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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1905
Page
2
A disjointed row of quotations and misread phrases touch on exiles, whisky trends, a Nashville query, a Philadelphia arrest, Chicago university aims, and reflections on American culture. It surveys misprints, jokes, and partial observations from scattered notes about people, places, and events without a single coherent story.
Secretary Taft says football should have meaning and is no game, currently believed by critics as suited only for gentlemen tied to Mr Taft’s architectural lines.
A description notes residents take pride in a tidy airy home and well kept lawn, drawing attention from neighbors and visitors who slow to admire the curb appeal and pleasant surroundings.
Owing to the disturbed condition of the prnine mind in Russia the proj ect of w tanned through the Caucasus Tommie SISIWONLOt Tisteen Lempor writw lakd astide.
If the women's charges are true, Washerwomen first tear a garment up, then they split it across, then they wet it, dry in and send it home with a bill. Atchison Globe reports the accusation and alleged practices among workers.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe distress at brief imprisonment and an American in Paris with reckless driving linked to a girl. The text is muddled and lacks clear names, dates, or places to anchor a fuller report.
New Jersey considers a law imposing a one hundred dollar fine on drunken chauffeurs and a three year prison term, a measure touted as a deterrent that could lower traffic deaths.
Chief Chemist Wiley described a butter colored substance dyed with coal tar. He noted a hypothetical easier route to a more painful discovery, comparing it to butfish flavored products.
In India Lord Curven endures fourteen hour days under military service conditions, yet is cast out from ties and left friendless as life unfolds around him in isolation and hardship.
At Fort Leavenworth the signal corps demonstrated that the upper air is filled with wireless messages, drifting and seeking a suitable point to light upon, using kites to reveal the phenomenon.
A New York resident, hit by an automobile, was asked if he wished to file charges against the chauffeur but said he did not, noting it was not the driver's fault. The remark underscores a philosophy of forgiveness and restraint amid a tragic incident.
Spanish naval authorities have given up all hope of saving the armored cruiser Cardinal Cisneros, now lying at eighty feet of water. They know its exact location but deem recovery impossible, comparing the craft to a kettle stuck in a well.
Harry Dollard of New York was discharged from Williamsburg hospital after an appendectomy on Friday. On Sunday he attempted to drive, his horse bolted, and before night he returned to Williamsburg hospital with a fractured skull and internal injuries.
A Connecticut man avoids public attention by hiding his face near a tree fifty feet away. The unusual act is described as bad form to seek conspicuous publicity.
A Pittsburg cashier who stole about 1.2 million dollars reportedly killed himself. He left a letter to his wife asking forgiveness, saying he was robbed and that the act was not his fault, illustrating the moral decay of embezzlers.
The Twentieth Century club proclaims there are 100,000,000 stars in the universe, noting this bold fact while omitting individuals like John Drew Maude Adams and Fritzi Scheff from the count.
Moscow reports the Executive Committee of the ZeMstve Congress approved a resolution backing the Government and the manifesto demands. The text pledges cabinet responsibility, universal suffrage pursuit, and constitutional reform while warning of opposition and urgent measures to realize the manifesto promises.
Representatives warned the President that funding for a sea level canal would require broad support and swift action. The President suggested a faster timeline for the canal, promising savings but not committing to a level construction. The War Department seeks sixteen million dollars for initial work, with Shaw guiding submission to Congress. Current funds cover current expenses to end of the fiscal year, as the commission nears two million dollars spent and overall costs rise.
New Virginia’s vessel Beehind Mes Tin began standard tests after propeller trials on the Devi's Elevad treasureg mile course. Interest centers on comparing results with sister ship Rite Island, tried on the same course two weeks earlier. Weather was windy from the northwest. tests focus on performance and naval engineering milestones.
President Roosevelt will privately publish a book of old Irish poems translated from Gaelic. Dr Douglas Hyde, eminent Gaelic scholar and founder of the Gaelic League, will dine with the President this Saturday to review the translation before printing.
The Baptist general convention of Texas adjourned on Monday after a full week of sessions focused on issues concerning foreign and Negro populations in Texas. The meeting, the most successful in 57 years, raised upwards of 200000 dollars.
Paris reports that Austria and Russia acting for the powers have sent a strong note to Bulgaria Serbia and Greece warning that naval moves against Turkey must not provoke revolutions. The aim of the demonstration is the island of Mito tene where customs are to be seized.
