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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1918
Page
4
The slate lists FLORENCE 6 and SEABAUGH as contenders for County Court Clerk in the Democratic primary on August 6, 1918. This notice outlines the announced candidates and the primary election context.
A fragmentary weekly notice from Marble Hill Missouri reports town events, church, school, and funeral notices. It lists residents traveling, farm work, Liberty Loan drives, school staff changes, and community happenings with names such as Chandier, Myers, Shrum, Owen, and McKay. The piece also notes a baccalaureate sermon, class day plans, and local civic activities amid war effort references.
W A Leoffier spoke at chapel as four weeks remain in the term. Miss Lessie Walker, Miss Iva Cole to Lutesville faculty the first student from this school to join. Iva and Bessie Stilts and Maude Myers back from measles. some plan for Cape Girardeau normal school. preparations for a stronger commencement. Dr Barnes of Charleston mentioned.
Obituary notes Eston C Bollinger son of Charley and Mrs Bollinger born April 8 1906 died March 22 1918 aged 11 years 11 months 14 days. Survived by father mother two sisters one brother and many relatives and friends. He was described as an excellent boy and his loss mourned by family and community.
A loving obituary notes the passing of a cherished brother after a brief illness. It appeals to faith, laments missing the sweet presence, and expresses hope in the Savior’s welcome and the coming reunion before the throne of God.
A garbled OCR style fragment lists numerous individuals and places such as Wonmw s Thintiherry Lawn cor, Won Pathe, Latesville, Heri Efe, Jot Steinmerd, Lavgedt A King, Zales JA Herry Glee Allen, Mo Pletcher Keew ville, Jota Wittens, Latha Kuhlinan Seleewickwille, Dewy Anna Croehy Greenbie, OKellew ROW Borrisine, and Contedia Marry, suggesting a wartime committee or roster. The text is fragmentary and contains many misspelled names and locations, with no clear narrative or verifiable event.
A historical notice outlines how bond purchases support the war effort. It details that a $50 bond funds trench knives, grenades, medical gear, siege instruments, and equipment for officers. A $100 bond clothes and feeds soldiers, purchases rifles and grenades, and buys ether and water bags for field use.
Mrs Annie Johnson of Scottsburg Indiana recalls long battles with constipation and stomach distress from doctors medicines and purgatives. She credits a draught-like remedy with easing headaches biliousness indigestion and nervous feverishness after quitting other remedies.
The text outlines bond options to support military needs: two $100 bonds to purchase a horse or mule for cavalry or artillery, three $100 bonds to clothe and feed a soldier for a year, four $100 bonds to buy an X-ray cutter, and a $500 bond to supply bicycles for the infantry headquarters company.
The 1918 food program saw rice flour corn flour potato flour soy bean meal and barley meal produced in large quantities. These substitutes replaced wheat flour to free up wheat for Allied and American troops. The call urged conservation concentration and dedication to support front line efforts and preserve history for future generations.
By January 12, Aunt Christe Stollard, age 110, reports improved eyesight and no need for reading glasses after an eye change. Her photos at 105 stunned her. she refused further posing. She has never seen major technologies and recalls her husband’s death fifty years ago amid global turmoil. U.S. Food Administration notes famine risks in Romania.
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