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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1912
Page
2
A quirky collection from Marble Hill Press satirizes summer, travel, and daily life. Poking fun at social mores, rate hikes, and fashion with wit, the pieces touch on kissing bans, magazine trends, and a New York motorist blending maple syrup with motor oil in a playful, gossipy tone.
The passage highlights Luther Burbank as a notable benefactor, but praises the odorless motor car as the pinnacle of his career. It frames his influence alongside this futuristic invention, implying a contrast between philanthropic status and technological achievement.
Women in Newport embrace self promotion by handling their own marketing efforts. The trend shows up as women actively selling goods and services, with some even returning to work to stay fashionable and relevant.
A report notes Helen Keller, deaf and blind, has learned to sing indicating hope for theater artists. An aviation school pupil in the east fell 290 feet and escaped unhurt. Revelral football coaches are said to be considering him.
The speaker suggests sending boys who crave being bad to Mexico or Central America to become revolutionaries, arguing it would not hurt the country and might benefit genuine revolutionaries. The remark advocates a drastic, destabilizing approach without addressing consequences or ethics.
Boston doctor asserts beans may nourish more than beefsteak while observers turn to the Boston Red Sox for confirmation in local sports and health talks. The remark ties nutrition debates to the team’s current season chatter and fan interest.
The double decked street car in New York carries eight persons. Any old car can carry one hundred, though it will not seat fifty of them.
A remark about King George inventing a new kitchen gadget meets doubt. a quick look at his photograph suggests he could not have invented a safety razor, raising questions about credibility and sensationalism in the report.
A line in a historical arc protests physicians writing prescriptions clearly. The era’s frustration with unreadable scripts highlights tension between medical romance and practical medicine.
The aviators continue attempting record runs despite dangers. The air’s mesmerizing pull seems unshaken by any accidents or fatalities, fueling persistent pursuit of airborne milestones.
A thief in Atlantic City escaped with his loot using a motor boat and boasted about having the latest improvements in his business.
A Chicago hotel clerk faces a claim of a $200 debt tied to flirtation while the hotel staff reportedly handles guests with flirtatious conduct. The article notes clerks should focus on hospitality and informing guests about room availability.
A fragmented note suggests that rising auto use and leather demand may lower shoe costs, though the text is garbled. It hints at economic shifts from motor cars affecting leather supply and consumer prices, with unclear wording about insult to injury in the motor era.
Thirteen young apprentices at the United States naval training station in North Chicago died when a cutter hit a sandbar in a forty mile gale on Lake Michigan. Seven bodies recovered, others missing. rescue efforts by motor boats and shore crews were thwarted by the gale. Names of the dead include Patton Camman Witkier Hariog Wallace Cooke Stanley Jackson Storman Pullen Pulven Southworth and Field. The accident occurred as crowds watched from the lake bluff pier and the sea raged along the shoreline.
Harwood of Denver, organizer of the Industrial Workers of the World, arrested here on an indictment from the county grand jury charging conspiracy linked to textile workers. He had been released in Lawrence last winter on a $1,000 bond.
Isaac William Rand, a freshman at the University of North Carolina from Smithfield, NC, was killed during a hazing prank. Four sophomore students were held by the coroner on $6,000 bond each for causing his death.
Wesley Edwards and his uncle Sidna Allen, members of the Carroll County Virginia courthouse shooting gang that killed Judge Massie and four others, were seized in Des Moines by detectives from Honoke Virginia.
The Norwegian steamer Hera, sailing from Foreland Sound Spitzbergen on September 1, has docked and reports discovering a buoy marked Andre's North Pole Expedition 1887 No. 10. The find suggests a link to an Arctic expedition open to verification.
In Amarablo Texas John Heall Snead shoots and kills Al G Boyce in a church as Sister of Capt. A. G Boyce witnesses. Snead fled with Snead's wife and was pursued to Canada after a months long chase by authorities and a pastor present during the crime.
New York syndicate recently bought $105,000,000 Manning and McIntosh claim against Mexico and the government vows a hard legal battle to resist yielding.
Snow blanketed central Colorado and parts of Wyoming after a cold rain overnight. Denver recorded more than three inches as accumulation grew by daybreak across the area.
In Waxahatchie Texas Andy Ellis a 40 year old butcher died from suspense while watching for thieves at cattle pens a deputy whispered theyre coming and Ellis collapsed dead on the scene.
Washington prepares immediate action as a Dominican revolt threatens American and foreign interests. Gunboats Wheeling Tacoma and New Brunswick are dispatched with marines to protect customs houses and deter seizure, while Petre already operates near Santo Domingo. The strike follows the Dalaben insurrection and ongoing unrest.
Washington DC Acting Secretary Adams announced the cancellation of the Cunningham claims in Juneau, marking the technical closing of the Ballinger Pinchot related dispute. About 6250 acres are now withdrawn from public entry.
Chicago women at the annual W C T U meeting launch a movement to demand living wages for shopgirls. The plan calls on every woman who buys in Chicago stores to join a boycott of establishments paying starvation wages.
Dr Earl T Budd of Orange New Jersey and a member of the state livestock commission, a leading United States veterinarian, died of blood poisoning at Memorial hospital in Orange.
