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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1903
Page
2
Facetious and scattered items from the Marble Hill Press column touch on shipping dangers near Chima, divorce tales, a Chicago firm sending workers to Brazil, the Apple Shippers Association crop estimate, Liberia diamonds, and various society and political remarks. The jumble includes remarks about a hospital stay, a railroad wreck in Switzerland, and figures like Sere Bernhardt, with general notes on stocks and postmasters.
A Missouri report notes letters inviting student workers to fund school through work. Officials seek $1000 annual support for two years, aiming to help at least 60 percent of students graduate with part or full income. Wages rise from 10 to 15 cents per hour, impacting clubs after hours. Work mainly at the state agricultural farm and horticultural grounds, offering daily jobs through fall and winter. University projects in Columbia spur demand for workers across many tasks.
Columba, Mo. reports a man named Columbus returned after forty years to Boone County and filed suit for a share of his father’s $60,000 estate, divided fifteen years ago when he was believed dead. News of his disappearance came after a sandstorm death in Texas. his father died soon after, the estate given to his sister Mrs. Lafe Hume. The man, now elderly, has traveled across the U.S. and abroad, and is living with his aunt Thee Hickam near Roebeport.
Mrs Annie Patton Stott of Rome City assists in organizing the Darts Memorial Association meeting as Bradford, 2, notes her role and activity in the group.
Richmond Missouri reports a floating body recovered near Floods holding a police uniform and star. The decedent wore a mustache and football insignia. identification is weak with a wrist mark. Indications suggest murder. authorities removed potential residence clues from pockets and buried the body near the riverbank.
The seventh annual reunion of Missouri Confederate veterans will be held in Columbia on September 24 and 25. Gen Elijah Gates will call the Thursday session to order, with routine business that afternoon. A grand parade and review are slated for Friday morning, followed by a dinner at the fair grounds. Senator Fr M Cockrell will deliver an address at the university at 2 PM Friday, and Hon M E Benton is set to speak at the university auditorium Saturday afternoon.
Jefferson City Missouri Governor Dockery granted sick pardons to Oliver Sandera and James Campbell. Sandera, from Callaway County, was sent to the Penitentiary for attempted jail breaking and to serve two years from August 10, 1903. Campbell, a Black man from Howell County, was sentenced for second degree murder to thirteen years. Both men suffer consumption and the pardons were recommended by the prison physician.
Mexico Mo The motion for a change of venue in the case of the State v Clarence A Barnes who killed Representative Rhodes Clay in a street battle in 1902 and who is charged with murder in the second degree was granted Friday by Judge Nat M Sneltin of Macon The case was sent to Troy Lincoln county for trial The trial was set for Monday October 19.
L O Swarner of Tipton sues Thomas W Bass of Sedalia in Pettis County Circuit Court for 95250 alleging he paid 25 for a general stand at the State Fair grounds and was forced to close and ejected without provocation after operating until Friday of fall week.
Jefferson City Missouri Governor Dockery has a letter from Circuit Judge Franklin Ferriss of St Louis stating the resignation will be sent in October. The letter confirms no immediate resignation and notes the judge had tendered his resignation to the governor a week or two earlier.
Washington reports the battleship Missouri is about 97 percent complete with commission likely delayed until December. Turrets are being overhauled and will feature a new specially designed turret for strength and stability.
Jefferson City, Mo. Governor Doeck ery honors a requisition from Colorado for the return of A. B. Agee, wanted in Mon trone on betrayal charges. Agee is free on bond in Kansas City as a legal battle continues to block his extradition.
Dixon Missouri reports the death at his home near Vienna of Louis von Gremp a venerable Maries County figure. He is survived by two sons Doctors H J von Gremp of St. Louis and W A von Gremp of Iberia Missouri both prominent physicians.
St Joseph Missouri Edward Spalsbury head of tinware at Wyeth Manufacturing was trapped in an elevator shaft last week and died a few hours later from his injuries.
A Saturday morning blaze in Marshall Missouri destroyed properties valued around 90000, likely sparked by lightning. The fire originated at O Bannon and Smiths livery stable and caused extensive damage to nearby structures.
Dr J J Kincaide Tate of Bowling Green Missouri wed Misa Rosalie Russell Tate daughter of President Tate of North Missouri College Salisbury. The ceremony took place here on Saturday in the local area with families and community figures noting the union.
At asylum No. 8 in Nevada Missouri, old officers were reelected including First Assistant Physician Dr B Simcoe, Second Assistant Physician Dr J N Angle, and Steward Joseph Harper.
The St James Missouri Post Office was robbed last week. The safe was shattered with nitroglycerin, but the stolen amount was small. Investigators say the burglars acted like amateurs.
St James Missouri reports the Ozark battalion of the Grand Army of the Republic held its annual encampment with a grand second day. More than two thousand people were on the grounds at one time.
On a sunlit dawn Pope commands Crystal to board a derelict brig. A dead five or six year old girl lies on a couch with a silver crucifix. The crew, including Earl Firegibbon, faces capture as Pope plans their fate and a vow to never expose the brig’s true story. The scene ends with the Earl pleading and Pope promising departure home after a formal understanding.
