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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1911
Page
4
In a fragmented brief from Advance and Blytheville, reports note Congress adjourned sine die at noon last Saturday and three hours later President Taft issued a proclamation for a special session beginning April 4. The piece also mentions local notices, a new newspaper in Advance, and Missouri political discourse about labor and industry.
Jefferson City letter reports on state game and drainage bills, pensions for disabled veterans, a hot debate over local licensing, and a push to curb discrimination in rail rates. The writer praises State Game Warden Tolerton, discusses school aid, and notes plans for a new capitol while highlighting judiciary building details.
A local ad touts a spring furniture stock arriving March 1 with fashionable items and a lawyers library for judges and visiting lawyers at the Supreme Court. It notes a vast literary collection, urging reading for all, and cites a quip about reading volumes over decades. Also advertised are lime cement, fresh lumber and shingles.
A historical reflection argues that strong nations grew from farming and that scientific agriculture sustains a people. It mentions Rome, Nile Valley, and Teutonic Europe, praising public schools and colleges teaching agriculture, with Oklahoma cited as demanding it in its constitution.
Ransome Darks died at Fresno County Hospital after a long illness at age 52. Born in Missouri, he lived much of his life in California notably at Coalinga and worked as a driller in the Colinga Bakersfield oil fields. He leaves three nephews in the Coalinga area, a Hanford cousin, and relatives in Bakersfield. Funeral planned for Saturday. brother from Medford, Oregon, to arrive in Fresno. Remains likely to be interred in Bakersfield.
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