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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1909
Page
2
A fragment from Marble Hill Press discusses women’s impact in crime defense and public discourse. It notes a story of a woman subduing a burglar with a rolling pin and comments on broader themes of women’s roles and emerging technologies.
A distorted report claims a woman in Shanshal pro Chis ps seeks rebellion against male tyranny. Judge Ellison of Maryville vows to pursue divorces with perjury if wives hide material al intentions, deeming such secrecy preposterous as a widow's shifting affections remain unpredictable.
The committee for reorganizing the British house of lords proposes to abolish heredity as a qualification. Our system of choosing lawmakers by popular vote may have defects, but the worst flaw is the pull born with one that exposure incapacity or corruption cannot weaken.
The New York New Haven and Hartford railroad commits 30000000 dollars to electrify lines in and around New York. This marks a victory for electricity over steam and aims to reduce locomotive smoke in city streets. The cost is high, but the anticipated benefits are substantial.
The preacher urges Catholics and Protestants to see each other as fellow citizens within a republic. He notes Irish crowds clashing with English in Boston but argues contact can destroy prejudice. He emphasizes the power of knowledge to free minds and foster divine pursuit.
The parliament seriously debates national accountability, signaling the decline of the divine right notion for rulers. It asserts that twentieth century intelligence deems any claim to divine authority requires superhuman prudence and virtue, which has not been demonstrated.
A federal census may settle a long running dispute over Chicago’s population size between school census enumerators and city directory officials. The $14,000,000 effort hinges on accurate head counts and reflects tensions between counting methods and local records.
The text argues iconoclasts deny Cleopatra’s beauty and claim Horace’s odes served wine interests, while Pan Revere is said not to have ridden. It concludes these views rest on disinterested philanthropy of Standard Old magnates.
Fighting raged through the fashionable quarter as Young Turks and Sultan’s guard clashed. The garrison at Yildiz Kiosk surrendered after heavy artillery and a brutal ten hours of combat. Reports say thousands killed or wounded. foreigners injured, including an American correspondent. The capital teeters as embassies seek protection and a potential ethnic backlash looms.
The Great Pyramid originally rose 475 feet high and spans 13 percent of an acre. It holds about 10,000,000 cubic feet of stone. Modern construction would cost at least 150 million dollars according to New York American.
A kitten ball is formed by packing a circular bag with catnip and wrapping it in multiple layers of netting to keep a ball shape. Cats will engage with one during play, as described.
Famed wheat magnate Patton departs amid price declines while his partner in a New Mexico ranch faces financial strain. The untimely move follows a period of market volatility eclipsing the sector’s steady gains.
Chicago reports indicate A. Patten known as the Wheat King has withdrawn from wheat trading after selling May and July positions. Prices fell over nine cents in a week as traders reassessed crop prospects and Patten sought rest at a New Mexico ranch. Bulls faced a sharp session with lasting losses as futures markets crowded with longs and stop orders.
Connecticut Governor George Leavens Lilley died at the executive mansion in Hartford after a four week battle with illness. Fire bells rang to announce the death as guards were put on duty and funeral arrangements were to be announced with services planned in Hartford. Lilley was born in Oxford Massachusetts and had a business background in the wholesale meat trade before politics.
A state department commission bound for Liberia sailed today aboard the scout cruisers Chester Birmingham and Salem. The group will be away about two months with offshore anchorage and nightly return to headquarters as they study conditions in the West African republic to improve maintenance and integrity provisions.
A grand reception is planned for Admiral Aichi’s Japanese training squadron on arrival in San Francisco. Officials from the army navy city and civic groups approved a schedule of banquets balls excursions and amusements during the ships’ stay with free rail transport for the sailors.
New York leaders of B Steel and its subsidiaries met Wednesday to discuss plant management, price policies, and wage trends. Gary, main steel board member, stated no progress on price or wage changes. Conference aimed at plant improvements and development of new tarife plans.
Edward S. How land, former cashier of the Bank of Healdsburg, was sentenced Friday to six years in San Quentin. Rowland confessed to a shortage of $120,000.
In O’Neill Nebraska the senior class of 14 organized a strike after exams were copied. The superintendent and school board with parental support forced a retake, saying the students faced indignity. The walkout was broken and exams were rescheduled under district authority.
