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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1912
Page
2
A garbled selection of humorous snippets and wordplay items from Marble Hill Press in Missouri. It riffs on fashion, aviation risks, odd laws, eccentric claims, and. social quirks, mixing jokes about cats with three heads, curiosities about longevity, and light satire on manners and civilization.
A contemporary asks if a married man can be a hero noting that heroism may lie in marriage. The text quips about public morality and remarks on the treasury plan to shrink paper money size, not to ease reader wallets but to curb consumer discomfort with large pay.
Washington dispatch notes the Supreme Court will issue decisions on state passenger rate laws in Missouri West Virginia Oregon Minnesota Kentucky and Arkansas and face far reaching Sherman antitrust rulings amid summer advisement on coal rail and railroad mergers. Justices McKenzie White and others expected in Washington ahead of October term with over fifty cases under advisement and several likely to be decided on the first day.
Discussion in public and diplomatic circles centers on the possibility of sending American troops and the need for a special session of Congress. Accounts note various influences being weighed by those on both sides while focusing on the outcome sought.
Hiddle Hasha of Waco Texas, holder of several world motorcycle racing records, vaulted over the course rail at the Newark waterdrome and plunged into a crowd. Six people are dead and thirteen badly injured, with six others dying and seven more injured as the toll rises.
Mauricea Forenz, an elderly sailor, surprised Paris by presenting an underwater exhibition in the Seine. He unveiled a simple device he invented that allows him to stay submerged for extended periods with no apparent discomfort.
Prof J Stone of Montclair normal school told Scranton public school teachers to use everyday slang to interest children, saying the aim is serving the children, not highbrow instruction.
The Trades Union Congress in Newport Wales voted unanimously to demand a law setting 30 shillings weekly as the minimum wage for adult workers. The figure equals roughly seven and a half dollars per week in current terms.
Traveling from Detroit to Grand Rapids California governor Johnson rode a special Michigan train delivering seven speeches and an address, showcasing his campaign message to voters along the route.
A Lake Shore electric car with a trailer crashed into a brewery truck at Stop 13 four miles west of Rocky River, Cleveland. Thirty-five people were injured, five seriously, in the wreck near the Ohio lake shore.
War Department plans to dispatch two cavalry regiments to the Mexican border from Fort Riley and D A Russell to bolster patrols. Governors urge permission for cross border pursuit and Mexican talks resume over Sonora. Morse returns to finance with new Active Securities Company.
Wisconsin’s famed soldier Gen Arthur MacArthur died while addressing a Twenty fourth Wisconsin reunion in Milwaukee. Veterans recalled his heroism at Perryville Mine Run Missionary Ridge and Keowee Mountain. Funeral arrangements delayed awaiting word from Gen Arthur MacArthur Jr. and Capt MacArthur of engineers at Port Leavenworth.
Jefferson City officials announce the state capitol commission will begin demolishing what remains of the historic capitol damaged by February fire. The front walls will be removed and cleared while key architectural elements are preserved for future monument plans.
In a penitentiary reform move youths aged 17 to 19 convicted of various offenses were transferred to the state reform school for boys at Newville. Each sentence was ordered to be carried into effect at the reform school, with younger inmates under 17 to be moved to a different facility, aimed at altering their conditions and providing environments offering reform opportunities.
Capt Gustaus St. Gem, an elder statesman of Ste Genevieve County and a member of a prominent Missouri family, died at 67. A Civil War veteran, he helped nominate Rutherford B. Hayes and served as receiver of the Port Lowe Far. He had lived at Bear his home for twenty years.
Straus accepts the Progressive gubernatorial nomination in New York after a stamp nomination by Suspender Jack McGee. He says the cause matters more than the office and vows to advance the movement’s principles with support from Comptroller William A. Prendereast and State Chairman William A. Hotchkiss.
Authorities in Princeton West Virginia believe Walter Johnston was wrongly lynched after the assault on 14 year old Nita White. Gov Glamcock ordered an investigation and directed it in a cable to Presenting Attorney J. C. Pendleton quoting He who lives by the sword dies by the sword.
Washington surgeons of the public health service warn to watch cholera carriers among immigrants. Double examinations of all aliens are prescribed until outbreak subsides in southern Carolina, Italy, and Beirut, Syria.
In Norristown Pennsylvania a fatal blast killed two men and a boy while five other men were injured. Authorities investigated the explosion at a local site seeking the cause and potential suspects.
Ena Lepiion and Prof. Schaefer of Ednbure preach at the Life Association for the Advancement of Science annual address. They argue life can be produced from inanimate matter via hormones carried by the blood. Hormones may be simple in chemical character yet vital to life defining functions and sex production.
Washington reports food cost pressures push popular eateries to raise meat prices. Many meat orders now include a nickel and a dime increase, attributed to higher meat costs across the supply chain.
William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen Company, pleads not guilty in superior court to an indictment charging him with conspiring to distribute dynamite in Lawrence during last winter's textile strike.
Washington reports that the country will soon use smaller format currency. Secretary MacVeagh is pushing toward issuing bills of reduced size for convenience, with laws needed to establish the change.
Peoria Illinois reports George Witch to be nominated for state representative in the Eighteenth senatorial district at a convention to be held there. The event marks Fitch's bid for public office and signals party support in the upcoming election.
Christopher G. Fox longtime state Past Grand Master Masonry dies at his Buffalo home at age 74. The notable figure had served Masonry for many years and led statewide lodge activities. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.
In Jackson Michigan the state penitentiary first used flogging to quell an outbreak. Nine ringleaders received from ten to thirty lashes each as doctors monitored the prisoners’ tolerance and condition.
Helena Arkansas reports a notable match as Susie McAbve wed Sandy Alexander, longtime servant to President Polk. Alexander, aged 114, and McAbve united in a ceremony that drew local interest and historical resonance.
State Auditor John F Gorden of Missouri was struck while crossing Malm Street at Seventeenth. He was dragged and run over by a car, then taken to a hotel for treatment. Police later questioned the chauffeur, a Black man.
Jeffereva Wi State Aadbog Jake I Gordon, injured by a struck vehicle in Kansas City Tuesday, was brought home and is improving though not out of danger. Doctors say he cannot resume duties for a week while he recovers and expects to be back in a few days.
A state convention nominated candidates for governor Albert Nogrom, lieutenant governor J Harras, secretary of state Frederick Niedermeyer except for Niedermeyer who is not nominated. other officials include attorney general Arthur Mayde and auditor J A Reynolds. Nominations were by acclamation.
In Caldwell County the Craig family reunion was held northwest of Fulton with several hundred present. Dr Joseph L Garvin, president of William Woods College, spoke as one of the speakers. The gathering highlighted the family's deep roots as early pioneers in the county.
Fulton hosts a five day reunion of the Alum Association with a reception by Superintendent and Mrs Walker for deaf residents and school staff. The next reunion is planned for Fulton in 1916. A separate report notes a horse killed after being frightened by an elephant during a Robina show at Nevada. the horse reared and collapsed.
Fulton reports the coal mine strike remains at status quo with no new talks. Prospective workers and miners keep home protests while authorities monitor developments in the Fulton area.
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