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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1918
Page
8
An entry from Marble Hill power office notes an ocond chass muatler, a fragmentary record with unclear meaning. The terse note hints at a possible equipment or inventory issue but lacks full context or identifiable names.
A scrambled OCR note reports Charley Alkemyre at home from a camp for a few days and a Born-To couple Mr and Mrs Fred Sen band on March 25. It mentions a mother and babe getting along, Mathies Burks visiting Percyville on Thursday, a driver named Johnson with cattle, and guests including Far Seabrand Henrysadler Jobin Greathay Ed Grantham at Thomios Pollws Sandy Hi Roy.
A jumble of names and visits fills the page with neighbors visiting relatives and friends across the area. Several residents attend family gatherings while others report illness or recovery as part of a busy weekend round of social calls.
A lively week with church events and social visits across the town. Hugh Alimon and Ellen Reed visited Hallie Alimi. a large Easter program drew a sizable audience at the Baptist church. school closed Friday with a fine entertainment Saturday. Visitors Dewey Hinton of Allenville and Wilbur Pittman of Camp Funston were in town. Clarence Bierschwal of Great Lakes also visiting relatives. Dora Hunter sold downtown property to Wm Fingerhoor and bought the former parsonage of the MOE Church. One of Camp Funston’s “Sammies” returned home for a possible wedding but did not appear.
A Zalma reader writes to The Press praising local notes from Zalma and recalling a wartime Kaiser remark about invoking heavenly help, stating the Sunday paper confirms his claim as serious.
Fragmented OCR reveals a wartime style church and deaths mention Marion Mouser, Adin, and Uncle Sam's boys in Zaina. Mentions of patients, puny lists, surgical operation, and community prayers. Local names include Gaither, Clinton Sper, Arthur Bri, Mrs J Wo Wilson, Fred Roberts, Mrs AC Kim, Mrs Hi Pape.
Dewey Seahough and Earl Crites from Marvin College Fredericktown visit homefolk and plan to return to studies. Families travel to Perthville and Jackson for errands and social events. Neighbors attend sales and church activities while planning Easter observances and Sunday school.
Flatwoods Health appears decent. Mr and Mrs McCloude and daughter Fula visited Joel Good-Sons Sunday. Sunday school at McGee Chapel progresses. Odis Cooper visited Pink Liley's Saturday. Leo Matthews and John Farmer bought a saw rig from ROL Richards. Dewey and Cortie Harris visited Burette Beal's Saturday night and Sunday. Christian Slemmer is ill. Jasper McGee visited John E Cooper's Sunday. Prayer meeting at Union Grove church every Sunday night. Easter gathering at Mrs N B Haynes's. Mrs James Foster of near Trace Creek reports fourteen sheep killed last week, likely by wolves. Uncle Abe Sitze died March 28 at R M Abernathy home, age about 80. The remains.
Fragmentary obituary note indicates burial of an individual named Kise Eves in Sitve cen e with unclear surrounding details. The readable fragment confirms funeral context and final rites but omits dates, age, and family references.
Three and a half million people in Finland, trapped between Russia and Sweden, confront a failing cereal harvest. They receive 150 grams of war bread daily, less than a loaf, much of which consists of bark and beech buds. Widespread starvation seems likely, according to U. S. Food Administration.
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