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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
2
A collage of brief quotations from multiple papers mentions Ambassador Hill, a czar with crowns, apple dumplings, and various unrelated notes. It references Baltimore Sun, Boston Herald, Chicago Record Herald, Ohio college chatter, and a stranded Chicago princess in Paris with remarks on Esperanto.
The Atlantic Constitution notes concern over placement of gasoline stations for new air machines. It mentions Russian commerce minister Shipoff as a figure in trade policy, with emphasis on ensuring he upholds his duties.
The piece notes Keir Hardie urging Americans to enter politics, contrasting fervor with sheepish conformity. It also critiques fashion and commentary, claiming rats in hair give way to rows of mice as a social metaphor.
A playful note contrasts the fall mince pie with a spring cucumber, then pivots to a Milwaukee hermit who reportedly avoided washing for eight years and likely did not practice teetotalism or seek undue intimacy.
A reflective piece asks if plants truly sense and respond to the world, imagining corn ears hearing potatoes eyes seeing and trees moaning while roses blush, blending whimsy with nature’s living mystery.
An insurance agent cites a figure of 19 500 women in New York past the age of five and ten years. The claim suggests many chorus girls in the city and reflects the publicity around aging performers in show business.
A reflective line from the Louisville Courier Journal wonders about memories tied to flowers and local scenes as both corsage and honeysuckle on a porch stay silent and tell no tales.
A Des Moines man buys his mother in law five pounds of candy each week. He argues the plan is safer than a slow poison scheme, according to the Detroit Free Press.
The North Cape cliffs have been desecrated by advertising painters, provoking reflection that Peary might have preferred never to reach the north pole.
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes a tongue in cheek offer for a man who has read all political plat forms speeches of acceptance and campaign books. The humorous boast highlights the era's political culture and public appetite for informed citizens.
A cryptic note muses on auto-suggestion drawing attention from scientists while a surreal scene unfolds describing a man on his back in dust coaxing a machine from a snorting goulevil. The text blends abstract imagery with technological curiosity.
A Connecticut farmer urges insurers to include a flying machine clause, arguing that flying machines are as unpredictable as tornadoes and could strike at any time, reflecting concerns over unforeseen aerial risks.
A Philadelphia heiress alleges she entered a sham marriage with an American to deter her parents from buying a foreigner with a tithe. Reportedly, her mother has forgiven her, casting doubt on the tale.
The government proposes a molasses road in Massachusetts using the residue of sugar cane manufacture as a basis. Concerns arise about children tampering with the road for mischief and other dangers, with no known current use for the by-product.
The dahlia earns high regard in the floral world with a special display in Indianapolis last year and preparations underway for exhibitions in eastern cities. It is a stiff formal blossom valued for rich color varieties with 500 plus known types. Both professional and amateur florists experiment to produce new specimens, signaling an impending dahlia fad.
Fishermen discovered two expensively dressed bodies floating two miles from Crescent street near New York. Police report bound faces and rope with wire may indicate murder or self-inflicted death. Woman, around 30, blonde with wedding ring, had a gold watch and chain. man also well equipped. Coroner says bodies likely in water only 3 or 4 hours.
New York reports congressman Tawny predicted the Panama canal would be finished in six years at 6000000 dollars, a forecast Cal Gothals chief engineer corroborates while at a hearing in Chicago. He confirms navigation by January 1, 1915 unless unforeseen contingencies occur.
In Chicago, three track repairers were killed and one wounded when a Lake Shore freight train backed into their crew replacing ties in the switch yards at Eighty-ninth Street, South Chicago. The slow-moving train was masked by another passing train and no warning signals were observed, with the crew arrested as families dispute the incident.
Consul General Ridgley of the United States to Mexico City died suddenly about midnight Thursday night in the Mexico City Pullman while waiting for the train. He had arrived from Laredo and was stopping over to take the Pullman to the capital. He was accompanied by his wife and mother.
The Polk county grand jury returned indictments against O. M. Olsen manager of the Olsen Commission Company and W. J. Winston of the Winston Commission Company. They are charged with conducting bucket shops in violation of Iowa law.
In Leeds Friday night a car overturned trapping Dr. Charles Fo. Williams and Mrs. Williams of Auburn. Mrs. Williams died shortly after rescue and Dr. Williams is in serious condition.
Muskogee Oklahoma police recovered a valise stolen weeks ago from W A Ledbetter general attorney for Waters-Pierce Oil. The valise contained the Standard Oil secret code when taken but the thief removed the code. Only thirteen copies are said to exist.
Milwaukee woman Alecia Bishop testified in district court that she and Gustave Schmidt plotted elopement with a West Side matron. Schmidt is accused of robbing the matron’s husband after plans were discussed with the couple.
Washington reports indicate a broad diplomatic shakeup with many changes in the foreign service likely as the presidential election approaches. Officials say 93 envoys may be reassigned or replaced as the administration reassesses overseas postings and policy direction.
Morrill Kansas marshal Perry Royer shot and killed J H Schmucker editor of the Morrill News, then killed himself after a quarrel sparked by a Tuesday Morrill News item. Royer, about 60, was an old soldier with a widow. Soldiers passing through Merrill earlier were involved in a drinking incident before the confrontation.
In Minneapolis, the Pillsbury Washburn flour mills limited receive court approval to borrow up to 750000 in receiver certificates to fund operations. The court noted only 20000 on hand and warned mills would close without the relief. The mills will run at full capacity and continue business as before under receivership.
Ethel Lashbrook aged 19 from Chicago wed James F. Chung a Chinese born salesman for Oriental silks at Crown Point court house. The couple obtained a license and left by the next train to Chicago after the ceremony conducted by Judge H B Nicholson.
