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Newspaper
Missouri Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
4
County residents express joy as the famous floating opera Wonderland schedules a stop in Miami one day next week. A flood of local news follows, including visits, marriages, travel, and community happenings across surrounding areas with numerous named residents and nearby towns.
Mrs Bue McConnell returns from Kansas City while Mise Edgar visits Sedalia with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs C W Kelley. Att’y Wayne Hayman travels to Sedalia for legal business where a fatal fall injuries a companion. Several residents travel, visit, and host gatherings. births, marriages, and property moves are noted alongside a spring picnic with a German Lutheran Sunday school.
Writings applauding Missouri as a top farming state, noting it has risen to fourth in U S crop value for 1912 despite smaller land area. The piece compares Missouri with Texas Kansas and Iowa, highlighting corn yields per acre, cost of cultivation, farming finance advantages and drought resilience, asserting potential for first place.
The Senate Coal Strike Investigating Committee faced a tense scene as reports from Paint Creek Cabin Creek and New River warned of renewed strikes. Union and operator representatives clashed over attendance and the scope of recent violence while miners and guards exchanged accusations of beatings and broken promises amid renewed mobilization.
June 16 Manila reports a complete rout of the Moros by American forces at Jolo. Six American soldiers were killed and seven wounded, with many Moros believed dead. Gen Pershing praises the commandos as Moros retreat from the mountain stronghold and are pursued.
The ad promotes Real de Luxe Editions urging buyers to choose books for reading pleasure rather than display. It emphasizes safety and responsible consumption, tying quality editions to thoughtful reading habits.
The Supreme Court's decision upholding state rates is viewed as a start of a broader clash with railroads over low charges. It requires railroads to present detailed bookkeeping data rather than broad claims of confiscation, as courts push for precise valuations before the Interstate Commerce Commission completes nationwide railroad valuations.
John M Atkinson of Missouri says the Public Service Commission can fully adjust the rate situation using the state’s dec longa as a guide. He arrived in Washington with interstate officials to discuss state cooperation on railroad valuation with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Missouri decision affirms Minnesota rate principles, granting intrastate rate authority despite interstate effects, with appeals and interstate considerations noted. The piece also mentions Porter Chariton’s extradition dispute and Japan’s offer to renew a five year orb it treaty talks with the United States.
Numerous property transfers recorded in Slater and Marshall Missouri. Clarence L. How ard transfers 140 acres to Robert C. Ewell and back, with other deeds: Roy Bargard to Lot A Doughty, C W Bridges and C M Tucker to Elmer J Hose, Nancy Jackson to Armstead Green, Joseph B Meschede to Harry I Withers, Ethel C Mead to Alberta Shannon, Geo M Blackburn to R T Barks dale, Wn Reider to Jos Lineberg, Lydia Ashbury to Thomas Towmey, Althea Willis et al to Jno Benson, D E Vanstone to Carl R Wilson and Wm J Brown, Martha A and Mary F Woodware to Wm A Hyland, Minerva and Nettle McMillen to Eri D Vawter, Richard A Jenkins to Sarah L Bally. Amounts range from 1 to 3000 dollars. Locations include Slater and Marshall areas in Missouri.
The report notes Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas was elected governor last September and later became a U S senator with complex oath dates. It also recounts the assassination of Turkish Grand Vizier Mahmoud Shefket Pasha by two gunmen as he rode to the Sublime Porte, with aide Ibraham Hay killed.
In Greenville, Pennsylvania, 15 year old Albera Smith fought for life after a giant seven foot four inch owl attacked him. His hound Denny pinned the bird, saving Smith though the dog was badly wounded. the owl died. Smith was found unconscious with deep wounds to face neck and arms.
In Sannah Georgia on June 17 widow Kate Whisnant killed Dr. Guy O Brinkley in his private office then shot herself. A note found at her home yesterday said she planned to kill the physician and begged her mother’s forgiveness for the intended act.
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