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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1912
Page
2
A hazy collage of phrases and jokes from a local paper page covers crime notes, social quirks, fashion comments, odd trivia, and scattered anecdotes. It mentions a burglar, a hat, women’s dress, school book shortages, alimony, and a New York tram conductor, all in disconnected, fragmentary form.
The article outlines wartime militia organization with Kansas City as head of the Fourteenth District and troops from Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, and other states. It mentions Gen. Olivet planning four regular divisions and a broader national mobilization, plus details on war department directives, inspectors, and wartime recruiting efforts. It also notes political context with Henry Gassaway Davie as Democratic presidential nominee and payroll figures for cotton in the market.
Des Moines telegraph reports the death of former Governor William Larrabne at age six decades after a long illness. He served multiple terms in the state government and was long associated with the executive office. The obituary notes his prominent role in state politics and his eviction from office after a lengthy career.
In Chrictl Louisiana, Vieterschirk was chosen as county supervisor after a short, five day burial event. The contested race followed a tense period and reflected a shift in county leadership.
Fire partly burns the Van Camp Packing plant in Indianapolis. Owners estimate losses at 400000, insured. Cause undetermined. In Washington, a dispatch calls all Greek recruits from 1897 and 299s who served in the Greek army to return home.
Washington reports a dramatic rise in bank resources over the four years ending June 1. All banks including nominal, state and private increased from 19.583 million to 224.085 million, a growth of 6.403 million. This reflects strong expansions in county financial capacity.
Wheeling West Virginia H D Hatfield governor elect Republican West Virginia lies ill at home in Echman with pneumonia greatly improved and recovery is seen as assured
All messages report Allied forces pressing toward victory with decisive moves around Constantinople and Salonika. Turkish positions, potential Adriatic access, and a Balkan settlement are debated with high authority, while troops and refugees shift amid uncertain fronts and a looming peace.
Stockholm reports the Nobel prize in literature set to Gerhart Hauptmann, the German author and dramatist. Copenhagen notes a bill granting franchise to women, currently pending in the Teerlandic parliament, seen as likely to pose a political issue per messages from JheyKjuvic, capital of the island.
Matilde Stobs was granted a divorce from William Stobs after testifying she married 45 years ago to reform him and that she had labored hard but had failed.
A troubled figure in the city politics of Little Fall faces arrest and conviction amid claims of conspiracy. The mayor, described as a socialist ally of Schenectady, allegedly interrupted a speech and failed to comply with police, triggering a crackdown. Prosecutors allege anti capitalist actions and crowd disruption, with the case drawing national attention.
A bold robbery at the Welle Pate Express Gantry Ray offices in Lake Chorses La left a large sum missing. An agent named Thorn to Chevie was arrested on suspicion but protests innocence. Estimates place the stolen amount around 35 thousand dollars amid unclear statements from officials.
Communication between the naval wireless station at Mire Island near San Francisco and the monitor new station at Arlington Virginia was established. The two points are 2,117 miles apart.
President Woodrow Wilson plans an extraordinary session after his inauguration to revise the tariff. Officials indicate slow public announcement to avoid market uncertainty, with a likely delay of about two years if Congress does not act.
Norowali charged Welch with participating in the deathly events around Minnie Le Valles at Weet Clarkened in Angeel Se. Welch indicted on multiple counts including assault and battery with libelous accusations of harming others. The defense claimed remeting hee dhelhsie and peryrhie amid pleas of self defense in a turbulent trial.
New York appellate division affirmed the conviction of Jot commines for grand larceny in connection with the Carnegie Trust Company scheme. Cummins was sentenced to four years and eight months. he had remained free on bail since the trial's end.
A person identified as Sterling Clote of Moline died in a fire at a rural slide farm scene described in the damaged text. Authorities report the incident is under investigation with limited readable details.
A partial OCR fragment describes an investigator facing a damaged object labeled “phtheria genre” and an attempted imitation by a poet with unclear meaning. The text is garbled, with names and context unreadable, leaving only a vague scene of examination and mimicry.
Seen Hushoead Shoot Sister Nashville, Ten. After a quarrel lasting an hour, Ret. Brantley, a railway detective, shot his wife in the head and then turned the weapon on himself.
In a damage suit before Judge Hea Mmith, the jury heard closing arguments where the plaintiff’s attorney pressed a claim of gratitude as a constitutional requirement. The defendant’s counsel objected, stating Gratitude is inspiring but not a constitutional mandate. A tense exchange followed as the court weighed the issue.
The readable bits show garbled wording about a person and a magazine. It mentions a name Meldity Vinowe and phrases about eye and mouth, with unclear actions or dates. No clear event, place, or organization is identifiable from the fragment.
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