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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
8
A fragment from a local item notes Tae Maguane Tien Pitess at the Marlite Hill post office. The text reads like a stray OCR line and offers limited readable details about the scene or action. No clear outcome or dates are present in the readable segment.
A dated, polemical verse piece by Minnie Steele titled The Crisis of the Nation denounces alcohol tax policies and special privileges. It laments public revenue losses, condemns Bacchus on the throne, and criticizes corrupt influence shaping taxation and morality in Missouri.
Local notes describe health, farm work, accidents, and visitors. Thomas Farmway suffered a deep wound from a horse kick last Sunday. Kendal Protter recovers from typhoid fever and attends to light duties. Arthur Tate injures his foot at work. Others include visits, moves, and social events. A revival meeting is anticipated at McEchurel, with well digging by BH Bollinger nearby. Socialism remarks at a Kansas City visitor’s speech amid a late Fourth celebration.
Miss Ruth Brantley returned from Paxico to stay with family. Miss Mildred Kirkpatrick cut her foot last week. Mrs W K Whitener has been ill. J W Rowe family visited Dolph Fish family. Edgar Fields and daughter Letha with his niece attended the Greenbrier baptism. Elizabeth Abernathy of Grav elt on visits. Huffstutter and Misses Rowe and Fish visited Ruth Brantley. Buck Home Acar.
Our picnic on July 4 was well attended and passed off quietly. Prospects for fine corn crops here are flattering. People in this vicinity are thrashing wheat with good yield and quality. Hobart James had the misfortune.
Health is poor today. Rain fell Monday night. Oats crop is poor in the area. Johnson Wiseman visited Zalma on business Monday. Thomas Fowler of Swinton plans to move to Brownwood. St. Louis men buying hillside land as prices rise. Kern and Null at Lutesville Monday. Kern went to St. Louis, returned Tuesday. Dongola lodge to host picnic July 22. David Shell sold 9.75 dollars of honey last Saturday. Corn crop looks good now. Henry Casinger built a compressed air thrashing machine operated near Advance last week. Mention of patent churn and Bollinger county search war.
The column lists farm yields such as Penturf averaging 20 bushels per acre, visits by multiple families to relatives in Marquand and Burfordville, church services by Rev. Hoy and Rev. O A Bowers, a July 15 picnic, several births and illness updates, and various town activities including a Twin City band concert and an ice cream supper at Union church amid dry weather.
Health is very good. Frank Lacy visits brother Emanuel at Tallent. John Harty visits friends in Jonesboro. Mrs Hinkle on the sick list with other Hinkle family members attending a horse sale at Lowmiles. Maude Fischer returns from Zalma. Henry Stilts visits his father at Arab. Grandpa Stilts quite sick. Buchanan visitors attend Gipsy Sunday School. singing class progresses nicely. Mr and Mrs Donn and Webster enjoy a day at Gipsy.
Ddison Allen notes a safe Fourth with a local picnic in Marquand and reports a good time. Dr. Farrar and Fred Ellis fished on Castor River last week. Abell and Anderson's show appeared here Thursday night. D R Peak traveled from St Louis for the holiday. C H Howard of Arkansas returned home for the Fourth. R J London and family also homeward bound.
Foundation work begins for Albert Myers house as Ann Estes drives a surrey while a local bus undergoes renovation. Mrs. Ed Parks and Oran’s sister visit the city. John Phelps shows improvements on the icehouse. Mr. Brinning plans to move to Poplar Bluff soon. Leon Lesslie from Oklahoma City also mentioned.
A brief Punch comic exchange frames a character accusing another of deception. The humor hinges on implied knowledge of truth and social cleverness in a restrained dialogue.
A short quip from the Chicago Record-Herald notes a domestic moment as one person recalls listening to another speaking in sleep for half an hour, prompting a playful reply about restraint. The item captures a light, humorous exchange between individuals.
On August 17 in Hollinger County Probate Court I will make a final settlement as guardian of the estate of William F. Hell deceased. A true exhibit of the account between ward and guardian has been filed. P. McCans is the guardian.
Notice is hereby given that letters of administration for the estates of Samuel Hahn and Benjamin F. Keichel were granted by the Probate courts of Hollinger and Bellinger counties Missouri. Heirs and creditors must present claims within one year for allowance or be barred. publication dates indicate the start of the deadline and two year limits apply for claim demonstrations. Manv K. Hawn and Onasnian, Administrators.
Notice states that letters of administration ailing in Pottinger County Missouri were granted May 12 to the undersigned. All heirs bearing against relates to the estate must appear within one year to resist claims and refrain from benefiting from the estate. Publication marks the start of the one year period.
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