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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
2
Marble Hill Press presents a collage of quirky notes and questions from various topics. Highlights include a claim about giant bees in India, Castro’s case, Edison’s vast wealth versus long hours, Servia’s royal marriage urges, and reflections on Europe’s Sick Man. Also mentions Baltimore Methodist conference, a University of Chicago professor, a New Jersey immune man, Mrs. Hetty Green hotel life, and New York hotel population and values.
A disease outbreak labeled automobile heart is reported in Littshire. It intermittently halts, requiring serout and crank actions to resume function. Authorities urge monitoring and study to identify causes and treatments.
The sultan ponders elevating his status to emperor, suggesting a shift in role after a life of leadership. The idea follows his long reign and the authority he has wielded, implying potential reforms or new ambitions.
The Herman ministry of marine has started fortification preparations for Heligoland with Ciao granted by the reclistag to proceed.
An Los Angeles man inherits a large fortune and commits to bringing joy to 200 people. He faces rivals who intend to thwart his plans and make him unhappy, setting up a clash of fortunes and motives across the city.
Statistics show rising expenses and low earnings in New York over the past year. Most cases indicate little ability to live on the income, with sivinge ex penses up TL percent.
A humorous quip asks if cheaper rates to a neighboring county justify cross channel mail, pitting bloodline rhetoric against plain business sense as the issue. Local commentators weigh language sentiment against practical postage concerns across borders.
A historical note states that Adistri as a married man cannot focus in a balloon without his wife’s written consent. It also mentions Thow HENst viewing ballooning as a greater adventure than fate in later life.
A garbled report recounts a French ban leading to ptomaine poisoning among six hundred priests, mocking French cuisine and its so called dainty portions while hinting at a scandalous culinary mishap.
The prince of Wales leaves Maeland without selecting a book from the local country and seems defiant by not addressing the Chivu-Pas crowd or accepting their invitation to speak. Local observers speculate on his mood and the lack of public engagement.
Two monster whales have been killed on the Eden coast of New South Wales, underscoring the whale fishery once stood as a staple industry for the Australian continent.
Paris waiters abandoned plans to expose alleged kitchen horrors after deciding the public would not believe their claims. The group chose restraint and resumed duties, signaling a cooling of tensions in the restaurant scene.
Luxurious Exchange says spending on campaign forms is a waste of money. They claim no campaign document was seen through to the end and doubt the existence of recipients who did. They warn that unaided literature appears in unexpected places and in many forms.
The dalaitlama, head of the Buddhist church, has wandered from Lhasa to Mongolia with a large retinue. He avoids cities deemed defiled by infidels and travels between faithful strongholds at great cost. Now he nears Peking as the Chinese government weighs urging his return to restore Tibetan administration.
Democrats aim to appoint a campaign manager for the eastern region, seeking a man to lead fundraising, organizing, and outreach efforts in key states. The search targets experienced operatives with strong field skills and party loyalty.
Hitchcock the Republican chairman travels to discuss a key East campaign post with Western managers as Norman E. Mack seeks a long debated Democratic eastern campaign chair. A consensus favors an eastern man from New York who can unite rival factions, with Jush Whea Man named as a tentative choice.
New York chairman Frank N Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee travels to Chicago to consult with western managers. He plans further talks with western exec members and advisory committee appointees aiding fundraising for the campaign. A trip to the south and a possible Cincinnati stop for Taft talks are anticipated.
Taft and party arrived at Middle Bass Island at 4 o clock Sunday, after five years’ pause. He breakfasted, attended services, and rested for the day. Fourteen speeches delivered in Ohio Saturday left a strong impression on his voice despite hoarseness and fatigue.
Debs, Socialist candidate for president, spoke to thousands at a Lemont picnic 30 miles south of Chicago before leaving on a westward tour by special train. For two hours he hurled sharp attacks on Republicans and Democrats as interruptions from park owner John Peterson attempted to eject men from the pavilion roof.
William J. Bryan, Democratic candidate for president, departed Lincoln at 4:30 for St. Paul Minnesota to speak on governmental extravagance at the fair grounds Monday. He will give three more speeches before returning Thursday at Fargo Grand Forks and Sioux City. He plans no fixed topic, aiming to address general campaign issues.
The executive committee of the Red Cross authorizes secretary Charles L. Magee to appeal to the public for funds for flood sufferers across a large southern area. The urgent need for aid is emphasized as very pressing.
About 2,000 men have just been given employment at the mills of the Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co in Clarksburg. The announcement highlights a major local job surge and signals renewed industrial activity in the region.
A wounded inmate is rescued by Denver police Captain and officers after a beating incident. The chief directed responders to secure the scene and assist the injured person. Further details on victims and motives were not disclosed.
