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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
8
A Marble Hill post office entry notes matter marked as recond class, with details indicating handling or classification by local postal officials.
Our correspondents report health is reasonably good with a few chills. Several locals visit relatives in nearby towns and many travel for employment or business. A community picnic at Noah Burk grove drew a large, well behaved crowd with a tree dinner and home string music. two men discussed abolition at the event.
The record notes plenty of activity with visits from Miss Bea Cgalowny and sister, Jacobsen at Katona visiting relatives, and Waltham area locals like Galloway and Dial involved in yard work and sewing. Observers mention wheat prospects, a planned telephone line, and a possible local wedding before evening.
A busy scene as residents attend a well attended event and visit familiar neighbors. Mrs J Collurnad visits her parents near Don rola while Miss Minnie Rin der hosts friends. The public school opens Monday and several locals are moving or visiting relatives including Troy Francis relocating to Lutesville Lane.
In a Buchanan area scene residents show mixed readiness as a stave factory nears reopening. The once thriving village fears change and laments loss of its quiet character to new industrial activity, with locals weighing economic hope against natural habitat concerns.
A week of social visits includes Steiner fete in St Louis and Simiday homecoming after visits from Mr and Mrs Jobo Hivnsen and Michael Tripp family. Bob White and Grind Baker ill, Mit recovering, Aunt Sianey Whitener also reported on the sick list. Mrs Clare Braswell ill. Sunday's baseball game draws large crowds with about two hundred attendees. church attendance wanes amid local pleasures.
Henry Elfrank Saddlery and Wagons is cited for contact about sport items and Sabbath limits. The Brotherhood Fraternal held an ice cream supper last Saturday. Mr Hamp Allbright of Krallman plans rebuilding a photo find near Kennett. A potential lawsuit is discussed to force a railway to move cattle pens and oil houses from town center to clear streets, with calls to mow the oil house area and enforce stockyard regulations.
A humorous overheard exchange from The Delineator features two toys discussing why chickens cannot talk. One toy suggests chickens do not need to speak because they simply pull their wishi bones to express themselves, with the other toy giving a cheerful reaction.
County Court met Monday July 26 1908 with full membership. Burront Son received 1.25 for pond district tool repair. Several individuals ordered to pay interest on school fund bonds and others to provide additional security. An introductory bulletin on hog farming from Missouri’s Miseretate board of agriculture highlights the state’s hog production value and pasture research. Petit jurors listed.
Local court records list payments on land and courthouse work, tax book approvals, and road district expenses. A Bollinger County divorce petition against John F. Sheley is set for the September term with publication ordered in The Eagle Press. The document notes adjournments and official notices from the circuit clerk.
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