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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1904
Page
1
Fragmentary text mentions Mrs Chadwick and large suckers with a boxy harefooted figure and a straw hat. It hints at a new record to overcome but details are garbled.
The intestate commerce commission faces a strong challenge from the steel trust over rate divisions for industrial roads. The dispute, seen as a major test of regulatory authority, will attract close scrutiny as the commission and corporation press their positions.
A wren of the owns in South cast Missouri passa ordinances against fireworks during the holi days. Marble Hill and Lutesville have had a lesson on that line, and it was certainly a very costly one to Messrs. Hunter & Dickey. We are not opposed to the boys having their fan, but they should lave it in a less dangerous manner.
The December 24 decision invalidates all municipal ordinances in Missouri that require a license to sell farm produce within cities. Justice Fox wrote the opinion for the state Supreme Court, holding section 6146 of the revised Missouri statutes exempts farmers from local licenses or fees for selling their produce in cities, rendering contrary ordinances void. The case came on appeal from St. Louis from the court of criminal correction.
The Supreme court affirmed a $5,000 verdict awarded in circuit court to Mrs. Alice Young of Bloomfield for the death of her husband in a tax case against the Waters, Pierce Oil Company. Judge Gantt wrote the opinion. Attorney Moses Whybark drafted the brief, praised as a model by a senior local lawyer.
The Cash-Book notes that after thirty years of Democratic rule Missouri sees a Republican legislature backed by millionaire contenders. Kerens a railroad interests figure travels by palatial car, Niedringhaus heads the National Enameling and Stamping Co, and Parker serves as general attorney for the Frisco railway. The piece accuses these magnates of corrupting the senate race with boodle and purchase.
The article urges readers to reflect on the past year and resolve to improve. It emphasizes learning from mistakes, living honorably and nobly, and building a happier home and community through better personal records in the coming year. It encourages starting now to focus on positive deeds.
A brief note urges making 14 the best and happiest year of our lives by embracing spa experiences and positive changes. The fragment highlights a hopeful resolution centered on well being and enjoyment through spa activities.
The Hartford Connecticut court two sentence scuff is noted with embezzlement trust funds of 4572 dollars leading to one year in jail. Another case features a man who did not steal a horse receiving two years and six months in state prison. The Commoner commentary laments waning court respect.
Walter Williams edits the final Missouri Book for the Worlds Fair Commission and reports Missouri earned 64 awards at the Exposition excluding women’s work livestock poultry and individual exhibitors. Forty seven grand prizes, fifteen gold medals, three hundred twenty silver medals and three hundred thirty bronze medals across horticulture agriculture fish and game education publication thriving coinage, forestry and more, with Missouri winning grand prize over all in multiple departments. The last edition, containing the official information, will not be published until February.
A Missouri reader praises W. P. Harned of Vermont for an article on Wintering Breeding Cattle in The Farmer and Stockman. The paper, praised for practical farming content on horticulture poultry dairying and farm law, urges Bollinger county farmers to subscribe at the press office.
Judge Steele of the Colorado supreme bench denounces a ruling halting the Denver election board from counting precinct 8 returns. He dissents, calling the majority opinion unwarranted and precedent-breaking, arguing the decision disenfranchises voters and aids corporate interests in keeping Peabody in office. The Commoner reports his forceful, timely rebuke.
The annual Poultry Farming course at Missouri Agricultural College in Columbia begins January 16. T E Orr, Secretary of the American Poultry Association and superintendent at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, will present the program covering core topics in profitable poultry culture, care and management of fowls, incubator handling, and feeding.
The courses are open to all persons, residents or not, with work starting in January for one week. Full information may be obtained by writing to the undersigned. Jocular short courses in Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Dairying begin January 16 and run for eight weeks. Acting Dean Muaintronp notes the schedule from Columbia, Missouri, December 9, 1902.
The Rev. Iri. Hicks Almanac for 1905 is prepared as a detailed 200 page book on astronomy and weather. It promotes itself as the finest edition yet issued, with a yearly subscription offer, and urges readers to order from Word and Works Publishing in St. Louis Missouri.
Tom The and Tour Tuzear, longtime rivals, plotted to outlast each other by writing ironic epitaphs. Tom The claimed a punning line for his monument while Tuzear countered with a follow up that mocks the rival’s boast and seals their playful feud in stone.
The piece lampoons modern hurry from trains to tables and meals to doctors. It notes that rushing governs courtship, marriage, and even death, with anecdotes of hurried divorces, late poker games, and fast purchases ending in no buy. The verse ends by saying the rush ends at death.
