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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
2
A long jumble of playful snippets and social musings, noting curiosities from a Maryland doctor on hygiene and cutting locells to the joys of long life with buttermilk. It also references New York teachers, fashion changes, and quirky “facts” about vacations, love, and a woman novelist’s quip.
Fragmented report shows Morris Sheppard leading the U S Senate contest with a large majority over Jake Wolters of Houston and Congressmen Renominated. Nominees include Jeff McLemore, M Cureton, Wiley Medden, and Earl Marfield with updated party positions across Texas districts and state offices.
In Washington Norris Nebraska progressive denounces as fraudulent Taft nomination at Chicago. A heated scene includes Mendels speech attacking Roosevelt and denying Roosevelt charges. GOP regulars and progressives clash as investigations of railroad and city graft unfold with arrests and bribe allegations.
Police search ongoing after a body identified as Mary Har ently found in the White River near Whink. Investigators seek leads in the halted dive and surrounding area as local authorities coordinate with state agencies to trace the victim’s last known movements.
A train on the Lake Shore Mochikan Southern trail struck an automobile south of Alexis Michigan twelve miles north of Toledo Ohio. Four people in the auto were killed including two women and three boys. Two others were injured and a fourth person died later. The wreck left two others hospitalized with injuries.
A collision in dense fog near the St Lawrence mouth sinks the collier Helvetia. Crew rescued as the liner Curndlag Pacific and British area reportage connect the incident in Montreal waters.
Mrs J McCarthy and two daughters were forced into a bathroom by a daylight burglary in Kanans City Mia. The intruder locked them in and threatened to kill them. The raid yielded about $500 worth of jewelry.
Chauncey Meyers a 14 year old from Washington was killed when a peanut roaster boiler exploded. Fragments struck him in the back as he prepared to enter a car to go home. The accident occurred in Sikourney Iowa.
In Uniontown Pennsylvania rescuers recovered the body of Peter Evans, one of three men trapped by flooding in Frick Coke company mines. Rescue teams have worked continuously since the accident.
Five Japanese migrants using a compass to navigate across El Cajon valley were captured near Hostonia by immigration inspectors. They were detained in San Diego and placed in jail.
Adjutant General CR Boardman issued a statement denying reports of drunken orgies and insults to women at Camp Douglas. The denial follows inquiries from returning volunteers about the camp’s conduct and discipline.
An assault near Madera left about eighty dead with many wounded. The government force including federal troops and irregulars engaged a rebel group in a fierce battle forty miles west of Madera, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides and a retreat toward headquarters.
Professors Herethel Parker of Columbia University and Belmore Browne of Tacoma report their expedition to scale Mt McKinley has been thwarted arriving in Fairbanks Alaska. The attempt to reach the highest point on the continent failed.
Progressive Republicans broke with regulars to join Democrats in the woolen tariff revision. The La Follette measure was adopted 47 to 20 as a substitute for the Democratic bill framed by the House. A Penrose compromise had just cleared committee before this vote.
A special Paria dia paid notice from a newspaper in Mexico City reports ex President Porfirio Diaz is seriously ill and a fatal result is probable. No confirmation is obtainable here.
In Chicago a pretend rescue from a motion picture turned real as a staged scene went awry when a young woman became tangled under an overturned canoe and a fellow actor playing the hero actually saved her from danger.
Passenger train No. 5 on the Illinois Central derailed at Galena due to a broken rail. The 60 mph run left all coaches off track but the train stayed upright and power was injured.
Officials from the War Department ordered an investigation into alleged insults and attacks on women by troops at Camp Douglas and other mobilization points. General Hamney C. Potts telegraphed Major Reichmann to examine the charges and the scope of troop involvement.
An old man and two children witnessed the hanging of a man accused of slaying Black residents. The crowd gathered along a rural road as the condemned figure faced a justice system enforcing severe penalties. Local officials reported the event, noting the impact on nearby families and the tension in the community.
Karl Graves, a German, was found guilty of spying by the Scotia high court and sentenced to eight months in prison. The conviction follows a trial that established his alleged espionage activities in the region.
Washington reports the government’s long battle with the beef trust is near resolution with plans to dissolve the National Packing Co into three parts aligning with Swift Armour and Morris interests, awaiting Attorney General Wickersham's approval. Detroit warns issued for 32 men over missing heiress Miss Helen Winston, fortune over $50,000, last seen with Bordens in Detroit. police search fails. Fort Sheridan notes no troops, funds exhausted, no shelling since June 3.
Derver Colp Frank Wilson and Mae Knudson, each sentenced to the penitentiary for counterfeiting, asked United States Marshal Halley for permission to marry before their separation to serve their terms.
Springfield Minnesota reports a fatality settlement under the workmen’s compensation statute. Central railroad paid 3500 dollars for the death of a brakeman, marking the first such award under the act.
Deloyd Thompson of Chicago survived a 100 foot drop in a damaged aeroplane and landed unharmed in a shock of wheat. He then made several short flights in another machine in Hopkinsville Kentucky.
In White Plains New York Justice Keogh ruled Harry K Thaw still insane and ordered his return to Matteawan State Hospital. The habeas corpus decision directs immediate confinement pending further mental examinations.
A large Oklahoma picnic crowd witnessed Willis Owens shoot and kill Myron Kitchen and fatally wound Owens’s wife. Owens was arrested and jailed in McAlester.
Walter Williams dean of journalism Frank L. Martin professor of journalism and Courts Hill state highway engineer will supervise a complete log of Missouri’s state highway. A party from Columbia will depart by wagon to meet towns along the route and observe culverts bridges and road conditions. Meetings will be held at designated places and notes kept for every culvert transfer and condition along the project path.
A burglar entered the home of John Hroge, a farmer near the city, while Mrs Krome and Mrs Wrews confronted him. He hid in a closet as the women attempted to restrain him. The intruder claimed to be the husband and fled through a window before being pursued.
Fragmentary text discusses political party responses to a manufacturing plan for pediatrics equipment. It mentions percentages and a plant cited as the only manufacturer in a certain sector, with garbled names and dates.
In a confused filing, petitioners request a division of nearly all property and related relief. The case references several petitions and prior related actions, with some details unclear. The court has reviewed the matters over the past months and later denied portions of the request.
Members of the Wright family descended from Pear Wright of Virginia will reunite in Columbia on August 27 for a four day reading and gathering called by J Kelley Wright, resident of the Peter Wrant division. All Wrights from every state in the Union are invited.
In Jofferson City St Peters church hosted a public reception at St Peters hall to welcome Pastor Hav Joseph Selinger home from Europe and mark the Cwentearth anniversary of his ordination. The report notes new fishing by hand on Grand river aided by drought, with fish found in hollow logs and easily collected.
Sedatia Richar W Lankenau a blacksmith was killed west of Bea lia when the handle of a pump struck and crushed his skull in a fatal accident.
Rick HillL Holl Heath, 53, a farmer near Taborville, died within minutes after a horse kicked him. The incident occurred as the horse became unruly, and medical help arrived too late to save him. The tragedy underscores dangers on rural farms.
Miami Morris Hardin a farmer’s son six miles east of there was dragged and kicked to death when a horse ran away His mother witnessed the tragedy and called for help as authorities investigated the incident.
Macon Calla Dayton Pastor Charles P Porman D D of Dayton Indiana has been invited to supply the pulpit at Macon Presbyterian Church, following the resignation of Dr Samuel Palmer who moved to St Louis.
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