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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
2
The Marble Hill Press from Missouri mentions Castro in a strained critique of U S policy and notes adults must learn the baseball language to relate with their sons while Spanish experts contribute little to U S navy criticism. A Pennsylvania man frightened by a mirror hints at poor headlong practice. A copper half cent dated T8235 sells for 51 dollars, a record price for that coin.
Fragmentary report notes changing styles and diamond imports while mentioning a high earning job and a boy connected to a prank. The text is garbled and references a king Edward night cap, diamonds, and a lieh ted muateh on a hen, lacking coherent events or clear individuals.
A new firm has been organized to recover silver from seawater. The venture notes efforts to obtain gold from the sea were not undertaken by the same group.
A Prrookiyn schoolteacher was frightened by a threat labeled Jack Hand. Local authorities investigate the eerie incident affecting a teaching staff member at the school. The case draws concern from the community amid claims of intimidation.
The text questions why Japanese and Chinese do not share a common language well. It notes that two such languages create communication friction and suggests that rapid exchanges of phrases could cause mutual misunderstandings and damage.
A St Leounts preacher argues girls should not object when young men seek to hold hands, prompting speculation of a St Louis girl objecting. Charles M Schwab has shocked London by wearing a top hat with a short coat, yet never with tan shoes and a clawhammer.
Examiners report two thousand discrepancies in the bank's ledgers in California. The miscounts raise questions about internal controls and auditing practices.
Naval critics say a battleship is in bad shape when its armor belt lies torn low. Since a ship cannot repair itself or bear a bandage with a safety pin, the flaw remains problematic.
A New York woman who stole jewelry valued at $20,000 to sustain her social position leaves a poor impression of what it takes to uphold high society. The case highlights pressures of maintaining status and the costs of lavish living in the city.
Prosperity sits idle as Argentina rains wheat this season. The crop now in market is cheerful, reflecting a favourable marketing environment and strong agricultural momentum.
A century of absolute immunity in Australia is examined as a potential lesson for the world. The text debates how such a long period might have formed across the vast island continent and what factors could explain this rare state.
A New York man, claiming chemical experiments ruined his organs except his lungs, seeks an "Onlerized" status. He says he has no need for a boarding house and questionably views work as unnecessary, noting he is in an enviable position for hard times.
A witty piece imagines a noiseless gun replacing loud warfare to avoid disturbing business or causing hysteria. It mocks loud conflict and notes the Society for the Suppression of Useless Noises feared war would be silenced, but the noiseless gun provides a refined solution.
A young Connecticut man who urged a young lady toward elopement was met with a shower of hot water but should cheer up. Had his plans succeeded he might have faced even hotter trouble as events unfolded.
The remarker mocks a Harvard graduate who took a railroad job paying 15 dollars a month but the article notes he could, twenty years hence, be president of a large railway corporation. The quote reflects skepticism about early career choices versus future potential.
In a Beijing meeting remarks describe Chinese graft as ending a key chance for street illumination funding. Annually 80 000 taels are set aside for lamps but officials siphon the money, leaving only a wick and a few scraps. A beggar at the capital drinks the oil.
A London note reports cigars smoked by King Edward cost $3.05 more each, signaling a price uptick in royal tobacco.
In Idaho, Harry Orchard, self confessed killer of former Gov Frank Steunenberg, will face the pardon board. Judge Wood urges clemency by remitting the death penalty, but the board requires an application from Orchard or his attorney. Orchard refuses to apply in person, but attorney Frank T. Wyman offers to file the clemency request and appear if needed.
In Oxford Pennsylvania seven tobacco sheds burned this year with two in the past week. Raisers in Lancaster county, mainly Dunkards, refuse price agreements and resist Kentucky league price setting. Observers link fires to a wider tobacco war as a domestic clash with the trust. All victims so far are Dunkards.
In Washington D C a Friday night shooting on Pennsylvania Avenue left Thomas Lum shot in the head and critically wounded while Thomas McCreary, a New York horse trainer, was wounded in the leg in what authorities say was accidental. Congressman Thos J Heflin of Alabama was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to kill and later released on five thousand dollar bail.
