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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
6
A Marble Hill Missouri item laments leaf color and the umbrella industry while noting a Vienna Academy spendings on uranium ore and radium research. It jokes Alfred Austin would enjoy his humor and envisions a course on What letters to burn and what not to.
Count Zeppelin now has half a million dollars for airship experiments following the destruction of his apparatus which, in hindsight, served as a strong advertisement for further trials.
The text suggests that by continuing acts of heroism over the next six months Kermit could craft stories from Africa that are valued at one or two dollars per word. It portrays a speculative earnings prospect tied to heroic exploits and narrative creation.
A French countess known for big game hunting is reported lost in Africa. It is implied she sought a husband among potentially dangerous wildlife, and observers hope the men she intended to meet did not prove dangerous.
A mock dramatic note claims the latest explosion on a French armored cruiser proves wartime ships inflict self harm and crew losses. A Western town ordinance curfew enforces young people to be home by nine as darkness falls.
A Gotham ex-multimillionaire and Wall Street king who has won and lost two fortunes now works for a salary. The piece uses his tale to illustrate speculation’s volatile arc, noting ex-speculators rarely land steady pay.
A New York man sues his wife for divorce citing cruel and inhuman treatment for giving him either raw or burned steak. The piece notes a club meeting recipe that endorses the notion to "Feed the brute" to please a husband.
The 1920 mathematical tripos results bracket Selig Brodetsky with Pembroke scholar Iibbotson for the British blue riband of mathematics. Brodetsky’s father sought asylum in England from oppression in Russia, highlighting the international scholarly achievement at Cambridge.
The secretary of the Postal Progress League looks ahead to a future with rural delivery carrying electric power or mechanical uses, freight and passenger transport, and providing telegraph and telephone service. Stranger dreams have come true.
Pennsylvania Railroad workers in Pittsburgh yards have fitted 17 locomotives with hose and pumping gear to serve as fire engines. A signaling system is in place to summon the engines when needed.
Richard Croker observes that American visitors drive Egypt’s economy and daily life. He notes two thirds of visitors come from the United States, supporting hotels and street life, while locals beg for money as births prompt financial expectations.
The term vaudeville derives from the Val de Vire ballads of Oliver Basssellin born in Normandy. These lively songs formed vaudeville entertainment, a path to later acts like dance, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches, and stories of champions such as Johnny Hayes in the Olympic marathon.
The school children of Illinis or a majority of voters chose the meadow violet as the state flower. Thirty three states have floral favorites chosen by children or legislatures. The rose remains the emblem for New York and the wild rose for Iowa and North Dakota, but no state has adopted the American Beauty as its emblem.
Venezuelans believe the Netherlands plans to block Curacao ports after President Castro's May decree banning transshipment. Dutch officials debate action as Curacao officials report mobilization rumors and naval preparations, with a looming November 1 ultimatum deadline and possible fleet movements.
The Interstate Commerce Commission grants Illinois Central Railroad permission to publish a tariff effective November 1 setting a $34 rate for a special chartered train from Memphis Tennessee to Grenada Mississippi to facilitate Sunday newspaper distribution particularly Memphis papers.
Night riders burned the merchandise store belonging to J. McClure at Sherburne Bath county Friday night. Officers with bloodhounds started for the scene in an automobile Friday afternoon.
Chicago officers Friday night seized Joseph Hunt and W. Boyle amid a 15 year search for counterfeiters. Police found equipment to make dollars and half dollars in their rooms. Both men could not post bond and were jailed.
Oklahoma Baptists vote to raise 2000 toward building a Baptist hospital in Muskogee. Chickasha chosen as the site for the next annual run meeting.
Bert Harvey a former minstrel and comedian and brother of Colonel Jack Harvey died in San Francisco after collapsing while friends laughed at a jest. The death ends a career marked by stage performances and humor.
Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria accept that the Bosnia and Herzegovina annexation be debated at the upcoming international conference. Hungary agrees to compensate Turkey financially, easing obstacles to peace. Bulgaria shifts stance under pressure from Czar Ferdinand and business interests. Bulgarian reserves reduced to normal level after discharge of sixty thousand troops.
A noon fire in the eleven story Necave building at Fourth and Race streets caused panic among office workers. At least twenty were injured, including a fireman fatally struck from a ladder. The blaze started on the sixth floor and spread through windows, prompting many to leap from upper floors. Firefighters rescued occupants and contained the fire within minutes.
Union City Tenn Tid Burton admits he is part of the night rider band of Reelfoot Lake. He says the group splits into two squads with separate headquarters at the lake ends. Attorney General Caldwell says Cano Nemo prisoners who confessed will be brought to Union City to face the grand jury next week. A copy of the organization’s by laws is said to have been secured.