Pope seizes control aboard and forces the Earl to draft an order for two thousand two hundred guineas using ink and quill. A crucifix is used to compel the Earl to swear to the payment, as he protests and declares he will repurpose his life if allowed to reach his bankers. The scene exposes tension as the Earl fears for his fate.
Army and Navy Journal notes visiting United States Navy officers bore heavy personal costs to honor German, British and Portuguese hosts during Kiel Portsmouth and Lisbon efforts. Officers reportedly sacrificed about 60 percent of three months pay to maintain hospitality as official duties, highlighting government credit rather than officers’ wallets.
A Swedish tourist recalls an encounter on a Madison Square bench with a ragged boy selling papers. After paying a quarter and failing to get change, the man remarks that the traveler is easy, while the boy plans to collect tomorrow. The incident exposes city smarts and cynicism in New York.
Senator Edmund W Pettus of Alabama age eighty two was visited at his Selma law office by a man who offered a thirty two page will abstract Pettus declined and asked for a brief summary The caller insisted on reading the full abstract and Pettus quipped about vanity and a dying man unsure if the comedy would fit in the hour.
A narrator recalls a doctor who mocks corset wear and silk hat etiquette, calling him foolish for discomfort. She recounts telling him he deserved to suffer on a hot day when he sought sympathy. His reaction changes thereafter, hinting at a strained patient doctor dynamic.
Oilcake is described as the most valuable form of food for stock. The text claims three pounds of oil cake equal ten pounds of hay or five pounds of vate, presenting a simple feed conversion comparison.
Morris of Mellette Dakota has a patent for a balloon supported frame driven by motive power with lifting and steering devices. It employs rotary wings and fixed canopy wings with a synchronized valve system to maintain elevation during wing motion.
The article outlines a likely secession of a Panama canal region from Colombia. A proposed new state would extend about 475 miles and boundary maps have already been drawn, signaling strong movement toward secession regardless of Colombian congress approval.
Charles M. Rice of St. Louis celebrated his 21st birthday in three countries with family. They had a birthday breakfast in Tangiers Morocco at dawn, an anniversary luncheon in Gibraltar then continued for a birthday supper in Algeciras Spain before nightfall.
Dan Halated, last survivor of New Jersey tribes, lives as a hermit along the Morria river near Norma. He is said to be the grandson of a former chief, with a pale mongrel dog as companion. He earns a living by fishing and gardening, selling produce in Vineland, a weekly-walk routine.
The bishop of St Andrew's England and Canon Scott Holland travel to South Africa to establish an American mission there. The Church of England has previously held a foothold in the region, and this visit signals expansion efforts amid colonial missions.
John Dalton's atomic theory is widely challenged yet his atomic combining weights remain accepted by some standards. The note highlights enduring influence of early chemistry concepts while signaling ongoing scientific revision.
Henderson of Hood River Oregon, aged 62, swam eighteen miles in the Columbia River to establish an old men’s endurance record. The feat highlights persistence as an active senior athlete.
The article recalls Rudyard Kipling discarding much of his writing as he seeks to publish only his finest. He once destroyed an entire unrealized book titled Forty Morning. Robert Barr read Porty-ve Mornings and deemed it not better than Plain Tales. Kipling rejected it, insisting it would never be published.
Public response funds will finance a monument to author R. D. Blackmore in Exeter Cathedral. A marble monument with medallion portrait will stand beside a stained glass window illustrating figures of David Goliath Jonathan and Ramson. The panels bear inscriptions Courage and Perseverance Love and Tenderness and Strength and Patience.
Louis Primeau, a famed Sioux interpreter, dies at Standing Rock agency. He ranked with Paul Rouleau among Northwest Chippewa for translating between Indian languages and English. Primeau and Rouleau were trusted by their people for decades. Louis’s father Charles Primeau was the first white trader in present-day South Dakota.
Michael Madigan of Connellsville Pa is the oldest Pennsy railroad employee now living on a pension. A native of Ireland he joined the Pennsylvania Railroad in Pittsburgh in 1862 the same year Andrew Carnegie and Robert Pitcairn first became connected with the road. He served as track foreman foreman of floating gangs with the civil engineers and in various other jobs until his retirement.
President Loubet of France has acquired the castle of Inezene once tied to Diana of Poitiers. The chateau sits near Montelimar with a waterfall, three trout ponds, and a large park. Price paid 170000 francs. From the tower he views Marianne, his birthplace and his mother’s home.
Stewart H. Simpson of Oil City Pennsylvania, a leading oil producer, sues the Pennsylvania Railroad for 100000 dollars in Franklin alleging a wreck on the Buffalo and Allegheny division near Silverly last March left him blinded and unable to see again.
A foreign resident, Andrew Carneate, who had lived in Scotland for years, decides to return to the United States to live permanently, weary of his vativity and seeking a lasting home in his homeland.
A fragmented passage discusses wealth and spending with a hint at Uncle Sam and annual income taxes. It references Beblée and claims about wives doubting earnings. The text is garbled and lacks coherent events or names to confirm details.
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