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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1918
Page
1
Will Mayfield College started the second semester on January 7, 1918. The notice records the date as the formal reopening for classes and activities following holidays.
The Red Cross Ratlinger County chapter met January 7 1918 at the courthouse for official business. JK Welle resigned as secretary and John W Sample was selected to fill the vacancy. The next meeting was set for January 21 at 7 pm. Members of unit No 1 meet Mondays at 1 pm and unit No 2 meet weekly at 150. A collection of $0.25 was reported, aiding Crooked Creek township's efforts. The write up praises wartime unity and community support despite differences. Creditor Wolls takes notes at each meeting boosting Red Cross activities.
In Creca Township the Red Cross drive gains pace as Roseville women host a box supper at Unies church with Rev HP Crowe speaking on war work. The effort forms a cohesive local Red Cross group led by WA Setull and Mes Jente Reagao, with five new meetings at Piney Union Liberty Mount Carmel and Union Light. Walter Denman and community volunteers, including young women Eunice Davis and Stella Salyer, drive the campaign amid cold weather and schoolchild choir singing “Canning the Kaiser.”
Wartime letter fragment praises Allied victory and condemns Germany. It includes a soldier’s home visit memory, a printed song about sacrifice, and calls to support Red Cross and M C A. The piece expresses confidence in ultimate defeat of Kaiser and urges continued home front effort.
A jumble of forest and rail stories, crimes, deaths, and oddities from surrounding towns. Reports include a German spy accusation, a man found dead near Bismarck, two deaths from a wire collision near Poplar Bluff, a hung jury in Doe Run, a road murder near Delassus, a Pascal train accident, and Red Cross membership efforts. The pieces mention Cairo, St Louis, Malden, Caruthersville, and Rector, Arkansas, with locals like Jester Measenger and Sam Wright, plus several unnamed officials and witnesses.
Senator La Follette and pacifist critics are denounced by former President Taft at a Rockford Illinois event. Taft argues Kaiser victory would threaten Canada and urges decisive action, calling opponents traitors and warning of consequences. The talk, before draftees, frames world peace as at stake and cites Canada as a potential indemnity.
A wartime plea urges Missouri to supply what Uncle Samuel needs as the nation fights the war. The speaker notes scarce time for reflection during wartime production and asks for durable, sustaining goods to support soldiers. The message references war crops and domestic effort, hinting at supplies already on hand and the need for delivery.
Public notice from Bollinger County Collector listing delinquent taxpayers and urging payment by February 1. The document blends farm reports and agricultural advice about crop estimates and grain yields, referencing Gene Logan and local farming conditions, with guidance on pork curing and a note about the Howdeshell forest sale to the government for aircraft propellers and gun stocks.
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