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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
3
Jefferson City reports reveal that total rural school apportionment under the new law drops to 21200 for rural common schools and high schools, reducing per child payments and the overall grand total. Many counties in poorer districts will receive less than prior years, while wealthier areas benefit from the reform in funding distribution.
Major announces a paid work plan to repair roads with volunteers and County courts called to duty on August 19 and 21. Each worker contributes two days wages to fund machinery for road work. A road machine company offers a free grader and drag for 15 miles per day, lacking power. governor accepts. Public service commission chair Atkins on to study other states’ methods with no more hearings until September unless emergency.
Governor Major granted parole to Frank Daws of Sernon county serving five years for forgery and Robert Stewart of Grundy county serving five years for forgery. A second fire at Sedalia Hotel caused about $6,000 damage with unclear origin.
A troubled project to build a 5000 bridge over the Mays Fort river in Nasatleret county prompts a legal challenge. The county court seeks relief from the supreme court to halt proceedings as Judge Woodside reprieves a writ of prohibition restraining him from advancing injunction actions against the county court.
Jefferson City reports multiple appointments for circuit bridge in Jackson County following the death of juror James H. Blower. Kanavecite party members face relocation as names of applicants will be public after governor’s review. Barrington to try for pardon. Harrington to be formally honored in November. McClung buys bloodhounds to aid in recapturing escaped convicts. Stone resigns as state bacteriologist. Missouri fire losses total 261445 from July. Oldest Katy conductor Temple dies in Sedalia after long service since 1879.
The article portrays a postwar boom spreading from London to Palestine and into ancient Iraq. Yankee machinery and irrigation systems enliven Bagdad as a giant railroad project called the Halsara advances, promising hundreds of miles of rail, bridges, and boosted commerce. Large-scale American equipment floods markets near Nineveh and Hasra, reshaping a region long viewed as stagnant.
In Wilmington Dol a bouquet of flowers is suspected of containing poison that caused a painful swelling in the face of Dr W L B Murray a veteran Methodist Episcopal clergyman assigned to Epworth church He inhaled the perfume as he carried the arrangement to a sick friend and soon his nose and face swelled though he had no other serious trouble.
In Trenton New Jersey a test of ogee three years old eggs was conducted by the state board of health If the board survives 4000 worth of ancient eggs will be freed from cold storage
An editorial criticizes tariff walls that burden American farmers while praising Underwood tariff proposals to cut duties on farm inputs. It denounces Senator Cummins and others for opposing tariff reform and defends lobbying and presidential actions as necessary to reduce agricultural costs amidst protectionist tradition.
A fragmented text portrays an administration leader urging public trust in the president and urging confidence in leadership. It emphasizes the leader's knowledge power and responsibilities, describing him as in command and at the bridge, urging the public to trust the president despite uncertain events.
Believers argue that special interests control legislation through bought support while the public pays postage bills to fund sugar beet millionaires. The piece condemns those aligned with privilege as unreformable, insisting they must be retired as the world moves on.
Senator McCumbers argues the Underwood revision will harm farmers and predicts heavy losses. Democrats counter that the cep revision will benefit farmers and may redraw alliances formed last year.
In the past tariff bills were shaped by two main forces the tariff lobby seeking profits and lawmakers securing favors for their states. The Underwood bill, by contrast, was drafted for the entire nation and avoided favoritism to any person or section.
A historical account surveys the men who built the canal labor force. It contrasts crews from Jamaica and Trinidad with Spanish workers, noting work roles from basic shoveling to riveters and dynamite crews. It highlights housing, pay, diet, discipline, and social integration, with Jamaica and Hispaniola laborers forming a substantial, imperfectly merged workforce under the colonial commission.
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