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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
8
A brief local notice reports Tae Manese Hint pressed a matter at the Marble Hill post office, classed as second class mail matter, in the serif style of a community bulletin.
John Morris has been sick to sever dies. Henry Shetley convalescent. Charles Shetley visited town Sunday for Children’s Day at Mewre chapel. Mr and Mrs Jaylin Morris home from Saturday to Monday. Forest Bollinger of Casto visited Sunday. Christian Retailer reported meroshy.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions visitors Miss Bertha Salvor and Miss Flora Weer and Archie, with unclear events including a death and a dogadet. Names and places are distorted, making precise facts difficult, but the fragment suggests social interactions and a possible fatal incident within a community. No clear dates or locations emerge.
Community update from Fredericktown area recounts visits, illnesses, and farm work. Names appear repeatedly: Miss Massie Shell, Jarius Cites, Grace Gigings, L. Myers, Netlie Perkins, Jem Wiseman, J. M. Shell, Baker cemetery memorials, and Rev. J A McFarland. Bees swarms nearby. dogs caveat on sheep. crops look good. Memorial services at Baker cemetery and Moore chapel fill the social calendar as residents attend church, singing schools, and tractor-free gatherings.
Greenbrier area reports continual rainfall delaying fieldwork as farmers push to wrap planting. Delays threaten crops and spur concerns over season timing and yields. Local weather outlook shows persistent showers through the week with cooler nights.
The Circuit Sunday School convention at Union was well attended despite rain with about forty from Walnut Grove and a large turnout from Marquand and nearby. The program paused for time but will resume at Walnut Grove on the second Sunday in September hoping every Sunday school in the circuit will be represented. Rev. J G Hoff moved into a new cottage and, with L C Griffith, runs an incubator poultry business buying shipping poultry and eggs. Mr and Mrs Theodore Campbell and baby of Flat River visited George Moore and family last week.
News from Scatlin reports the death of Miss Bessie Devore aged nine, after long ill health and transfer to St Lands sanitarium. Her passing occurred on May 27 and the body was laid to rest in Old Fleming Cemetery the following Friday. She leaves nine siblings and the local community mourns her loss. Nearby items mention a Saturday altercation near Gravel Point, a shooting incident involving Jake Kyle and Oliver Smith’s family, and various local notes from Lat tin and Marble Hill about farming, health, and small-town events.
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