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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
2
A garbled OCR paragraph mixes politics and daily items with unclear references. It mentions trains and locomotives, freight rates, international topics, and various faded names, hinting at broad economic and policy debates but with many illegible terms. The piece reads like a shuffled, low‑clarity newspaper fragment.
A cryptic claim alleges a plan to deploy a firing machine devised by Wright after a period of experimentation. The source hints at broad ambitions and potential national reach, but details remain unclear and unverified.
Aetoré wife asserts he receives twenty five thousand dollars as stage money. She claims the figure is misrepresented and questions the source or legitimacy of such payments. The article notes his sworn statement and seeks clarification on the meaning of stage money in this context.
An Atlantic steamship has installed a department store and a showroom, yet kept them distant due to differing ethics. The arrangement reflects a tension between commercial expansion and moral standards aboard the vessel.
City officials consider adopting blue shoes as part of the uniform for public servants while weighing practicality and style. The proposal sparks debate over appearance and practicality in daily duties.
A Gotham women’s club calls in police during a routine election push as it argues for belligerent stance. The piece notes men mock the group’s steadfast posture and vows the ridicule will continue through the chapter.
The story describes a man in Catakill who fished to shake off laziness and returned with a sturgeon bearing % ponds of caviar for which he won 100. Chicago labor readers condemn strikes run for extortion. True friends of labor condemn men who use others for enrichment at others’ expense and hardship.
Estimates for the fiscal year 7910 call for appropriations of 55 million dollars to Panama Canal works. The total planned expenditure on the interoceanic waterway by close of that period would reach 250 million dollars. The enterprise is costly but deemed worthwhile as the United States would be the principal beneficiary and the new route a boon to world commerce.
A professor of political economy and sociology at a prominent university is suing for divorce. His wife accuses him of advocating a doctrine that the wife should share breadwinning child care and housework, while he remains silent on whether the husband should wash dishes or do laundry. The case, argued in court, could become the season’s most talked about divorce.
The passage notes flourishing shipbuilding centers with Bath Maine especially active. It mentions a monster ferry boat for railroad car transfer and a large four masted schooner launched in one day. It urges more production of first class steamers for ocean going traffic.
Prison guards and inmates at the Missouri Penitentiary aided by convicts helped secure crops and prevent flood damage when rising waters challenged the facility. Authorities coordinated efforts to shield fields and storage areas from inundation.
Widespread washouts and Missouri River floods halted traffic with trains diverted through St Louis and Sedalia. Travelers faced delays as multiple rail routes were detoured while officials warned the river crest neared and rainfall spread across Kansas and Missouri. Local convicts aided farmers by working Calloway bottoms to save wheat from the rising floodwaters.
A massive North Atlantic squadron converges off Cape Ann, with four battleships a torpedo boat destroyers and more ships joining. Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder will command the largest war fleet ever gathered in U S waters during weeks of maneuvers arranged from Washington aiming to establish a base at Proviton News.
Walter Reich confirms reports of a successful test flight of a new airship design. The vehicle resembles a bicycle with wings and uses pedal-powered propellers. Inventor claims significant funding from neutral sources and holds a patent on the craft.
A fractured clipping notes that a prisoner named Christian Johnson is involved in a case seeking an 18 man long, with mentions of a prisoner having six wives. The readable fragment hints at legal or personal dispute but lacks full context for a complete report.
In San Francisco Christian C Johnson faces charges of defrauding Mrs Leopold of 600 dollars after a false marriage. Police say he is John Madson, a husband to many wives nationwide. Johnson admits marrying Mrs Seo DeBonmett but insists he is not Madson and denies the bigamy allegations. He remained defiant yet cooperative, claiming he never heard of Madson and stating he will tell the truth now.
Beatrice Thompson, 40, an artist, fired a revolver at Father Joseph Po Gtilia near St Marys Cathedral as he walked to celebrate Mass at St Marys Academy. Police say she has a fanatical aversion to Catholicism and previously wrote to the mayor making unfounded charges against priests.
Mia Krene Koraine formerly Marie Louise Bolback a Brooklyn girl began married life in an undertaker chapel in New York City as flowers from an earlier service adorned the room. The pair sought a minister and finally used the mortuary chapel to seal their vows after a long wait.
Col William P Tucker retired Army Reserve, recently divorced in Chicago, married nurse Myrtle Mat in Perroit Mich. The ceremony was conducted by Justice Felix A Lembio at Rey W Sayres home where Mrs Platte has been a guest.
Charles W. Morse, the banker, has opened new offices on the twentieth floor of the Bachange Building in Wall Street, replacing spaces once occupied by his bank before the 1907 crash. Morse will remain in New York, with his office on appeal in progress.
The Mauretania arrived at Quarantine with 2S minutes faster than the prior record, completing the Liverpool mail voyage in 4 days 15 hours 54 minutes. The ship, between Dayns Rock and Ambrose Channel Lightship, averaged 25.84 knots. It secured the Liverpool mails before midnight for the third time.
Sedalia Missouri reports the Ladies Aid Society of the First Congregational Church received an order from the Katy railroad purchasing agent for 150 dozen signal flags in red white blue and green to be completed by July 31. The society produced 92 dozen flags last month and, for 18 years, the old church society has supplied all Katy system flags with the company furnishing material and paying.