In Neosho Missouri two bank robbers tied to Springtown Arkansas were captured Friday afternoon by local officers. They were camping near town when surrounded and threw away their tools before being seized. The men identified themselves as Harry Black and Jim Wrer.
Chinese merchants across Australia rally in Sydney backing the boycott and announce support for a new steamship line to be formed at Canton to trade between China, Australia, and the United States.
No disquieting developments from the Treadwell strike reached Seattle Friday. General D. H. Brush at Vancouver barracks ordered Colonel Green with an infantry company and Gatling guns to move to Douglas Island from Fort W. H. Seward at once, responding to a request from United States Marshal J. M. Shoup, who sailed from Seattle on the Dolphin to Juneau Thursday night.
Charles Trough, a former Pottsville borough council member, has been hiccoughing continually for a week and is believed to be dying. His vitality is said to be sapped by the ailment.
John Hoff's two children aged six and four perished in a barn fire started by playing with matches. The blaze occurred near Geneva Nebraska, where the hay caught and the youths were unable to escape.
Buckner Steele caught a burglar in his Shawnee Oklahoma home at 2 AM, knocked him to the floor, and restrained him until police arrived. The arrested man gave the name J C Blackburn.
Rev. A. F. Driesbach of the First Reformed Church in Pottsville has resigned from preaching to focus on earning a living and supporting his family.
Former well known accountant T C Gunning once private secretary to Rudolph Fisk receiver of the Little Rock and Memphis railroad died in the city jail in Little Rock Arkansas during the early 1880s.
The body of an Italian man, believed to be Salvatore Gueli, reported to have arrived from West Virginia three weeks earlier, was found in an alley in Cleveland. Investigators noted a score of stiletto wounds on the face and body.
W H Kennan of Mexico Missouri longtime Confederate Home Association secretary and leading Missouri lawyer and former legislator killed himself Thursday at Farmington Insane Asylum by tying a towel to a water pipe and kicking away a chair. He had been active in politics and law, supported Gov Folk, and recently suffered a nervous illness. he leaves a wife daughter of former Attorney General McIntire and a son.
Washington dispatch reports Associate Justice Harlan will not resign at end of term after five years in retirement status. He plans to finish memoirs, noting he has authored more dissents than any prior or current Supreme Court member. John M. Harlan, a Henburnian appointee by President Hayes in 1877.
Three men attempted to rob a bank at Springtown Ark, thirteen miles southwest of Memphis, Wednesday night. A premature blast killed one robber and blinded other two, who fled the scene. No identities available.
A massive prairie fire began Wednesday afternoon between Pukwana and Kimball in Chamberlain area. High winds fanned the blaze, which spread southwest over a wide region. Several farmers reportedly lost their buildings as the fire continued to burn.
Mme. Gould refuses to discuss rumors of an engagement to the Prince de Sagan saying she dislikes notoriety and will not discuss the matter further. The topic dominates New York society as reports swirl about a potential marriage order.
New York reports the Fifth Avenue Hotel will close forever on April 4 with notices posted around the building. Guests many of whom have resided there over twenty five years prepare to relocate as a skyscraper office building will be constructed on the site.
In Milwaukee Wisconsin at the primary election David S Rose Democrat was nominated without opposition Willam H Graebner on a plurality of 7500 Thomas J Pringle Republican leads Louis A Dahlman and John T Keily by a plurality estimated at 1800 Emil Seidel Socialist Democrat was nominated without opposition.
Chickasha Oklahoma LeRoy Maxey assistant cashier of Citizens National Bank had another mixup with a live wire when a wire fell on a horse as he drove through an alley. The wire was insulated and caused no damage. A few months earlier Maxey had a horse killed and received a severe electric shock from a wire.
New York reports Rev. Peter Chang arrived Tuesday on the steamship Ryndam and travels with Bishop August Hennindhus of the diocese of South Shantrung China. He is described as the first Chinese Catholic priest to visit the United States.
Four small bean sized gold nuggets were brought to Watertown by A J Kidder from his farm ten miles northeast of town. The gold, known to exist east of Watertown for years, are the largest specimens seen by local experts.
