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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
8
A historic notice announces Ture Marshe Hill Press Hill and Chandler Publishers with a mailing imprint at Marsle Hill postoffice, indicating second class matter status.
Our correspondents note health is reasonable in the locality and farmers plow for wheat. Miss Blanche Horrell arrived from Leopold Sunday, Dennis Worrell visited his sister near Glen Allen, while Miss Lonie Mabrey visits Mrs. Belle Cunningham. Sherman Duncan and Eber Bridwell left the area last Friday. Farmers Union Ball team lost 14 to 11 to Prune last Sunday. An afternoon picnic is planned at Lennon on the 12th.
No local sickness reported amid warm spell and need for rain. Union Hill protracted meeting ended with 25 additions to the choruses. Wheat threshing keeps farmers busy as Roscoe Rockwell works for P. W. Wilkinson. W. M. Fee hauls stores at Burg. Walter Key of Lutesville visits home folks. Hiram Ford from here employed at Burg. Monroe Null of Trowel sought work at Burg last week. Candidates plentiful, then thinned by primary. OLVMELA.
The community held a quarterly meeting Saturday August 1 with the presiding elder preaching Saturday night and Sunday. Rev D E B Barrett filled his Ridge church appointment. Uncle Pink Huffman funeral planned for the Fifth Sunday at Ridge church. N C Griffith and two sons visited Bessville last week. Ice cream supper at Dines Bess to fund a new carpet for Union church. Miss Dora Mabuce employed at Marquand. Uncle Billy Rhodes funeral planned for Third Sunday at Ridge church. W J Hale elected Sunday school superintendent. L C Griffith bought a fine Oxford ram from Antone Shulte in Fredericktown. Olive Welker ill with typhoid. Farmers harvest hay during hot dry spell. Sunday school convention August 19 and 20 invited for all.
Locust Grove area notes medical woes as Iuskey and Miss Mary Lessley visit in St. Louis connections. The Francis Allen monument unveiling by the Woodmen of the World lodge of Oran at Bailey Cemetery drew a large crowd on July 12. Visitors include George Brown of St. Louis, Rev. Poston’s regular appointment, and locals who enjoyed a Leopold picnic.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Kluskey and Mr and Mrs Jesse Henley are referenced with a very sick child. A death is noted for Milford, son of Mr and Mrs Andy Kaiser, aged about two years. NENOPHEN.
Rain blessed farmers as Clubb Creek school opens with Mr Chestner in charge. John Wiseman cuts leg while tying. Patton stave factory may move to Clubb Creek shed soon. James W Null visits German settlement for political interests. J M Shells and wife return from Fredericktown. Luke Fowler ill. James Davis leads slave rot at Bureau as superintendent. A wedding talk fades. Cupid misses. Green Fox.
Penchanan notes health is good and references visits of Bettie Dunn in Illinois and Tom Scott in Greenville. It mentions Frank Kinder returning from the State university and pursuing a legal career. Reads about read workers, social gatherings at John Miller's, and warns against fashion or peer pressure while urging economy for future family security.
Loadlin reports very warm weather. Herman Blankin threshes wheat in this settlement while Mrs. Sam Yount lies ill and Alexander Slinkard battles chills. Several children in the neighborhood suffer chills and fever. James Faulkner oversees boiler repairs at the mill and plans to restart soon. John F. Winters returns home after attending a business college in Sedalia last week.
Mrs. Winters wed Miss Mary Henderson who taught in the county. Mr. Winters will teach at Advance this fall. The Leopold picnic drew a large orderly crowd with a fine dinner and amusements. M R Smith of Farmington spoke on Democratic issues to applause. Republican candidates Reyenhardt and Grabiel spoke briefly. The picnic was financially successful and local unions are expanding. Community news notes include visits, job offers, and calls for Democratic support ahead of the primary.
Carl O Peterson composes a top song sung nightly in 300 theatres across the United States. The catchy chorus in match time highlights a yearning refrain about returning to a loved one. Readers may obtain a postpaid copy for 15 cents and church patrons can request 16 moving picture slides from The Globe Music Co. in New York.
The Independ ent argues that counting crimes cannot prove moral progress since population grows faster than villainy. A Alsace village funeral for a poor Jew shows a priest and parishioners attending despite faith differences, signaling growing unity among Catholics, Protestants, and Jews in aiding humanity.
A brief reflection extols a world creed centered on love and service, calling it the best view that humanity is growing better. The tone emphasizes optimism about collective progress through compassionate action.
Marble Hill resident Mrs. S C Berry reports lasting relief from backache and kidney pains after using Doans Kidney Pills. She describes swelling in feet and limbs and highly colored urine improved by the remedy. Doans Kidney Pills sold by dealers nationwide. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doans and take no other.
A statement laments not bending to prejudice while performing duties in obscurity and poverty, contrasting with others who prosper by neglecting sacred obligations. The speaker urges steadfast, principled conduct despite social pressure and hardship.
Public notices warn of a mortgage foreclosure by P F Tuck on May 11 1892 securing 100 to the Bollinger County capital school fund. Sheriff will sell the property at Marble Hill on August 11 1908 to satisfy the judgment, with later civil actions to establish title to real estate in Bollinger County Missouri involving Daniel Hawn and John G Reynolds.
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