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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1912
Page
6
A fragmented column of notes reports New York's first snowstorm costing the city $245,000 with five inches on the ground. The item mix covers swindlers, tipping debates, Turkey, a Colorado accident, dueling in France, and assorted oddities from society to science.
Robert Bacon, U.S. ambassador, admitted mailing his resignation to President Taft and will accept Harvard fellowship to succeed the late Judge Lowell. The resignation was sent aboard the Olympic and is due in Washington today. Also noted: Princeton elects John Grier Gibbon to succeed Woodrow Wilson as president. In Washington, Gen Carter claims 32,000 Japanese troops smuggled into Hawaii and says about 13,009 more will be sent soon, with War Secretary Stimson referencing earlier reports.
In Washington, insurgent Norris of Nebraska challenged Speaker Mann by nominating Victor Murdock of Kansas to the house rules committee seat vacated by the late K E Madison. After debate the house rejected Murdock, 107 to 167, with 26 Republicans voting for him and the rest Democratic.
Grand jury indictment leads to the arrest of Tom C. Hunter, chief of police, by Sheriff Freeman on charges of exacting illegal fees. Hunter allegedly collected 12 from Nellie Waits related to her husband’s Dallas arrest for wife desertion, asserting the money covered expenses. He contends the arrest is a political tactic ahead of his sheriff campaign.
Elijah Marshall Allen aged 72, a New York lumber merchant, wed Misa Matte Leura Walker, 19, from Cranbury Connecticut at Cherry dale Farm. The bride is kin to President Taft who sent regrets and a keepsake.
Mary Schellman, aged 16, of Pana Illinois, leaped in front of a freight train and was killed. Her parents live in the old country and she resided with an aunt.
T C Bidwell a prominent rancher living fifty miles southwest of Scott City Kansas was found frozen to death in his saddle. His horse froze to death standing nearby and half of a herd of 500 cattle also perished in the snowdrift. In another item Banker Morse, a prisoner in Atlanta, is to be moved to the government hospital at Hot Springs Arkansas, announced by the department of justice.
Following a general strike of 14 000 mill operatives in Lawrence Massachusetts police rescue a riot call as thousands of strikers wreck several mill plants leading to chaotic scenes and property damage.
Andrew Carnegie tells the Stanley committee that the Carnegie steel group earned about 40 million dollars a year and could have earned more. He recounts offers, cites a 320 million valuation plus 100 million for improvements, and contends he could have commanded 420 million with bonds. He criticizes the banking system, endorses the Aldrich plan, and recalls the Morgan fleet trust sale with detailed price breakdowns. He and Stanley share witty exchanges as Carnegie refuses to guess on hypothetical questions.
Dallas reports five meningitis deaths and eight new cases city health board also notes one death in Durant Oklahoma. additional quarantines and enforcement steps are taken as ten Texas cities quarantine areas with cases. unofficial reports from other points show no material rise in cases.
A New York burglar hid behind a screen while a family conducted a full day of music lessons from eight in the morning to noon. After the hour of practice the intruder was discovered and the police were called as a sensational headline framed the event later.
A testimonial from KL Cate of Exile Kentucky describes a four year battle with persistent sores and edema misdiagnosed by three doctors. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for four months, the writer claims full recovery and invites readers to request free samples.
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