Odd Incomplete Dispatches From Marble Hill Press
A collage of distant, quirky notes from Marble Hill Press in Missouri and brief<|vq_4287|>
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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1912
Page
6
A collage of distant, quirky notes from Marble Hill Press in Missouri and brief<|vq_4287|>
A fragment rich with dated slang and stray facts describes a Chicago bailiff named Hunter issuing 13 014 writs and traveling 227 952 miles in two months. It wanders through diverse topics including Pueblo Indians, German trust myths, a jailbreak of headlines, and social curiosities, ending with musings on sleep and modern life.
Bulgarian and Servian forces report rapid advance against Turkish lines near Adrianople after taking Tuarevo Gorna Deumala Barnakovo and Palanka. Turkish casualties include four officers killed and hundreds wounded with two cavalry companies captured. Bulgarians also claim 2,000 prisoners. In New York and Providence reports, Greek steamer evacuees faced police seizures and scattered revolver fire as tensions rose on the voyage.
Five men and a sheriff's posse hunted for eight more suspects who attacked Mr. Lillie Mullane of Richmond Virginia in Missouri. The prisoners were taken to Des Moines for a preliminary hearing and then rushed by motor cars to prevent threatened mob action.
In Nebraska, Taft Republicans win a preliminary shift to block six Republican electors who pledged to vote for Roosevelt. In Chicago, after a citywide search by 1,609 school children aided police, two year old Jeanette Gorekl was located at a woman's home, crying on the street, ending the disappearance case.
In Marshall Texas fifteen people were injured and four business houses wrecked by a natural gas explosion. A sighted match near a grate over a gas filled cellar touched off the blast, with one injury possibly fatal.
Auburn resident George Earnhart escaped from hospital in Richmond and was fatally shot by Milo Snyder of Cromwell, ten miles west of town, during a clash with four posse members. The incident occurred amid pursuit by lawmen.
Mexican troops from the Twenty-fifth battalion garrisoned at Fort Uloa, inland near the harbor of Vera Cruz, revolted and aligned with revolutionary leader Felix Diaz. The move signals a shift in control amid ongoing unrest in the region.
London dispatches from anti Turkish sources claimed Balkan allies had successes against Turkey but observers warned the reports may exaggerate the gains.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson heads a Republican campaigning trip starting at Hart Michigan and continuing through the run up to election day with speeches planned in nearly every remaining stop.
A man named Lynn Masehian Gasparian shot his wife Mrs Queen Gasparian through the left breast at their home 43 South Side Avenue and also shot his sister in law Mrs Anna Patterson in the field before fleeing location unknown.
Chicago heavyweight Jack Johnson faces police as he courts Lucile Cameron, a 19 year old daughter of Mrs. Cameron Farcognet of Minneapolis. The blonde girl resists her mother and plans marriage to Johnson in Chicago. Johnson says white women are infatuated with him and that Cameron is capable of deciding her own mind.
Spezia reports that Guglielmo Marconi had his right eye removed after a mobile accident on September 25. Surgeons from Vienna and Turin. two naval doctors assisted. The operation, performed without incident, aimed to prevent total blindness. His wife and relatives attended, and many sympathy telegrams arrived.
In San Francisco eight lifesavers battled heavy surf to reach shore after their boat overturned. A cheering crowd believed it was a routine drill as the crew swam to safety, surviving the perilous rescue.
District Attorney C. W. Miller leading the prosecution of dynamite conspirators expressed little credence in John Cook’s claim of participating in the Los Angeles Times bombing. The remark frames the ongoing case and casts doubt on Cook’s involvement as a party to the crime.
Danville gang dynamited the Iroquoia County bank at Good wine then fled to Hickman seven miles away but were frightened off before blowing the bank. Police pursued leads as the heist ended without a cash haul.
Eight butchers in Grand Rapids Michigan pleaded guilty to indictments charging violation of the Interstate commerce and pure food laws in transporting diseased meat unfit for human consumption. They were fined 50 each.
Milwaukee judge doubles bail for John Schrank in the attempted assassination case against Col. Roosevelt. Bond rises from 7500 to 16000 as case shifts from district to municipal court. no explanation given. District Attorney Zabel says Roosevelt may not need to appear in Milwaukee for trial. Schrank claims wealth of 25000. NY police investigation cited.
