Marble Hill Post Office Notice
Publishers notice shows the item entered at Marble Hill post office as second class matter.
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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
3
Publishers notice shows the item entered at Marble Hill post office as second class matter.
Local news item notes gloves at Burfords and clothing at cost at H M Smiths. Visits include T B Cook in Patton and Rev B McManama in Scott county. Omer Lutes offers fresh oysters, Robert Drum at Cape Girardeau, and others from Sikeston Leopold and Sturdivant attend funerals. Subscriptions renewed by Eiji Seabaugh and Christopher Cook in Marble Hill.
Public thanks to Marble Hill neighbors for kindness during illness and death of a mother. Obituary for Mrs Jane Thomason aged 70. Retirement, farming land for rent near Laflin. Local marriage of Turner Smith and Nora Statler. Turkey sale, boarding for students, and Taylor Mercantile Co. ad for stylish suits.
The people of Patton and vicinity are jubilant over prospects for a railroad. A company buying Hollidas road in Wayne county is testing a route to Chester via Castor Trace creek nese Delville Tron Mountain Jack Rhodes Crooked creek and Little Whitewater, likely via Perryville. Local visits mention Omer Lutes for lunches and new grocery lines. updates from Henry Engeler and others note business openings and items in Leopold area.
In Lutesville on December 26 a note lists mule purchases and local business. Anecdotes mention Steves, Taylor Mercantile, and first frost morning preparations. Also listed are real estate: 160 acres near Glen Allen with a four room house, barn, orchard, spring, and price 1600 dollars with cash discounts.
Catherine Bollinger aged about 76 died at the home of C J Sharrock in Patton on December 15. She was formerly married to Geo F Limbaugh and later to John Bollinger. She spent years in the writer’s boyhood home and was known for kindness and virtue. Her remains were interred in the Limbaugh graveyard.
Mayfield College in Missouri presents Rosen Women Hall as ideal for girls under President Hendershot and Mrs. Hendershot. New rooms are ready for occupancy with boarding available. Patrons are urged to take advantage of the opportunities.
Postmaster E B Beck found the Lutesville post office burglarized with the safe blown. About $300 in cash and $300 in stamps were taken along with about $75 worth of jewelry. Jewelry and $16 of the money belonged to Beck. No clues yet. third robbery in recent years. Community sympathy for Beck. hopes government action will bring culprits to justice.
Collector Henry Elfrank handles sales for Moaryguanet Mill and lists principals in Leopold for Marble Tillvee location. Also an editorial note recounts a pocketbook theft from the editor and a sale ad for a six room brick cottage with modern features at Rs4000, terms easy, ready September 1 with War Po MeCa contact.
The St Louis editor quotes a circuit judge bemoaning that a man with wealth can defeat the courts and avoid prison, a sentiment echoed by former Assistant Circuit Attorney Hancock. The piece laments law delays and legal subterfuge, noting wrongful acquittals and calls for remedies beyond lynch law, while warning that fear of swift justice may deter murder more than legal flaws.
The Kenton Register notes ongoing speculation over whether convention or primary will select the party’s congressional candidate next year. It states the congressional committee will meet soon after year’s start to decide the method, reflecting local interest in the process.
The Christmas number features Christmas recitations for children, festive drawings including Miss Maud Tousey, and humorous pieces like Her silver Spoons from a woman’s viewpoint on gifts. It highlights Christmas gifts, cookery, articles on trades unions, stenography, home libraries, world views, frocks, and men’s fashion, with a note on the Globe-Democrat newspaper subscription offer.
Jacob J. Conrad, son of David R. and Mary Bollinger Conrad, died at his Marble Hill home on Thursday morning December 7, 1905. Born north of Patton, he lived in the county most his life except one year in Minnesota. He married Emeline Burns on May 25, 1861 and had eight children, eight survivors total including two sons and six daughters. A charter member of Marble Hill Presbyterian Church, he was ordained elder in 1868 and served until his death. He also served as county clerk for eight years and presiding judge of the county court for four years, and was a member of the State Board of Agriculture. He was noted for his honesty and clean character. funeral held at Marble Hill Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev. J. D. Reeder.
John AO Strader of Gravel Hill visited one town Wednesday while Willisa Patt and husband from Hurricane traveled to Lutesville. Davenport and wife from near Belville were in town Tuesday. George F Kurre bought the Bronze residence from L T Kinder earlier this week. The post office safe in Lutesville was robbed Tuesday night, with nitroglycerine used to blow it open and about six hundred dollars in cash, jewelry, and stamps taken. An entertainment of stereopticon Bible views led by Bro Barrett is set for December 24 at the M E church. Officers for the A O U W lodge were elected December 14 1905 including Phelps Lutes Small Burford Lutes Kinder Engelhart Cobb and others. R W Fischer offers prompt framing services.
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