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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1915
Page
8
Fragmentary text mentions a Martie BET postotiee and a publication or publisher gathering at a market. Names Chandler and Chris Warlet appear but context and facts are unreadable.
Our Correspondents note health is very good while Corte needs rain badly. Virs BOS Jones slightly better. Dockins visits his wife in Willard Kansas. Stevens has appendicitis near Mount Zion. Local youths attend Bollinger church revival. Residents travel to Cane Creek area. Virgil Stone and Hur ricane visitors visit parents. Oye Merce attends Barks chapel service.
Frank Tripp returned home to visit his wife and brother in law after thresing wheat at the creek. Henry Goodson and others attend church and prayer meetings at Kinder Chapel and Old Trace Creek, with Miss Hattie Tripp staying with Mrs Tripp. Verbal notes mention millet cutting, grain work, and social visits among Goodsons and neighbors.
ABusy weekend sees Inenlity H Blanken and son John visiting Lutesville on business. William Stlukard and two sons Eyell and Resper, plus Will Runnels and sons, worked on Hurricane Creek bridge. Mr and Mrs TB Farmway in Marble Hill Friday. Mrs Minnie Heider called home for husband illness. Doc Welch moved from Flat Vycos near Hog Creek. John Proffer of Crossroads visited Blanken on Monday. Bud Ramsey and son Billy work for Blanken. Leta Blanken traveled to Jackson on business. Kendall Proffer visited Mrs Proffer’s parents near Marble Hill. Henry Allen in the area Saturday. Jet Crafton from Cape County on business. James Stovall and family visited Neal Morrison’s, near their home, Sunday.
After a long rest the writer reports still on earth and in need of rain. Hay harvest is finished and wheat threshing is underway. The Lutesville butcher visits frequently with fresh beef as Mrs. Theadore Hinkebein lies sick. Elaborate preparations are being made.
A Wednesday August 4 picnic drew community attendance. Grandma Manning, recently ill for five months, shows some improvement. George J. Elfrink visited Whitewater to inquire about a clover huller. Henry Fels Sr and A Hulhof, ill in St. Louis, are improving. Henry Engelen of Oran visited Monday and reports all is well. A Reaper.
Elberfeld Indiana reports share of local life with crops, visits, births, and health notes. Cardui touted by Mrs. Rossie Jones as effective for back pains and dizziness. A quiet wedding, multiple visits, and a Knowles Grove picnic story anchor a broad patchwork of small town events.
Fala Gur people thresh wheat and celebrations mark visits and gatherings at local homes. Mr and Mrs Gaither bought a hay baler from Bolinger and Son. Henry McNew shipped two loads of cattle. Mrs Finta Gray visited Indiana and Mrs Charlie King hosted a lawn party with guests including Hobart James Lelon James and others. Cardui tonic advertised with claims of helping women. Walter Gray traveled to Bloomington.
A Department of Agriculture bulletin warns of fire blight attacking apples pears and quinces in Southeast Missouri orchards. It details spring and early summer spread by the bacterium, symptoms such as browning leaves and twigs, and outlines control methods including cutting out diseased parts burning them and disinfecting tools. It recommends pruning in summer and applying corrosive sublimate solution to prevent spread.
Gordonville merchants enjoyed strong sales last Friday and Saturday. Ray Limbaugh attended a Cane Creek picnic west of Jackson on Thursday and reported a large crowd. Attorney Oscar E. Williams was among attendees.
A literary exchange centers on affection and doubt with a sweet young woman asking to learn love. The young man coldly notes he has learned to love many others, framing a cynical view of romance and desire. The dialogue reveals tension between longing and practical detachment.
Notice to creditors and interested parties that I W K Chandler administrator will seek final settlement of the Anderson Headrick estate at the next Probate Court term in Hollinger county Missouri to be held at Marble Hill on August th. Also notices of final settlement for the Jennie Clarkson Single estate with James A Boone executor and for the F H Funke estate with Fy Fewke administrator, all to be heard at Marble Hill on August th.
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