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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1891
Page
4
Margate Hit Press, Missouri, dated Thursday January 8 1891, lists subscription rates and advertising terms. Rates shown include single copy and various time periods with advance payment emphasized. Local publication details appear in this historic county paper.
The Enterprise Messenger enlarges to a 9-column folio amid news of gamblers in Jefferson City and upcoming Missouri General Assembly sessions. Reports mention Hose Reed leaving the speaker’s chair, railroad hopes on Belmont Branch, experimental airship from Mount Carmel to Chicago, and a new treasurer in State Grain Inspector duties. Illinois Republicans plot to contest seats, while Senator Farwell proposes 2000 for rain by explosives, quoting Stanford on blasting and rainfall correlations.
A brutal 1890 murder near a northeast Missouri town shook a quiet community. Jacob May and his wife were attacked by intruders using a double barreled shotgun after 9 00 PM on November 18. May died and his wife was narrowly spared as suspects Sanford Francis Joseph Verdee George Crites David Upshaw J W Harris George Smith and Charlie Ray were named in warrants issued December 26 and later dismissed down to Francis and Verdee for preliminary examination. The case paused as officials reorganized and awaits grand jury action while the press previews forthcoming details.
A long verse narrative follows a printer who is dismissed as merely a printer by a rich, ambitious lover. Years pass, the printer travels, and the former beloved seeks a wealthy match. A barber and a shop scene pivot to a dramatic reveal about social climbing and true worth. Local notes report a social event, house move, business changes, illness, and a fire destroying a schoolhouse and Masonic Hall with insurance details.
Reading through a collage of historical bed designs from around the world the article contrasts tropical hammocks Chinese redsteads German short beds and English four post frames noting imperial iron beds rise while ancient Greeks Roman beds stood on frames. It then pivots to a Trainer L GovErnments cartoonish critique of American Indian treaties since 1776 and closes with a quip about a businessman's boxing lessons saving his bacon after a street encounter.
The notice records four head of cattle taken up by G. H. Sample and posted before Justice J. M. Cruse in Lorvnce Township on December 20, 1890. Cattle described include one white-faced with a crop and notch and three cows marked with crops and overbits, with red and white spots noted.
A list of executors administrators guardians required by law to exhibit accounts for settlement on the grand date February 6 1890 at noon in the Marble Hill Missouri courthouse. The document names numerous surnames including Hindman Wariner Barrett Calhoun Chaw Pederick Bell and others associated with Monroe, Thomas, Baker, Hopkins, Meyers, Jackson, Welch, Vandivie, and D&A D&A. It records dates and attendees for the February term opening day and lists many individuals tied to the wider court process.
Notice announces the exhibition of accounts in the unsigned estate of Robert J. Statler filed by W. K. Chantiller as signee of paid estate at the November term 1890 to be approved next term on March 7 1891 unless excused. Clerk Wa. M. Monax signs. Also dissolves partnership between J. W. Slinkard and H. F. Tong doing business as Slinkard Tong dissolved by mutual consent with J. W. Slinkard assuming all debts. BLINKAND & TONG.
Administrator Anne May announces letters of administration for the estate of Jacob A Many, deceased, granted by the Probate Court of Hollinger County Missouri on December 2, 1889. Creditors must present claims within one year for allowance or risk loss of benefits. claims exhibited within two years from publication will be forever barred.
Daniel Whitener as Trustee will sell at Marble Hill courthouse in Bollinger County Missouri on January 10, 1891, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section twenty five, township thirty one range vi east, containing 40 acres, to the highest bidder for cash plus costs, to satisfy a deed of trust securing a promissory note held by E W Fisher and Mary B Fisher.
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