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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1910
Page
2
A sprawling inky collage of witty quips and far flung notes surveys marriage woes, aviation oddities, census pleas, onion farming in Texas, and a push for practical cookbooks while lampooning health, crime, and fashion with satirical bite. Prominent lines mention divorce causes, African slave trade jokes, Roosevelt’s Africa reports, and a pestilent procession of oddities.
A recent railroad accident shows no improvement in operating safeguards but provides evidence of safety gains through more substantial equipment. The report contrasts past incidents where higher speeds could have caused larger casualties, implying current train designs reduce risk even when collisions occur.
A Chicago newspaper claims Charles A. White from Illinois House accuses William Lorimer of winning his U.S. Senate seat by bribery. White says he took 900 dollars from a corruption fund. Browne, Wilson, and other leaders respond with denials and calls for inquiry.
New York City report for 1909 shows that in the last 20 years no woman in New York County has been convicted of murder to the first degree.
Brigadier General Nathan A. M. Dudley, U S A retired, veteran of the Civil War and three decades campaigning against Indians, died at his Roxbury home. He was 85.
Secretary Hallinger testified that Glavis deliberately fed information to congressional committees and that Hallinger gave a direct lie to Glavis regarding a December 1907 conference. He defended his Cunningham Alaskan claim work, denied having clients among claimants, and said Roosevelt and Garfield forced his land commissioner appointment. The committee postponed ruling on documents Bran dels sought and planned later arguments.
The barkentine Mary E Winkleman arrived at Wakilteo Washington from the Friendly and Tonga islands with details of the murder and cannibalistic eating of the Reverend Horatio Kopkans and his assistant by local tribes during their voyage in the South Seas.
Columbus Mississippi based Steele Miller and Co a major spot cotton firm with offices in Corinth Columbus and several Mississippi and west Alabama towns entered receivership. The move affects a leading regional trader with operations across multiple towns.
New York City. At Fairview Ned the residence of Mr and Mrs William Jenkin firran their eldest daughter Ruth Aryan Leavitt will be married near Tuesday to Reginald Owen of the British Royal Engineers No formal announcement will be made until the couple are en route to England They plan to leave Lincoln soon after the ceremony for New York and then sail for England Mr Bryan may accompany them as a delegate to the Worlds Missionary conference in Edinburgh in June The marriage ends a brief romance begun years ago and followed by a quiet eschewal of her German voice studies and an earlier Nebraska lecturing career
Chicago police probe the seventeenth Black Hand murder in the Italian district. Gaetano Mascalva lay slain on a sidewalk with two bullet holes and three knife wounds. A letter in an Italian woman’s handwriting was found in his pocket. Pietro Montalbona is held as a suspect.
Randolph Neb man Filton Webber dies instantly when his automobile wrecks on the way home from his farm. Reports from Godantzz detail Turkish bombardment killing 500 Albanians, mostly women and children, and destroying the town.
Plans for a convention hall seating 10 000 and costing 2 000 000 have been launched in Chicago with the incorporation of the Illinois Exposition Association by several of the city's millionaires.
At a New York Waldorf dinner, Mayor Gaynor leveled accusations against William Randolph Hearst. Thomas Williams surged to defend Hearst, causing a banquet hall uproar as editors and publishers tried to quell the disruption. Adolph Ochs mediated, noting Hearst would reply later.
Columbus claims he will seek court help to prevent Ruth Bryan Leavitt and Reginald Owes marrying, saying he wants their children. He intends to travel to Pair View if Nebraska word delays. Omaha notes Rev Newton Munn resigns after 30 years in ministry in the city.
Religion and charitable institutions receive about 750000 under the will of Mary Rhinelandes King daughter of John A. King. The bequest intends support for churches and related causes in New York City.
President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell urges Congress to grant a national charter for the Rockefeller foundation. He argues the bill should allow broad philanthropic action while proposing the president appoint most trustees with Senate input to ensure public accountability and national welfare.
An Imperial German airship, one of three dirigibles, broke moorings in a storm while returning from Homburg to Cologne. It drifted northeast without a crew and later wrecked at Wellburg, being smashed to pieces.
A Burlington passenger train on the Northern Pacific line near North Yakima was stopped when its engineer triggered brakes after a defective seat caused a collision. Fireman Meyers of Pasco and engineer Gordon of Ellensburg were killed in the incident. the train was saved from a worse disaster.
Miss Mary Guthrie of Carthage is arrested after a dynamite blast damaged the $12,000 residence of Jease A. Quick near Prairie City Indiana. Three occupants escaped injury including Dr Alexander Hall and his wife, former suitor Myrtle Quick. Guthrie and Hall once were engaged to wed.
Louis Rose aged ten of Jersey City died after running to catch a foul tip in a baseball game and sinking headfirst in a shallow pond. He was dead on extraction.
Seattle, Walsh report state highway commission to begin immediate firings for Snoqualmie Pass road construction uniting eastern and western sections and completing the continental automobile road. A gap of 16 crest remains to be rotated.
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