07 Sep 1905
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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
1
A Marble Hill Press column mutters a mix of satire and social riffs. It lampoons the Czar seeking advice, Rockefeller oil deals, castor beans, and a rash of topics from mosquitoes to yellow fever relief, punctuating with wry vignettes and literary asides.
The piece satirizes selling a gold brick to the smart set as folly. It notes fads and fancies in humbler life parting fools from money and jokes that soon it will be bad form to be wicked unless a million in ft remains.
A sharp remark equates modern grafters with their historical predecessors, noting that the earlier grafters were merely pikers by comparison. The comment frames current wrongdoing as more sophisticated, drawing a provocative contrast between eras.
A London World snippet quips about beauty standards with a sharp aside noting that some men might answer harshly about a woman's appearance. The remark centers on a crude joke about eyes and decorum, reflecting era attitudes in a brief humorous exchange.
New York society figure Mrs Mackay secures a school trustee position, signaling a shift in status attribution as she shows peers a path to fame beyond hosting monkey dinners.
Judging by the cabled sample, Alfred Austin's verse is sharply critical of Britain's army unpreparedness for war. The poem reflects the laureate's stance on national defense with pointed, formal verse characteristic of his period.
A New York hotel management decision is tempered by gracious permission for "a few babies" to remain at the hostelry, signaling a cautious approach to accommodating young guests.
Public opinion backs a Massachusetts judge who declares umbrellas as private property. Many observers contend umbrellas belong to anyone nearby as they are used in public spaces.
The note argues that accidents occur without deliberate intent and cites rapid action as a factor, asserting that drivers cannot plan every wrist twist when under speed and pressure. The remark highlights the challenge of attributing intent in crash scenarios.
Nat Goodwin appears jailed after a practical joke by friend Jimmy Britt, a prize fighter. Britt’s humor is criticized, and Goodwin’s judgment of friends is questioned.
A partial failure of Japan's tea harvest is reported with speculation that the mikado's lineage has been occupied with wartime affairs, pulling attention from agricultural interests of the empire.
An Italian and his wife earned $7,000 grinding a hand organ in New York and plan to retire to Italy. The piece suggests it would be a blessing if all organ grinders could retire for so small a sum.
A reflective note on how readers often see jocular newspaper stories about a man who owes money enjoying a summer resort while others stay home unable to afford travel, highlighting life’s unequal burdens and the disconnect between light entertainment and personal hardship.
A Philadelphia man, urged by his wife, passed the examination and is now chief of the Bureau of Highways. The quick reward is urged as a lesson on the practical value of obedience within the home.
A historical note imagines Frank Stockton reacting to a conditional bequest by a maiden lady who leaves 500000 to an old-time sweetheart on the condition that he divorces his present wife. The hypothetical tale hints at intrigue and satire in a mock puzzle story.
A Philadelphia school janitor sued the school board and the dispute was settled for 218.64 dollars. The case concluded with an agreed compensation and no admission of fault.
Prof. John E. Baldwin airship showman dies after dynamite blast while 1500 feet up. 25,000 spectators witness the tragedy as his wife and two children watch from the ground. He had been performing daily at the county fair, ascending with explosive displays.
New York reports indicate John D. Rockefeller will give away substantial funds for education and charity, with decisions largely guided by his son John D. Rockefeller Jr. The son, returning to Cleveland after Adirondacks to confer with his father, will then travel to Europe for the winter, shaping gifts for autumn.
Albany, New York enacts a law effective Friday to curb corrupt practices by purchasing agents including household staff and corporate agents. It makes giving or accepting any gift or gratuity without the principal’s consent a misdemeanor with fines from ten to fifty dollars and possible imprisonment up to one year. It also penalizes agents who request or accept gifts or commissions intended to influence business actions.
Lea Gausche Jauge, an 18 year old French immigrant at Central Hospital, has been in care eight months. Doctors warn she is in danger of mental collapse from homesickness and require restraining straps to prevent self harm. She cannot speak English and wonders why she is confined. the French Consul is involved and she may be sent back home.
Oyster Bay New York December invitation Reuters notes President Roosevelt received an invitation on behalf of the State of New Hampshire to attend a banquet honoring the peace envoys of Russia and Japan, set for Friday.
New York top obituary notes Thomas Fitchie former Commissioner of Immigration for the port and famed as the original McKinley man of Kings County. He died at his Brooklyn home after a long illness, aged 72, having retired from politics years earlier.
The American steamship Peconic battled a fierce gale off the Florida coast. Twenty of the ship's twenty two crew members drowned in the disaster.
Four members of the State Health Board resigned on Tuesday after Gov. Davis ordered the State Militia to quarantine duty and to disregard certificates issued by the Health Board. The move leaves a majority of the board disengaged from its duties and follows a political confrontation over health authority.
