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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1913
Page
2
A collage of items notes varied topics from wages and counterfeit money to aviation tests and spring. It mentions New Jersey concerns, a nickel and coin imagery, travel figures, lace from banana fiber, antiolue campaigns, baseball, and public curiosities.
A late-century Washington dispatch reports President Wilson's policy denying favors to relatives, blocking AM Wilson of Portland from the Philippine commission secretary role, and noting Senator Baker of South Carolina's nomination as secretary of the Senate while relations to the president's kin are denied patronage. The piece also mentions post office appointments as a secondary concern and the reaction among congressional members.
Reports say Sonora secedes from Mexico and forms a separate republic. Provisional Governor Pequirem vows to defend the state with his life as Huerta forces move to subdue the uprising. Troops burn bridges to halt federales, with cannon and entrenchments around Hermosillo.
Washington reports on President Wilson’s first day of “presidenting” as he moves to centralize patronage with heads of executive departments. Tumulty’s office opens to politicians and photographers while a five person statement plan was adopted and public quotations policy discussed.
The October executive order breaking up the Civil Service into 20 000 fourcinsa postmasters has not yet been raised with President Wilson. Representatives seek reversal and the 30 000 officers back, but insiders say patronage alone will not sway the president.
Kansas City leaders push a cooperative store to supply at cost for union labor. The Industrial Council voted unanimously to establish the enterprise, aiming to lower living costs amid rising expenses for local workers.
Havana reports President Gomes vetoed the general amnesty bill following a second remonstrance from American Minister Arthur M. Penapre. The move comes amid ongoing diplomatic tensions and awaits formal announcement.
Olathe Kan. James Byers a pioneer plainsman of the West and one of the wealthiest residents of Lanvett Kan. died here aged 79 years. He was visiting a relative when stricken with jit moti.
Kansas City saloonmen pledge to obey liquor laws and urge state county and city officials to enforce all liquor laws rigidly. They aim to ensure strict compliance across jurisdictions.
An explosion in the Carmel post office safe, caused by nitrolycerine placed by robbers, ignited a blaze that wiped out the business district. Estimated damage runs around $50,000.
Six weeks of detective work by a wife ended with the arrest of her husband following a break in at their home and an encounter she described as an affinity.
Two hundred passengers and crew perished when the British steamer Calvadost foundered in a blizzard in the Sea of Marmara near Constantinople on March 1. The disaster left many missing and prompted rescue efforts by nearby vessels.
Omaha plans a $1,600,000 twelve story hotel with 300 rooms funded by Omaha merchants. The project is to be built here with leave for which was set to Willam R Burbin of Syracuse New York.
In Columbia the graves of Woodrow Wilson's parents at First Presbyterian church were decorated the day his son became president.
A delayed dynamite blast at a railroad construction camp near Beechrook ten miles north Tenoth killed two men outright and fatally injured four others. Eight more were injured in the incident as the site faced a deadly explosion during the work.
Fifty eight men die when the German cruiser Yorck rams and splits the torpedo boat S 178 three miles north of Heligoland during night maneuvers. Only a few survivors, including Lieut Korh and other officers, are rescued. The Yorck and the 178 sailed without lights and failed to avoid collision.
After the Dewey hotel fire in Omaha city center, inspectors closed three nearby hotels for violations of city building ordinances. Authorities cited structural and safety deficiencies, enforcing closures to protect guests and workers.
In Chicago two men forced Alexander Bobinaky at the Eighteenth Street Bridge to surrender $70 after threatening to toss him into the river. The incident ended when the money was handed over and no further harm reported.
Rome officials announced in the chamber of deputies that Italy will participate officially in the Panama Pacific Exposition at San Francisco and requested an appropriation of 400000 dollars.
Three hundred tons of dynamite exploded aboard the freighter Alum Wine off Port Howard, killing 40 to 60 sailors and maiming many more. The blast destroyed the Alum Wine and a loaded scow, sank the tug Atlantic, and damaged nearby ships. Survivors reported a timing or obstruction cause, while authorities opened a federal inquiry into the disaster.
A 13 ton steamer Calvados sank in the Sea of Marmara between Constantinople and Pasderma after a collision. About 200 crown passengers and crew are feared drowned as several English and American tourists were aboard. Rescue attempts found no survivors, and those who clung to debris died of exposure in the freezing water.
Pittahire Fa-Josiah Vo Thompson of Valen own borrowed and loaned through Midland Steel for 170000 in a deal yielding about 9100000 in profit. He secured a land stake in Washington eight years past, previously buying the same property for 3750 and placing a mortgage on it. The deed was recorded in Warner bark last January. Thompson divorced his second wife and paid 1100 to avoid inheritance claims.
Fragmented notes describe Pettits Eye Salve, illness symptoms in Farmer Brown and Farmer Jones. Mentions vague ailments like pie tee, Jumbage dyepepeia, bronchitis, and the speaker's grim humor about thoughts and fate. Referenced figures include Farmer Brown, Farmer Jones, and the old Farmers Almanac.
The readable lines show a fragment of a personal message where one person asks for understanding from another and mentions potential living arrangements with a parent. The exact meaning is unclear due to garbled text.
A bizarre tale tells of a man who sought two gallons of gin to take home. He labeled the pickup card with his name and tied it to the jug handle, then muttered that someone might steal the liquor while he was away.
Mire Gertrude Hassler, once a church winger, won a verdict of 500 damages and will receive $25,000 from Car G Pieher, a millionaire. Through her attorney she agrees to accept the sum, with Fisher given 60 days to pay and waiving the right of appeal.
Mimilio Madero is reported dead after a 600 mile horseback ride from Torreon to Marathon and crossing into Texas with Raoul Madero, brother of the late Mexican president, arriving in San Antonio.
In St. Petersburg the latest Aiuesian postage stamps were withdrawn after the czar’s portrait was arranged so that canceling them would mar the imperial countenance. The decision sparked debate over protocol and imperial image management.
Erie Pa Commodore Perry's flagship the Niagara long submerged at Misery Bay on Lake Erie was raised to the surface amid a driving snowstorm. The historic hull, resting for nearly a century, was brought up by a coordinated salvaging effort with officials declaring the event a milestone in maritime archaeology.
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