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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1911
Page
2
A mosaic of quirky notes and local color from New York and beyond. Items mention a Newark man’s tragedy by his own hand, a million-dollar house tied to a boy’s play phone, and a divorce suit over a wife’s weight. Amusing quips on towels, housekeeping, and piano tunings mix with oddities about eroding earth, a poet’s muse, and a telegraph operator’s wages.
The article urges dog owners to provide ample drinking water during heat. It notes areas with scarce public water fonts for dogs. cats may not get rabies from thirst but suffer heat, often purring loudly when water is given.
Twenty one miners die in a gas explosion at the Cascade Coal and Coke Sykesville shaft in Dubois Pennsylvania. Three sets of brothers and a father and son are among the dead. Rescue teams from a 150 foot shaft recover more bodies as officials investigate with a government relief car arriving. The blast likely started by a gas pocket ignited by a lamp.
The Kuselan government abruptly annuls sessions linked to John Hara Hammond United States ambassador to the English coronation. The move involves a syndicate of American financiers and promoters and is reported with sudden impact.
A California suffragist group was intercepted in a city park where they planned a “doughnut campaign” to promote votes for women. They faced an ordinance prohibiting public speeches and were stopped for selling and delivering campaign talks.
In Denver Colorado two United Mine Workers members are jailed for a year each after a strike disruption near the northern Colorado coal fields. Twelve more protesters were heavily fined as authorities enforce a new rule to curb picketing.
A New York to Chicago Erie express derailed after colliding with a pusher engine at Portage on the Buffalo division. The engine rolled over a high embankment, killing the engineer aboard the express.
In Costa Rica a steamer Irma rammed the Diamante during a tropical storm on the San Juan River near Port Limon. Survivors report several deaths, with passengers aboard the Irma among the missing. Meanwhile a Senate inquiry in Washington scrutinized railroad rebates to large corporations, alleging harm to small traders as Frank C. Lowrey testified about sugar rate practices and the need for rate experts to navigate interstate commerce laws.
London reports a heated discussion as opponents question forcing wholesale creation of peers to counter a Liberal majority. The issue hinges on whether the veto law passes while the Lords fear losing influence in delayed legislation and power. Lords are expected to yield at the last moment.
Promoter Lewis of a university project and several companies was indicted by a federal jury on charges of defrauding investors. The 12-count indictment outlines four main schemes under a reorganization plan, involving notes and stock sales from Lewis Publishing and related firms. Lewis allegedly obtained millions from investors nationwide through these transactions.
The jewels of Lily Price, Duchess of Marlborough, were auctioned at Chelsea in London, selling within 15 minutes for a total of $105,700. Highlights included a 46 pearl necklace for $RU 500, a pearl brilliant necklace for $55,000, and a pearl brilliant tiara for $57,500.
London reports the Foreign Office published the text of a modified Anglo Japan pact. The revision binds England to side with Japan if the United States and Japan go to war while allowing both nations to seek general arbitration pacts with others, including the United States.
A gas explosion on the David Shipman farm seven miles south of Tulsa ripped up twenty acres. The blast was preceded by a rumbling noise like an earthquake, shaking the area and causing extensive ground disruption.
President Taft, in Washington, D.C., accepted an honorary membership in the Aero Club of New York, signaling his support for aviation as an eminent amateur aviator.
Bishop EB D Monson of the Methodist Episcopal Church South reads Gov Colquitt out of the church. Colquitt, a prohibition amendment opponent, had been campaigning against the measure.
Rain ended a four day effort by Michigan residents against a severe forest fire. Seven people are confirmed dead and many remain unaccounted for as crews work to contain the blaze near Detroit and across the northern region.
See Found Guilty on Every Count details a jury verdict after one hour with twelve men convicting China Evelyn Agthupy Lee on all charges related to enticing minors and delinquency. Defense plea for new trial noted as motions embark, while spectators and counsel react with tears.
Washington authorities widen investigations into lumber manufacturing and wholesaling practices. The National Lumber Manufacturers Association led by Finward Hines of Chicago is expected to be among the major organizations examined.
An amateur aviator named A Kreamer was killed when his plane fell seven feet and a wing or engine collapsed onto him. He had been attempting to obtain an international pilot license and died at the scene, with observers noting a rapid collapse after takeoff.
A 20 year old woman in Davenport died from a revolver wound received while sitting in her front yard on the Fourth of July. Riebant Zalhentte was arrested and charged with the shooting in this July incident.
Albany lawmakers passed a bill appropriating 1,260,000 dollars to rehabilitate the New York state library destroyed by the fire in the state capitol building. An initial 260,000 dollars is available immediately.
A serious leak in one of the twenty cylinders of the cofferdam surrounding the Maine was discovered and stopped. The development had caused anxiety among the engineers for weeks.
Jack Siexas aged 52 years long time city clerk, bank clerk and accountant died in Methodist hospital today from fever described as walking typhoid caused by starvation. The obituary notes his career in Guthe and Plorian and his varied public service.
A fruit crop estimate from the board of horticulture reports Missouri has a third of its apple crop well distributed across the state and a 16 percent peach crop likewise well distributed across Missouri, reflecting a favorable spread.
Ian Styme Stevenson of Council Bluffs elected grand master of the Odd Fellows of Iowa. Grand Secretary R. L. Tilton of Des Moines reelected and made the announcement.
Two youngsters playing with matches in their grandfather John Mood’s barn at Oakhill, Standish Me, started a blaze that consumed the farm buildings and cost them their lives. The fire damaged the Mood estate as authorities investigate the tragedy.
Chattanooga candy maker H. B. Higgins committed suicide this morning by taking morphine. He left a note requesting burial with Masonic honors. The act caused business losses and unsettled his company.
Artetia Texas July 15 marks the general re rating of Texas fire insurance. About 121 companies are affected as the schedule in force since July 15 will cost roughly 200 000 in adjustments across the state.
The notice claims 162000 farm hands needed across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta to harvest grain, with 112000 local help already available and 60000 more required. It lists dozens of government agents and rail fares from boundary points to recruit workers, predicts wheat yields of 14 to 26 bushels per acre, and warns of high job demand from July through November as harvesting and threshing proceed.
A fragment shows a mother objecting to a kiss between a child and a parent, reflecting a light domestic moment and questions of boundary in a household.
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