Alva E. Lyon a 34 year old Detroit medal winner and University of Michigan graduate is under arrest on charges of injuring 6 year old Mello Thibodea last Saturday. The boy identified Lyon though police say the case is weak. Lyon denies the charge after being released two weeks ago from the Eastern Asylum for the Insane where he had been restrained for paranoia.
Washington DB General W C Cates of Alabama, heading the Confederate graves marking project, met the President to report favorable progress. He noted federal law hindrances in placing individual headstones amid removals and reinterments. About twenty five thousand Confederate soldiers died in Federal prisons and were buried from Poston to Santa Fe NM.
Rev E Jay Cooke rector of St Stephen's Schuylerville N Y collapsed from heart disease in the Schenectady railway waiting room Tuesday night He was nephew of Jay Cooke the Civil War financier and had served in pastorates from Cuba to Albuquerque N M It is believed the anxiety of hearing Judge Taft in Schenectady precipitated the heart failure.
The Society for the Prevention of Crime honored Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, longtime president for seventeen years, with a Thursday night dinner at the Hotel Gotham on the eve of his retirement.
New York reports the first trial of A M Herring's aeroplane at Hempstead Plains ended in a crash. The craft was damaged, two weeks needed for repairs, and Herring escaped injury. The flight reached 200 feet then failed during a right turn as parts malfunctioned.
In Greenfield Massachusetts a man and a woman were found dead from gunshot wounds at Miss Harriet Mabel Wing’s boarding house. Benjamin E. Gaines, thirty nine years old, and Miss Wing, ten years younger, died without speaking. Police believe Gaines shot Wing and then killed himself.
Captain Clarence Wagner of Vienna embarking on a motor tour to England with Mme Rettin of Chile met with a accident at Taunstein in upper Bavaria. Mme Dettin and the chauffeur were killed instantly while the captain was seriously injured as they descended a steep hill near Salzburg.
Detroit based report says Canadian youths Walter L. Gilhura James Battersby and Francis Wallersby were killed instantly near Windsor Ontario after an electric interurban car struck them as they returned from a Halloween party.
It was learned here that the duke of Abruzzi has placed an order for a large portrait of Miss Katherine Elkins who is engaged to him. The commission signals a high society match and a valued likeness for the anticipated nuptials.
A Tampico report via Picayune cable says more than fifty workers died in Tampico oil fields from poisonous gases released by a ground fire. Earlier a group of twenty died, and another crew entering the field reportedly lost thirty men.
Green River Hot Springs reports Fred W. Kloeber found on Roostercomb Range lying face down beside a fallen tree about 1.5 miles from where Julius Kumle was located last Sunday. Bloodhounds traced the body Tuesday afternoon. Authorities say the death resulted from an accident as he stumbled over the log, struck his head on a fir tree, breaking his neck, his face bruised, jaw dislocated, and a leg injury indicating a fall in darkness.
The Charles S. Hirsch lumber laden schooner from Brunswick to Baltimore wrecked near Paul Gamiel’s life saving station North Carolina. Captain Frank Hunter and five sailors were rescued in the breeches buoy. the cook and one sailor drowned. Vessel declared a total loss.
In Covington Louisiana a quarrel between John Burkeley and stepson James Erwin led to a fatal fight after both armed themselves. Burkeley died of shotgun wound, while Edwin Erwin was acquitted by a coroner's jury as the youth faced trial.
In Nogales Arizona authorities announce there is no foundation to reports of forty Yaquis killed including Chief Bule after an encounter at Hermosillo. No further clashes have occurred since the August 30 battle at Carrisco ranch where 18 Indians were wounded and several were killed.
Private messages from the Count's palace report the birth of a daughter to Countess Szechenyi. The baby is described as the healthiest possible and without a blemish. The Countess, formerly Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, wed Count Szechenyi on January 27. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt accompanies her.
Charles E Councell Jr a 13 year old son of Charles F Councell a local businessman committed suicide by hanging himself from the rafters in the cellar of his home in Trenton New Jersey.
Gus Johnson of Weeping Water and Frank Jets health unknown were found dead in bed at the Aetna hotel at Thirteenth and Dodge streets. Death was attributed to asphyxiation.
A reader reports strong wheat yields in Western Canada with 20 to 50 bushels per acre and high profits from land and crops. The piece notes new homestead rules of 1908, low entry costs, and railway rates, plus optimism from Leslie M. Shaw about Western Canada's growth. It cites an editor from the Monticello Express praising expansion, cities replacing frontier villages, and American settlers comprising about 75 percent of new arrivals near Moose Jaw and Regina.
Colombia hosts its sole iron foundry at Bogota named La Paradera, operating on a small scale with native ore smelting and remelting for casting. Interior deposits exist and an ore body near the Caribbean coast is under drill by American engineers.
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