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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1893
Page
5
Marble Hill briefs note A B Clippard offers ice and groceries with low prices while also advertising produce and vegetables. Mentions Miss Grace Norman's illness, various residents moving to Lutesville, and local trades from wool to tinning. Also highlights DeWitts Sarsaparilla ads and Drum's bargain ginghams.
William Slinkard cut his foot last Tuesday. Mrs Jenkins suffers a remitten fever attack. A W Hendersons little girl is sick with measles. John Mathews died last Monday from lung troubles. Joe Whiteners house was wrecked by the storm. Unfavorable weather delays planting. cold snaps hurt fruit prospects. The birth on the 1irth was the region’s severest in years.
The article notes thirteen people jailed in Tron county. Cape Girardeau enacted the stock law last Thursday. Cape county will place funds in banks offering best interest. Joseph F. Martin was nominated for Sheriff of Mississippi county in the recent Democratic primary. F. W. Pout bought Benton stock mills for 9000 dollars last Wednesday. A hard glove bout in Poplar Bluff left one dangerously injured. W Seaton induced R B Thurs ton to cash a 50 dollar check at First National Bank of St Louis in Poplar Bluff. the check was fake, Seaton disappeared, and Thurston is "in the hole." The Jackson saloon element won in the city election. three editions are now out. When licenses are granted Cash-Book plans to publish each name with color and property qualifications.
A small group gathered at M Lane's residence last Saturday for a farewell party honoring Miss May Graham. The event featured games, music, and social diversions, and her popular, cultured presence drew warm acknowledgments as she prepare s to return to seminal next fall.
Poplar Bluff officials raided two craps joints on a Saturday night. Thirteen colored men and three whites were arrested, including the keeper of one dive. Recorder Onray issued fines from 10 to 50 dollars as the city vows to drive out gamblers.
Pastor Rev F L Moore of the Christian church will preach next Saturday night and Sunday, with services Sunday afternoon and evening. He recently completed work at the State Sunday school evangelist event and is described as an able preacher.
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