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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1915
Page
8
The Marble Hill Press notes its weekly edition published every Thursday under Hill and Chandler publishers. It is entered at the Marble Hill post office as second class matter.
Our Correspondents report Swinton Health remains strong. Rev Taylor Garrison and son Everett traveled to Bloomfield Friday. Robert Punch teaching at Leora faced a trial for whipping a pupil and was fined five dollars plus costs totaling fifty four dollars. Henry Bridges visited his brother Charlie Bridges Friday night. Young ladies quilt rapidly as Rock Point school ends. Mary Pauline and Joe Habada visited C W Bridges Friday. Cora Lora and Sleathy Bridges visited Pauline and Mary Haburn Sunday. Mrs C W Bridges and her daughter visited Mr and Mrs LC Bland Sunday. If this misses the waste basket we tay come again. Swrvros Coums
Miss Ada King hosted a valentine gathering at the Cane Creek Schoolhouse Friday night attended by numerous friends. Refreshments were served late. The item also lists multiple local visits and social notes from the area including trips to Jackson and Cape Girardeau, schooling updates, and community greetings.
Local notes recount social calls and community happenings in Lowndes with births, marriages, and travel. Entries mention Mrs Ola Donn hosting All Druggists, school closing date February 19, new birth February 1 to Mr. and Mrs Henry Hefner, and multiple trips to town for business and church events across Lutesville Marble Hill Gravel Hill and surrounding areas.
In Flatwoods residents lament the harsh late winter, imagining hunting their plows and warning the soil as a small child dies on February 11, a sad note amidst seasonal strain.
Rain and mud mark weekly travel as George Call and Marsh Lesley journey to Marble Hill while Luther Proffer, John Mungle, and Mose Proffer head to Lutesville for business. Nearby Bert Burfordville and Burfordville figures figure in flour hauling and family visits as residents frequent Marble Hill, Lutesville, Oran, and Kendall Proffer’s area for trades and errands.
A fragmented note mentions Jackson and contemplating moving there soon. It references a person named Jackson and hints at a possible relocation, with minimal additional context or details.
Dongola notes report mild weather inspiring garden work and field plowing as residents recount visits by Mandy Murphy, Overton Harris, Arnold Limbaugh, and others. Dongola school closing February 20 will host an entertain ment that night. A singing at Granville Bridges’ home entertained young people. Ma ann L signs off with best wishes to Tur Press.
Local notes report mild springlike conditions as farmers plan oats and potatoes. C D Whitener hauls potatoes from Mr Broughton, others haul apples for G P Broughton, and crops soon go into ground. Community updates include sick lists, visitors, sales at Olathe, a Delta basketball win, and social visits among residents.
A string of family and neighbor visits are noted around Marble Hill. Names include Whitener Kinder Dorris Ballinger Smith Reimler Rickman Miller Myers Pridy and Ward, with gatherings at J Kinder, Zalma, Miller Chanel, and Adolph Ward's. REFERENCES to family and farm activities mark a lively Sunday and week of hospitality.
WwW M C Notes Granville Collins of Dongola who has been teaching at Dram entered school Tuesday Rev William and Joe Parrott went to Idalia Friday to visit home folks returning Monday Prof W A Davault filled his regular appointment at Marquand last Sunday Lester Stuart went to Birds Point to visit home folks the last of the week Revival meetings are to progress at the Baptist church Everybody is invited to attend Herschel Patterson of Portageville is visiting friends and attending the meeting here Misses Nina Whcecarver and Jennie VanAmburg graduates of Will Mayfield College paid us a visit Monday McCoy Moyers visited home folks and attended church at New Salem Sunday Milford Sander one of our students who has been in St Louis a few days having his eyes treated is back in school again Sament.
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