09 Jul 1908
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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
1
A stream of political candidate announcements for Bollinger county and surrounding districts appears, noting names such as Thomas F. Lane Willis Meredith William McCans George Myers Henry Mungle Wes Lutes Lilburn Page John Nenninger Eli James Jacob Wiececarver Lee Reilly George Kinder and Eli Hahn. The item also mentions road work incentive singing school plans cotton country travel plans and a departing note from Olympia.
Our Correspondents report Rev Miller of Sedgewickville filling iev D E Barretts Ridge church appointment Sunday. Many attend picnics at Glen Allen and Marquand for the Fourth. Pearl Cooper visited his father. George Moore family visited daughter Mrs John Lee who is sick. Forrest Wheelers uncle visiting. Dines Bess killed hawks, one 51 inches long. Arthur Green visited home folks. Estella Green improving. Children Day exercises planned for Ridge church third Sunday. County Sunday school convention at Union church August 19 and 20. Henry Sittes funeral sermon to be preached Sunday July 26. BESSVILLAN.
Health improving with hay harvest underway as corn plowing wanes. Local crops appear weak this season. Walter Key and Samuel Hilderbrand visited the neighborhood last Sunday. P. W. Wilkinson plans to start a steady-running sawmill soon. Citizens cheer Mr. Taxpayer on the road issue amid ongoing local concerns.
The write up covers W O E Gaines and George Powler planning to buy a farm in northern Oklahoma, Albert Bess selling to James Griffey for about 100 dollars, a flourishing Sunday school under Mrs. Kern, and several summer marriages including James W. Null with Nadie Revelle and Benton Dellinger with Josephine Clifton. The letter closes with cheerful remarks about hot weather and ongoing marriages in the Greenfield area.
Health is good as hot weather broadens. Residents visit relatives and attend Fourth of July events in Lutesville Adlenville and Advance. Local baseball beat Farmers Union 26 to not sure. Death of Jeff Spivy reported at Whitewater. Births marriages and local political notes plus Farmers Union update and plans.
Fragmentary local column mentions Fourth of July gatherings on Castor river near McMinn ford with dinners on the ground and swimming stunts by Robert Malom. Notes political context include withdrawal of two Democratic governor hopefuls, leaving Dave Ball and William Cowherd. Mentions James Woldridge visiting Allenville and a newborn at John and Mrs Jackson. Tsev Sreym.
In Laflin there is no sickness to report and a notable number of local people attended a recent gathering or event, indicating normal community activity and participation.
Health is reasonably good as farmers lay by corn and make hay after a rain shower. Preaching at Kinderchapel Sunday. Families and neighbors visited, fruit and berries in season, picnics at Glen Allen and Marquand, and fishing bees noted. Several local residents travel and visit kin, with Miss Maud Ferguson returning home to Fredericktown.
George Reitzel of Huskey,Lutesville Tuesday. Dan McClain of Bessville last week. Bill Myers of Castor in town Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Adams of the Whitewater hotel spent the Fourth here. Mrs. Sarah Crafton left Friday for Sikeston. Joseph Arthur of Flat River visited John Phelps. Mrs. Jesse B. Yutes visited Glen Allen Tuesday. Mrs. R. L. Yates and baby of Fredericktown visiting Aunt M. Grindstaff near Zalma. Clifton Genter of Paducah returned home after visiting. Oscar L. Phelps returned to Moberly after visiting here. Rev J. M. Welker to fill Glen Allen appointment next Sunday. James Teeters and family returned from Brownwood. James Abernathy, railroad agent at Mill Springs, came home for a short time. Professor Jasper Francis bought from Jesse By Lutes the residence recently.
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