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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1912
Page
6
A sprawling, irreverent summary of jokes and social quips touching on fashion, crime, politics, religion, and culture. The column mocks public figures and trends, noting divorces, weddings, court cases, and oddities from the era with a playful, tongue in cheek tone. It includes mentions of mills, fashion, taxes, and international affairs as a collage of contemporary foibles.
Esther Mercy, expelled after controversy over a $250 hat, won a $2,500 jury verdict in a slander suit against Dean Talbot Talbot. The crowded courtroom echoed with cheers as the verdict read, Mercy embraced her mother and vowed vindication for University of Chicago women against attacks on character.
Washington releases a document purporting to explain Japan's actions in Mexico through the Marquis Salon premier of Japan. It denies seeking concessions on Magdalena Bus while noting large fishing concessions from Tepic to Ongzaca. Representative Bathrick of Ohio introduces a bill to place meats, flour and revela on the free list, referred to Ways and Means.
Rookford youths George and Lawrence Pildahal aged seven and four remain in critical condition after ingesting pancakes laced with arsenic. The food was prepared by their mother Mrs Ermma Rijidahal amid a local investigation into the household.
Chung Kung China reports a violent clash between two robber bands that ended with both exterminated, sparing the town of Paowhow from pillage. In Portsmouth New Hampshire, city government stalls as Mrs Ellen Quinn attaches city hall over a 1200 claim.
German squadron to visit the United States, part of a reciprocal voyage following the earlier visit to Kiel last summer. The visit is set to begin May 10, with the Atlantic fleet deployment and official exchanges planned between nations.
Mrs. Sarah Elbritch marched a stranger she found in her rooms to the station with a bicycle aquirtgun and cried afterward. In North Yakima a widow was fined one cent after a manslaughter conviction for her infant's death, the jury requesting the minimal penalty. In Rock Inland Illinois the new township collector Fred Hoffman died of heart disease after winning by six votes, triggering post election excitement.
Thousands gathered in Knoxville at Gray Cemetery for the funeral of Senator Robert Love Taylor known as Fiddlin Bob. The burial followed public burial rites as Tennessee honors its longtime senator.
The Sulzer bill creates a separate department of labor in Washington with a secretary who would be a member of the president's cabinet. The house labor committee voted to report the measure favorably.
Industrial Workers of the World officials impose strict rules in a strike area. Strikers face limits on drinks and arms, with special constables in red and green badges patrolling hotels. Violators punished by arrest or hard labor, funds used for food at headquarters. Families sue saloon keepers and owners under the saloon keepers liability law, seeking damages totaling 171000 dollars. Cases involve Edmund Kaufman and family seeking 64000 dollars, plus others seeking 119000 dollars.
An official papal edict bans tipping by visitors and tourists for seating at Vatican Holy Week services. The edict aims to curb profits by church functionaries amid high demand for prime seats. Separately, dispatches report the assassination of Gen L Yuan Hung, China’s early vice president, in Tianjin with few details.
A bill by Democrat Batbrick of Ohio seeks a free list for housewives by lifting all tariffs on meat potatoes flour oatmeal cereals biscuits and bread. The measure aims to reduce living costs for households across the state.
In Wilmington Delaware the board of pardons remitted additional lashes for Charles Bo Wright after deciding that further lashes would intensify demands for abolition of the whipping post.
President Taft sent to Congress a message urging economy and efficiency in the civil service. He cites potential savings from transferring local officers to Treasury and Post Office departments, reducing duplications and pension handling, and consolidating positions to cut costs by millions. The plan argues these changes would fund broader projects or tax relief.
In Opelousas Louisiana Mre McRae was acquitted at a second trial for the killing of Alton Garland. The first trial ended in a mistrial. McRae testified Garland insulted her after learning he would not return home and she shot him in self defense.
Grand Army veterans plan a 19 mile foot race in Detroit on May 22 featuring Col. 8 G Barnes of Pillsbury and Col J L Smith of Detroit. Combined ages total 132 years, each listed as four years old, stirring strong local interest. Delegates race context noted in Milwaukee coverage. Sweden expels Mormon missionaries as both chambers approve removal bill.
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