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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1912
Page
8
Hill and Chandler, publishers, are reportedly knocked at the Mariole TL post office as a second agenda emerges in a local publishing matter.
Our correspondents arrived too late for leave and report few chills with general health good. A recent rain benefited corn and pasture. Many attended the picnic at Lutesville Friday and Saturday. Mrs Fa Vavek left for Illinois to visit her sister. Dee Bess and family, Long Lawrence and family, and Miss Myrtle visited Frank Burk's Sunday. Master Raman Ward visited Dee Bess Sunday night. Lige Bess and wife visited Mrs PV Rauls near Marquand Sunday. Taete Criss.
Ellen Bollinger is recovering from ty panid fever, with steady improvement noted. Anthony Bollinger and family reported better after illness. Bollinger and Sam Swindle visited Marble Hill last week, as did Dr Blaylock and family. Anthony Bollinger shopped in Perryville. Johnson and his daughter visited Henry Nugent, and many locals attended the Heilman’s Mill picnic last Saturday.
Health is reported poor with chills fever and several typhoid concerns. Dr Finney tends patients while Mrs Bin Berry and Mrs Nan Huff from Dexter visited their mother Mrs Mary Poston. Stella Snider Aunt Mag and Hester Snider traveled to Cape Girardeau. others including Strong Penturf Huffman families also visited. Wheat harvest near complete with light yields and poor quality.
Health is fair in the community with a well attended Cascade picnic where the Castor string band provided music. Charles Barrett aided Earl McLane in driving cattle to Lowndes. Mitt Kinder and family visited St. Louis. The Castor Telephone Co pushes its metallic system. Our public school opened Monday. Robert Bell reports a good watermelons season. Elmer McKenzie and Ned Wagoner visited friends Sunday. Sunday school at Liberty church well attended. Bettie Vavak and Eugene Dunn visiting relatives in Illinois. John Turner visiting Tom Turner. Pink Turner, his father, very ill. Health remains good locally as corn grows well after recent rains and threshing wheat and breaking continue.
Senator Obadiah Gardner of Maine urges farmers to back Governor Woodrow Wilson, arguing tariffs harmed rural livelihoods. The address frames farming as central to the nation and cites Gardner’s experience with the National Grange and Maine politics to appeal for agricultural support amid high living costs and market challenges.
A popular love song scene is hailed in New York and expected to rise nationwide. The piece questions the meaning of loving and vows when what is desired cannot be obtained. Price per copy and mail order details are listed by Globe Music Co., 1161 Broadway, New York.
Sheriff JOHN A. SENNINGER announces a tax sale of the northwest quarter of the south part township twenty eight range eight containing eighty acres in Hollinger County Missouri. The sale will be Friday September 1 1912 at 9 AM at the north door of the Marble Hill courthouse to satisfy a judgment in favor of the state of Missouri for delinquent taxes. The sheriff urges interested bidders to appear and bid cash in hand.
Heaviest rain of the season caused corn damage last Thursday. An ice cream supper at Perry Starkey's on August 12 was enjoyed by all. Protracted meeting by Wo Band J HL Yount progressed well at Liberty. Deck Bennett and John Milneh reported good crops after a Wayne County trip. Barber school addition near completion with painting by Deck Bennett. Fred Maboce the teacher back from St Louis and hopeful to open on time. John Suirkey and Lester Henderson reported sick. George Wilkerson to his ill mother. Rev Pink Yount unable to fill at Carmel. meeting at New Salem church. Sunday school thriving. John Heitman and Patton relatives visiting. In Flat River, Leona Martin and Marquant family visiting Will Henson. Jacob Limbaugh's guests of Alex Green. Local youths at Lutesville picnic reported well. Orb Uncite Nev.
Pleas ant Hill residents gathered for a Sunday school outing at Hahn's Mill with a sermon by Brother Jennings and a talk by a Sunday school worker after a hearty dinner A sudden black cloud caused the crowd to disperse early A birth notice indicates a big girl born to Mr and Mrs Ab Sanith on August 26
Health remains good overall with several chills and fever cases. Mr and Mrs Rinder visit their son Marvin in St Louis. Locals recall a Cascade picnic with many reporting a fine time. Charles Barrett made a business trip to Lowndes. Minnie Kinder 14 ill with hay fever. Winnie Tallent visiting her brother Everett Tallent near Lutesville. Anta Kinder and Mrs Montgomery visited Mrs Limmer Dement last week. Istu.
The speaker lauds Governor Wilson as a man who lays his soul bare to the people and invites cross party support to fight current wrongs without uproar or harming legitimate interests. He emphasizes constructive thinking and predicts Wilson will win decisively in November.
Heath is reasonably good Wim Mungle and family visit friends and relatives around Patton. A large crowd from Patton attended a contest at Sedgewickville where Hattie OKelley won first and Ruth Dolle second. The WCTU contests mold sentiment against liquor and honor participating youths. Fred Cook visits Dunklin County couple, Rowland Crites’s daughter Della injured herself recently.
A visitor recalls overhearing stories of enslaved people justifying idleness. She encounters Uncle The resting under a tree who explains he waits for sunset to quit with a clear conscience. The tale reflects the era’s racial attitudes and moral framing through a brief dialogue.
By virtue of a special license in the circuit court of Messinges Missouri dated May 1 1812 and a judgment against George W Holbedice for two dollars and eighty eight cents the sheriff will sell on Friday September 13 1012 at public vendue at the north door of the courthouse Marble Hill to satisfy costs and the writ. John A Nenninger Sheriff Hollinger County Mo.
Excerpt from Woodrow Wilson asserting that banking and currency reforms require input beyond bankers. He favors a merchants and farmers plan, flexible for daily use, as essential to the nation’s economic needs.
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