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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
8
The Marble Hill office faced a punishment order affecting weekly publication, with MIL and CHANDLER listed as publishers. The action designated the press as a second class mailer, signaling a change in mailing status and distribution responsibilities.
The correspondence reports continued dry weather and ongoing haying, threshing, and corn cutting. Typhoid claimed Benton Dellinger of Lutesville while several locals visit sick relatives and weddings occur. Messages note large crowds at Creek meetings, a village ball game request, and letters from Caruth.
Health is poor amid heat and dust as drought harms crops. Tom Scott was pitched from a mule last Thursday and injured. Samuel Newell lays a concrete foundation for Cooper and Haynes's gasoline business. Hauling is the day’s order. The corn crop is ruined and water is being hauled from Flatwoods. Monroe Cooper visited Glen Allen. Young people attended a Riverside grove picnic. Albert Dunn and Roy Barrett returned from Kansas via Illinois to work for J W Hammock, seeing wheat in Illinois and Kansas. The lady preacher holds a successful meeting at Pikes Peak grove with Brother Hiram Fowler taking interest. What is the reason we can't get?
Community bulletin reports hot dry conditions delaying crops with only light rain. many residents attend picnics and visits to nearby towns. Local folks including McKelvey Myers Green Patterson and others travel, host meetings and attend social events while farm work continues with cisterns wells and wheat sowing underway.
In Gilen Allen local notes the area remains dry with no rain in sight as farmers plan to sow 1 to 4 acres of turnips and harvest rye and wheat for livestock feed and future hay. The piece lists visitors, real estate dealings, threshing, hay baling, carpentry, church activities and community life through multiple towns and residents.
In hot dry weather health is reasonable and life updates include a newborn girl for Mr and Mrs Claud Cullins on July 25. Claud’s condition is doubtful while Mrs Ro James returns from Blue Oklahoma to visit daughter Mrs Lola Turner.
Health is good despite continued heat and dry conditions.Saturday night singing at John Jackson's drew a good crowd. Uncle Mitt Kinder, visiting relatives for the past month, returned home Monday. Misses Effie and Eva Scott visited relatives near Gipsy Sunday. Miss Eva returned home.
Monday events include singing Saturday night attendance by Charlie Barrett and Miss Opal Matthews. Mrs Hammock of near Arab visits relatives nearby. Ned Wagner and Miss Eva Scott also at the singing. Ben Dunn of Advance visited relatives. Sidney Smith did business in Lowndes. Sam J. McMinnew to Marble Hill to vote. Otto Dunn, recently at Advance, returned home. Will Matthews and Miss Dora Chronister at the singing at Mr Jackson's. Master Charley Wagner visited cousin Frank Wagner. AHL Dana and daughter Bernie attended church at Liberty. Asa Hill and Miss Mayme Bell were in the vicinity Saturday. Jage and Tom.
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