In San Francisco the jury cleared R. A. Crothers and Fremont Older of criminal libel charges tied to William S. Tevis. The Bulletin owner and editor were found not guilty after the trial.
In Washington yesterday President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Root were asked to use their influence to secure a treaty with Turkey. The aim is to guarantee protection to Americanized Armenians who may return to their native land.
John F. Burke a 28 year old saloonkeeper died by his own razor at his residence in Springfield. The ill heest reports his daughter is at the city hospital in critical condition after the incident.
Governor Fort signed canal bills authorizing construction of canals 250 feet wide to create a ship canal across New Jersey from the Atlantic Ocean to the Delaware River, paving the way for a major waterway project.
An electric New York Central train fatally injured Salvator Fialli, severing his head, as it struck him at the intersection of One Hundred Fifty-third Street and Park Avenue in New York.
Henry Kook aged 65 killed himself with a firearm as Morris Finn, mortgage holder, was knocking at his door over an unpaid mortgage on furniture. The tragedy occurred at Kook's residence in St Louis, leaving creditors and family to mourn.
Lynn Mississippi health officials order cuspidors installed in factories. There must be one cuspidor for every 25 women and one for every five men, reflecting workplace sanitation measures.
Local Good Templar society circulates a petition to place the license issue on the spring election ballot in Washburn. Citizens are urged to vote on tightening or repealing liquor licenses in the upcoming city vote.
In Norristown Pennsylvania Harry Spiese 17 of Pottstown pleaded guilty to sending a threatening letter to Joshua B Lessig a Pottstown mill owner The defendant described as a Black Hand member admitted the charge in court and faces sentencing logs.
Six prisoners escaped from Fairmont West Virginia jail as bloodhounds and a posse track the fugitives with jail officials noting outside assistance aided the break.
Mrs. S. C. Bur dette was fatally shot in the Hen coop at Kenton Ohio while gathering eyes. The gun had been set by her husband to defend chickens from thieves who had been troubling the flock.
Richmond deputy U S Marshal H Reese was shot by blockaders during a raid on an illicit distillery in Chatham County North Carolina and was fatally wounded according to initial reports from the field with authorities investigating the incident.
Douglasville Georgia resident Green Summer lin, a Black planter, was shot from ambush while working in a field at his home about three miles from town and died a few minutes later. No suspects or evidence have been found.
A panel from the rear door of F. W. Bower’s grocery at 4521 East Ninth Street was forced, and the robbers carried away about half the stock of tobacco. An investigation ensued as police searched for suspects and reviewed store records for losses.
Reports detail daily activities in Congress with updates on votes appearances and committee work. Lawmakers from key departments participate in hearings debates and markups shaping policy agendas and legislative calendars.
In Washington on Friday minority leader Williams read a document in the House to secure its printing in the record, drawing frequent applause from Democrats. Meanwhile two patent committees, sitting as a joint body, continued arguments on bills to amend and consolidate copyright acts, notably those by Senator Smoot and Representative Currier, with broad objections that the measures fail to provide the relief sought.
A continued Friday hearing before the house commerce committee examined bills to end car shortages. T. B. McPherson of Ontario, president of the National Livestock Exchange, spoke in support along with other backers.
The house spent most of the day debating the agricultural appropriation bill focusing on the department’s work to investigate tuberculosis among dairy cattle nationwide. No material amendments were adopted.
Representative Ferris of Oklahoma introduced a Washington A resolution for erecting a Gen. Lee monument in the city. It expresses that the statue will help blot from national minds the late unfortunate conduct. An appropriation of $100,000 is provided.
Representative Hepburn of Iowa Friday introduced a bill making it a misdemeanor to willfully violate the act to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases into one state from another. It provides a fine up to 500 dollars and imprisonment up to one year, or both.
Washington reports the senate spent the full session Friday debating and amending the Aldrich currency bill. After revisions, the measure passed by 42 to 16.
Senators diverted from currency bill to credentials of Senator-elect John Walter Smith of Maryland. After a lengthy debate, Smith was admitted to his seat marking a decisive credential decision in Washington.
