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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1912
Page
2
A collage of satirical lines and oddities from a Marble Hill Press page. Jests touch romance, aviation, fashion, and city life with quirky observations on weather, old maids, beards, and peculiar claims about doctors, taxis, and celebrities.
America's oldest doctors are not much better at cures than a healer from fifty years ago. The modern physician deals with more ailments, while cigarette consumption has risen by more than a third in three months, underscoring that advertising pays.
Mayor Fitzgeerald of Boston supports a proposal to restrict hatpins to six inches while the county watches his enforcement efforts. A department store ad writer promotes personal improvement but the store still offers full support to the woman featured.
Mexico City reports tentative plans for four American battleships to visit Vera Cruz, while Washington notes and Mexican replies remain unsettled. New interior minister Rafael Hernandez promises amnesty, orders rurales to seize contraband property, and rumors spread of rebel movements and military relocations in Chihuahua and Durango.
Report notes a Mealean mutiesar using a weapon to defend a twine train traveling from Juarez toward the rail wave between the state capitol and the border. The gun is on a fat cat while the raik wave train dissolved after arphlus, with plans to continue between Chittuahoa and Joares.
Cornelius Hadsascker testifies that a moving image led Lee Anesles to ruin and claims he pleaded guilty to highway robbery after watching the films. The prisoner says the movies showed how easy the crime was, and cites a pitiful appeal for probation.
In Pittsburg reports say at least several LCG steel workers may walk out if the Carnegie Steel Company tries to resume work across all departments using strike breakers to replace the striking trainmen.
The United States Court of Appeals upheld Judge Dyer’s denial of an injunction against Huck Stowe and Range Co. The plant would operate under a closed shop union agreement, deemed a violation of public trade and commerce laws. The decision affirmed the prior district court ruling, sustaining the labor union victory in the post suit.
Mrs Sidney Tturrows of Grand Rapids is identified as Elin Mayhew, listed as a victim in the Iroquois fire. Her husband remarried, believing her dead, while she lay in a Chicago hospital with memory loss for years. Her identity emerged when she claimed a share in a relative's estate.
Constantinople reports a planned abrogation of the Turkish constitution by the Young Turks after four years of war unrest. The coup involved careful planning, with leaders purging opponents and placing loyalists in key positions as Enver Bey and others faced internal divisions amid the war.
Families of all men killed at the Corn Products refining plant explosion and fire near Waukegan will be compensated under Illinois workingmen’s compensation law, with dependents of the dead identified to receive about 2,500 dollars. Virtually all of the 22 injured still in hospitals will be paid under the disfiurement clause, with many burned severely and likely permanently marked.
The Chinese consulate announced two subscriptions of 26000 each to the Mongolian War Fund, coming from New York and Cuba. It is said that every large city in the country will contribute at least 26000.
In Olive Hill Kentucky a grist mill boiler explosion killed Robert Hedges Bob Baker and a young son of Hubert Erwin. Injured were William Knipp Willard Erwin Matthis James and Kaley Ownly in the disaster near the mill.
Former United States Senator James Gordon known as The Gentleman from Mississippi died in Okolona. He gained national notice during his brief senate term for a brotherly love speech. He faced strained circumstances and had recently been appointed game warden for his county.
Pekin telegraph reports Miss Louise Warfield daughter of former Gov Warfield engaged to Count C Ledochowski Polish nobleman with large Austrian estate.
A three story brick Armour & Co structure at the Union Stock Yards was destroyed by fire causing an estimated loss of 200000 dollars. The blaze lamped the provision house and gut its interior.
A prairie fire sweeps 40 miles of territory south of Swift Current Saskatchewan toward the North Dakota boundary. Farm buildings and all in its path are being swept away as the blaze advances.
Dispatches from St. Petersburg report the czarina tried to end her life after doctors informed of the hopeless condition of Grand Duke Alexis. Doctors had said there was no chance for a full recovery.
The historic Texas town of Old Waslington on the Grugoe River, once a state capital and the place where Texas independence was proclaimed, has been destroyed by fire.
Stolen bonds valued at 150000 dollars recovered from a sand dump after the theft of a mail pouch from a Kansas City area car last June. The bonds, consigned to New York by the Commerce Trust Company, were buried and recovered intact.
A Springfield report states 16 year old Harry Ashmas shot and killed Calvin Higgs, a hotel porter, in a case described as a bandit style display of courage. The incident details reflect a violent act involving a minor and a local hotel employee.
Frank Hickey, a chemist, testified he aided in the murder of Joseph Jones and the strangling of a New York boy ten years earlier in Central Park. He wept when detailing the actual killings, saying alcohol spurred his downfall and recounting his remorse through postcard writings from the time.
