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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
4
Letters from 1918 praise American sacrifice and industry urging wheat sowing and per acre gains. They describe front line soldiers, casualty lists, and endurance in England Scotland and America, plus a soldier’s billet in a French chateau and reflections on war duties from the American Expeditionary Forces.
The article explains sugar origins for the United States and Allies, noting Cuba and the beet industry as major sources, with Java and other regions supplying East and West Indies. It details wartime shipping losses, Allied reliance on American sugar, and a push to conserve sugar under Food Administration rulings to support troops and war needs.
A historic reminiscence recounts life in the past with barter and craft jobs, detailing prices for horses, milk cows, clothing, and wages. The narrator contrasts hardship with happiness, then shifts to wartime letters from soldiers separated from families and the impact of missing news. The text ends with a notice about a shareholders meeting for a local telephone company and a secretary's signature.
A vivid wartime appeal urges American women to write to soldiers at the front and families abroad. Capt. Ho H. Pearson, a Canadian who served with Kitchener's Army, describes the impact of letters from home on morale and resolve. He recalls the harsh winter of 1914, the front’s near-siege and the emotional lift from Mothers, wives, and sweethearts. The piece blends call to action with memory of hardship and the central role letters played in sustaining troops and homefront support. It also includes a long real estate advertisement and unrelated product pitches woven into the page.
Walter B. Stevens recalls early Missouri life through R. E. Seamand of Minneola Springs. The elder remembers deer chases near fawns, trapping quail for fifteen cents a dozen, hogs fattened on acorns, and all the honey to be found by cutting a bee tree. He notes a wheat price rise to three and a half cents a bushel and reflects on rough frontier days.
Edward Merkin of the Cook family died in St Lowes Dane B at age 3 years 10 months. He was survived by his parents four brothers three sisters and other relatives. He wished to be at home with family but trusted in the Lord to meet them someday. He endured sickness with great suffering without complaint. Funeral services were conducted by Rev F M Robine and he was laid to rest in Cook cemetery awaiting the resurrection. A schoolmate.
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