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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1901
Page
1
A long notice seeks readers to renew at one dollar a year with a transitional rate. It warns late subscribers will face higher in advance charges and urges timely renewals before next October. The piece also includes unrelated local notices and brief national items.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson argues rampant deforestation is expanding arid lands and drought across major farming regions. He cites studies urging systematic replanting and warns that continued lumber harvesting at billions of cubic feet annually could doom forests within fifty years. Congress may need to curb commercial forest destruction to protect farmers and summers.
The document outlines examination times starting 7:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. each day, with 12:30 and 6:80 as close times, totaling ten hours daily. It lists subject order and when questions appear on the board, plus rules on completion, time allowances, and exemptions for half days. Applicants for third grade certificates receive longer time on common branches.
A mix of stray notes on writing questions at specific times and locations, plus a detailed local letter about education grading process, crop yields, weather, and regional life. It mentions state certificates, county boards, and teacher papers, with varied dates and places including Fern Ridge, St. Louis, Bollinger county, and Creve Coeur lore.
A Patton area letter reports a grand picnic Saturday with orderly conduct amid some overindulgence. Births include a girl born on the 11th to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nugent and a girl to Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bobingon also on the 11th. a boy is noted as well. Mrs. Nancy Hahn and Mrs. Parilee Heitman traveled to Marble Hill on the 12th for business. Emma Williams preached a sermon despite rain. Farmers plan to bale straw for next winter hay as drought dulls business. Brook Robinson of Jackson, MN visited recently. more notes promised.
Mrs Stause and Master Earl Walker visited relatives in Dexter last week. Various residents including 8 C Frost in Morley and Mrs Geo C Lesalre in Castor hosted visitors. Depot repaint noted. several residents ill or recovering. Camp Meeting planned at Lutenville tabernacle Aug 2 to Sep 2. Rev Joseph A Russell on evangelistic tour in northwest Missouri with multiple meetings.
A collection of brief items reports an unknown man murdered and robbed near Poplar Bluff on August 4, knife wounds at Rock Point Madison County, and a poor farm near Argua nd. It notes a failed county jail bond vote, Cape Girardeau Fair dates October 8 to 12, and remarks on Wayne County lawyer Moses Whybark visiting court.
From the letters of a self made merchant in Taw Saturday Eve Nixa Post Philadelphia the piece discusses frugality self reliance and prudent money use. It contrasts a spendthrift with a shrewd business man and warns against wasting talent for quick gains while urging individual thought and disciplined spending.
The Mayfield-Smith Academy faculty extends greetings to friends and patrons. The 1901 plan emphasizes high standards in instruction and moral training. Courses include English, Mathematics, Science, History, Latin with added needs-based subjects. Tuition per month: Preparatory 1.50, Intermediate 2.00, Academic 3.00. The academy promotes modern pedagogy and aims to prepare teachers and students for college or public schools.
In the Circuit Court of Bollinger county Missouri a divorce action is published by order of publication. Anna Bowman is defendant in a petition filed July 1901. the plaintiff seeks a decree of divorce on grounds of incompatibility. The order requires the defendant Anna Lowman to appear at the September term in Marble Hill, Missouri, or judgment will be entered by default. The notice is published in the daily newspaper Manute Hint Pure.
The St Louis Republic Sunday edition showcases a worldwide news service, a lavish magazine section with tinted illustrations, high class humor and stories by renowned authors, natural color fashions, and a weekly supplied sheet music. Subscriptions by mail cost two dollars per year.
The New York World advertises the Monthly World a 32 page illustrated weekly magazine with romance travel fiction and factual stories. It promises high artistic printing a full page portrait each month and claims quality content from leading authors. Six issues cost fifteen cents sent to Pulitzer Building New York.
A farm paper promotion invites readers to subscribe to The Kansas City Live Stock Indicator The Poultry Farmer and Special Farmers Institute Editions plus local news. The four papers cost 0.80 for one year. Offer touted as the best value for farmers with limited time, for a short period only. Samples available at the office.
Ambiguous OCR fragment mentions officials, counties, and procedures but lacks clear names, places, or events. Reads like a note on governmental action or discussion without concrete details or dates.
Jean Towels Sharp Rasora and Every thing Neat and Firt Clas continue to enjoy local support. Next door to W. K. Cianpisn's office.
A compact notice advertises a new stable offering stable services with daily and weekly horse care. It notes reasonable charges and asks for patronage, mentioning Marble and a contact phrase.
W K Chandler attorney at law and notary public offers land abstracts on short notice, collections, and emittance services from Marble Hill.
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