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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1911
Page
8
A fragment notes Maree Hine Press entered at the Mavile Prill post office as secondeclass hatter, indicating a classification action or mailing status in a historical record. The readable text suggests an official designation but lacks broader context.
Our Correspondents note grip like corm plants spreading locally. 2 F Yount filled his Union Light appointment Sunday. Mrs May Yount of St Louis visits her parents with Mr Geir Chubb. Jon Ho Hensen is elated by new drift this winter as Buck Eves and others report.
Local note reports Aunt Harriet Slinkard aged and nearly speechless going to her nephew Nicholas Slinkard's home. Roy and James Miller finished tying for Leo Fulton. JF Miller traveled to Fredericktown on a business trip. Post office shifts: Yount to Fredericktown star route discontinued. Higdon and Ezra now served by rural route 2 from Fredericktown. Community chatter and visits noted.
The column lists the start of examinations and welcomes new students. It notes visits by Prof. Buvault, Garnett, Sitze, and Ning Grinastey with local stops, plus a Will Mayfield Debating Society meeting in the Coleen chapel Friday evening.
A reader notes a passenger train wreck at Marjuem with anxious hours for Reese Rickets and family. Aunt Chita Huffianois sits up. Mintie Hale ill but improving. Rev OG Hutt preached. Elder MoE plan Ridge visit. Alva Gromer surveyed line. Baby girl born to Reese Rickets on January 8.
Scattered items report sickness rising in the vicinity and several social visits. Mrs Mully Limbaugh visits Fredericktown. Miss Bennie Limbaugh visits Mayfield. Tom Lincoln plans a new house. Uncle Frank McCray dies near Mayfield store aged about 76. Community events include spelling bees, box suppers, and church services at Dos Zola and Orchard Knob. Died Jefferson Bess near Trowel aged about 78. Groundhog Day and Valentine’s Day jokes interwoven with local chatter.
Dex Creek notes a quiet period with visits among local families. Mr and Mrs James Johnson visited Mr and Mrs Clifton Sunday. Grover Baker and sister Miss Emma returned from Dongola last week. Warmer days hint at spring with a potential wedding on Sylvan ridge involving Joseph Vangennip, a prosperous resident.
The Advance Telephone Company announces a service in partnership with Stewart Sonik McCormack to provide livestock price quotations and market conditions by phone. Farmers and the public may request the information at their nearest central office without subscribing, and government weather forecasts are available after ten o'clock.
State of Missouri at the relation of W. L. Dunn, Collector, files suit against Annie Umbarger. Plaintiff, through attorney W. K. Chandler, alleges the defendant is not a resident of Missouri and clerk orders notice by publication in vacation to inform her of the legal action.
The document details an enforcement petition concerning the west half of the northwest quarter of section 17 in township 33 north range 9 east containing eighty acres. It commands Annie Um barger to appear at the Marble Hill circuit court by the March term and directs publication of this order in the Marble Hill Press for four weeks.
State of Missouri issued for Bollinger County Circuit Court March Term 1911 naming defendants Francia Kittrell heirs of T D Adams Radford W Hill heirs of Radford W Hill R B Spake heirs of R B Spake James D Huff heirs of James D Huff and notifying them of actions with greeting and date of January installment.
Legal notice filed by plaintiff through attorney seeking service on multiple heirs and defendants in a case in Marble Hill Missouri. Clerk verifies petition, affidavit, and order of publication. Publication to run weekly in Marble Hill Press for four consecutive weeks before the next term. Judge and clerk stamps dated January 1911.
A playful note reports Appropriately Named Smith has a baby girl. The family chose the name Oleo margarine in a tongue in cheek moment, reflecting a lighthearted joke rather than a formal naming.
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