Washington committees on patents of both houses opened joint hearings to hear dramatic and musical authors and others on a comprehensive copyright bill. The Thursday session focused on dramatic authors and their interests in the proposed legislation led by Senators Smeot and Wittridge and Representatives Curriers and Barchfeld.
In a sharp session on Agricultural Appropriation Washington lawmakers blasted President Roosevelt. Beall of Texas denounced him for usurping power toward Congress and the judiciary, claiming Congress abdicated its duties and the judiciary suffered from the president's influence. He warned only God and the future knew his place in the nation's temple.
Four shops in Sycamore were robbed and burglars entered the home of John Shelsead, a leading resident of Independence County. They chloroformed Shelsead and took $5 from under his pillow before fleeing.
An engine struck and instantly killed a man about 50 years old believed to be Senior KFeigel at 316 Logan Street Celina Ohio. Authorities reported the fatal accident with the deceased identified by approximate age and location.
South Bend Indiana endured a fierce electric wind and rain storm. The power plant was knocked out of service, with the storm also sweeping southern Michigan. Strong winds caused widespread disruption and likely damage to infrastructure.
The body of D. A. Easter of Pawhuska was found in Bird creek after a search lasting several hours. He had a three inch long wound across the top of his head.
Minneapolis man Hans Hanson, an elderly bachelor, left in his will a trust of one thousand dollars to secure his two pet dogs an easy life after his death. The will has been filed for probate.
Kansas City Missouri farmers in Missouri and Kansas have recruited over 60 men through the state free employment bureau in the last two weeks for farm work across the region.
President Roosevelt in a special message to Congress urges urgent enactment of child labor laws for the District of Columbia, reenactment of employers liability, compensation for government employees, and amendments to injunctions, interstate commerce, and antitrust laws. He calls for postal banks, tariff revision, and a permanent waterways commission while stressing balanced regulation of unions and employers.
In Sedalia Missouri Charles Donahoe an epileptic man suffocated at Sedalia city hospital Tuesday night when a convulsion caused him to fall and smash a lamp. A neighboring room housed a Black patient under opiate influence who crawled to safety as smoke revived him. The ward was gutted but the main building remained undamaged.
A dispatch from Trenton South Carolina reports Senator Tillman recovering but very slowly. Doctors say he requires complete rest before resuming duties.
Dr Truman Jay Backus, president of the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, died early Wednesday morning. He was a renowned educator and a prominent figure in Brooklyn education circles.
Lawton Oklahoma jury for the trial of John and William Thomas charged with killing Dr. F. D. Beauchamp on January 15 was obtained at noon Wednesday. Prosecutors and defense opened the afternoon session with case statements.
Logan Iowa jury acquits Editor A H Sniff charged with the murder of M E Brund ridge, returning the verdict at midnight in a case that drew local attention and closed with an acquittal.
Washington reports that upon reaching Australia the American battleship fleet will split. A squadron will stay at Sydney while a faster second squadron will proceed to Melbourne. After Melbourne calls, ships will join Sydney for the onward voyage, saving time overall.
Robbers struck the State bank at Kinsman Illinois on Tuesday night. Fearing dynamiting the bank safe due to J W Daily living upstairs, they attempted to murder him. Daily fought a duel with the robbers, wounding one after about twenty shots. Suspects escaped. Daily leads a posse, with another pursuing. Town is greatly excited.
Fire originating in the Millner Elevator Company building raged in the Wichita wholesale district north of Douglas avenue. Flames spread to adjoining lumber yards at the Western Planing mill and consumed about half the contents.
Nevada Supreme Court Justice Norcross wins Senator Bourne's prize of $1000 for the best argument in support of a second elective term for President Roosevelt.
The piece traces how early household remedies like teas bitters and tonics evolved into the patent medicine industry. It notes Dr Hartman and Peruna's origins with Mennonites in Pennsylvania, its growth from local practice to a nationwide brand, and Peruna’s claimed use for coughs sore throats bronchitis and catarrhal diseases.
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