In Denver a sergeant led a rush toward the jail to attack the accused man as a mob of officers struggled with the suspect. Polite Chief Ehanilvonoom and officers Mus sell and Russell aided the capture after Bradley was declared afoul. An officer struck the prisoner and the crowd bore him to the jail while gunfire and struggle marked the scene.
A Red Fern South Dakota dispatch reports 1. 8% Taxlor a renowned figure in the Black Mills community and his helper Miller were killed in a mine explosion near Burlington on Wednesday. The men had just entered the ore room when a blast occurred catching ten workers unawares.
Valdez Alushan-Miuerena Wwaver confessed to inducing George Pestriakot to kill her husband, Veter Ss. Kaversoof, a woodman, at their home on Afognak Island. The crime occurred in front of the man’s 72-year-old brother. The two fled but were captured. the case centers on alleged extreme cruelty.
Pittsburg report says Col Glenn aged GS formerly commander of the fourteenth regiment in the Pennsylvania National Guard was to be chief marshal for Carnegie home week parade. His horse bolted when the parade started causing a mass delay as spectators watched, and Glenn was found dead in his bed Wednesday.
Nineteen drown when a structure failed amid severe floods in Athens Georgia. Two bridges over the Oconee River have collapsed with others tottering. Gas and electric service is cut off citywide. Planting submerged and railway lines delayed across the region. A northbound Southern train narrowly avoided an undermined trestle as two boys flagged the danger.
Angista faces heavy flood damage as the middle city area lies submerged. Mutes at the canal locks have been becked since Tuesday, while the stream runs four feet above the dam. Cotton mills are submerged with water reaching floors. crest not expected until Wednesday night.
Floods since August have claimed 19 lives at Camden and caused millions in damage across the Carolinas and Georgia. Mills at Spartanburg and Greenville face severe danger with mills flooded and bridges and rail washouts reported on the Seaboard line. Continuous heavy rains threaten remaining structures as several towns endure rising waters.
A sudden summer flood in Bisbee Arizona sweeps two main streets, leaves half a dozen missing, and causes extensive property damage. Officials say damage runs into thousands as more details emerge.
Springfield ML reports canvassed primary returns for state officers. On the Republican ticket Deneen 212,983 votes with Yates 201,051. Hopkins leads Senator with 168,285 as Foss 121,110 and Mason 86,096. Lieutenant Governor contenders include Ogelesby 199,921 and Shumway 34,575. Davis leads Clerk of the Supreme Court with a large plurality. Democratic ticket shows Stringer 127,864 and Wakely 27,472. Governor candidates Pattison 24,608, McGoorty 25,545, Lewis 6,206, Gunther 10,705, Kim Brouzh 1,707, Monroe 4,500.
In a report from Rio Sapeira and Leevlland, two Levelland officers return as details emerge about Bonelli. The firing checker Anton Penelli is enlarged with bavine vaisapeplied Signa and depositors are tied to his bark. Bonelli, appearing in mbt tires and at times, died after being traced to Divagil where authorities detained him.
Report from Halleyville says eight of twenty three miners trapped by a mine fire near Hers are alive. Rescue teams work as flames and smoke issue from the mine entrance, raising fears the doomed may perish before the fire is controlled.
An injunction suit filed in Guthrie Logan County seeks to invalidate the separate school law that requires separate boards for whites and negroes to be elected in each district. Plaintiff J. B. Caver, elected treasurer of the negro school board in district No. 00, Logan County, July 28 under the new law, brings the action.
Washington reports Ambassador Thompson to Mexico is improving after an incident in Mexico City Tuesday. He sustained a badly broken and dislocated arm but is described as well and recovering with assistance from officials and medical staff.
President Roosevelt and party travel by special Delaware and Lackawanna train arriving Hoboken at 7:55 Thursday morning from South Columbia NS. They board the yacht SRIPh which immediately heads for Oyster Day.
J. D. Powers of Louisville was appointed receiver for the Central Home Telephone Co. by Judge Cochran upon the application of Judge Lansing, a bondholder and creditor. The company operates independent long distance lines radiating from Louisville to Kentucky, southern Indiana, and southeastern Illinois.
Mrs. Maul, wife of Francis I. Maul of Philadelphia, slipped from a 6600 foot cliff near the Hotel Kaaterskill. Her husband, Francis, caught her just in time to save her life.
Five year old Joe Hittle attacked his younger sister in Holland Minnesota striking her on the head with an iron hammer after an quarrel. The little girl sustained very serious injuries.
