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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1920
Page
8
Our correspondents report on late arrivals and summer weather as residents visit family and friends. Several locals are ill or recovering while others travel to towns like Advance, Missouri and Kansas for work, hospital stays, and visits. The piece notes church services, harvest plans, sawmilling activity, and community announcements with a casual, frontier newspaper tone.
Perkins Creek and Little Vine report good health and busy fields as corn plowing leads the day. Corp Charley Middleton, recently returned from Camp Benning Ga, is back home. Mr Emery Baker passed through Friday. Miss Dora Middleton stays with J B Moore near Zalma. Oscar Galloway visited Claude and Henry Francis Sunday. Miss Mattie Galloway visited sister Dell Williams Friday to Sunday. Marshall Middleton and Floyd.
Dear Editor reports a light Friday rain that failed to alleviate the very dry ground. Local updates mention Rev Elmer Shells toothache delaying a Latte Vine appointment, visits by Mr and Mrs Frank Myers and daughter Lula, C M Null visiting Louis Null on Clubb Creek, Lish Baker seen on Perkins Creek, Ad Key cutting wheat, Rev Emer Shell hauling lumber to Zalma, plans for a new depot, and concern that farmers may struggle if corn yields are good. Bud and Sis sign off.
Arrived too late for last issue the writer notes good health and mentions cutting wheat as the order of the day.
The list covers visits by Rev. P Kurtenbach and the Engelen sisters to grandparents, Fred Thiele dairying ventures and a new vehicle, local baseball between Jerusalem Shiggers and Leupold Stars with an 8 to 7 result, a burn accident to Ida Elfrink, attendance at a ball game, and various family visits. Also noted are a fire at Harrison Robins’ house, hospital trip for Kirkpatrick, and a humorous Santa Barbara hotel anecdote about honey at a wedding trip.
Health 8 pretty good Wheat and oats harvests busy for Farivers. Mr and Mrs Than McCormick visited Mr and Mrs Willian Harris and Mr and Mrs Ansher Harks. Sun Services at Union Grove church well attended. Mr and Mrs Joe Harrold visited Melvin Liley. Miss Fale Sharp hosted by Alma and Vera Liley. Frank Kinder of the Cape visiting Flatwoods. Eula Sharp visited sister-in-law Mrs Homer Sharp. Lyman Lutes on the play list. Mr and Mrs Henry Buehler visited daughter Mrs Raymond Pirtle. Mrs Mike Sharp visited Mrs Edward Williams. Best wishes to The Press and its readers. Curly Locks.
Chassy Creek residents Mr Emery Faker and his wife and Uncle G B Talley with wife visited Rev T W Cooper Sunday. A prayer meeting followed the visit, reflecting local church activity and community ties.
A garbled plea lists thousands needed for census postal and railway work plus Washington positions. It mentions offers and prices, rounded names, and a fake preparatory deal. The text includes mis-spelled names and unclear references to locations or authorities.
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