Hill and Chandler Publishers Entered at Marble Hill
Hill and Chandler, publishers, are entered at the Marble Hill post office on second class matter.
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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
8
Hill and Chandler, publishers, are entered at the Marble Hill post office on second class matter.
Our Correspondents items note a shuttered local office and several farm and town updates. William Duncan is reported sick while farmers plow and crops look fine. Roy and J F Miller visitations and a birth are reported as well as measles around Union Light.
Rain last night caused overflow and fence damage while Clubb Creek area focuses on plowing. Neighbors visited, fishing trips occurred, and teachers attended Marble Hill exams. Local workers report ties production near Seven Points and a bee swarm incident at multiple homes.
After a short rest much needed, locals report continued drizzle. Several births are announced: a boy to Mr. and Mrs Harry Reynolds on June 11. a boy to Mr. and Mrs Thomas Huskey Jr.. a boy to Mr. and Mrs Frank Seabaugh on June 1. Families visit relatives and attend church and rally day at Lone Grove. Residents, including Alpha Craft, Luther Barrett, and John Blanken, engage in social and religious activities around Gravel Hill Harmony and nearby towns.
Health is good as residents resume activities with church services, Sunday school, and prayer meetings at Ridge. Many neighbors visit family and friends, including Miss Anna Slinkard and Andrew from Lutesville, and others from Cape Girardeau to Hornersville. Local farming, a copperhead snake bite incident, and a newly formed neighborhood baseball team are noted along with frequent visits to relatives and chores around the farms.
Brush Creek area notes a brief rest period as farmers resume wheat cutting. Edgar Fields and family visited William Ezell on Sunday while Miss Salle Rowe, attending Cape Normal, returned home last Thursday with Miss Lurena Evans. A. W. Rowe and family visited Dr. W. Rowe. Delphia West stayed with Dora Planners. Oren Slagle of Zalma spent time with Mr and Mrs Noah Fish. Otto Whitener, at the normal, returned after a short visit. Mr and Mrs Adolph Fish hosted Alma, Margaret and Lowell Fish, who were visiting their grandparents D. W. Rowe.
Local residents report church attendance and school visits, with multiple listings of births, illnesses, and travels. Notes include crop concerns about wheat, a copperhead bite on a child, and various social visits across towns like Liberty, Fairview, Gregory, Rockport, and Gravel Hill. A campaign education plan on band issues and road projects is outlined.
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