In Syracuse North Carolina Grand Circuit races a bay mare named Evelyn W. wins the free for all pace posting heats in 2 02 and 2 00 breaking world pacing records.
General Nogi and his wife Beth Nogi stabbed themselves to death beside the body of the late emperor after funeral services for Emperor Mutsubillo. The act, tied to Shinto beliefs, followed the general's noted devotion to the late Mikado and his fame for capturing Port Arthur in the Russo Japanese war.
Justice Bischof granted Police Lieutenant Becker a stay until October 1 and allowed a commission to take testimony in Hot Springs. The ruling is a major win for Becker in the murder case of Herman Rosenthal, shot at the Motel Metropole. District Attorney Whitman had pushed ahead, while McIntyre accused Whitman of sharp practice.
Isaac William Rand of Smithfield, a freshman, was killed during hazing in Chapel Hill North Carolina. Four sophomore students were held by the coroner in five thousand dollars each for causing his death.
Judge Alfred B Beers of Bridgeport Conn was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the closing session of its encampment in Los Angeles California Beers heads the G A A R following the encampment closing in California where Beers was elected to the top post.
New York lawyer Gideon Gibeon and client Mia Hoseas Menschik Szabo were involved in a Greenworm Lake boating incident. Szabo died, a warrant was issued in Middletown, N.Y. accusing Gibeon of murder in the first degree. Gibeon was taken into custody by Orange County Deputy Sheriff de Graw amid a crowd. He said he feared a mistaken embalming charge but noted changes in embalming fluid rules.
Chicago, Dr Mr Etta Duryea Johnson wife of Jack Johnson champion heavy welter pugilist of the world died by her own action following a year of nervous prostration and crisis from injuries and exertion during the championship fight with Jeffrion. Inquest testimony says she shot herself in her apartment above the champion’s saloon and Johnson kept their suffering private.
Sting, 18, son of farmer Richard Lewis, eloped with 45 year old Hazel Champlin, a housekeeper at the Lewis home since Mrs. Lewis died five years ago. Planned wedding to Lewis senior today, with arrangements complete. Elder Lewis welcomes her as daughter in law, though he had hoped for marriage himself.
Yonkers New York police hunt a woman tagged as a firebug accused of starting several blazes in the factory district. One fire at the Federal Cooperage plant caused damages near 326000 dollars.
Washington reports cancellation of the Cunningham claims closing the Cunningham case linked to the Ballinger Pinchot controversy. The decision marks a final turn in the long running dispute and involves the same era as the major forestry and land use debates.
The Baline Valley extension of the Cape Girardeau & Western railway reaches Farmington city limits and will run into Farmington on the new line. Louie Houck, owner of the line, plans to extend north toward St Louis. Tracks now reach Theber bridge in the south to Parwington in the north, over 100 miles. The domesticate highway is improved in every county between Columbia and St Louis except St Louis, per Walter Williams of the Missouri Old Trail Road association. Special improvements cited include Hatcher Hill in Charlies county and East Minu te Hill in Montgomery county.
A penniless Korean, Sei Kyun Ko, arrives in Colaba from Hawaii to study art at the University of Missouri. He plans to work laundry and odd jobs while pursuing painting. Kyun learned of Ankenes, head of the art department, through a graduate contact and hopes to build a career in America. Missouri reports 54 044 not bearing trees with Nodaway county highest at 24 465.
At its annual meeting in Columbia, A E Tedt of St Louis was reelected president. Cat McNear of Columbia was elected vice president, and Meres HK Far ker of Carthage was named treasurer, the only woman member of the association.
William De Hera named superintendent of pali schools in Clinton County while Avon and Taylor declined. Hh T Weeterman of Bt Larus joins the board of acmounanny OW Wiles County Treasurer Lag tole cvents.
A proposed White Way project would run from the Supreme Court to Aden Street and along Madison Street to the river, covering about a quarter mile and aimed at improving city access to the new capitol site. Farmers warned to watch adulterated wheat shipments from other states, with a sample containing 10 percent mand to be tested by state officials.
Rolla. The School of Mines and Metallurgy of the University of Missouri opens its forty first year. Enrollment is higher than last year, and indications are that the freshman class will be the largest in the institute’s history.
Columbia reports that MU expects to enroll about 1,000 freshmen this fall and surpass last year’s record total enrollment of 2,985 students across all departments.
Walter Hoag testified in circuit court that his wife abandoned him twelve years ago at St Louis to join a band of saints and sought divorce citing desertion and abuse in a case that revealed marital tensions and religious vows.
Fourteen candidates for state mine inspector began civil service examinations under the state civil service commission and the state board of mine inspectors.
A fast freight train wreck occurred near Pilot Grove. Brakeman F. W. Highy was thrown from the derailed car and severely injured.
Six workers were scalded when a 300 degree asphalt tank exploded at an asphalt mixing plant in Springfield. Manager RD Sheppard and M A Wright suffered serious injuries but all are expected to recover.
Fire swept the Neosho cab barn destroying Hendrix harness shop and the Morgan veterinary hospital. Five horses and four cabs were among the losses with total damage estimated at about 8000 dollars.
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