Chicago court records reveal Charlotte Mae Smith Bradway filed for divorce from Wm. F. Bradway on grounds of desertion. The couple wed September 9, 1963 and separated January 1, 1904. Bradway, a Hamilton Club member and financier, is noted as a multi millionaire and early discoverer of Goldfields Neva.
In New York City four boxes of FE Ho Harriman's cigars and three of his children, Mary Caroline and Roland, sailed aboard the Kron Pring Wilhelm to join him in Europe as he cannot procure abroad.
In Hivefeld West Virginia a crossing accident involving a Norfolk and Western train led to multiple fatalities and injuries. J M Hop Kine depts sheriff showed the crash site to Hord Hatfield as W. How laevers and Marfeld suffered fatal or serious injuries. Hatfield and Witt faced ongoing friction with the railroad amid related tensions.
In Union City Tennessee no effort was made to secure the release of forty men jailed on indictments as members of the night rider band blamed for the murder of Captain Quentin Rankin. The court adjourned until September.
Beaumont Texas employees of the Beaumont Traction Company reach arbitration to settle the seniority clause in their contract ending the labor dispute.
A tunnel project near Montrose Cole saw a fatal incident when a shot was fired at 130 ppm during the last round in the Cun ting ieeation tunnel. Debris cleared and workmen from two head towns aided, as the six mile tunnel, four and a half years under construction, proceeded after the blast.
Warsaw Indiana reports Hert Stansbury and Cora Keelen both of Lingenter drowned at Lake Wawasere. Details of how they perished remain unknown.
The United States circuit court of appeals reversed the two year prison term for John R. Morris an oleo dealer convicted in June 1997 on several counts under oleomargarine laws. The court affirmed the one day in jail and fines totaling five thousand dollars but reversed the prison sentence.
Mrs. Robert Reyer aged 36 was struck by an automobile in Toledo and dragged about 150 feet. She died en route to the hospital.
The steam schooner P. J. Adler bound from Seattle to Bethel Alaska was feared lost but arrived safely at her destination on July 1 according to a dispatch. The vessel carried a crew and cargo, and the report confirmed her safe voyage despite prior fears.
A Warren and Brie toline trolley of the Rhode Island Baburban Railroad Co. left the rails at a curve near West Barrington. Ten people were injured and two are believed fatally hurt. Rescue crews rushed to the scene as authorities opened an investigation into the derailment.
Violent shocks in Constantine Algeria's Ain Melila area kill two people and topple several houses. Many homes are left unsafe and at risk of further collapse.
Charles Francia Parker world checker champion since 1887 died in Boston Massachusetts. Parker born in Boston 41 years ago. In 1887 he won the world championship by defeating James Wyllie at Glasgow Scotland.
A jury absolved Dr. Charles F. Barstow a former Chicago physician of the murder charge in the Leanette Relder case. The verdict of not guilty was reached after testimony and deliberation in Freeport.
Ardmore Gas at 400 feet brought in the largest Ardmore field gas well with estimated rapacity of 20,000,000 cubic feet. More residents hold adjoining lands and plan borings within 60 days.
Washington DC Governor General James F Smith of the Philippines announced at the White House that he would resign as soon as President Taft returned to Washington.
A vacant house at 2707 Highland Ave, part of five built for Black residents by King Realty, was destroyed by hazardous material. A posted warning targeted Black people, while white residents expressed mixed feelings but vowed to protect home values and avoid racial conflict if Negroes respect white property and safety.
Mrs Peet H Mohrie widow of "Yellow KeI" Mobrie was killed by Thomas Kane in the Pour Courte. Police officer Thomas Waleh reported responding to the scene and found the victim stating she wished to end her life. She was taken to a city hospital where she is believed to die.
Former treasurer of Nelawaer County Maryetlin-N C Cover faces questions over a scheme involving forged accounts and misused funds dating back to April. Prosecutors allege forged documents tied to the county treasurer and a presumed accomplice, Deputy Vermer Coantt, identified as PR23074, with evidence pointing to their involvement in a wider fraud.
Amite county reports two youths named Pearce and Kerrhe killed during a storm near the Aerity depot. The elder Pearce and Zeale Kerrhe were in a barn when the incident occurred. One horse died, but no other damage to barns or property is noted.
Jefferson City records note Governor appoints Charles Narnett as coal official in St Joseph for a term ending August 60. He replaces G. Vo Now and succeeds a prior official, amid a sequence of judicial and governmental appointments outlined in the period.
Dr Watere Goee will join the Kansas State Agriculture College at Manhattan as director of the experiment station and begin work there in September. He has been dean at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture since 1995 and will take effect the last of August. In Hermann Mo an amateur baseball player Washington Ewald Wanier sel aged 16 was struck on the neck by a pitched ball during a match between Hermann and Rosenhal Milling Co of St Louis and died from injuries.
In the supreme court the Waters Pierce Company and its co defendants the Standard and Republic 671 companies faced ouster proceedings. The motion to retain the conta was denied. The Waters Pierce Company paid a fine of 50000 but objects to paying all of the conte.
Chillicothe Franklin Pierce Overton, probate judge of Livingston county, died after a two week illness. He was a well known Democrat in the state. Dynamite wrecks store at Salem Mo damaged end walls and contents. Samuel Rubenstein owned the general merchandise store.
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