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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1909
Page
8
The Marble Hill Press is designated as second class matter at the Markie Phill post office, indicating its mailing status and processing category.
Our Correspondents report Troy Francis cutting his leg with an axe. West Myers attended the teachers exam at Marble Vil last Friday and Saturday. Born to Mr and Mrs Grover Myers June 2, 1800 a fine girl. Picnics on the river bank discussed. A A Ronde made a business trip to Albright recently. Georgee BL Myers's mother on the stake List. Charley Thomas and brother bought a binder. Adam Silves has a new disc culdl Valor. Uriah gras about to take the corte fie this section. Chied Mebane of Lowndes in the neighborhood recently. Frank Chronister at Grassy a few days age.
The column records a mix of community events and health concerns. Farmers report harvest completed and crops looking fine while sickness rises with doctors smiling. Church activities include Rev Sikes and Rev Brotherton at Freewill Baptist services and Paschal's appointment near Krallman. Local visits feature families like Clark Austin with John Davidson and Nora Gaither visiting Amanda Reitman.
Prof. John F. Winters and his wife attended the Marble Hill teachers' examination last Friday and Saturday. David Snider, once taken to Mayfield sanitarium in St Louis, reportedly improved after treatment. W C Hayes of the Hayes hotel is also mentioned in the Laflin notes.
Cape Girardeau resident Scott Davis returns to Mill Creek to tend farms while Miss Lacy Crafton visits her sister Mrs John Crader at Gravel Hill. Rumors speak of a Latlin picnic on July 17 and a proposed RK FLD route Leopold to Dongolane. Mose Thomas and wife recover after a shooting involving Hill Cochran who evaded the sheriff.
Farmers in Greenbrier state they are busy with field work as the Lloyd Mercantile Company reports active trade. Local growers prepare corn crops while merchants note steady demand and ongoing labor across farms.
An advertisement for Ager’s Hair from the Ayer company of Lowell Mass asserts it destroys germs causing dandruff and then completes the cure by restoring the scalp to a healthy condition.
MeCALLS MAGAZINE promotes patterns dressmaking millinery and tree patterns with other fashion items. Local notes report store plans by Adidneas WE Met ALL CO New York and a growing business reputation. Community mentions include teachers exams visits and farm movements amid July 3 preparations in the area.
A collection of pithy sermon phrases on virtue and self examination. It contrasts striving zeal with cautious restraint and warns against hollow piety. Lines suggest moral reflection rather than narrative events.
For three or four years Marble Hill and nearby residents have been drinking the pure water from a deep well, which appears to have halted the spread of disease in the area. The report highlights continued favorable health indicators and notes the community’s reliance on the well’s supply.
A Missouri report on a recently bored public well describes its water as alkaline with low sulphates and chlorides, valued for health. It notes no typhoid or malaria issues and promotes the well as a free public resource with a deep 98 foot supply. Will Mayfield college offers an 182 foot well believed to duplicate the public source.
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