The cholera epidemic in Manila has intensified. From 8 a.m. Tuesday to 6 p.m. 17 new native cases were reported, signaling a sharper spread and heightened concern.
A man identified as W. R. Owen of Sublette Illinois, found with papers on him, shot himself as the First Baptist Church in Minneapolis Minnesota was emptying after Sunday night services. The incident occurred inside the church building and no further details were released.
Samuel A. McClean Jr. dies suddenly in Chicago Tuesday, stricken overnight with acute indigestion and heart distress. The obituary notes his local ties and indicates services will be announced.
In New Orleans Doctors P BE and John J Archinald report near discovery of a yellow fever germ. They warn results are preliminary and not for public release as they continue study and photograph the parasite. Since 1897 the scientists have pursued the cause.
Portsmouth New Hampshire reports that Japan through Baron Komura agrees to an immediate armistice. Takahira met Baron De Rosen and Witte via cable to arrange terms. Linievitch ready to negotiate with Oyama. Envoys near signing a peace treaty to be signed next Tuesday. Two commissions to exchange prisoners and determine prisoner care costs, Russia to pay the balance.
Chicago Mayor Dunne proposes a city ordinance requiring motorists to install a speed gauge visible on their car. A city official would lock and run the device for twenty four hours, recording hourly speeds on a blank paper. He cites chauffeurs and speed as key accident causes and believes the plan would reduce crashes.
Preston Tankerslee, a Black man, died Friday afternoon in Georgetown Texas after a fatal incident that also involved his wife. The event occurred about 1 PM on a specially erected gallows one mile from Georgetown, with about 5000 Black witnesses reported.
Washington reports President Roosevelt has decided that the government contract with Lanston Typesetting Machine Co. cannot be annulled. The decision emphasizes continuity of one of the era’s key wartime supply arrangements and the administration’s stance on honoring existing procurements.
Laurence Palmer-Brown an 18 year old son of millionaire K J Brown angered by his heart broken father attacked him at the Brown mansion 1340 Pennsylvania avenue Denver and spent the night in jail in the police report filed from Denver Colo
German marines and sailors aboard the Busard cruiser surprise about 1,000 insurgents in Berlin, reportedly killing many as they quell the uprising. The action underscored tense urban clashes tied to ongoing resistance movements.
Tamaqua Pa Before eight thousand people at Manila Park President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers declared the union would press for an eight hour day and recognition in the antoracite district.
Salisbury Missouri reports that the parties accused of Kling Joseph Danby last Friday were rearrested by the Sheriff and are now in jail.
Portsmouth NH dispatch reports that M Witte and Baron Komura reached a joint armistice agreement and detail work on the draft treaty. Russians pushed for immediate armistice. Japanese insisted on notice to all commanders. Drafts advance. signing hoped for early next week with focus on Manchuria evacuation and its future disposition.
A letter from President Roosevelt to Baron Komura accompanies a flood of telegrams praising his role in ending the Russian Japanese war. Messages from King Edward, Emperor William, Pope Pius, and President Loubet arrive, while responses to the U.S. leader’s efforts are not fully published.
Paul Keith, Western Texas newspaper editor and member of a prominent family, was convicted in Eastland of murdering his brother in law Lee Grantham. Keith, who arrived from Houston after a long trip, killed Grantham almost on sight. His sister, Mrs Grantham, was acquitted of the murder charges after testifying that Grantham had treated her cruelly.
In McKeesport Pennsylvania four workers died and three were seriously injured when a 55 foot flywheel split apart Friday afternoon at the National Tube Co. mill. A fifth man is missing and believed blown to pieces. Two of the deceased were skilled Americana workers and the blast wrecked machinery, tearing a large hole in the mill wall.
Seattle detectives arrest Adam Moore and John Dallas in Kerrystan for the murder of Philip H Ross and his wife and the arson of their Kerrystan saloon to hide the crime. Dallas was detained in Seattle and denied ever visiting Kerrystan.
Lieutenant General Adna R. Chaffee arrived in Paris from Waterloo with aides and family and was welcomed at the station by American embassy officials. Maj. Vignal and Capt. Fournier of the French army were assigned to his personal staff by the war ministry, while Brigadier General James F. Crozier, assistant chief of staff, is already in Paris.
Surgeon General Wyeman orders Assistant Surgeon McLaughlin to Hamburg for cholera risk assessment and potential enforcement of Treasury ship regulations. He will report findings and be prepared to detain passengers and fumigate baggage if needed. Dr Irwin in Philadelphia joins later. both doctors have cholera experience.
Massachusetts population reaches 2,995,958 in a preliminary state census update. The figure shows an increase of 498,775 from the 1895 official census, reflecting significant growth since the prior count.
Kansas City Missouri reports the death of James McMena min the city Thursday at age 76. He served as the first chief of the Kansas City fire department and helped shape early fire service leadership.