Minton M John Ogden, president of Farmers Bank of Leepwater, Me, was arrested and brought to Clinton on charges of forgery and misappropriation of collateral securities. All bank property has been attached and levied. Forgery and misappropriation alleged at $15000. Bank organized about ten years ago with capital stock. Ogden allegedly served four terms in prison for prior theft.
In Lawrence a crowd gathered as 1500 workers in a vacant field listened to Joseph J Etter, a strike leader, defend law and order and pledge loyalty to the flag. The event underscored support for enforcing laws to protect property and maintain civil harmony amid tensions.
Berlin dispatches report the czarina attempted suicide after physicians warned of no hope for Grand Duke Alexis’s recovery. Her health has steadily worsened since her son’s illness, with the manner of the attempt detailed in the dispatches.
Mike Hussie pleaded guilty to murdering his mother in law. Circuit Judge W Wo Clemens presided as the sentence of life imprisonment was fixed. The case was heard in the local circuit court with Hussie admitting the crime and receiving the designated penalty.
New York launches its Red Cross Christmas seal sale with more than 85 million seals offered for purchase. Proceeds support the pit tuberculosis movement in the local community where the seals are sold.
Plans for a remarkable Washington dinner mark the opposed vote of former Speaker Cannon’s supporters who aim to celebrate his departure from Congress, signaling a notable political moment amid shifting alliances.
A grist mill boiler explosion in Olive Hill Kentucky killed three workers and left one fatally injured while another was seriously hurt and a second person slightly injured. Investigators say a defective boiler caused the blast at the mill.
Cable dispatches to the bureau of insular affairs report a typhoon sweeping the Philippine Islands with about 15 000 persons killed or wounded.
An undated Belgrade dispatch reports Turkish and Balkan peace representatives agreeing on terms. The message says Turkey plans to regain the Tehataldja line of defenses as part of the proposed settlement.
J Stevens and Freeman on the J W Free won farm near Joplin killed a big buck and a doe. Freeman offers to allow others to kill up to fourteen deer on the place in exchange for payment by the pound weighed live. The herd has run wild for years and is now considered dangerous though none have been taken before.
A farmer Meneet Merta near Palmviewkia marries Mr Annie Fletcher of Ormoed Pia after meeting at Priece station. The couple exchanged letters for years and maintained a vigil meeting every train, then left for Oklahoma.
The text appears to describe a family relationship puzzle involving two children and their parents, with names distorted and scrambled. It mentions Caje Girentety and Mee Ed ward Keratner of Jecknee as Liping referee owt and refers to a mother and father, plus Rushand and elle aed eephroether and eleter each pares. It also hints at two children and the phrase Of parentio.
A garbled report references Missouri costs paid by the secretary of state and a defendant in a case involving Mrs Papep Allen. It notes payments for hair or clothing and printing, with mention of a verdict that was overturned or acquittal in doubt, and incomplete details about a Sheaheth M related matter.
Fragmentary OCR text references names and places including Pultes and Wemates amid unclear details. Mentions a home, a farm, and a ledger by a local official. Readable facts are minimal and entities are uncertain.
Fragments describe gatherings led by Prengelion Hart and Megan of Par Dury and nearby figures. The piece notes numerous conventions, stating a total of over 15,000 attendees across about 140 events, with many meetings ending.
An incomplete report references a tied result involving a candidate or party at a central election site. The fragment hints at publican involvement and a requested adjustment to ensure an accurate count, with officials preparing for further action in November.
Kanes County Johns M Kemp former appointee to the supreme bench returns to Katee City after January 1 to resume the practice of law. He was appointed three years ago by Governor Hadley.
A garbled report mentions Kansasity Heer Conkling, son of a late county prosecutor, tied to a political allegation about an appointed prosecuting attorney by Gow Hadhey. The item suggests the governor acted with a death bed wish of the prosecutor in question.
A compromise settlement of 6606 dollars was reached involving a six year old child named George who was reportedly injured in a motor vehicle accident. The vehicle involved was owned by Holland Keet. The incident marked a formal resolution of the T5 000 damage cult brown case.
Cape Girardeau reports the Houck railroad between Jackson and Thiebes bridges may transfer in New York to a major railroad entering the city. The move would connect with Thiebes bridges and comrade of Miloaia, signaling a shift in regional rail ties and status.
John Opden president of Farmers Bank of Deepwater was arrested in Clinton and jailed on charges of forgery and giving creed collateral securities. The case centers on alleged fraudulent bank securities and related criminal conduct.
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