Wooster Ohio report says Alph W. Eddy, missing since August 12 before his planned marriage to Miss Warren, enlisted in the United States Army at Jefferson Barracks St. Louis on August 21, two days after his disappearance.
Comparative apathy in Greater New York shows two day registration totals 408,407 versus 434,761 in 1904, a drop of 26,354. The figures indicate a declining participation trend across the city.
A $4,900 fire broke out early Monday at the city asylum for the insane in St. Louis. It is the second blaze in two months at two neighboring eleemosynary institutions believed to be incendiary. A thorough police investigation has begun.
Western Passenger association executives failed to reach agreement Tuesday on abolishing reduced rates set to take effect January 1. Managers could not decide on exceptions for suburban, colonist and exposition rates, though a two cent minimum for all occasions drew no objection.
In Hilliard near Butler two stores and a residence owned by John Day were destroyed by fire started during a robbery. Samuel Caplin, 25, died in the blaze as thieves looted Morris Leviocoss and fled with $1000 found in Leviocoss's trouser pockets. The robbers then blew the safe.
A London report says a Chicago firm’s representative has been commissioned by continental countries to obtain 20 million pounds of canned meats for army rations. The firm’s manager denied negotiations beyond a limited ration supply and called the reported amount ridiculous.
At the Jackson fair grounds coliseum a gallery section used by whites collapsed onto seated Black attendees as Booker T. Washington concluded his address. Bishop Charles B. Galloway suffered bruises, Thomas Helm a broken arm, and many Black attendees were injured.
William Randolph Hearst delivers a speech to a San Francisco audience featuring two additional letters about Standard Oil. The event centers on corporate scrutiny and public reaction, highlighting Hearst's stance and the broader fuel industry controversy.
Plague rages in the Tungtohanpe coal mining district with reports of spreading illness to Hanen and multiple deaths noted. Authorities warn of advancing infection as cases rise in northern China.
Commissioner Bowers told the president that the federal fish commission distributed 2,811,000,000 fish and eggs nationwide in the last fiscal year, surpassing the previous record by 30,000,000. The figures reflect a rise in distribution across the country.
Curtis McCloskey of Bloomsburg Pennsylvania died at 22 from blood poisoning after a hatpin blister formed on his lip a week earlier. He left behind a wife and two children.
Washington Post reports new postage stamps in new designs will be issued within a month to replace current issues. Postmaster General Meyer viewed and approved the proofs of the engravers plates for the new 2 cent and 1 cent stamps.
London reports a rising vogue for spiritualism across England with the Established Church pulpit opened to expound the theories and alleged discoveries, signaling a shift in religious discourse and public fascination.
Washington reports Col. William F. Stewart testified before the army retiring board that after doctors at Fort Huachuca deemed him unfit for the 9 mile riding test he rode daily with Maj. Foster Lieut. Parker and Chaplain Chase. He said he served 41 years 10 months and 1 day and noted only four active officers have longer records.
Two men died and many were injured as fans crowded to view a game on Thursday. A fireman, H. T. McBride, fell from an elevated pillar outside the grounds and another man fell or was crushed from the fence near the main gate. Most injuries were sprains and bruises from rush to secure seats and small stampede at game end.
Miss Ora Lee, 20, was found dead beside a road two miles southwest of Wadsworth Ohio with a bullet through the temple. Sheriff Hutchinson arrested Guy Raser, 25, her fiancé, after she left a boarding house Thursday night ostensibly for Hittman. The body lay by the road with limbs straightened, a suitcase beside, a handbag on the right wrist and a handkerchief clenched in the left hand.
Copenhagen reports Finnish travelers were refused passage to New York on the Helligal of the Scandinavian American line on cholera grounds. The American consul here, advised by the state department, will impose quarantine on Finland as well as Russia proper. The group will be delayed two weeks, including returning Americans and others with prepaid tickets from relatives in the United States.
In Ostood Indiana during a campaign stop for the Assessor race Democratic candidate Max Feuhr, a wealthy German farmer, collapsed from heart failure and died in the arms of Howard Akers, the Recorder candidate. Feuhr and Akers were both named in the tense moment as Feuhr slumped while addressing voters. The incident stunned attendees and underscored the high stakes of the local contest.
Mrs. W. H. McNally wife of the town's second mayor died in Wagoner. She was the first white woman recorded in the town. The obituary notes her husband W. H. McNally served as Wagoner's mayor.
Mrs. R Crouse of Manchester Iowa reports two years of backache and rheumatic pain plus disturbed kidney function. After using Doan's Kidney Pills the back pain stopped and kidney action normalized, restoring her health to normal. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
An early morning wagon parade with the circus awakens siblings Billie and Robert. Their mother pretends to sleep as the brothers stumble to dress, Billie guiding Robert to avoid slowing them down while a cautious exchange hints at family dynamics.
A boy sobs as Mr Wyss questions the noisy play in a Sunday Magazine illustration. The child explains he was playing with a toy automobile. Mr Wyss encourages him to continue playing and to calm down.
A historic note recalls the Big Bonanza silver mine discovered in a desperate era, unveiling riches worth about 150 million dollars. The story frames how capital and hope faded before the discovery, transforming a depleted field into a treasure house of immense ore value.
Pettivs Eye Salve offered to soothe irritated eyes from dust heat sun or wind. Sold by Howard Bros in Buffalo. 25 cents. All druggists carry this remedy.
Fragmented OCR notes mention spicy dialogue and soothing straps for Mia. It references teething aids for children, mentions Allen's Foot-Fuse, and contains stray phrases about money and a windcollica bottle. The text is jumbled with unclear context and several brand-like terms.
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