Nashville based railway company purchases three acres by Stones River near Murfreesboro to build a 28 foot monument. The site near McFadden's Ford marks Breckinridge’s charge and a Federal battery position where Union artillery repelled the Confederate crossing attempt.
A Sunday morning collision on the Valley railroad Black Dog branch near Greenville Mississippi left four people hurt. Brakeman Fred Jones suffered internal injuries and died several hours after the crash.
New York artist Louis Dalrymple, the noted cartoonist, was taken from his home to a Jeong Island sanitarium. He is described as violently insane with little hope of recovery.
Theresa von Lynar and Joan race to Courtland as Conrad returns to lead a nation spiraling from Muscovite domination. The crowd cheers for the true prince while Louis flees beyond the frontier. Joan heads for Kernsberg to marshal forces, as Margaret laments love and power in a perilous courtly drama.
Captains Boris and Jorian recount their efforts to keep peace during a tense episode at the palace garden in Plassenburke. They describe rescuing a young man named Maurice from near death on the Cross of Death, the crowd’s reaction, and the arrival of his mother amid cruel sport in the royal pavilion.
A New Orleans man cites the Emperor of China as a model during a yellow fever scare. He argues compulsory daily amusement and free fireworks exhibitions keep people distracted and calm, allegedly preventing anxiety and unrest amid contagion.
The New York Times reviews Bulletin 61 from the Bureau of Forestry, detailing quirky logging jargon such as alligator for a log handling boat, road donkey for a donkey engine on a sled, pig for a rising sled, and other camp terms like dolphin des pis roosters and katodils, noting the playful yet precise slang of loggers.
Land was out of sight as traveling ten trade stories in front of a hotel. One man recalled being out of sight of land for twentyone days on the Atlantic and twenty-nine days on the Pacific. A hald-headed man boasted of crossing the Kaw river near Lawrence in a skiff as a kid and going out of sight of land. Crew debate followed with quips about the Kaw’s width and a skiff sinking twice.
An eccentric northern Scotland estate keeper narrates a bizarre incident during a high mountain hunt. A shooting party reaches the summit when a heater clutches the neck, blood visible from peppered shot. Mistaking the wound for severe, the keeper shouts Rin, Ducaid, Rin down the hill, fearing the descent.
A Hudson river steamer deckhand recalls a joke about a German pen pal Lena in Albany who writes to Mr Blank at Hudson river but the man never receives the letter. He quips he will get it next time he goes swimming. The anecdote reflects early 19th century letter misaddressing humor.
An aged Black man displays the scars of his lash wounds as a bystander notes the scene. He replies that the marks are the work of the old masters, reflecting on the cruelty of slavery in stark testimony.
A fragmentary dispatch from Athens notes an international squadron departing Piraeus under sealed orders while British and French torpedo boats stay to maintain communication. London cites mixed Muslim world tensions and Turkish leadership concerns as political currents ripple Constantinople and Washington reports. The passage records a 1912 era naval and diplomatic mood with remarks on Ottoman policy, allied vigilance, and a concluding note on a convention's close amid political maneuvering.
A Santa Fe freight wreck near Arkansas City delayed clearance late Saturday night. A car overturned injuring an Italian alterer who lost a tooth. Fifty Italian workers attacked four American supervisors with knives, threatening to kill. The Americans fled to safety in a locomotive and reached Hight. Italians later returned to town but were driven out.
In Elizabethtown Indiana Mrs Spry tried to stop her son Everett Spry from eloping with 13 year old Clara Pender at the Spry home. She ran to the train with Squire Cohee and bystanders but the couple boarded. The girl hopes her father will consent to the marriage once she reaches Madison.
Mundos reports from Bataianit that the Cuban gunboat Avana has sailed from the Isle of Pines to Neuva Gerona. Local citizens fear a possible American attack to seize government offices. The Araiua captain reportedly asked Cuba for reinforcements, but night cable limits verification.
Reports of a steady decline in President Wm. R. Harper’s condition were confirmed on Tuesday as he appeared on campus in an invalid chair, signaling a serious health situation at the university.
Charles S Lease son of Mary E Lease the noted lecturer on women's rights died Monday night at the Post-Graduate Hospital after six operations for appendicitis and related organic troubles.
Washington reports signs that the Turkish government is yielding to American contentions in key negotiations, notably on recognizing the rights of naturalized American citizens in Turkey.
In Yoakum Texas Frank Salomurelli was struck by a freigh ttrain engine while crossing the Hrushy creek bridge, hurled into the water and fatally injured.
