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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1903
Page
3
A writer notes that harsh water and harsh conditions deter housekeeping. Mrs John M Glenn and Mary Wilcot Brown, Baltimore women, dedicate themselves to aiding the poor in Locust Point. Also mentions displaced sailors, steamship era shifts, and a June tint butter color product.
Senator William Morrie Stewart of Nevada marries Mrs May Agnes Cone of Madison Georgia in Atlanta on October 24. The bride, widow of Theodore Cone, moved in Washington society before settling in Madison. The couple's engagement followed by friends after Stewart’s reentry into society. New wife is thirty years his junior.
The Rev. Oliver Johnson of Lealla C issued sermons to about 100 students in the college chapel last Sunday. The board of trustees funded a yearly program to supply ministers from the state at large to preach each Sunday, letting students hear noted preachers across denominations. The college pays 25 for each sermon, with faculty committees arranging all services.
Fencing among women promises to win broad support this season with many clubs forming in eastern cities. The sport draws female participants who can train privately, avoiding public displays and fears of masculine stigma. The Fencers' Club of New York offers advantages to female members and intercity team contests are being considered among New York Boston Philadelphia and Washington clubs.
Pierpont Morgan seeks mental rest with solitaire echoing Col. Ingersoll who used a card game to stay in a legal frame of mind. The piece notes a trend titled Women In Trade with English nobility, including the Duchess of Abercorn’s creamery in Baronscourt, Lady Warwick’s ventures, a countess in motor hire, and Lady Easex is connected to a laundry business with London laundresses criticized.
President Schurman tells a mass meeting that football will not derail studies and urges every interested student to try for the team. In Newport society, Mrs. Winthrop Chanier is nominated by Democrats for the school board.
The Shah of Persia, recently awarded the Order of the Garter by an English friend, is described as the most tired reigning sovereign. His wearied eyes betray boredom with luxury, Marlborough House was stripped of statues during his visit, and only a tiny jeweled singing bird stirred his curiosity.
An actress in London wears about $76,000 in diamonds each evening and owns jewels totaling $250,000, including a five rope pearl necklace rivaled only by Queen Alexandra. A bank holds the jewels, with a man delivering them to the theater and returning them after each performance.
A chaotic digest notes amid foreign turmoil and domestic incidents. Reports include Gov. Deckery appointing O. M. Hattie to the Gedalia bench, a rumored 1904 invasion threat on New York, Armenian Revolutionary Society murder, Manchurian talks with Japan, Odd Fellows meeting in Jonesboro, and a surge in U S exports to Germany. Also listed are revolver violence, irrigation bids in Arizona, a Royal Blue Express axle failure with no fatalities, Chicago street tunnel plans, a Carthage shooting, and various criminal and political developments across Missouri, Illinois, and beyond.
A collage of sensational incidents including a man leaping from a height to his room, a calf killer case at a public display, a Milanese pianist’s marathon concert, and a schoolteacher named Mr. K J Thompson praising Dodd's Kidney Pills after doctors deemed his diabetes incurable. The piece blends odd accidents, performances, and medical testimonials into a single readable jar.
A quirky excerpt describes toddy trees in South Africa where beetles drink sap and cause ecstasy, noting natives capture swarming beetles while the tree leaks sweet juice. The piece shifts to the Wardwell family of Detroit, a mother and sixteen siblings with ages 45 to 76 and no deaths among them.
A Brooklyn business man recalls a coffee dependency harming his skin, appearance, temper, and heart. After reading about Postum Food Coffee he switched, noting his cravings vanished and his health and mood sharply improved. He even influenced a friend to try Postum, praising its soothing effects and transformation.
A collage of short items notes agricultural pests, local officials, new names for the United States, a tragic eagle incident in Trieste, public water and road paving pledges, philanthropy by Hetty Green and Andrew Carnegie, and a stray cartoonish exchange.
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