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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
8
A marginal note from Marble Hill postal records references a second Cikay matter filed at the local office. The fragment suggests ongoing administrative steps or inquiries within postal operations.
Snow lent features to social notes as Miss Azalea Cakdwell and Miss Alta Crites visited home folks in Lutesville and Fredericktown. Uncle Mitz Kinder shows health improvement while Cora Bess edits at Fredericktown, and Roy Wagner visits sister in Latesville.
Fragmented local notes report ongoing heavy snow and a string of unrelated neighborhood tidbits. Names and places drift through a garbled diary of December events, including mentions of community members, purchases, and a minor vehicle accident with a punctured tire.
Quiet Christmas season in Jackson area with multiple visits and errands. Mr and Mrs Charles Schreiner hosted activities while J W Oldham and Jesse Oldham conducted work tasks. Connie Oldham and Fo Schreiner aided hog butchering. C M Johnson and son Dewey traveled to Jackson on business. Farmers plow season for corn amid local commerce and social visits.
Mr and Mrs McKinley Willard of Dunklin county returned home after visiting Mrs Huckingham and relatives. Rev Hussong of Lutesville preached at McGee chapel Sunday. Kin Cooper and Noah Robins of near Searcy Arkansas visited relatives here and reported things all right in Arkansas.
An Indiana man from Loogootee recounts a lifelong struggle with a delicate liver and malarial fever. Starting at age ten, he used Thedford's Black-Draught and claims a rapid, permanent cure, contradicting skeptics who doubted his survival. The piece promotes the remedy as a standard liver stomach and bowel tonic, urging readers to try it.
Community mentions travel plans to Missouri, shopping trips in Delta, and apartment moves. Franklin Whitener prepares for Missouri trip, Mrs. Frood Tripp and Arthur Pridy visit Montana, and Oscar Walston and family are among shoppers. Frank Buros returns from surgery for appendicitis. An obituary notes a long-lived widow with church ties, and a funeral held for a young child.
A collage of local quotes and observations spans travel misfortunes and street talk, with LC Carey of Heston at the Willard weighing leather markets, embargo chatter, and shifting prices. The piece notes rising leather prices, a postwar export push, and calls for more efficient revenue through cooperative legislature.
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