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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1912
Page
6
The column surveys quirky topics from hay fever cures to fashion and politics. It jokes about aviators, Thanksgiving in Italy, lake sports, a parliament member in Bohemia, and a New York man borrowing money. It comments on tobacco, dress, and street life with playful thrift and social quips.
A British actor who wore a corset died from injuries linked to tight lacing after a stage incident. The manager reportedly refused him a larger role. In a separate note, a Kansas woman attempting to kiss a bulldog was bitten, illustrating how some bull dogs struggle to take well with people.
A historical note links playing cards to 800 AD origins and suggests ancient police circles gathered similarly for graft and merriment, reflecting recurring social habits across eras.
A Kansas City man who woke to find $1,700 missing from his trousers vows not to be careless again and aims to recoup the sum. He plans to save another $1,700 in the coming days to replace the loss.
A woman escaped drowning in the Chicago river thanks to flappy skirts that kept her afloat. The incident sparks a cautionary note urging women wearing tight skirts to avoid risky dives into the historic waterway.
The piece jokes about fourteen billion US telephone calls last year and busy lines, mocks sound proof floors in apartment buildings as a grand institution, and notes the English beauty delaying her trip to the United States while praising an alert press agent.
Robert Holt alias Claxton surrendered to Oakland police and confessed stealing and cashing a draft for 75,000 pounds from the Australian government while with the Royal Australian Artillery in Sydney. He claimed 25,000 was from a nightclub and said Rose Miller, a Sydney acquaintance, cooperated in his surrender after threatening to inform police. Holt said the offenses occurred late February before he arrived in the United States last March.
A cablegram from Managua reports four U S marines killed and eight wounded in battle with Nicaraguan rebels at Coyotepa near Mampaya, with one Nicaraguan federal soldier dead. The message stems from the foreign affairs minister in Managua.
Fort Worth report says six people were killed when an automobile driven by Rufual Cornelian DS, aged years, collided with a Dallas Fort Worth interurban car near Arlington, about fourteen miles from Fort Worth. Victims include a wife, three young men, and a woman.
Washington report says American troops under Lieut. Col Long attacked the Leon stronghold of the rebellion at Chichigalpa, killing thirteen insurgents and wounding many more. Five Americans were slightly wounded.
As a result of Inez Verre operations in the Panama canal zone the line hotels and restaurants show a loss of $12,085 while the European laborers messes show a profit of $34,455 and the common laborers kitchens a profit of $11,147.
Lieutenant John H. Towers of the Navy Air Corps set a new American endurance mark in Annapolis Maryland flying a hydroplane. He remained aloft for six hours ten minutes and thirty five seconds, continuing a long air endurance tradition.
Word reached Toluca of near total destruction of a rural guard detachment and several women and children during a clash with Zapatista rebels near Sultepec, Mexico.
Cadiz hosts the centennial festivities marking the establishment of the Spanish Parliament. The event extends over several days with brilliant ceremonies and special missions from Spanish American nations including Mexico taking part.
Madrid dispatches report brakes failed and a railroad train dashed through the station wall at Alicante into a crowded waiting room. Nine are dead and 122 injured as rescue and emergency crews mobilize at the scene.
Divers recovered the British submarine B2 near Dover after it sank following a collision with the Hamburg American liner Amerika off South Foreland. Only one of the 15 crew survived. the two officers and 13 men were lost.
Dr. George H. Knight of Salisbury, Republican candidate for Congress from the Fifth district, collapsed and died on stage at Roberts hall in Lakeville while about to address a political gathering.
Wealport Conn. The Springfield express at sixty miles per hour derailed after failing to cross to the next track. The second section from Boston to New York plunged into a ditch, killing nine and injuring scores on a train of about 200. A porter saved many by acting quickly as wreckage and explosion followed.
Indiana governor Marshall addressed audiences in Norwich and New London County. In Mottville a disturbance occurred as a crowd member threw a stone that struck the governor’s nose, causing a small bleed. The governor called it the first blood of the campaign.
A Pennsylvania passenger train struck an automobile killing five people including The Rev. W L Nicholson, pastor of First Presbyterian Wilmerding, his year-old son John K F Beck, Mrs. Mary Diamond of Wilkinsburg, and an unidentified Italian girl by the crossing. The accident occurred near Pittsburg, Pa.
