasts the drummer, cowboy, and other riders with jovial grotesque detail, noting misdeeds during rail time and lamenting damaged baggage on the road.
A long extract notes Claudot Breneh’s observations on forest influence. Forests keep mean temperature lower than open ground by about a third of a degree, with rainier woodland areas, higher summer evaporation from open ground, and peak forest evaporation in April. South and southwest exposures receive most rainfall. A humorous Chicago Tribune fragment follows about street naming and a mayor named Sampson.
A damaged fragment from the Detroit Tribune notes a scene with Leanne at the start of the second act. Characters debate what to do as tension rises, with a curtain up and actors on stage near a sarge figure.
OM mA offers splendid inducements to home seekers. The Munsco Line reaches the most important localities in the territory and takes you through to Oklahoma City without change of cars. It is the shortest and most desirable route. Write for descriptive literature to Bryan Snyder. Underwood of the Baltimore and Ohio line has a plan to simplify titles of officials. On July 1 changes will be made: Harvey Middleton shifts to technical superintendent in charge of all shops and locomotive construction and repair. David Lee becomes superintendent maintenance of way Trans-Oltra division, and D A Williams will be superintendent of stores.
In a fragmentary Detroit Journal text, Ulysses relays his wanderings while Penelope questions the missing labels on his trunk. The dialogue hints at ongoing doubt and domestic tension as the epic tale is retold in a modern publication snippet.
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