Washington D C Sherman Brink and Charles J Hunt named district agent and assistant district agent for the Indians in Oklahoma. Both reside in Oklahoma and will supervise the welfare of minor Indian children.
Forest fires burning for about 45 hours between the third and fourth range back of Mount Wilson on government land continue to devastate a fine forest region. A large force of rangers has been assembled to fight the flames.
Emperor William extends an invitation to Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood of the United States Army to attend the imperial maneuvers in Alsace Lorraine in September. Word of the invitation reached Gen. Wood while he was in Switzerland.
Oberndorf Wurtemberg Paul Maus er, the aged inventor behind the Mauser rifle, unveils a new military model featuring a 25 shot automatic cartridge feeder. The device promises rapid fire capacity and mechanical innovation for field use.
In Washington DC the Chadbourne Gardner case will see one criminal prosecution for evasion of customs laws. The government has not abandoned the possibility of citing Mrs Chadbourne or Mrs Gardner to court to answer fraud entry charges, but it may be authoritative that the two principals will be allowed to go their ways after penalties are imposed.
Rev Albert H Trick, once pastor of a Chicago Presbyterian church and later at Saratoga New York, killed himself yesterday in a Mills Hotel room. He criticized the church, spoke of insincerity and America’s trinity of success and pleasure, and said he could not worship.
Four men attempted to blow the Bank of Rushville safe early Wednesday morning. The post office safe next door was wrecked and stamps and cash totaling $1 were taken. The four robbers were seen entering a wagon and fleeing toward St. Joseph.
Congressmen C E Littlefield appointed receiver for Wall Street firm A G Brown & Co by Judge Holt of the U S District Court Southern District of New York. Bond set at 250000 dollars.
In Vossburg Mississippi Ernest Martin aged 16 and Beula Herrington aged 15 from the same town eloped and wed. The ceremony joins two young residents despite their ages as described in local notices.
Coroner inquest finds William Hightower died from a fractured skull on a Chicago and Alton train headed to Missouri from Kansas City. He was brought to the train on a Kansas City cot, carrying a $5 bill and a cigarmaker’s knife. Kneecap dislocated, body bruised, spasms noted before death. Coroner J M Ward asks Kansas City Chief Ahern for details.
The Rev Clyde Gow of Elsberry Mo faces an ecclesiastical court over alleged misconduct with Miss Elizabeth Gleason who died last February The defense argues Gleason died of natural causes to avoid unfrocking Dr George F P Prewett Lincoln county coroner testified Wednesday that Gleason died of peritonitis
A Rock Island train from Kansas City to St Louis derailed a mile west of Pleasant Hill due to a defective rail. The engine left the track at about 40 mph, the engine into the ditch and the tender turned over. A tramp riding in the blind baggage was the sole injury. Track blocked for 12 hours.
Rev. John K. Bunn aged 74, longtime secretary of the Episcopal diocese of Kansas City, died at his home. His 22 years in Kansas City ended a varied clerical career including posts in Detroit, Marshall Michigan, Lawrence Kansas, Louisville Kentucky, and Cumberland Maryland. Born in Cincinnati.
Sadalia A C Maclin has been appointed president of George R. Smith College, the negro educational institution in the city. He is its first negro president, a native of Keiling Tennessee, graduate of Walden University in Nashville, and has taught Mathematics at the college for the past year.
Charleston dispatch reports Scott County Democratic farmers sent a giant watermelon to William J. Bryan’s supporters in Nebraska. The Southeast Missouri pure food product weighed seventy three pounds and was in perfect condition, shipped from Blodget Missouri.
Four robbers failed to blow open the Bank of Rushville safe and wrecked the adjacent post office safe in Rushville. Stamps and cash totaling 3100 were taken. The quartet was seen entering a wagon and driving toward St. Joseph.
In St Louis F W Schultz a 70 year old grocer and saloonkeeper shot and killed his wife Lizzie Schultz after a blow by a robber and a recent confrontation with a burglar left him severely injured. Schultz was arrested and investigators believe blows to his head affected his mind.
One hundred twenty five members of the Beer Bottlers Union No. 164 at Ford Heim Brewing Co. strike. Twenty strikers are women belonging to the Tin Foil Workers' union, an auxiliary to the men's organization.
The Missouri conference of the Methodist Episcopal church south passed a strong resolution favoring union with the Methodist Episcopal church, despite an address by Bishop Morrison opposing the move at this time.
A mail pouch containing registered letters was stolen from the Palmyra depot, prompting a police investigation into the theft and missing correspondence.
In Sedalia a white citizens and better class of negroes protest an Advocate editorial urging armed self defense. A political group of over twenty negros forms to act offensively or defensively if race trouble arises as police pledge to disband the organization.
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