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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
8
Povered at the Markie Hill post office as second class matter. Chandler publishers are noted for the weekly distribution.
Our Correspondents report Ida Summers sick with typhoid in a busy season. Monroe Fowler butchered hogs last week. Mrs Cake Randolph of Zalma visited her sick sister Mrs Noah Summers. Tom Crites of Dongola visited Clubb Creek. Miss Marie Hendrix staying with Noah Summers. Harry Fowler visited Clubb Creek friends. Noah Baker and family returned from the lowlands. Mr Eaker in poor health. Dunklin sang returned. services at Clubb Church Saturday night. Season's greetings end this note.
A lively Greenbrier update notes mud and water on streets as residents return to activity. Dan Corbin visits Cape Girardeau and returns by Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Baker of Chaffee visit Baker parents. Mrs. Wheeler Mitchell improves slowly. A large Sunday school crowd gathers. Mr. and Mrs. John Long visit with Mr. and Mrs. Stoke Ramsey. Opal Camren recovers from fever. Loren Wilson seen in town often. Protracted meeting conducted by Mr. and Mrs. Mills. Walter Bidewell from near Dongola attends church. Anna Cato visits home folks. Otto and Minnie Cato and W R Speer noted. Hosea family to spend Christmas near Dongola. Edgar Chapman visits Chapman's parents. News scarce, wishing all a merry Christmas.
Rev C C Craig finished a two week singing school at the M E church and preached at Mount Pleasant Sunday. Mrs Craig visited nearby during the singing. W T Seabaugh and family visited G W Cook. Bland Seabaugh returns from Cape Girardeau Normal. Willie Sample returns from cotton country looking well. D R Seabaugh and W H Moore have a mill at Willie Seabaughs with about half a day remaining, then move to J R Bollingers. J M Browns barn nears completion. Frank Horn handling carpentry. Jefferson Niswanger enters the buggy business locally.
The writer reports record cold with thermometers ranging from 6 to 16 below zero over the past week. He mentions Jacob Seabaugh currently counter hopping and driving for T. B. Drum and Dr. Crites. He ends by wishing success to The Press and its readers.
Perkins Creek reports snow and wood gathering with contrast to national events. Local residents McKelvey, Myers, Patterson and Shiverdecker appear in short visits and trips to Zalma and Lutesville. The community seeks rural free delivery and door mail, while school progress under Edward Slinkard is noted and local trades continue in cold weather.
A village notes cold weather with snow, local visits, harvesting of hogs, and social events. Mentions Uncle Henry Fowler, Luther Kennison, T. J. Clubb, Melburn Rhodes, and outings. sermons by Rev. Cullins. ties hauled by Charles Hanks and Frank Kerr. travels to Zalma and Grassy. Christmas Eve entertainment at Myers schoolhouse. farewell holiday wishes to readers.
Mrs Chas Lages guest of Mrs Wagoner last week. Ned Wagoner made a business trip to Marble Hill Saturday. Mrs A A Kinder has been on the sick list but is better. Skating is the program for the boys during this cold weather. J A Burk is losing some nice calves. Sidney Smith and Mitt Kinder Jr.
Last Monday brought the coldest weather in three years. Town residents report routine sh optimizing activity, with many locals transacting business in Lutesville and Glen Allen on Tuesday and Wednesday. Names appear in various cycles of commerce, visits, and social events, including Dr. Davault, J. A. Berry, W. L. Clingingsmith, and Mrs. Shell's funeral observed by Mrs. Lane and Mrs Robins.
Local residents and visitors travel through Lutesville over the holidays. Names include Wilson Jones of Whitewater Mrs Isaac D Francis and families from Bessville Schlattz Dry Creek and Osceola Ark. Departures tied to Christmas visits. Jacob Shell dies aged 84 at Dry Creek. Harold Cunningham returns to help at his ailing father.
Local residents report visits by F. Miller and Frank Robins while G. W. Stilts and D. C. Zimmerman shopped in town. Next Monday December 28 marks a special road district election with limited opposition and warnings that taxes won’t rise. Voters urged to study the law and vote YES.
Constable Vangilder transacted business at the county seat. Preparations at Sunday schools for the holidays. Mayfield creek resident JE Hueter visits Dunklin county friends, while several Chatsworth residents tend to a ill mother. Nashville students Fern Hobbs and Willie Yount return home for holidays. Local figures from Buchanan, Columbia, and Lutesville appear in town and share greetings. Old poems and reflections on aging and memory accompany a faded clipping note about a Fisherman’s Strange Experience.
A devotional poem praying for comfort and relief from sorrow and pain. The speaker asks for protection and release from weariness, lifting of laughter, and shared contentment with the needy. Signature reads James Whiteamb Riley.
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