29 Jan 1902
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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1902
Page
1
Fragmented reads on Missouri politics, Roosevelt Quay faction, and national issues. Mentions Governor Dockery visiting Farmington, cottage asylum plan, debates over anti-bolter votes, and public skepticism about project pacing amid harsh economic rhetoric.
Our Correspondents alata. Here I come again. The death angel visited this week, taking the beloved infant of Mr. and Mrs. Byer. We extend our condolences to the family as Lagos stays busy caring for the whet.
Annie Haas visits friends in town while Ila Hutt stops by for a few days. News covers teachers, students, a spelling match, a literacy society gathering, health updates, and local visits by Prof Dawnett and others. A funeral, livestock dealings, accidents, and new pupils accompany the weekly report.
Local item notes wheat outlook is poor with some fields frozen out and multiple small happenings. Residents Wiley Neff Bollinger A Bollinger W J Bollinger visited Saline River for a fishing tip. Uncle Ben Monger weakens. H B Hartle adds a fence. Mrs Clara Samples and baby ill with influenza. Dr Shirley treating. Heiligan school teacher Miss Ballard hosted at Bollinger residence. Bollinger family plastering at G W Johnson’s property. Johnson suffers an injury. A woman dies after a slip on frozen ground. Infrastructure work underway on Whitewater near DB Conrad’s by J We, B F Johnson, and Chaplay Kholdman. Dollo’s willpike weeks mentioned. Abry Johnson relocates and contemplates moving from Wayne County.
Cap Edwards Dunklin County Mail describes a fervent scene celebrating a political candidate. The piece extols the candidate as eager, patient, and devoted to public service, urging voters to back him despite burdens and obstacles. It paints a portrait of a trusted, jolly figure whose journey mirrors civic effort and faith in progress.
Frederick town trust takes control of the Madigan County book as smallpox fears ease in Fredericktown. A Postmaster store burglary at Flat River on January 20. a major line wreck near Mill Springs last Wednesday killed three and injured one. St Francis County Health Board enforces strict smallpox quarantine with one death reported. A Sofia dispatch notes Misa Elen M Stone and Mme Tailke ransom paid. captives to be released. In Dunklin County road tax collected and misallocated to royal way funds. Farmington talks on the trust question March 13 raise funds for Carleton College. In Caruthersville J B King shoots K L Reeves. King jailed awaiting preliminary hearing. Col B Sturdivant retires. Leon J Albert becomes president of the bank. Old clock featured in Pemiscot Press.
The Southeast Missouri mining firm buys a first diamond drill, plans work near Gravel Hill and seeks 26 years’ experience experts. A massive fossil bone found east of the county hints at a large ancient creature, with other bones unearthed nearby. The report notes railroad interests and local farm expansion across Pemiscot and nearby counties as a broader economic mood.
The Sunny South daily aims to boost Southern talent with a 500-story competition and a 60 000 subscriber base under Mrs Mary B E Bryan. A combined subscription with the Atlanta Constitution and The Sunny South costs 2 and includes entry into the Constitution’s cash contest. Readers urged to subscribe during January to ensure credit.
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