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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1903
Page
2
A jumble of misread clippings notes fashion, science and crime tidbits. It references Marble Hill press, Washington Post, Nebraska cyclone and a mix of humorous items about culture, racing, plumbing, and a Chicago commentary on art and architecture.
A Missouri judge indicated he may call a grand jury to pursue further indictments related to bribery at the state level. Attorney General Crow and Circuit Attorney Path weigh in on potential actions as developments in St Louis spark calls for corruption probes in the legislature and a broader inquiry.
Eleanor Baldwin rejects Owen Page and gently rebuffs Mr Struthers as he reveals a secret love. Struthers declares his intent to win fame and fortune for her future, while Eleanor hints at Aunt Emma and a past letter prompting future visits.
The Missouri Music Teachers Association will hold a keynote convention in Jefferson City with members from St. Louis and nearby states attending. The gathering includes several hundred attendees, aims to coordinate teachers across states along the Mississippi, and features Helen Steel of Bedalle as president with H. B. Rice of St. Louis as secretary treasurer.
In Lancaster Missouri Gordon Ramey who killed his wife last February after she left for her father’s home was found insane at a special term of the court called by Judge Nat M Shelton. The jury at the inquest returned insanity and Ramey was moved to Pulon for confinement. If restored to sanity he will be brought back to stand trial for murder. James C Cain resigns as clerk of the State Free Employment Bureau in Saint Joseph to join a St Louis firm. William Dorsearo Night superintendent for the St. Joseph Railway, Light, Power and Heat Co named to replace Cain.
Jefferson City reports the consolidation of Aurora foundry and machine works Crescent trap works and Sterling Iron works into the United Ironworks company of Springfield with total capitalization of 650 000 all paid. Free meat delivery ends in St Joseph causing job losses for ten salesmen and drivers. Henry Meredith accused attacker whipped by a posse in Armstrong tied to a pole and given corporal punishment after jail incident. Sunday trading returns at Kansas City stock yards with open departments and cattle and hog markets. Oil inspectors Tom Phillips and Charles P Cargill named inspectors in Kansas City and St Joseph. A boiler explosion at Paris custom mills injures no one.
Bottoms farmers in Missouri anticipate planting corn as water recedes. They warn remaining flood risk could delay crops but expect to grow quickly once fields dry. They plan to reserve corn and other crops for livestock feed and sustain their stock through delays.
St Joseph farmers recount flood losses with fruit and grain damage mostly limited to certain districts. Highland counties report better outcomes with crops such as cherries apples and berries promising. Separate notes cover a husband wife separation arrest, university education reforms, corn shortages in Columbia and a train collision at La Monte with no fatalities.
Farmington Mo miner Sam Dupcan was killed Friday night when a missed-fire hole blasted during drilling. A Hungarian miner suffered an eye injury in the same incident. Local officials report the blast occurred at the Des Loge mined site.
Waterworks bonds totaling 69,000 won by a large majority in Cameron on Saturday. Hiram Phillips, president of the St. Louis Board of Public Improvements, will supervise the system’s construction. Sunday School Ice Cream Supper in Weilsville raised about 20 dollars for food relief.
The new Masonic hall in Marshall was dedicated Friday night. Construction cost totaled 20 000 dollars and furnishings 5 000 dollars. An address was delivered by Doctor W M Kuhn acting grand master. Dedication exercises were followed by a banquet.
The Exchange grain elevator in the East Bottoms burned last week destroying 40,000 bushels of wheat and causing about 70,000 dollars in losses.
Five years pass as Mrs Stage contemplates her daughter and status while Harold brings tea and Emma reveals Owen Page, his wife recovered from Roman fever after three years abroad. She laments Eleanor’s fate and Harold’s lack of understanding, calling the situation madness and rehashing past sorrows.
An account from 1863 describes Madfir chiefs Mapela and Makapaan murdering the brother of late Gen. Potgietar with horrific torture. Kruger joined a relief expedition and attempted a surrender by trickery, infiltrating a Kaffir cave in their language. He failed his plan and narrowly escaped with his life.
Japan advances in aerial warfare sending Capt Tokunaga to Germany to study balloons and balloons research. The Japanese army plans an experimental building to test airships as it eyes modernizing maneuvers for the imperial forces.
A Good Housekeeping note laments a widespread careworn look among twenty five art club members and others. It urges people to smile and present a pleasant face despite worries to avoid aging and preserve freshness for future generations.
The Riviera launches a novel ostrich farming project in Nice. About eighteen months ago authorities planned to acclimatize ostriches outside the tropics. The first harvest yielded a general plucking of feathers and drew a large crowd, signaling initial success for ostrich farming in France.
A brief dialogue fragment shows a speaker mentioning Champlei and a photograph. One asks why the other would hate him, and the reply suggests Champlei could have been the source of an infliction. The tone hints at guilt by association and concern over potential blame.
A described machine aims to treat a form of canttattem by a pocketed receptacle system. The device features an automatic mechanism that presents pockets to align with openings, facilitating the processing of the subject matter as pictured in the accompanying drawing.
A fragmented passage notes odd devices for egg storage and concealed mechanisms within a wooden or fetal casing. It hints at differences from ordinary forms, with remarks on future adaptation and quick wheels used to air the rail to reduce friction during danger.
The report notes Kansas coal output rising from 300 000 tons to 2 195 780 tons in 1902 with expectations of further growth as investors pour in. Indian Territory output reached 750 892 tons in 1890 and 2 400 545 tons later, while Texas and other states show marked development boosting regional wealth.
The text recounts Newton's tube thermometer with a body temperature baseline of 12, then 24 degrees to body heat, and Fahrenheit doubling to 24 and later dividing further. It notes mixing ice and salt yielded below freezing, leading to the Fahrenheit scale later standardized as multiplying earlier figures by four.
An English visitor notes American progress after an electric railway grant and winter Jubilation. A pictured apparatus speeds rail and tie laying with a forward derrick car, moving components from cars to the graded roadbed. Fewer laborers needed as derricks handle material to spike ready position.
A new technique uses electrical currents and carbon anodes to harden armor plate faces, replacing Krupp methods. The process regulates depth by treatment duration and promises far faster results, reducing fifteen to twenty days of processing to about five hours.
A distorted excerpt argues scientists overstate glacier resilience and energy value, noting potential melting feeding mountain torrents while coal mines decline. It raises skepticism about glaciers as inexhaustible power sources and hints at a broader debate among engineers and scientists.
From California the rigging and spars for the government wireteam telegraphy tests at Mare Island are completed. One set shipped to the training station on Goat Island while the others will be installed near Point Boullis. Main masts are 80 feet 6 inches tall with topmasts 60 feet long, anchored by cemented see bars. Equipment expected to arrive soon from the Naval Observatory in Washington.
A fragment describes early use of electric anesthesia in surgery and dentistry. It notes high frequency currents used by a French surgeon to induce insensibility, enabling operations with the patient feeling nothing.
An OCR fragment reports US imports of precious stones in February. Uncut diamonds valued about 91,148.10 and total import value around 2,576 in Pobranry, plus other precious stones valued at 152,295 compared with 39,685 the previous year. The text is garbled and partially unreadable.
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