Four persons were badly hurt when dynamite destroyed two houses in Pleasant Valley. The feud is said to exist between Peter Messing, 51, a carpenter, and the families of neighbors William Jackson and William Bigger. The injured include Mollie Scott with cuts to head and arm, James Martin with cuts to side and arms, Mrs Sarah Jackson with head and facial injuries, and Peter Messing’s agent Peter Pressing slashed across the face.
Chicago fire chief Seyferlich barely escaped serious injury when his speeding auto wrecked on West Jackson boulevard. The rear wheel failed, the car tipped and skidded along the pavement before crashing into the curb. The chief and his driver were severely shaken but remained in their seats.
The Ottoman News Agency says Constantinople is advancing toward the Bulgarian and Servino frontiers as the government declares that war has begun and will delay for no further deliberations.
A two ton steel column crashed through eight feet of concrete in a building under construction at Forty second Street and Madison Avenue in New York injuring eight workers including iron workers and laborers.
Burglars forced open the safe at the G H Young store in Warner near Muskogee Oklahoma, stealing about 300 dollars and a wagon load of merchandise. Hounds have been placed on their trail as pursuing officers close in.
President Francisco Madero urgently asks Congress to authorize a $20 million loan to wage war on insurgents as opposition fears delay. Reports of garrison revolt and street clashes trigger massive public protests under strict police orders to curb disturbances. Rebels push toward Cordonia as federals move east by train.
Maj Gen Micah Jenkins son Maj Micah Jen kine died in Charleston at age 66. He led the rough riders stock ing troop in the Spanish War and served as deputy collector of internal revenue. A West Point grad, he fought in the Indian wars and earned a medal from Col Roosevelt for gallantry at San Juan Hill.
A large Pacific coast government arsenal suffered a devastating blaze estimated at three to four million dollars. Officials attribute the fire to crossed electric wires. The destruction included sixty thousand stands of small arms and twelve million rounds of ammunition. A sixty-man guard company manned the breight ing equipment.
President Taft weighs a trip to inspect the Panama Canal from Beverly Massachusetts. If arranged he may depart with Mr Taft for two weeks aboard a battleship and return to Washington in time to draft the annual message. If not possible before December he may go during Christmas holidays.
Peter Nelson of Bridiey died in the crash as RK Jester state manager of a threshing machine company from Peoria and Allen Lee an implement dealer at Herschel Illinois were badly injured when Jesters automobile turned turtle at about thirty miles an hour near Kankakee. Lee is at the hospital with several bruises and Jester remains at the Lafayette hotel with a dislocated shoulder and wrist and a badly bruised knee.
London editorials spark a contrast as a weekly paper urges a Sir Francis Drake monument while a rival paper calls for a Noah memorial to honor biblical lineage and public sentiment.
Miss A Albach challenged the crowd at a New York rights gathering asking if suffrage would unsex women. A heckler yelled rot and she replied with blunt candor declaring she is 38 and does not care.
Two men were killed in a rear end freight train crash on the Lackawanna line near Halistead. The second locomotive struck the caboose ahead, leaving two fatalities and a crash investigation pending at the scene.
A report notes that high priced opera bows become less imposing to some compared with the lowest church pews, suggesting price perception shifts audience reactions and affordability concerns for cultural venues.
A husband vows not to let his wife attend fashionable bridge gatherings. He scorns gambling as immoral, while she defends the social games as harmless recreation.
Disjointed lines mix questions of love with scattered phrases about sending items home. The text reads more like a noisy extrait than a coherent story, featuring names that appear garbled and unclear context.
A fragmented dialogue about boys Louis and Louie learning instruments. One boy plans to march in parades while the other studies clarinet and harp. The exchange hints at family expectations and musical training.
A well dressed gentleman alights from a train at a western state junction and asks the dining room clerk about pies. The clerk lists four varieties open faced crose bar Ubered npn and the kind mother would make, in a light, playful tone from Popular Magazine.
A local schoolteacher explains to children how a treble with a bass and tenor would form a quartet. Jimmy, son of the milkman, is teased as he mishears the lesson while attempting to sing along in a humorous scene from the class.
Wicktoo notes he has been working night and day for a month to save enough money for a week’s rest in the country this summer. Wickson questions the motive and the need for the plan.
An overworked Ohio doctor describes health collapse from heavy duties and a return to vitality after using Grape-Nuts. He reports improved digestion strength weight and endurance and credits breakfast and dinner with the cereal. The testimonial ends noting the pamphlet The Road to Wellville and the Postum Co attribution.
A court ruling in the joint matter prompts related remand actions as parties proceed under the order. Officials and advocates monitor developments while the remand process unfolds in subsequent hearings.
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