The Marble Hill Press Snapshots a World in Brief
A satirical jumble notes a Burgin Kentucky strike with no carload of matches ignited by friction. It mentions China's yarn trade and its phonetic complexity, Celia Thaxter as a noted writer, and critiques Army etiquette after a nose injury to Colonel Crofton. It also ponders pneumatic weapons and a push for modern roads shifting toward rail lines and electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgin
Crofton
Fifteenth Infantry
Brazilian Prosperity and Railway Purchases Signal Growth
The report notes sixty new first class locomotives from American works heading to Brazil, highlighting cheaper railway equipment in the Brazilian market over English imports. Hawaii royalists discuss restoration of the queen, but Britain’s noninterference is expected. The misnaming of W B Howells in press coverage is mocked, and Nicaragua’s arrest of American and British residents hints at tensions with possible national prop to Nicaraguan officials.
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Thither
England
Hawaii
Great Britain
Nicaragua
United States
Apples scarce this year may boost farm profits
Apples are likely to be scarce in England and Europe, with heavy drop failures in local crops. Farmers are urged to save and use the entire harvest. A Brooklyn school vaccination rule caused a principal to bar two pupils. the suit to admit them went to the state supreme court, Judge Bartlett ruling in favor of the principal, likely setting a statewide law.
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England
Europe
Brooklyn
Supreme Court of
Bartlett
Rebecca and the hatpin scandal on the Sappho yacht
In a Paris salon tale, Mme Manchaballe recalls a summer yacht party aboard the Sappho where Rebecca’s tale of a missing hatpin leads to a staged masque of romance. A wealth of names and a humorous misreading set the scene of gossip and high society flirtation.
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Rebecca
Mme. Manchaballe
A Certain Symptom and Local Rumors
A fragment from a Chicago Inter Ocean item mentions a joke about a symptom and a scene with Freddie observing visitors to Mrs. Smith, sparked by Robbie washing his hands. A second fragment notes a janitor's wife overheard or observed in the apartment, followed by a line about dreaming.
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Mamma
Freddie
Swashes on the Lakes Rise Sudden and Silent
An elderly Lake Eria skipper recalls dramatic lake tidal waves on the Great Lakes. He describes waves with a blistering hiss rather than roar, cites events from 1764 off Rockport to Port Stanley and Toledo, and notes a famed 1445 Lake Superior swell near Copper Harbor. Waves often strike with calm surfaces, affect limited shorefronts, and vary in height from eight to over twenty feet.
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Great Lakes
Lake Eria
Chicago Times
Lake Erie
Rockport
Bradstreets
Port Stanley
Toledo
Canada
Utter Creek
Father
Kettle Creek
Otter Creek
Dr. Foster
Lake Superior
Copper Harbor
Eagle River
Lake Michigan
Menominee
Orchids Bring High Stakes to Collectors and Auctions
Chambers' Journal notes remarkable orchid fortunes from green stem varieties yielding golden blooms to shared pieces worth thousands. Baron Schroeder and Sir Trevor Lawrence figures appear among buyers. rare odontoblossums and cattleya variants inflate prices, with single bulbs and tiny leaves fetching or promising vast sums in private sales and public auctions.
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New Vork
Chambers’ Journal
Baron Schroeder
Measure
Trevor Lawrence
England
Pictures and Painters From Old Masters
Holbein began painting altar pieces at sixteen in Basle while Hogarth earned a living engraving coats of arms. Durer, son of a goldsmith, apprenticed to a draughtsman. Fra Bartolomeo related to Raphael and may have finished works sketched by him. Orcagna’s Last Judgment in Pisa’s Campo Santo was once believed greatest. Van Dyck’s skill said unmatched in rendering sitter features and hands. Raphael’s canvases often show visible pen strokes beneath thin paint. Cimabue Madonna in Santa Maria Novella was carried to church with pomp. Murillo died from a fall while admiring a finished work in Cadiz. Michael Angelo, great in painting, sculpture, and architecture, studied anatomy twelve years to paint figures properly. His Julius II monument and tomb had grand plans and later modification and placement.
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Holbein
Basle
Hogarth
Durer
Fra Bartolomeo
Raphael
Orcagna
Campo
Julius II
St. Peter Io
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Tom Allen
Editwer and
Marble Hill
Missouri
China
Celia Thaxter
Sandy Hook
William Deas Howes
Associated Press
W. B. Howells
Om Mancila- Baile
Band Opera
Paria
Mere de
Mme
M. L
Mme. M
Richard
Des Esbrouffettes
Jove
Duke ofAreole
Sappho
Maisons Laffitte
Ile Fleurie
Young Des Esbrouffettes
M. de la Pallardiere
Count d'Alkauve
de la Paillardiere
Esbrouffettes
Marshal McMahon
Republic
D'Arcole
Seine
Louis
Coung Des Esbrouffettes
Yacht Club
Paris
Mme. Mandraballe
Todd
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