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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1905
Page
4
Local items report Dr McAnally’s baby ill and Mrs McMinn’s child improving. Subscriptions renewed from I G Stovall Cape Girardeau and Marvin Hinkle Elmore Colorado. Passcola location of Dr C A Wells noted. Taylor Mercantile Co advertises heating stoves from five dollars. Probates and frame shop notices ahead. Ex-sheriff A G King visits. Mrs King improving. News mentions Brownwood Sturdivant people and community notices.
The term report for district No 4 township 29 range 10 closes January 27 1905 shows enrollment 0 average daily attendance 30 25 50 with 15 tardiness cases and 1 corporal punishment not recorded Length of school term six months May Hecker teacher The town reports two new clubs Curent Topic for college students and Night Owl Club for townsfolk aiming at literary and physical culture The ad seeks trustworthy manager for a Chicago company promising $20 weekly pay no investment needed and asks applicants to send a self addressed envelope to Manager 810 Como Block Chicago IL.
Fire discovered at 2 50 PM January 31 1905 in a Patton two story building owned by C N Dennis. It spread to Grindstaff dwelling and restaurant and forced the wrecking of Mrs Bollinger’s dwelling. Loss totals 5100 with insurance 1200. Witness reports a farm for sale near Marble Hill by C R Estes Scopus Missouri.
Tryon gallons of coal oil at Jim Portis and local courts to sit next week. Notices mention Probyte and Aquire Bowman's court, with Mayfield residents visiting town. Various residents travel, recoveries noted, and Judge William Conrad dies aged 87 in Perry county. tributes to early settlers and relatives.
MEN AND WOMEN in this county and adjoining territories, to represent and advertise an old established house of solid financial standing. Salary to men $21 weekly, to women $12 to $18 weekly with Expenses advanced each Monday by check direct from headquarters. Horse and buggy furnished when neces sary, position permanent. Address Blow Bros. & Co., Dept. 5, Monon Bldg., Chicago, Ill.
Malissa Jane Nelson files for divorce from Ethilard Benton Nelson in the Bollinger circuit court. The petition states the husband is nonresident, and publication is ordered in Marble Hill Press with next term set for March, requiring appearance to plead or the decree may be entered.
A lively town column salutes winter, notes stalled business, and urges civic action. It urges sending Mose Whyburk to Washington for senator, laments political figures, and mocks delays in rail and road projects. A child’s burn incident, shop changes, and calls for a brighter Laflin appear amid local lore.
The Twice-a-Week Republic of St. Louis and Farm Progress offer a one dollar annual subscription. The republic boasts a century of readership and delivers world news with state editions. Special departments are edited by experts with regional reports.
The excerpt records a crowded office situation with a buildup of paperwork and limited space. It notes late-arriving items and the inability to accommodate more, asking readers to bear with the constraints while aiming to serve everyone.
Winter confined to bed with illness. Charles Wannod in town on Friday. Attorney Marr traveled to Farr on business. H. Sandbrook on a trip to Fredericktown. Moses Whabark of Cape Girardeau visited Lutesville. Miss Mavine Reve d le, Latin teacher, visited family over weekend. Reverend Mhelps to move to Okhwe ma spot after buying government land. Kiew Scope began revival meeting at the MoE. Congregations size grew despite weather. Miss Deila Warren returned to school after mother’s illness improved. Emanuel Mouser, about six miles south of Lutesville, died after a stroke, mourned by friends.
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