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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1912
Page
8
Publication line indicates weekly issue and publisher details for Mill & Chandler. It notes Marble Hill post office entry as second volume matter, signaling cataloging or filing status in early newspaper records.
Our Correspondents report Rev F F Yount preached at Millerchapel and singing at T J Pridys with good attendance. Castor baseball team revived as Mrs N A Bollinger and Mr J M Kinder visit Greenville. A moonlight picnic is planned for July 20 at Beals Schoolhouse grove with music recitations dialogs and refreshments.
Dry spell persists as residents report ill health with Uncle Ben Sitze very poorly. Lige Whitener visited his brother at Marquand Sunday while Monroe Lawrence shows some improvement after illness. Joel and June Sitze with Ann Hickman visited Marquand relatives. E A Murray also called on Sitze. Sunday School children prepare for Moore chapel Children’s Day on August 4. Farmers busy stacking wheat plowing corn and cutting hay. Neighbors helped Man Lawrence guard stock wheat Monday against animal damage.
W J Bollinger went to Marble Hill Monday for court business. Farmers in the area are plowing corn and making hay. A crowd gathered in Alliance last Sunday to hear Brother Zene Yount preach. Bollinger and daughter Emma Wallace shopped in Perryville Saturday. Dr George Blaylock of Silver Lake passed through en route to Sedgewickville. Wheat threshing should start late this week. Miss Nona Mouser left for St Louis Saturday to visit her brother Dave. Mrs J H Johnson and daughter Floe were in Patton Saturday afternoon. News scarce, I will sign off. Two Bros.
Health is good though heat affects some. Bertha and Anna Proctor of Cape Girardeau visit Dott Wiggins. Oderra Kern of Swinton employed with Mrs. Bart Loyd. Miss Lloyd improving. Effie Ward of Fredericktown visits sister Mrs. L. C. Cline. Fern Corbin returned from Allenville after visiting sister Mrs. J. E. Chapman. Mrs. C. O. Wiggins ill with rounds of the cills. Paul Ramsey employed with Mckee and Kern threshing machine. Mrs. James Crosby cut her foot severely while hoeing last week. A Mrs. Mast has been visit- moved again.
Residents anticipate a community picnic on July 27 at Greenbrier with a welcoming program and food. The notice highlights visits from Miss Mary Thomas of Farmington, local families gathering at A A Kinder’s, and plans for summer church and school activities. Health, crops, and harvest work are noted alongside social visits and ongoing community events across Marble Hill area.
In Patton, residents report hot days as farmers stack wheat and make hay. A town speaker recently explained the single tax proposition, with hopes that it will be defeated in the upcoming November election.
Glen Allen area youths have been attending services at Lutesville. Miss Cecil Moyers, staying at Lutesville, returned home Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Abernathy. Miss Rosa Rigdon of Lutesville visited Mrs. J. A. Berry Sunday. Mrs. Ethyl Edwards of New Madrid was mentioned in the gatherings.
The International Bible Students Association held an eight day convention at Glen Echo Park with about four thousand representatives. Speakers emphasized the coming New Covenant and the Messianic Kingdom, linking events to Mt Sinai and prophetic visions, urging faithfulness and readiness for the Bride of Christ. The pastor warned of tribulations preceding the Kingdom and urged unity among believers across denominations.
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