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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
8
Mitt and Chandler, publishers, have been entered at the Marble Hill post office on second class matter, indicating official mail notice for periodical distribution. The filing reflects a formal post office designation and ongoing publication status.
Our correspondents report a weekend with health generally good and several notices. Mrs Henry M Bollinger died Friday after a short illness leaving a large family and relatives, burial in Cook cemetery Scopus. Mrs FE Shirley and daughter and Rosa Smith Renvers left Saturday for home while traveling via Jackson. Mar Quand visitors to her uncle LN Stone. School opened Monday with Miss Mary Caldwell as teacher. Rev William Poston filled his regular appointment at Mount Zion. N. Renton official visits and shipping plans discussed. Various local visitors and events noted in casual fashion.
A weekend in the district featured visits among families in Loweetes and Lutesville, with Minnie and Mrs Meagée visiting relatives in Memphis. Residents joined the Belle Cemetery clean up, while barge turnout praised a successful ice cream social. A baby born to Mr and Mrs Turn er August 217 9 was reported healthy.
Seare notes good showers that will bolster corn and improve pastures. Farmers begin plowing for wheat while Herman Blanken & Son thresh wheat. wheat crop was very light this year. Acreage sown to wheat this fall will be small. EE Barks sold peaches. Otto Reutzel repairs his residence. Fred Filer oversees road building. FE N Barks J M Teeters H Groves and others report cotton planted last spring looking fine.
The page records community happenings from a Missouri area including visits by Misses Nora Hahn and Alice Lutes, new sawmill operations, and school news. It notes Mrs S E Whitener’s illness, services at Kinderchapel, farming and threshing, a trip to Chupwater Wyoming, and family messages including a death notice for Mary Smith and an obituary with religious reflections.
Health officials report the Sbigirains are in good condition following the incident that occurred last Monday. No further details on the event are available in the readable text.
The Spectator at Columbia University conducted a four day straw ballot among 2,114 students from nearly every state. The results show a landslide for Wilson with strong support from both major parties and a surprising showing for Hughes in several key states.
Franklin Jackson born February 22, 1857 died July 20, 1916 aged 50 years 5 months 7 days. He married Mise M M Eudy early in life and they had four children Anna Bertie Gertie and Minnie. The family notes he lived happily until God called him home and Anna one of his daughters is mentioned as deceased. He later married Mrs. Dollie.
A fragmented OCR item mentions a vote, counts like 1 210 and names or terms such as Mughes and South. The text is incomplete, with several garbled phrases, limiting clear event or entity extraction. More legible material needed for precise headline and summary.
The text mixes advice on national readiness with personal habits. It mentions washing the face, using a roller towel, visiting a drug store for a toothbrush, inspecting stock bristles, switching the fly, and keeping a tarnage pile in the backyard. The fragmented lines resemble scattered notes rather than a coherent event.
A historical public health note cites deaths from heart disease pneumonia and tuberculosis and discusses employment and wage effects on health. A second item records a 1912 legal notice detailing a property sale in Missouri with a schedule of bids and parcel descriptions.
The Cape Girardeau Normal School opens September 11 1916 offering four year college courses for diplomas and life certificates two year courses toward diplomas one year certificates plus a four year high school curriculum rural school certificates and college entrance The institution combines college and technical training in arts sciences agriculture home economics manual training music with catalog details from President W Overwost Cove Girardeau Mo.
Lutesville Missouri announces new terms for Lutesville High School with courses in English mathematics history Latin and commercial geography. Tuition is 150 per month for high school students and review work may be taken alongside regular curriculum. contact Superintendent West Myers for details.
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