Washington report states Charles A. Crillings will qualify as public printer Monday and assume active control Tuesday. It is expected that Mr. Ricketts will resume his former position as foreman of printing.
A. Clausen of Dallas attempted suicide on a Lampasas branch train near Temple Texas by cutting his throat with a pocket knife. He sat beside his wife and inflicted two gashes that may prove fatal. Neighboring passengers and the train crew intervened as medical help was summoned.
Louis Sehmid Koefer, who was sent to the penitentiary from Lauderdale county for forging his father's name on a note, has been pardoned by the governor. His father prosecuted him but never sought his release until now. He served one year and is released at the suggestion of the trial officers.
Richmond Indiana farmer Peter Leistner, a prominent local figure, cut his throat on Sunday and is in critical condition with likely fatal injuries according to early reports.
An official statement asserts Sevastopol unrest stems from socialist propaganda among sailors and troops in the Black Sea Fleet. Dispatches describe central organizational rallies, with Vice Admiral Chouknin and Pisarev involved, and warn of widespread resistance and casualties.
The British squadron led by Prince Louis of Barton sails from New York after a days long port visit. About two hundred sailors from the fleet leave by barge, while several overstayed their leave are dismissed as deserters. Officers deem them valueless and refuse boarding.
A dentist charged Prince Louis of Battaberg an exorbitant sum for a single artificial tooth after a 12 hour procedure. The Beltish Admiral paid the bill but Col Robert M. Thompson protested the amount. Prince Louis later asked Sir Percy Sanderson, the British Consul General, to review the bill and seek action if needed.
Two masked men robbed the South Denver Bank at 150 South Broadway during midday by forcing open the safe with a pistol. Cashier Gabriel Tones cooperated as did J M Greenlee and an unidentified woman who entered during the hold up. All escaped in a rear exit and fled in a hitch yet unnamed vehicle.
New York testimony before the Insurance Investigating Committee shows Gage E Tarbell vice president stating he and his family were insured for about 500 900 in the Equitable society. He said he received agents commissions on this policy and renewal commissions though written through a general agency.
Washington report on labor shortages in the arid west poses a major challenge for reclamation engineers. Small contractors report failures or near-failure due to difficulty hiring skilled workmen and securing decent subcontractors and foremen for projects in the region.
Imperial announcement says the posts of governor general of St. Petersburg assistant minister of the interior and chief of police have been abolished. Gen. Trepoff held these positions before resigning.
Elijah Hi of Zion Ti reports John Alexander Dowie visited New York City after arriving early Saturday aboard the steamship Seneca via Browt ion. The appearance marks a notable return of the religious figure to the metropolitan scene.
Percy Jones of area 19 near Carnegie asserts the state championship in corn husking after harvesting 100 bushels in ten hours and thirty minutes on L Whitman’s farm. Local contest details and judging are not provided.
Five armed convicts attacked the Missouri State Penitentiary killing Officer Charley Clay and fatally wounding Officer Barney Ellis. They dynamited the front gate, seized a wagon, and fled pursued by guards and police. One ringleader Marry Vanehan was mortally wounded. others were wounded or captured.
Secretary Wilson will attend a Lincoln Hotel banquet on December 15 where every dish is corn based. Five hundred Nebraska corn growing contest contestants will be present. Students enrolled by the State superintendent will prize the best corn specimens, and four top entries will receive awards. The menu, created by a French chef, features twelve courses with corn soup. Corn coffee and cigarettes made from corn silk will be served at the end.
Clarence J. Shearn announced in New York that ex-Gov Frank S Bleck will direct thecriminal side of Hearst mayoralty contest litigation. He will work with Attorney General Meyer and may be appointed special deputy AG to pursue a major investigation, and an order to open heatset boxes will be sought.
A London report from St Petershburg states the party has halted fighting and a general strike will be ordered across Revaia in January. No provisions will be delivered to towns or districts during the strike.
In New York City William R Hearst gained clearly votes in a single election district after a re canvass of ballots in the contested mayoralty election The gain was found in the fifteenth election district of the Twenty sixth Assembly district where inspectors were placed under arrest days earlier
Arkansas City Kansas jurors at Krebs murder case deliberated from 4:30 Saturday afternoon for about an hour and found Krebs guilty of manslaughter in the first degree. Penalty ranges five to twenty years. Defense plans appeal. Case against Mrs Anderson, charged with Krebs in the same murder, to be called Monday morning. She broke down when verdict read.
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