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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
3
The platform condemns graft and corporate influence, urges import duty reductions, income tax support, and stricter anti trust and railroad regulation. It calls for publicity of campaign contributions, banning corporate gifts, and limits on executive patronage while endorsing popular election of senators and restrictions on Asiatic immigration.
A lengthy 1900s style platform asserts Democratic aims to curb private monopolies, broaden federal regulation of interstate commerce, expand social programs, and protect civil rights. It advocates tariff reform, railroad rate control, postal savings, pensions, and direct election of senators while supporting infrastructure, education, and Pan American cooperation. It endorses Philippine independence, Alaska and Puerto Rico rights, and a strong national navy.
A commemorative tablet honoring John Benjamin, a Massachusetts artilleryman in the Continental Army, was unveiled at Washington Memorial Chapel Valley Forge on the 150th anniversary of Valley Forge evacuation. Gifted by Mrs. William Henry Pearson of Boston, it notes his seven years of service and sacrifices, erected by his granddaughter Nancy Della Benjamin Pearson.
Poetic reflection on hope fading like sunset then night. The speaker laments a great hope's setting and the world’s dimming, but finds solace as stars emerge making the night holy and inward life deepen. The piece centers on inner spiritual resilience amid loss.
A Country Life saying warns that paying caddies enough to live and supplying their constant loaf er cigarette will create loafers and force changes to employment terms. The remark links remuneration and upkeep to broader labor behavior and has a biting tone about working conditions.
Missouri state records show 3,233 automobile owners and 191 dealers in the first year of a one year old registration law. The good roads fund credit stands at 18,005 dollars. St Louis leads with 1,560 registered owners followed by Kansas City 600 and St Joseph 125. Smaller cities include Joplin 15 Carthage 40 Tarkio 30 Sedalia 25 Springfield 35 Bonne Terre 20 and Jefferson City 22.
The Missouri supreme court after hours denied a writ of mandamus to halt a preliminary hearing for Irwin Carter, held in Reynolds County on a charge of shooting Thomas Bagby. The ruling asserts the state may force a preliminary hearing even if the defendant waives it, a first of its kind in Carter’s favor.
Arlington resident Mark Crane and his son John Crane were ambushed on the road to their farm. John was struck in the right side by a shotgun blast while Mark was fired upon but not hit, as they traveled south of town.
Marceline voters approved the local option by a 55 majority out of 515 total votes. The quiet election saw women and children on the streets near saloons while bells tolled and the mayor issued a proclamation banning street parades. no organized demonstrations occurred.
Sedalia NY resident A Cole of Holly recently came to take railroad work and was fatally hurt in the M K T yards. Sitting on a crossing track he was backed over by a train, the rear of his leg severed and internal injuries sustained. He died at the company hospital.
A 25-year-old man of dark complexion, about 5 feet 7 inches and 150 pounds, drowned himself in the Steinmetz railroad pond five miles east of Glasgow. A tattoo on his left forearm reads G. GG. and features a woman's outline. The body was found in the pond with no immediate identification.
The St. Joseph Belt Railway Co. of St. Joseph Missouri, capital stock $500000, was granted a charter by the secretary of state. The line connects the Rock Island Burlington and St. Joseph Stock Yards Co. and runs from St. Joseph to Sulphur Springs.
John J Daniels editor and owner of the Holliday News lies at his father's home in Centralia after several weeks of typhoid fever illness. He is a widely known figure in Missouri journalism and facing critical condition.
The negatives from 31 080 counterfeit five dollar bills were produced by W C Guild and arrested at Neosho Missouri. Guild confessed to the St Louis division of the federal secret service department. The bills were claimed to be from a St Louis bank.
William Gaugh aged 64 a follower of Quantrell died at his home in Kansas City He joined Quantrell during the Kentucky raid where the guerrilla leader fell In the Civil War he recruited in Clay County Missouri and enlisted Frank and Jesse James
On the levee hundreds of river excursionists watched as Nathan Smith a roustabout on the City of Memphis was shot dead by Ben Barber another roustabout after a quarrel over a crap game. The incident occurred aboard the river steamer.
Two sons of J P Johnson aged 24 and 12 drowned while bathing in an abandoned coal pit near Bronaugh Nevada. The older brother died trying to rescue the younger.
Mrs. J. D. R. Turner, wife of local bookkeeper J. D. R. Turner, was found dead in bed with an empty chloroform bottle nearby. The couple had been married only a short time.
G W Winney of Medina New York invites kidney sufferers to write for a personal account of how Dean s Kidney Pills cured him after eighteen months in two hospitals with back pain lameness and rheumatism He claims to have gained weight from 143 to 162 pounds after taking 10 or 12 boxes Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
The Philadelphia Press quotes a dialog about perseverance and purpose, urging steadfast effort to achieve goals. A humorous exchange contrasts a solemn insistence on sticking with one’s aim against an unlikely obstacle. The tone mirrors a newspaper page’s witty columnist voice.
A brief item notes a product or brand marker claiming a long established signature. It references a well known phrase associated with a familiar item in use for decades, emphasizing ongoing adoption and consumer recognition since the 20th century.
A clipped, partial newspaper item presents a mixed quotation featuring Lowell and Socrates. It notes a “Lewis' Factory, Peoria” dealer line and hints at a vendor offering bindings and deals. Context suggests a historical ad or reading card fragment with unattributed sourcing.
A dialectically phrased exhortation asks how many American women in lonely homes long for happiness denied by organic derangement and urges awareness that preparation for healthy maternity is accomplished by the use of a specified approach.
Mrs Maggie Gilmer of West Union writes that after a health decline from a sex related weakness Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her to perfect health and made her a mother. Mrs Josephine Sall of Bardstown says the remedy cured female troubles and she is now a proud mother. For thirty years the compound has been a standard female remedy addressing displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache and nervous prostration. It invites sick women to write for advice and lists Lynn Massachusetts as the address.
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