Word from Woodland Park Colorado reports Mrs. Campbell Embree, formerly of Rich Hill, burned to death while attempting to start a fire with coal oil.
Fire in Jackson Tennessee Friday destroyed the Jackson Woolen Mills and pants factory. Loss is 3100,000 with $55,000 insured. Cause remains a mystery and is under investigation.
Kansas City report says F. C. Fletcher works for a Chicago publisher recruiting non union compositors to replace strikers. Nearly 100 strike breakers have been sent to Chicago from here, according to the account.
In Indianapolis, Charles Tuller alias Reidy is under arrest for having four living wives. He is living with Mrs. Nannie Tuller.
Wealthy Murphysboro resident dies in poverty and neglect. Local authorities report a quiet passing as family details remain scarce. observers note the man left substantial funds unspent while living in frugal conditions. No immediate heirs are named in initial notices.
In Hannibal Missouri Charles Christian eleven was fatally burned when boy McLain drenched him with gasoline and set him ablaze. Bystanders extinguished flames but he died soon after with doctors unable to save him. McLain is in custody and authorities question motive. Also, John O F Bowler died after being struck by a Rock Island train near Lee's Summit. Bowler, born 1825 in St Louis, left six children and several relatives. Funeral services set for Sunday.
Frederick Sievers, an undertaker in Joplin, Missouri, prepared to embalm Lucius Budgett when the body revived briefly as one artery was about to be incised. A series of physicians failed to confirm death for hours, Budgett had ingested carbonic acid, and his wife had separated from him amid long-standing mental instability.
Confederate veterans of Vernon County held their annual reunion at Elk Springs with four thousand in attendance the largest in camp history. Addresses were given by I M Grifith Rich Hill SC Moore Nevada General John BD Stone and William M Withers Kansas City. Major J D Ingram was elected commander with J R Walton lieutenant commander A C Steerett adjutant and T Y Branuck treasurer.
Jefferson City report shows August business at 1523.16 with eight months totaling 45598.40. For the same period last year eight months were 46030.29, yielding an excess this year of 2565.11.
In Savannah Missouri Judge Barnes ordered a change of venue for the murder case of Martin Pauls Grove charged with killing his sweetheart Swiss Mary Newman. The trial moves to Maysville DeKalb County and is set for the second Monday in October after Pauls Grove was jailed there.
Alexander Nixon a Joplin druggist died Thursday afternoon from tainted meat. He had traveled to Spurgeon to invoice drugs, stayed at a boarding house, and after dinner with a friend both fell ill. Nixon attributed his illness to the boarding house meat before his death.
Jefferson City, Governor Folk proclaims that the first Monday in September is a legal holiday in Missouri and urges residents to abstain from work and join in appropriate local observances honoring American labor and its workers.
Salisbury Missouri report claims Mrs William Easton asserts her household boy fired the shotgun that mortally wounded Jo Denby a sewing machine salesman. Denby says the gun was fired through a side door as he approached another entrance following an afternoon dispute. Denby lies seriously ill with abdomen wounds and no recovery expected per physician.
In St Louis a youth named John Ornsby hide by day in the Brass near Manchester road and Shaw avenue for two weeks while police searched him for murder. He was captured Sunday afternoon with companion Joseph Parker after a citizen alerted Captain McNamee. Ornsby admits shooting David Liddell during a watermelon dispute at Twenty third and Gratiot streets and says it was in self defense.
Sedalia Mo crowds exceed prior records as over three thousand attend the final day. The fifth annual fair marks a record exhibition with the stock show praised as the best and largest, and overall attendance far surpasses any previous year.
In South St Louis occupants of a steam launch recovered the body of Joseph Godfrey May a week after he drowned while swimming with companions in the river opposite the White House ten to twelve miles below St Louis on Sunday.
In St Louis Henry Tobias, 40, of 1929 North Market Street, was passenger in a Spring Avenue streetcar Saturday night when a brick was thrown by an unidentified person, cutting his mouth.
Kirsville Mo S J Miller has just come back from France with fourteen head of fine horses he bought during his travels in that country.
William Zeigler, 93, of Piedmont Missouri believed to be Wayne County's oldest resident died at his home Sunday. A native of Pennsylvania he moved to Missouri at age 20.
Joplin Missouri lead ore prices rose by two dollars per ton last week. The Picher Lead Company of Joplin led the market with strong demand, while the Galena Kansas Smelter matched the advance.
In a Sunday clash at Tower Grove and Clayton avenues Philip Sauer of 682 Tower Grove avenue was struck on the head with a broken beer bottle by William Stierman of 4231 Sarpy avenue and suffered a two inch scalp wound. Mrs Julia Degen widow of Henry Degen died at her Washington Missouri home Sunday morning.
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