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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1917
Page
8
A report notes damage at the Marble Hill post office where second class mail handling was disrupted. No injuries reported and investigators seek motive, with local officials vowing security reviews and improved surveillance.
Our correspondents note health is good and weather improving as farmers expect a bumper crop. Mentions of visits to Dan Crites, Louie Agger and Leopold, plus scattered community notices.
Health seen as steady with a few Mews cases. An April shower refreshed farms. Farmers plan corn planting. Serthia Clark of Morley visits aunt Mes. Various locals including Cooper, Fowler, Rockwell, and Gray attend events around Chubb creek and Zalma. Several visits and social calls recorded through the week.
Health is reasonably owned except few bad coll s Monroe Hill and Eva Wagner wed Tuestas Will Johnsons baby diet at Mrs Mary Johnsons Tuesday and was buried in Chitty Creek cemetery Seth Wagner of near Dongola left Wednesday for Aline Freeman larkham wife of Dram moved to Dongola last Tuesday He goes to work for Milo Travelstead this summer Miss Louisa Kisie staying with Mrs Sneda Bess Mrs M Tohnson visited her daughter Edith Sturkey West Friday Mrs Con Seahaugh and Mrs Katie Green made a business trip to Schlatirg last Friday Sherman Bridwell attended the last day of school at Drum last Friday Mr and Mrs Freeman Markham visited her father last Friday Mrs Bessie Murphy visited Snoda Bess Sunday
Health is not very good. We have a few cases of measles in our neighborhood. Mrs J E Haynes and children visited at T W Cooper's Sunday. Dalton Rea was the guest of Balis Newell Friday night. Miss Rosa Hawn staying at W S Moore's. Uncle Roe Cooper a welcome visitor at Rastus Rea's Thursday night. Miss Ora Matthews returned home from Laflin where visiting her aunt. Miss Ora Deck visiting Cane Creek relatives on Grassy. Miss Bessie Beasley visited home folks Sunday. Our blacksmith John H Newell.
The column reports residents returning from Alton and visits across the area. Mrs Belle Barrett and children visited Emery Baker. Measles cases are noted as widespread but easing. Several local families, including Hawn, Newell, and Kinder, share visits, travels, and health updates as crops are discussed and school plans with Miss McCullough are arranged.
A Denver banker in the Denver Post discusses a year of prohibition and its effects on the city. He notes savings rose in Denver banks, while business activity faced adjustments and new spending patterns. The article cites broader economic changes and worker sentiments toward potential profit-focused reforms.
Notice to creditors and interested parties in the estate of Franklin Yount deceased. Mary B. Yount Administrator seeks final settlement at the Probate Court of Bollinger County Missouri on the May term date. Also notice of depositary bidding for county funds in Bollinger County with proposals due May 1, 1917 to secure the highest interest rate and a qualifying deposit guarantor.
Sunday services were canceled as Rev Geo W Goramam was away tending to Bro Howard whose son Ray died Saturday night. The community offers heartfelt condolences and prayers for healing. Prof A T Olmstead of State University gave an illustrated Holy Land lecture Sunday evening. his Monday morning war talk in the College chapel was praised as among the best in southeast Missouri.
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