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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1902
Page
4
Local column reports multiple residents' movements and town events in Marble Hill and surrounding areas. Mentions purchases, mill property sale, church notices, court actions, a lecture, farm yields, stray animals, and a fundraising update for Rosemont Hall with financial clarifications from T. A. Bowmar.
The oyster supper held by the Degree of Honor last Wednesday evening drew a good attendance. Miss Myrtle Lutes turned 61, and several Glen Allen youngsters attended. Dr J J Chandler hosted visits to Seopas, and Billings has been ill with a fever but improving. Notable locals include Mrs A Mascoy uniting at Delta, Mr and Mrs L A Goodwin welcoming a son born on the 10th, and John R Foley visiting from Poplar Bluff. Community events feature temperance talks at the ME Church and a successful morning service with conversions and additions.
The 1902 World Almanac and Encyclopedia is promoted as a comprehensive reference with over 600 pages of facts. It lists topics from millionaires to labor, canals, treaties, census data, and more, priced at 25 cents with mail orders inclosing 10 cents for postage.
In a statewide flare of party rhetoric the Missouri Democratic platform decries Republican tax policy, pledges to tax corporations, restore school funds, and rebuild credit. It asserts Democratic governance has revived state finances, education funding, and public services while condemning decades of Republican plunder and corporate immunity. The report also notes a Kansas City dispatch on Kansas drought and Missouri water shortages hurting agriculture and rail transport.
The administrator of the estate of Wilain Newell announces a final settlement hearing in Ballinger County Probate Court. The session will occur on the next term’s Monday, February 10, at the court in Molly Bud County.
Notice is hereby given to creditors and all interested that the administrator of the estate of Salle A.oe deceased will appear for settlement on the first day of the next term of the Probate Court of Bollinger county to be held at Marble Hill on Monday February 30 1908.
Notice is hereby given to creditors and others interested that the undersigned administrator of the estate of John W. Barker deceased will hold the final settlement on February 10 at Marble UA in Bollinger County.
Stray notice dated November 23 1901 before Justice BR Mee Wayne township Hollinger county Missouri reports a dark red gry mare mule 3 years old with white forehead marking branded H on Saft ehobler about 13 hands high and a hay more male foal or colt about his hands high no marks visible, appraised at forty five dollars by D M McDenis James R Davia and W iL Sraiman W A Trapono.
The notice states that Gray House was taken up by D K Westenhayer and rented before Charles Nenninger on January 10 1908 in Bollinger County. The property described is a bay mare about 15 hands high, with white facial markings and white on hind feet, valued at thirty dollars.
Letters of administration granted to W. K. Chandler by Ballinger County Probate Court Missouri dated December 20 1901. All claims must be presented for allowance within one year from letters. If not presented within two years, claims will be barred. W. K. Campbell er, Administrator.
Despite rumors of his death Prof Hicks gains fame as the people's astronomer in The Almanac for igor and the journal Wonns sap Wonks. His 200 page Almanac sells 25 cents and the family journal one dollar a year from Works Pub Co 120 Locust St, St Louis.
A chaotic collage of old ad copy and humorous snippets from various papers tout Ballard’s Snow Liniment Herbine and Chamberlains Cough Remedy. It mixes quips about money, police, and daily life with patrols of medical cures and anecdotal testimonials, featuring several vendors like Chandler & Witmer and Witmer.
A testimonial from R. M. Flleavo of Piqua touts Gooch's Mexican Syrup as a cure for coughs colds and lung troubles. The letter notes a young woman restored to health after using the syrup and returning to work. Also mentions praise from a veteran and a claim of relief for whooping cough. Chandler Witmer Marble Hill and others distribute.
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