Backer, a 40 year old widower, was shot and severely wounded at the home of 20 year old Rosa Russell in Fulton Missouri where he was boarding. Mrs. Rosa Russell says she did the shooting but claims it was an accident.
Dr William H Davis of Boston declares that rich American women are a disgrace for refusing to resume motherhood responsibilities at a Cleveland address.
Athens reports a Turkish plot to massacre Greeks in Albania. Alleged assassinations and widespread fear described among thousands of Greeks in the province as authorities warn of imminent danger.
The German submarine B 2 was rammed near Kent during maneuvers with the South Foreland flotilla. Fifteen crew members perished, only Lt Richard Puljerne survived after being found exhausted in the sea. The Inez Amerika stood by and launched lifebuoys as torpedo boats searched the area before continuing to Southampton and Cherbourg.
George Crumley was arrested in Attlies Indiana on murder charges after his wife’s bruised body was found in their Danville New Jersey home. Neighbors reported hearing two screams and contradict Crumley’s account that he slept on the railroad right of way and returned to find her dead.
Nine Detroit aldermen and Clerk Lchrester were bound over to the recorder's court and seven discharged by Justice Jeffries. In police court the men faced bribe related charges or conspiracy to accept bribes. Aldermen Glinnan Brozo Walsh Mason Deimel Rosenthal Tosay Hindle Osetrawmeyer held. Aldermen Watson Lynch Ellis O'Brien Merritt Koenig Zoeller acquitted.
Testimony shows engineer George J. Clark of the Springfed Express ignored signals and sped through the crossover switch, causing the wreck in Westport, Connecticut. Local officials and witnesses testified to the events and Clark's actions aboard the train.
Milwaukee report says Tony Schudelari, mechanician injured in the Bruce Brown racing accident, has been unconscious since last Tuesday noon and is dying. Bruce Brown, a millionaire race driver, was involved in the incident.
A mob of several hundred sought to seize Wigfall after his attack on Mrs Higgins. Convicts at Rawlins state penitentiary overpowered guards, dragged Wigfall from a cell, and hanged him from a 60 foot rail in the rotunda,断 neck breaking. They stood silent, then returned to their cells as guards rushed to restore order.
Isaac Newton Phillips of Plcomington Illinois former reporter for the Illinois supreme court died suddenly. He studied law with Robert G Ingerach and ranked among Milneis leading lawyers. He chaired the railway and warehouse commissioners four years and served as supreme court reporter for eighteen years. He authored Abraham Lincolns Emancipator which attracted wide attention and was a prominent Republican and member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
The Supreme Court denied rehearing in the Kemp et al case from Chicago against Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Hallway Helpers. The June ruling held employees have a right to strike despite a shop rule restraining union members from striking in the Cook County circuit court action.
A trainload of 138 Missouri mules arrived from St Louis to the Presidio and broke loose in San Francisco for about 24 hours. They trampled flower gardens, caused civilian panic, and challenged police efforts to corral them until a cavalry detachment finally recaptured the animals.
In St Bernard Quebec ten children aged 18 months to 16 years died in a house fire. Alexander Gravel and his wife were away and returning found their children suffering. the parents could not save them.
Detroit resident Brown Spengler confesses to the murder of 12 year old Matilda Rels whose body was found in an alley. He also confesses to a prior attack on 11 year old Helen Brown in 1909.
Washington reports the entire rebel army near Jinotepe Nicaragua two miles south of Maragua was surrounded after a four hour battle with government troops. The force was captured with all ammunition arms and artillery seized.
A garbled collection of quotation snippets and misheard phrases from the Westminster Gazette touches on topics from skin disease to Old Testament laws, shipbuilding, zodiac myths, Pharisees and algebraic symbols, with no clear single event or人物.
An uncle visits a household and offers candy to a girl and her brother. He questions if she split five pieces evenly, asking if she gave him two and a half. Marie replies that the pieces would not divide evenly, so she ate one before dividing.
A quoted anecdote from The Million describes a pickpocket sentenced after conviction. The lawyer pleads, insisting the fine as a burden on the poor man, while the prisoner jokes about a brief escape to demonstrate discretion. The exchange reflects courtroom humor of the era.
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