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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
8
Our correspondent notes variable crops with potatoes affected by dry weather and calls for more county news. Farmers like Oscar Ward and Walter Abernathy report plowing, planting corn, and weather impacts while residents frequent Lutesville and Gravelton for church, shopping, and social events.
Harvesting wheat and oats appears common as Leo Robins of Essex visits family and friends. Local attendance rises at Liutesville and Zalma events. Effie Jordan and Hobson Wagner were called to Squire Halln on July 2, wishing the couple a long happy life. Dora Midleton returns from Zalma to stay with JB Moores and may travel to St. Louis for work. several youths plan to seek employment there. Dorothy JF Whitener attends local events. T A Middleton plans another return trip with his daughter. Readers are urged to send in news to The Press and its readers.
Health is generally good with several visits among residents. Mrs Huffman back on the mend. multiple visits to Masters and Huffman households noted. A Sunday rain spurred corn plowing. local chatter mentions chicken training and visitors from nearby families.
The Rev Elmer Shell suffered a sprained ankle while in the log woods last week. He hopes to return to log hauling soon. The note mentions Rev Shell's ongoing troubles and includes news of Clarence Brasier’s death near Zalma on Friday night.
Clarence and his brother along with a friend were in a boat when a stick of dynamite exploded, tossing one man into the water. He was buried at Union Hill church Sunday. CM Null and family drove to Lutenville in a car they recently bought. Dave Newell and family took a quick trip to Northwestville on Saturday. Best wishes to The Press and many friends.
After a rest a flue rain fell on the Fourth. Charles Sehreiner and others from Jackson visit kin in nearby towns. Families including Proffer, Schreiner, Williams, and Shellinger are noted visiting relatives, with health ailments like rheumatism and colds mentioned amid a social roundup.
A fragment notes recruitment nationwide for census, postal, and railway roles in Washington with firms advertising preparatory offers. Mentions pain relief product My-Tisin and several names, including Grover W Swimm and Everett Switu, in a shuffled listing of people and places.
An advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy. It claims internal action to destroy the disease’s foundation, strengthen constitution, and restore nature. A $100 reward is offered if a case remains uncured, with testimonials and responses requested.
Marble Hill lodge meets the second and fourth Thursday nights monthly. Transient brethren are invited. J A McGiornan W M R A DeWitt Secretary.
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