A rustic farmer in the audience challenged Miss Minnie Bertha Learned with questions on beef weight price, the vice president, and the Mississippi River, exposing gaps in practical knowledge. The anecdote ends with a jab at old fashioned schooling and the line Our Dumb Animals.
An advertisement offers to send 31/25 to The Press in Marble Hill in exchange for The New York Tribune Farmer, claimed as the best agricultural family weekly in the United States, with a yearly subscription pitch.
Local notes report corn selling at fifty five cents per bushel in Ironton with the crop scarce. Reports from nearby towns mention low Mississippi River stages, delayed trains to Cairo, and planned government experiments on lumber bracing at Grandin with Missouri Lutheran and Mennonite involvement. News items cover a mix of local crime, museum bragging by F P Graves, dentist humor, and railroad legal cases.
A nostalgic verse by E. D. Ake in Ironton Register celebrates Christmas wonder. It envisions Santa’s busy night delivering gifts to children on farms and in towns and hopes for dolls music boxes ponies and building blocks. The caller requested a compact card teaser with named source details.
Our Correspondents Isessville reports Prof M Aulsbury and family from Cape Girardeau visiting relatives. he was a notable Bolinger county teacher and now attends Cape Normal. May Arthur and Vina Welker spent Christmas at home. Joseph Arthur from Flat River is visiting. Nanny Whitener teaching near Latesville spent Christmas with her parents. Union church services were held Sunday. box supper Saturday night invites all, with Roasts Toon.
A young girl plans to live with merchant Louis Kaiser. Ebenezer church had a small crowd due to poor roads as Rev. Lowe preached. Albert Allen with sisters Lulu Alma and Tara Allen spent Christmas with kin at Appleton. Ritzel Sr moved his family from Advance. Hubert Morrison and sister Azie visited relatives in Cape county. Thomas Huskey left for Cape Girardeau to see kin. Arnold Kaiser, Louis and spouse’s son, has been ill. Prof. J W Yunziker enjoyed Christmas with family. Charles Kaiser of Nebraska, visiting his brothers, is now in Cape county.
Santa visited the school last Friday handing out candies while old folks received ashes. Christmas passed without accidents amid bad weather as several youths returned for holidays. Rev. Bettels left for St Louis. Uncle George Elfrink moved to a new dwelling. Henry Dierken went to the city. local shops in Leopold are thriving with many stores. A cheerful New Year to readers.
Fragmentary report notes mud on roads amid unsettled wheat harvest and racing activity. Unclear names and dates limit specifics. reads like a rural distraint of travel with poorly legible phrases.
Local items recount moving an old restaurant to a livery site near the hotel and Christmas events at the Christian church. Mentions include John Wiggins of Buchanan stocking town with supplies, Mrs. J. James returning from Indiana, Zalma Masotic’s elected officers, Santa Claus visits, and New Year wishes from C. Coon. Also notes mail carrier Alexander, hunter Marcus Cobb, and school happenings at Pine Union and Trace Creek.
After a long absence the writer shares local happenings in Lodge area health is good mud plentiful C Seabaugh runs a sawmill at G W Stilts Charley Sample trades his gristmill for forty acres Mr and Mrs H B McClendon visit Tas A Pridg’s family for Christmas C Seabaugh visits kin near Patton Elijah Whitener sells his Farm near Lodge two weeks ago Whitener a valued citizen Baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Robert Moyers Newcomer girl at Noah Myers home Henry Cheek often visits Lodge area Grace Vance, Madison County teacher, will holiday with home folks near Grassy H B Miller conducts business at Marble Hill Rail service Gravelton to Glen Allen discontinued new route via Castor Krallman to Marquand William Shetley holds mail carriage contract with Andy Briley as carrier R F E
Fifty five acre fruit and stock farm for sale five miles south of Lutesville Bollinger County Missouri. Includes a one and a half story frame dwelling log barn two cisterns about thirty five acres cleared and cultivatable, good fencing, soil suited to market fruit growing. Seller in ill health offers sacrifice price five hundred dollars with half cash and balance on time. Contact W S Kine or W K Chandler Secretary Farm and Home Real Estate Co Marble Hill Missouri.
A short satirical tale describes an Irishman tossed over a fence by an angry bull. He recovers to see the bull pawing the ground on the other side. The man bribes a smile and jokes that the bull’s bowing and apologetic gestures would make him think the animal threw him over on purpose.
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