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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1903
Page
2
A garbled column surveys varied topics from various figures and events. It notes Dan Jonanson as an arbitrator, mentions Thomas plans for a hamrock launch, and references a locomotive incident in Penneytrania. It also lampoons fashion, courtships, and public figures, with scattered quotes about Jeffries, Carnegie, and Vanderbilt.
Harold Stagg arrives with his niece Eleanor and two nephews Silas and Harold at a mortgageed house, plans a new life in New York. Eleanor is pale and dutiful, while Emma Bragg integrates with kindness but eyes the future. The family prepares to depart for schooling, work, and new social duties, as Aunt Emma and Harold map a calm, careful path forward.
Archaeologists on the Tigris banks reveal Nineveh fragments from the palace of Kanyunjik. Clay tablets preserve tiny cuneiform lines arranged as books. tablets are numbered like modern libraries and baked after shaping. The find highlights the chief library of the ancient Assyrian capital.
Charles Kingsley praised enduring affection in a touching note to his wife from the seaside describing loneliness without the beloved. He recalled longing for home and the belief that true love surpasses the altar. In a quiet hospital moment he asked his wife not to speak as he held her hand.
In a Russian tale a couple judges a potential wife by how she eats and behaves at supper. They observe her thrift, neatness, and obedience as signs of a good wife. A strange ritual in church has the bride and groom dash to the pulpit to decide who will outlive the other, with children said to resemble that one.
In London Tit-Bite a long haired man in a frock coat confronts a red-faced man on a railway bench. He jokes about compound interest since Solomon's temple, claiming £1,746,928,435 would be accrued. The red-faced man retorts with evasive arithmetic and threats of jailer-like punishment.
A Mberai man argues with a seller about money and value as he overestimates the worth of a dollar for a tiara. The exchange highlights misjudged prices and repeated disappointment in a humorous market scene.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions navigation difficulties and a storage loss of one steamer per month inside its walters. The contented man is gunn een onmaly. This incomplete snippet hints at maritime danger and possible gunfire but lacks clear names, dates, places, or concrete events.
The Missouri Legislature Monday saw key bills falter in the Senate. A police/consumable monopoly ban failed. a bill on handling dead bodies moved to debate. a measure on long distance fees for county seats passed the Senate. and civil service reforms were debated amid reallocations and appointments.
The morning session included debate on the World’s Fair appropriation of 990000 and an amendment to raise Missouri building commissioners from nine to eleven, which failed. Other actions moved to double quick time for Mississippi County road funds, with a 20000 emergency provision. Senate passed bills on free textbooks and 16 percent reserve funds for trust companies, while election offense penalties cleared the Senate. Governor Dockery announced nominations to state boards, all confirmed, including Wammack and Farris for terms through 1906 and 1907 respectively.
The day focused on the civil service bill with several amendments. A key change delays the act until it is put to a popular vote, and an effort to reconsider the proposition will be attempted tomorrow as Judge Sherman introduced an amendment that carried.
Miss Alice Roosevelt daughter of the president begins a Washington to New York City trip on Friday evening. She plans to join Miss Hunt daughter of the Porto Rico governor and will call in a few days for San Juan.
Evansville Indiana The Standard Oil Company reported another oil strike in Du Bois County on Friday. The new well lies a few miles from Huntingburg and shows a strong flow, signaling productive potential for the region.
In Pontiac Illinois a fire-damp explosion at the Cardiff Coal Company mine Friday night killed Lorin McClosky Joseph Houett and Irel Apofino and left fourteen others severely injured. Rescue teams battled the aftermath and investigators began examining causes.
The Reverend C. W. Myett, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at this place, was run over Thursday night and sustained severe injuries. He was injured when his horse-drawn vehicle ran away, causing him to be thrown and hurt.
The House and Senate trimmed appropriations across state agencies and projects. Cuts include Sedalia State Hospital 60,000, Missouri School of the Blind 160,000 purchase, and criminal costs halved. Contempt actions loomed as Editor Page and Clerk Hickox faced House scrutiny. A joint effort to reintroduce free transportation for officials moved quickly through both chambers.
Presbyterian missionary Rev W W Waddell traveling from Brazil sought relief for jaw cancer fears after his physician urged a specialist. In New York he visited a local dentist who diagnosed an ulcerated tooth. Cocaine was used and the tooth was extracted.
A $10,000 damages suit by Lola A Moir against the St Louis Transit Company was decided in the Circuit Court on Friday in favor of the company. Moir alleged she was thrown while alighting a Broadway Soulard street car when it started on October 1, narrowly avoiding injury.
J M Taylor, cousin of Secretary Taylor and brother of Dr M Taylor of Little Rock, was shot by a Trearold boy near Jonesboro. The report notes the victim and the shooter in a terse Pine Bluff dispatch from Arkansas.
Rumor suggests Princess Alexa as consort to a German ruler. The tale cites palace renovations at Hanover ordered for the emperor’s eldest son and hints at a push by Duke and Duchess of the Barony to influence succession. The report notes unsettled speculation over a potential future Kaiser and royal maneuvering.
In Paris the architecture news notes a white candescent Louis XV style model building in avenue du Roi de Boulogne blending French elegance with American comforts. Two private residences and an apartment occupy the structure with a concierge gatekeeper and multi floor servant quarters, heating controlled from the gate.
Major William Plimley, a 68 year old former subtreasurer in New York and postal reform advocate, served from the Civil War ranks to brevet major for bravery before Petersburg and later held posts including commissioner of jurors and chief clerk at the elections bureau. The Duke of Orl eans, recently welcomed by King Edward, is praised as a versatile figure and skilled horseman.
An analysis discusses how fixation on a single subject impairs judgment and fosters extreme theories. It notes the danger of narrow thinking in business and professional life and references Russian commercial schools and state control as examples of centralized guidance shaping expertise.
A local report notes Thomas E. Drake may assume superintendent duties at the Insurance department amid a change to break up a long standing namesake group. Other department figures listed include Raymond Tons, Daniel Curry, and Ross Fish. Also described are plans to erect a monument in Bellefontaine Cemetery under Jefferson Kearny Clark’s will to honor the Northwestern pioneer William Clark. The piece mentions Gen. Clark and Morlwothit Lewis’s expedition and details Blowitz’s Paris collection sale at Hotel Drowst.
A fragmentary note speaks to a Russian empire creed obliging soldiers to use handkerchiefs and to bear emblematic symbols of life in battle and peacetime. The text blends military identity with ceremonial practice amid evolving conditions.
The text records an appointment of an adjunct professor, with fragmented names and unclear roles. It mentions D ee Barnard cnliege and Maltty t¢ te Ga ony, suggesting a trusteeship context and an inaugural appointment, though the wording is garbled and identities are uncertain.
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