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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1903
Page
2
A fragmented, humorous digest of society notes and curiosities. Mentions of Meght on Robing, Thomas, Belmont and Vanderbilt families, Joaquin Miller, Carnegie, World’s end 2914, attar of roses, and various short items about education, politics, crime, and culture.
Heavy rains push river levels above 22 feet at the Boonville gauge as Jenkins Island and surrounding lands flood. The Nadine steamer aids in evacuations while residents move stock to higher ground. Levees near Salt Creek and the Howard County side brace for potential overtopping if rains continue, threatening Cooper and Howard counties and the Missouri Pacific line.
Chicago capitalists led by Charles J. Harmon and George W. Rathman visited Louislans Mo Meyers last week to discuss a large cement plant. They secured options on shale lands near the city, reporting deposits of Borttaghial Minestone and Hadeon River base as chief cement ingredients. Plans call for plant work to begin once titles are acceptable and purchase funds are deposited.
Captain C J Dubois of Macon reports from projectors of the new St Louis and St Paul Railroad about a profile and date for the Eldon and St Louis Railroad. Survey work toward Eldon road could save time, courting productive county land. Citizens in Monroe Shelby and Scotland counties long wanted a direct line to the metropolis. The Rock Island is said to back the project, which could serve likewise as the older Louie route once slated to join Rock Island.
Monroe City honors Confederate Federal and Mexican heroes with flags and roses despite a rainstorm. Jefferson City reports May tax receipts of 39,711.70. The Stephens Medal contest at Missouri University in Columbia awarded to Hal Thurman of Lamar as the sole contestant.
Sullivan Missouri held Decoration Day services with unusual interest as a large crowd attended and joined in decorating graves. Don Summers of St. Louis led the day’s events.
In Marshall Missouri Decoration Day services were postponed due to heavy rains with nearly four inches of water falling, delaying observances and related ceremonies.
Geerclese Are Held Rell Mo The commencement exercises honored graduates including William Harria Gill Frank Rolla Bell Lewis Sublette Logan Victor Schuipe Francia Henry Arthur Ignatius D Arcy Frederik Havenstein Herbert Arno Rossier John Edward Walker Frank Haya Woldner. Degrees awarded included Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering to Cornelian Mark Dally Walter Adams Lather Royal Sylvester Web and a Special course in surveying to Oren Paul Richards. The annual ceremony took place at Mechanics Hall.
Fulton Insane Asylum sought $2000 from Macon County for keeping a burglar, and the Missouri Supreme Court ruled last week in favor of the defendant. The case involves William Jones, convicted in 1891 of burglary and later sent to the asylum after a brief prison term, with Macon County accounts for quarterly support treated as invalid due to Jones not being a county resident.
Obituary notes Oliver Duck president of the Bank of Nevada died Friday morning at his country residence near Shell City. He had been mostly retired, spent time on his stock farm, and was long interested in the M. K. & T. stockyards.
General James B. Smith will replace J Mack Tanner as warden on July 1 amid cabinet changes. The governor also appoints Gen Smith as assistant adjutant general while Col Thomas W Goott becomes adjutant general, with Goott's prior ties and age noted.
President Roosevelt arrives in Salt Lake City on a special train. He praises Utah pioneers and dines with Senator Kearns, while a large crowd greets him in Ogden. Separately, plans emerge to bring 5 million Jews from Russia to the United States. Montreal endangers safety with two major fires. Alabama grand jury hears about bondage cases and brutal whipping. Omaha reports a streetcar collision injuring about fifty. Philadelphia textile workers push toward a 55 hour week with widespread abstention from work.
A Rolla vote on extending city limits to include the School of Mines carried 90 to 12 after a Friday election. In Mount Vernon, attorneys settling Father Albginger's estate uncovered about 67000 dollars, mostly in gold, and the Reverend W F Jones delivered the memorial address.
Pine Bluff residents learned no cyclone struck the city and residents returned after a mass exodus sparked by a fanatic’s warnings. The scare disrupted work and caused ridicule for wary locals. Also reports of a Kansas City unionist killed and other local police, court and pension actions feature in this condensed dispatch.
A wide sweep of events from 1902 including naval policy shifts with new battleships, rail and canal disputes, and a stormy Missouri flood. Fires, riots, and arrests ripple through Indiana Crawfordville rail projects, Jefferson City flood damage, and a Great Lakes era of political maneuvering. Notable mentions include Roosevelt’s travels, Italian king’s Paris visit, court cases in Missouri and Monticello, and railway accidents off California.
In government circles a prominent British statesman advocates trimming naval strength. The stance places him against a minority within his own party, with few radicals in the House of Commons supporting a different course.
A southern winter report event had L. Frank Baum met by a young girl with a pen chest. She told him, Mr Baum, I think you're a very wonderful man, because mamma told me to. The author laughed off the blunt praise as amused spectators looked on.
The Emperor Menelek tried to replace barter with a metallic currency in Abyssinia. The Maria Theresa thaler remained standard but lacked small coins. salt blocks became the common measure of value, and efforts to coin a new currency failed. Rifle cartridges became the few remaining standard of value.
The estate of the late Jacob H Rogers, locomotive builder of Paterson N J, is valued at a little over 8 million dollars with most to the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Trenton. Executors fees total 214000 dollars, the largest such charge ever paid in New Jersey for estate administration.
Dr W D Mann of Buffalo famed for McKinley operation stood out at the Washington congress of medicos insisting he is an everyday surgeon. He said there is no high road to success except hard work and lots of it.
A newspaper man recounts an afternoon at a golf club with the attorney general. The host forgot to supply cigars, prompting the correspondent to provide them. The program drifted into a long smoke as the attorney general insisted he had orders not to use tobacco, yet the cigars continued.
Union troops entered the city on the night of April 3 1865. De Peynter’s friends sought official recognition for his brave action but failed. They created a private medal to honor the colonel and sent it to him.
One of the world’s oldest Kentucky families, centered in Bell County, has never experienced a death in the lineage. Lewis Green, now aged about 93, and his wife Virginia, 92, live on a farm at the mouth of Ham’s Creek along the Cumberland River, in the same house they moved into as newlyweds seventy three years ago. Their youngest child is 43, and the couple notes no deaths in the family across generations.
The article questions how much Russian government authorities bear responsibility for the Kischine massacre while noting global sentiment dismisses fear surrounding the incident. It comments on a man described as kind and well‑regarded, living with his wife and children at home.
Clement A. Griscom, noted for aggressive business methods, reportedly tossed a remark about lumber prices and his leg during a newspaper snatch, quipping that higher lumber costs were making his leg more “unable.” The exchange underscores his sharp, combative style in public life.
The president will use a private entrance for certain movements through the White House complex. Security and protocol officials confirm the arrangement to streamline access and minimize disruption during official duties.
A garbled excerpt discusses Seana oe st' pniddhi B tarcher arriving first to attend a world parliament in 1803 and prompting American merchants to seek unity and Indian material effort. The passage questions Hindu and Tadaars values and hints at broader national prospects.
Text appears garbled with partial phrases about translation and Puget cow, making it unclear. The readable bits suggest a note on rapid translation or a Perennial task, mentioning Beattie. No definite event, date, or organization can be identified.
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