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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1910
Page
2
A sprawling, fragmented column mixes fashion, economics, and world events. It mentions Halley’s Comet, pork prices, and silly observations about fashion trends, with tangents on Halley’s comet, legal fees, and Morocco’s political tensions. Various names and places appear in a meandering, period-voice mosaic.
The pound keeper objects to forced euthanasia of stray cats arguing it will multiply labor and costs. The piece notes several once wealthy financiers now serving time in federal prisons, conceding the law applies equally to the rich and the poor, with resources not granting impunity.
Washington action on Saturday saw Speaker Cannon’s grip challenged as amendment and procedural moves culminated in a 191 to 155 vote against vacating the chair. Norris and insurgent forces pressed to reshape the Rules Committee while the party fibers splintered amid deep House tensions and dramatic vote shifts.
Dewey wins the longest endurance motor boat race in Palm Beach Florida receiving the grand prize of 7500 dollars. The contest covered a grueling 103 percent nautical miles in heavy seas and high endurance.
George C Priestly represents a syndicate of foreign bankers that has purchased five million dollars worth of oil funds near Bartlesville Oklahoma. The deal includes plans to pipe oil to the Gulf of Mexico.
Attorney General Wickersham told the U S Supreme Court that the Standard Oil Company is a conspiracy trust and monopoly restraining trade He argued the government faced legal obstacles in proving unfair profits and rebates and traced the oil giant’s rise through the period of acquisition to its Ohio court ruling He described how Standard Oil forced railroads to terms and grew powerful through alleged abuses of sovereign power by railroad companies and courts
In Houston Texas police found Tad Schultz laborer his wife two children and lodger Walter Eichman slain in a single home on Ashland Street. Investigators believe Schultz killed his wife and Eichman in a jealous rage then murdered the children before shooting himself. A separate item notes a bank robbery at Van Buren Indiana nets $1500 in gold.
Washington sources say a congressional committee plans to wrap up the Hallinger Machot squabble investigation and file a report to Congress soon. Secretary Ballinger is expected to be the star witness, with Blore Seethwart and Penne Forell among others listed for testimony.
U S Minister Horace G Knowles envoy to Santo Domingo was assaulted while riding by a man named Castillo, a brother of the provincial governor. The attacker was arrested and officials at the legation received formal regrets from government ministers. Authorities report Castillo is mentally deranged.
Mia Shipp wife of Sheriff Thos E Shipp stopped four white defendants from escaping the county jail in Decatur Alabama using a pump shotgun The sheriff’s residence adjoins the jail She heard no noise then rushed to the jail’s rear and covered the four prisoners with a gun before deputies arrived
Four people were killed and several injured when an engine jumped the track on the Chicago & Indiana Southern railroad in Gary Indiana on Thursday. The fireman a brakeman and two unidentified women died in the crash.
In Marion Arkansas a deputy sheriff and another man were abducted early Friday. A lynching was planned with a crowd gathering to seize two inmates and a guardhouse door left unguarded. Details remain scarce as townspeople react to the incident and search for escaped prisoners.
Investigation committee of the Oklahoma House of Representatives finds Governor Haskell not guilty of seven counts of misappropriation. The panel rules that payments cited were properly made and recipients provided full state service.
Report describes a Divine Healers' convention in Des Moines where attendees afflicted by disability or addiction were reportedly cured. Yoakum of Los Angeles administered a liquid and prayer, guiding many to the platform for healing amid onlookers and testimonies.
Police declared another bold murder occurred Thursday afternoon as Carmelo Capris a 7 year old Italian storekeeper was found dead with four stiletto wounds in his neck. The store contained $180 on a table suggesting robbery was not the motive.
In Uniontown Kentucky Mrs Henry Stokes and her child drowned as ferryboat Ida Helle burned one mile above town. Several passengers were seriously burned in the catastrophe.
Washington dispatch reports the American National Red Cross sent an additional $2,000 for Paris flood victims, bringing the total relief fund to $45,000. The aid aims to assist flood sufferers in Paris amid ongoing recovery efforts.
A blaze at Harbishop College dormitory in Abbeyville, one of the largest Negro colleges in the South, killed three students and left two others fatally injured from jumping. The fire was suspected to be incendiary.
Jersey City prosecutor announced an application to Governor For to compel Governor Deneen to issue arrest warrants against Jo Oxden Armour and his associate beef packers. Indictments allege they forced up prices of food products.
Report from St. Petersburg describes fifty fishermen stranded on the ice of the Neva River, facing probable peril as rescue attempts are mounted amid freezing conditions and dwindling hope for survival.
An advertisement touts a free $3.50 recipe claimed to cure weak kidneys and urinary ailments. It promises rapid relief from backache, swelling, eye strain, and breathing issues, urging readers to request the remedy by mail and stressing its herbal, no-cost delivery.
The fragmentary text presents a chaotic scene with jumbled phrases and quotes. It references a tenant, a cellar leak, a meeting in a village, and a dialogue about scenes in Scotland, ending with a humorous remark about a wooden leg seen in Peebles.
Afraid of delaying meals, a guest asserts the team is testing a no breakfast plan and reports feeling better. They trust the approach will similarly benefit others and hope breakfast wait times remain manageable.
A dated testimonial extols Postum coffee substitute, claiming headaches and irritability from coffee vanish with use. The letter advocates avoiding coffee to improve a mother’s health and children’s temper, citing improved home life and well being.
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