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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1914
Page
4
Rural notes from Trenton Register lament slow progress on civic projects and party strength shifts as residents discuss bolstering the commercial club in southeast Missouri. Editorials touch on prospects for university agricultural funding, Mexican affairs, and a humorous aside about advance subscription payments.
The Toe Press notes a minimal circuit court docket in the county, calling it among the lightest in the state. It highlights shrinking records since local option adoption and frames the court as a prudent financial and moral investment for taxpayers.
The St Louis Republic dedicated a sixteen page Sunday section to promoting southeast Missouri towns and industries with strong illustrations of public and private buildings. The piece argues land will not stay cheap as the region develops and urges readers to buy a home now, even if only forty acres.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Lt Hane, Penrose, and Bill Flynn with hints of a candidacy and opposition actions. Details are unreadable. no clear events, dates, or locations can be confirmed.
A Missouri Ruralist quip notes that fear of aging often comes from those who have not experienced aging, suggesting a humorous take on attitudes toward growing older and the value of lived experience.
A historical note explains loose smut in oats, its visible symptoms, and two formalin based seed treatments. It details mixing one pint of commercial formalin with 40 to 50 gallons of water, immersing or sprinkling oats, then drying. It warns formalin is poisonous but safe in weak solution and that excess treated seed can be fed after airing.
An practical disinfecting method using permanganate of potash and formalin is described as absolutely reliable and safe. Close the room, place 7.5 ounces of permanganate per 1000 cubic feet in a pail, add one pint of 40 percent formalin, pour into the pail, seal the room for four hours, then air. Suitable for typhoid, smallpox, diphtheria, tuberculosis, and other infections with increased chemical amounts for tuberculosis.
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