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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR yields a brief bibliographic note mentioning Hill and Chandler and a publisher, with garbled terms including Envered, Maghie, HPL and 44. Readable items reference a publishing line and a likely imprint, but specifics are unclear.
The column records community happenings with local names such as Miss Reita Sollepent, Miss Iola Lett, and Miss Martha Shell. It notes visits, sermons, pie supper canceled by rain, and general town chatter about families, farms, and local events.
Reader reports persistent rain threatening harvest and corn cribs. Rev F F Yount hosts a Union Light meeting series. A ciphering match among Pine Union and Barber schools drew a good crowd Thursday night.
Long, wandering local column records Thanksgiving visits, family updates, trades, weather, and community news from Zalma and surrounding areas. Mentions include the Crites and Cobbel families, Clippard returning, farm moves, school progress, church meetings, and local social happenings amid a muddy holiday backdrop. Several named residents, places like Zalma, Whitewater, and Mingo appear with dates around late November.
The item reports William Snider leaving for Cape Girardeau to seek work while Frank Snider returns from Cape for a visit. Mrs. J M Finney visited the Cape and returned home. Crooked Creek banks are low and roads in bad shape. J A Manning recovers and returns to work. Wheat sown recently shows good progress and grass planted last fall is thriving. Corn sells at 75 cents per unit.
The notice claims Estes Brothers offer prices lower than rivals in the county for paints oils doors windows saddlery and harness heating stoves with a large stock and quick sale. It mentions an upcoming carload of American Special Fence Wire and a $63 Long Farm cream separator plus an ongoing sales tally of 21 items this year and lists ADVANCE PHONE 21.
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