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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1911
Page
2
A collage of curious items from Chicago and New York notes: smoky costs, poverty, taxi cures for blues, cheese thefts, and a barbershop chat on winter baseball. A world tour shortcut, Portugal riches, Vienna prices, golf jargon, memory loss cash, and a prominent New York millionaire’s marriage plan. Gardening cures nerves, and Chicago’s time question pops up to 62,000 inquiries daily.
A til in Vienna was fined B& cents for scratching two men’s hose with a hatpin. The piece likens the act to poetic retribution and notes the fine size. It muses on future policing by aeroplane crowd control and parades as a modernization. It also reports bubonte plague cases and urges vigilance despite medical confidence.
The court holds that when a man gives a girl a diamond ring as an engagement token, the ring becomes hers and she need not return it if the engagement ends. The remark hints at men fearing loss of rights as women push for suffrage.
England especially London plans for King George coronation next spring. The spectacle is expected to surpass any prior event in the British capital, drawing enormous crowds and stimulating hefty spending by London merchants, hoteliers, and others. The mood is one of glowing anticipation.
Somerset Kentucky report details a violent strike on the Queen & Crescent line as engineers and firemen refuse to work amid threats. Ten killed across three nights, two deputy sheriffs shot, a chain of killings tied to the racial clash and restricted moves north of Chattanooga.
Spattie Washington-Clairence Hill man, a millionaire, was found guilty on 13 felonies and acquitted on five counts after a 4 hour jury deliberation. He faced prior contempt of court charges for tampering with papers, with sentence deferred pending criminal trials.
Mrs EC Smith of New York City, visiting the Kansas state penitentiary with friends, identified her brother missing for 14 years. The man, unknown since 14 years, had previously served five years under the name James Grey for robbing a store at Telluride, Kansas.
New York awards a contract for a monumental general postoffice described as among the largest in the United States. The project will cost over 525000 dollars, rise in frontage of 373 feet and depth 325 feet, with completion targeted for February 5, 1913, conveying the metropolis an imposing civic landmark.
Cap Evelyn Briget Baldwin, linked with Peary and Cook in Arctic venture history, arrives to prep for a 1513 polar expedition in San Francisco. A Havana train disaster misidentification denies J. W. Lynch of Moline, Michigan, as the railroad victim. Lynch worked as a molder.
A earth slide at the Gatun locks north end of the Panama Canal buried a steam shovel and a gang of workmen. Two Spaniards and an Italian were killed in the accident.
President Taft accepted Richard A Gallinger’s resignation as secretary of the interior dated January 19 and appointed Walker L Fisher of Chicago as his successor. Fisher will assume office within a few days while Gallinger cites health as the reason for retirement.
Explosions at the Aplial Coal Company mine endangered thirty miners from Illinois in Springfield. Two dynamite blasts struck the mine, the first around 11 o clock and the second about an hour later, causing violent shaking throughout the city as houses trembled from the blasts.
A pall of money rewarded the industry of Andrew Hofman when he forked over a stack of straw on a Walnut area farm. The pall contained 65 pounds of silver coins identified as money stolen from Walnut Bank a week prior.
Los Angeles judge directs verdict against Anita Turnbull in a daughter's share dispute over the Baldwin estate, granting the Baldwins heirs motion and ending the suit.
Washington reports Col. George W. Goethals is likely to be placed in charge of fortifications work in the Panama canal zone under provisions of the sundry civil bill.
New York reports an anonymous donor gave 10000 to the Women's Trade Label league to support anti strike prevention work. The gift aims to fund efforts suggested by the league's activities in the city.
A snowslide on the western side swept through a Hydroelectric Company camp at Jordan, killing six workers and injuring others. The slide buried homes and the power plant, delaying telegrams and telephone lines. John Raulivan is the only survivor reported so far.
A blast at the dynamite plant of the Tigan Netroruss company, one mile northwest of the village, wrecked the area. Only two killed and few injured, nearly every house in the village of 790 residents damaged or demolished. Reports from ten miles away say houses were knocked down. The plant 170 acres, one building remaining, was one of the magazines. Cause unknown.
Major General Frederick D. Grant, commanding the Department of the East, is chosen as military aide to John Hay Hamilton, the special ambassador to represent President Taft at King George V’s coronation in London.
In Lincoln Nebraska the county option method of voting on the liquor license question failed in the Nebraska legislature. An option bill drew 60 votes in the house, short of a legal majority.
Miss Anita, a 22 year old actress of Spanish descent from Pittsburgh, Pa., married Lew Tileg, a wealthy Chinese merchant from Hoquiam, Wash., in Vancouver, Washington, with clients noted in attendance.
In Poplar Bluff Missouri a village contest between Henry Owens a farmer and J Lynch a Black man near Neelyville ends with Owens dead and Lynch being pursued by a mob. The incident underscores racial tensions in the region as authorities investigate the case.
Charlottesville dispatch reports U S troops deployed to border areas to halt filibustering and protect American lives and property in Mexico. Officials cite fear of an insurrection in Baja California and potential erosion of property values, prompting swift mobilization and border surveillance.
Paymaster's Clerk Lee of the battleship Georgia in the Atlantic fleet is wanted for stealing more than unknown sums from the ship's safe two weeks ago at Guantanamo. Lee, possibly disguised as a Midshipman, may have returned toward the United States or to a Caribbean port. authorities anticipate a difficult capture.
In Mophineville Kentucky county court records from 1907 testimony surfaced during the trial of Dr David Amos. The proceedings touched on a notorious “general” of the night riders and related tobacco barn warfare.
In Alaska, NMembers of a road commission party surveyed prepared wares between Nome and Seward and found the body of Joan Ole ooes pled amid the search.
An Ardmore contractor faces charges after alleged forging related to a work project. Authorities say the suspect forged documents to obtain payments, with investigation centering on a local construction job. No other details were released pending further proceedings.
A playful exchange shows prof Bjork inquiring about Ernestine’s progress. A mother weighs in on study choices, joking that only the best students excel in water handling, while calmed absurdities unfold.
A betrothed young woman unfamiliar with the Welding March attends a ceremony, wandering toward the altar as organ music rolls. The scene erupts into confusion with odd parodies and a crowd’s reactions while the groom and family respond to the improvised moment.
A garbled reflective piece questions fear of innocent joy and the role of spirituality and detachment. It contemplates happiness as a virtue linked to genuine religion, urging courage to be happy while noting existential depositories and errata. It ends with a confused line about a sore throat and a poem.
A disjointed testimonial extols Postum as a remedy for digestive ills and coffee-related stomach discomfort. The writer praises reduced indigestion after switching from coffee to the product, urges continued daily use, and hints at industry endorsements and health claims.
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