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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1889
Page
3
A fragment from a satirical piece on women as detectives via the telephone, depicting the anonymous operator's view of gossip and secrets in town life. The piece lampoons early telephone culture with playful, stylized sound lines and social intrigue among patrons.
Inspector Brynes uses women as detectives, a practice opposed by tradition but yielding surprising results. A bold widow charmed the force, shadowing a suspect yet proving profitable for her, while customs officers expose smuggled goods via fashion accessories. A Boston correspondent reports a remarkable medium sought by professors and clergymen, residing in a secluded, genteel home that tempts visitors.
A cautious observer recounts encounters with a prominent medium who offered detailed past life and future guidance. The account mentions a Boston room reading, a claim about a writer, and a prediction about a young English actor whose father would be found dead via a cablegram on his table.
Belva A. Lockwood surveys French women across classes, noting beauty, aging, and liberty after marriage. She contrasts upper class decline due to late hours and wine with boisterous outdoor labor shaping lower class women, and highlights Parisian women merchants and legal privileges in business contracts.
A humorous piece recalls a Boston restaurant where a refined waiter corrects manners and pronunciation. The narrator endures patient, comic discipline over a napkin, spoon, and fork moment, concluding with a witty preference for the fork over a spoon amid the waiter’s stern gaze. Also brief notes on the Princess and Prince of Wales shaping manners for their daughters.
A long reflective piece discusses agricultural fairs as crowded mixed attractions that prize both farm products and displays, noting failures to balance entertainment with instruction and urging farmer organization including monthly county sale days to trade livestock and stock. It also offers practical cultivation tips for timothy hay, livestock care, and home crafts, with recipes and seasonal farming guidance.
Reports from many California sections indicate a large coming almond crop. The trees are loaded and bids point to a yield somewhat above last season.
Chicago report details the Louisiana State Lottery prize fight over a $15,000 winning ticket. Lena Lurie claims half interest bought with Ike’s cousin Robert Lurie, provoking state action to forfeit the prize. An injunction halted payments while Ike remains in possession, with plans for a jewelers business after summer.
An enterprising Chicago man mailed envelopes marked Court Summons to lure recipients into opening them. The tactic drew complaints from New York businessmen who feared the ominous tag suggested legal trouble for the addressee. Postmaster Van Cott queried Washington to determine if such marked envelopes can be deemed unmailable.
A well known man recently in Norway recounts a method where confirmed drinkers are treated as criminals. In confinement they are fed bread soaked in wine for hours. Initially repugnant, the bread soon pleases the palate and then an aversion to wine grows, leading to a rapid easing of drunkenness.
A garbled tale merges a woodsman, a guiding lye, and a journey toward a radiant landmark. The narrative shifts to a bustling scene with Wiscomsia Central shouted by passersby, a lawyer weighing divorce, stage ambitions, and Lord Lonsdale’s remarks about the North Mole amid a quiet Pole bay.
The Santa Fe Route announces reduced fares from Chicago to Kansas Colorado Indian Territory Texas and other western regions with sale dates August Hand 20 September 10 24 and October 4. Inquiries are directed to John J Byrne Assistant General Passenger Agent Santa Fe Route Chicago. Also mentions unrelated ads for Dobins Electric Soap and Dr Kline’s nerve remedy and a local social note about Fogg and a Miss Spilkins.
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