Washington reports Mrs. Sarah E. Thompson aged 71, famed for Civil War service as a spy and said to be the only woman on pension rolls as a soldier, was severely injured Wednesday when struck by a street car near the capitol. She aided the Union by exposing Confederate General John T. Morgan. Mr Thompson, a relative of Telmesser, worked in the post office department.
Charleston 8. C Secretary of War Dickinson and Mrs Dickinson boarded the U S Str Mayflower here Wednesday and sailed for Colon.
New York reports President Taft defends the lock-type of canal as used in the Panama project. The article appeared in McClure's magazine for May and was written before he became president.
Des Moines reports robbers used a heavy nitroglycerine charge to wreck the Prairie City postoffice safe early Thursday and abscond with 9600 imperial stamps and 400 in money.
A cash amount of 1.2 million dollars arrived in Austin to settle the fine of the Wat ere Pierce Oil Company. The funds are secured in two local banks and will be turned over to the state on Saturday.
Mount Vernon Cal Donald Boyd convicted of kidnaping. Patrick McCoy, a wealthy Seattle lumber man, held in the woods near Baw last October, was sentenced Wednesday to an indeterminate term from five to twenty-one years in state prison.
The jury awarded Samuel Dempster of Pittsburg $40,000 in a libel suit against Colonel William D. Mann of Town Topics. The case stemmed from a public notice or article in Town Topics.
New York broker Anthony Clough, a member of the Consolidated Exchange, announced on the floor Friday that he has assigned his interests.
Chicago resident James Laison, 24, declares the United States Marine Corps a good place for a man to be. He has a $125,000 net worth and enlisted on a prt day for four years.
In Nashville Tennessee the motion for a pew trial for Col. Duncan G B Cooper and Robin Cooper was fully argued today Judge Hort reserved the decision. The courtroom proceedings closed with the judge withholding ruling pending further consideration.
Leo Mulhern, the boy reported kidnapped from Cincinnati, was located Friday at his grandparents' home in Ironton Ohio. He told a wild, but improbable tale of the kidnaping.
Denver Chief Inspector Coch said a mall pouch with 29 registered packages was lost from a Union Pacific train between Green River Wyoming and Bryan Wyoming on Sunday night.
Paris reports the general federation of labor has urged unions nationwide to stage a broad demonstrative strike on May Day to protest current conditions and show solidarity across the country.
A nationwide development in the wheat situation prompts a call for a large meeting of grain growers under the Farmers Union in Springfield Missouri on May 12. The Atlanta dispatch notes the call aims to coordinate actions among growers nationwide.
Rome witnessed an aviation display as Wilbur Wright, renowned American aeronautical pioneer, piloted an airship making three successful flights on Wednesday with a passenger aboard as part of the demonstration.
A period ad touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Popasin as a mild laxative for women and children. It claims to ease constipation without violent purgatives, offers a pleasant taste, and promises relief in days. The ad invites letters for advice and a free sample, with a note that a physician will answer questions.
A terse exchange unfolds with A Facer accusing someone of a mock affront on the speaker’s face, while the other replies with a taunt about growing a beard. The fragment hints at a comic or dramatic moment.
The report cites over 100 percent increase in state and focal tuberculosis measures in the United States, with about a 30 percent rise in cenitoria and beapitate for tuberculoets, and more than 40 percent more special tuberculosis dispensaries and clinics. Worker rates are estimated to rise over 200 percent, and funds for tuberculosis relief doubled. Thirty three regulatores by May 3, 10) highlight widespread legal actions, with many states enacting laws for prevention or treatment of tuberculosis.
A damaged excerpt shows two speakers discussing smoking and alcohol. One refuses to drink, the other laments, and a third person suggests a solution to hide the smell. The text is garbled with misspellings and incomplete sentences.
A Wilkesbarre magistrate ruled that a cow has precedence over automobiles on the road at night when standing and chewing cud. Humans must take their chances, the decision suggests.
A prominent Georgia physician recounts his personal recovery using Grape Nuts after a severe decline. He says the food rebuilt strength, improved digestion, and restored his practice within weeks, urging other doctors to share this experience with patients who are weak or convalescent.
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