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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
5
A garbled column lists pithy and odd observations on social habits, courtship, gender roles, and everyday quirks. It mentions a Kissie-like phrase, a critic named Lacra Jeao Lihtes, and assorted humorous snippets about modest fashion, nervous habits, and a missing dog that bites.
An eccentric array of notices features an East Indian princess, American heiresses in title markets, a Chicago woman refusing payment for aging photos, a photographer urged to replace a retoucher, and a tree trimmer driven to insanity as a blunt warning to aviation enthusiasts about overexposure and vanity.
A traveling aviator circuit evokes visions of a sky bound circus and a free New York newspaper free from faults of existing journals. A man argues starting such a paper is easy but keeping it going will be uphill and invites readers to help clean house.
A big mackerel jumped aboard a Massachusetts schooner and provided breakfast for the crew. The Ananias Club rivalry is noted, and a suggestion proposes using cement and steel instead of lumber to conserve forests, with implications for ore, coal, and builders' banks.
Seismic shocks near Port Limón Costa Rica trigger a violent sinking of an inland island in the Jopenge lagoon. About seventy families remain missing or drowned as the island vanishes, with reports of boats carrying survivors and alarms from the shore as tremors persist all night.
In Rouen on December sixteenth 1473 a grand medieval mystery play staged in the cathedral precincts drew vast crowds. Lucifer, prophets, shepherds and magi paraded amid lavish pageantry with elaborate costumes while an immense bellmouth stage revolved to depict the nativity and Jerusalem. The wooden spectacle combined royal authority and sacred drama as actors portrayed Herod Rome and the holy family, ending in a charged audience standing to witness the triumphal procession.
Fred Pitner, administrator for Andrew Helgelein’s estate, reported he had 2225 dollars in his possession. Judge Gallacher ordered this sum returned to Asle K Helgelein of Aberdeen South Dakota, brother of Andrew. The Gunness fire left Mrs Gunness and her children dead, Helgelein’s body was first found in the private graveyard. The Gunness estate restored the missing money to the Helgelein estate.
Chicago prosecutors return new indictments charging the National Packing Company and its officers with conspiring to restrain trade. Trial to be held before District Judge George Carpenter. Indictment aimed to avoid issues raised by Judge Landis over possible impropriety concerns.
Former Danish Justice Minister Albert was sentenced to ten years in prison and to repay 1,000,001 crowns after a fourteen year career marked by thefts across banking and political roles. The case implicated thousands and reached the royal circle, including the king.
Burglars who opened fire on five policemen, killing two, tunneled from a rented Cutler Street house to the vault of Henry Harris' Jewelry Shop in Houndsditch. They concealed $100,000 in loot during the London attack.
A Paris postal station was robbed on December 5, with $10,009 in sales reportedly taken. The incident involved a Tangier Moroccon courier repatched into the network, and authorities are investigating the breach and recovery of funds. A suspect description and security review are underway.
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