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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1913
Page
2
A garbled column mixes social quirks with sensational snippets. Topics include fashion shifts like trouser skirts, marriage and divorce rumors, crime vignettes, dinette curiosities, and distant city notes. Names, places, and dates are scattered amid playful, observational bits on culture and daily life.
The article notes seven states will name eight senators as legislatures convene in January. It highlights no party holds a majority, with possible outcomes including two Democrats or a Democrat and Republican or Progressive wins. Governors set January swearing ins across thirty states, with Wisconsin and Illinois among key fronts.
Kansas City police raided a gypsy camp near the eastern city limits and arrested more than 100 individuals as part of efforts to disperse the wandering group from the area.
A Seaboard boiler in the Hamlet North Carolina shop exploded killing nine men. The dead include Charles B. Ager general foreman William Utter his son Reynolds electrician and six helpers.
Revival of a Philadelphia church figure Rev Alferd Garnett Mortimer. retirement follows rumors of scandal denied by church leaders. Arrests tied to a bank robbery surfaced as reports spread about Mortimer stepping down. investigators pursued suspects linked to the crime scene. The Tehachapi project and related railway deals also appear in the edition with broader regional business notes.
In New York, a chauffeur named Arthur de Wearles faced a court for operating as an automobile while under investigation. The court could only fine him $25, but his inability to pay meant he should be discharged. Lawyer Worley argued the case showed no factual basis for imprisonment, and the judge later agreed with the defense.
An advance in Standard Oil stock on New Yorks Wall Street sparks talk of a doubling of issued shares. The paper cites a capitalization of 16 million dollars and hints at rights offering for shareholders.
Bowling Green postmaster reports a letter from Oklahoma City signed Willem J Gardner claiming kidnapping six years ago in Bowling Green by a miner named Alexander Husksy. The note appears to reference the Chanie Ross case with unclear details and no verified evidence.
Charles B. Grow, jailed in Alientown Pa, was revealed as the heir to a $15000 bequest from Milwaukee’s James A. Dobbins after Grow saved his life years ago, a detail connected to a forgery charge.
A Washington proposal by TD Co Joevph Stee vrt seeks new facilities and staffing for parcel post to support mail handling. It estimates 10 percent of operations during a five year period with overall cost of about 9.00 per item to cover expanded parcel post business. Congress is urged to authorize a general upgrading order for proper equipment.
A fierce prairie fire in North Lakota destroyed hay stacks and killed hundreds of cattle. The Thom ve Hull ranch, recently elected secretary of state, was burned with heavy losses reported. A storm raged, wind drove flames past usual barriers, and local property suffered extensive damage. Meanwhile a ship named Sterna sank off Gulfport, Mississippi, with all on board, and news arrived of its loss.
In Winsted Connecticut a report states more than 90909 dollars in bark notes were found among the effects of Mrs Emeline G Mills widow of Dante H Mills at the Mills home.
Fragmentary OCR yields a chaotic report of federal agents and locals involved in deadly exchanges around a town, with unclear names and places. The text mentions police, suspects, and a chaotic sequence, but precise identities and events remain unreadable.
The report outlines a major fraud case involving a $1.5 million swindle in Portland. Several defendants are named, including a Seattle worker and others tied to a commission. details describe a web of deceit and a government connection. A Pennsylvania congressman, Henton Pat John Jetser Mollenry, dies at 46 from a general breakdown in Philadelphia.
Federal authorities accuse a group led by noted union figures of a wire conspiracy to blow up gas facilities. The defendants face explosives charges and possible life sentences. The trial references involve Los Angeles and Chicago operatives, with 1910-era legal proceedings and significant courtroom costs noted. Many details are garbled but the core is an alleged gas plant sabotage plot tied to union leadership and multiple cities.
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