24 Jun 1897
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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1897
Page
1
A chaotic long dispatch reports a Tux Houck railroad receivership case likely to be tried in Jackson this week following earlier proceedings at Doniphan. The item weaves in scattered political, labor, and local notes with varied names and dates.
An estimate by the Fruit Growers Association to-night projects berry crops swelling beyond 100 carloads with payments to pickers in Liberal area. The section law then outlines duties of owners of swine and penalties for neglect, including immediate disposal of carcasses and reporting disease to authorities, with burial or burning restrictions near watercourses.
Conflicting reports reach this week about a shooting at Winteraty. notices from Caruth County report various local events. Dime-store gossip and obituaries mention the death of merchant Herman Reddingius aged 64 and a drowning of Eusie McMaren, with other town notices about appointments and an upcoming International Gold Mining convention in Denver.
Governor Kock visits a Wisconsin farm where Theodore Louis jokes that hogs are the wealth engine. Louis, an all-wheat farmer deep in debt, expands mortgages locally as neighbors imitate. The farmer claims keeping hogs ripe for years boosts income while weighing corn and hogs through seasons.
Health good at present. Farmers ready for harvest. Mrs. Carrie V. Webb died June 14 at her home near Alliance. Rev J W Nations preached her funeral Tuesday. A man in law may help start a farm. W J Bollinger improving his place. 1F Johnson merchant thriving. BF Johnson blacksmith building a neat village residence. Wishing Paris and its force success. Lam Jake
A collection of brief hometown items mentions health, visits by William Shepard and William H. Crites, a lost horse for W A Allent, and wheat harvest news. Prolific local names include Buz Crader, KD Crader, Prof BE B Robertson, Elmer, S AL Crader, A P Crader, Ramsey, Sol Kiel, W C Goehan, and Uncle donation McCain.
A compact local column notes dry weather, harvest efforts by Ned and Jim Green using a binder bought from M. Chestner, and various residents’ activities. H. B. Cole returns home from peddling, while D. L. B. remains tied to old trades. Miss Lillie Nanney’s INS ALUN pes, and Jeff Stevens with Asa Newel head to Scott county for harvest but seek work. Chestners visit Cape county relatives. Mrs. J. M. Nanney is worse. Farmer Lodge organizer Hummack from Cape county forms a lodge with fourteen members. A singing night at M. F. Chestner’s and a July 8 basket dinner at Cole's chapel are announced. Sunday school at Cole's chapel lists officers and teachers. The note ends with best wishes to Tie Paras and readers.
Miss Mamie Zimmerman closed her school at this place. Miss May Loehlin visits Bessville while John shows great distress at her absence. Miss Zuttie Zimmerman left for Sikeston to visit relatives for several weeks. Mrs John McManus remains confined to bed. A. U. Snyder stayed at home a few days. Two of our girls are under care. Ouse why. L Ball bid the Glen aurowell last week. Miss Clara Snyder ill for several days. Our prospective postmaster and oily barhw absent. A detective is supposed to have done monkeying around.
Jennie Miller returns home Sunday. Miss Mamie laments Jimmie's absence on his last trip while others gossip about church matters and local deeds. Rain, wheat harvest, and crop conditions are reported as farmers note showers and mixed prospects. Community updates include visits, sickness, schooling, and a new Tome Forman lodge formation.
A short poem imagines escaping a hot day by traveling on a ship of snow to the pole. It features lines about the Ice King, Arctic seas, and a dream voyage far away beyond Bashn’s Bay. The verse appears as a light verse quotation attributed to F L Stanton in the Atlanta Constitution.
Training School resolutions praise the M S academy trustees and local papers for county news coverage and endorse training schools to keep teachers current. They commend Pross Davault Hubbard and Prof Hubbard for elevating local education and literature, aiming to make Bollinger County a leading educational journal area. Interleaved are humorous quotes and a notice about discounted tourist rates to Gibson Wells Tennessee for Mobile & Ohio Railroad travelers.
Rural notice details a monetary prize for subscribers of the paper and Weekly Constitution, with a legal filing by William Russell, justice of the peace for Wayne township Bollinger county Missouri. It also lists a seizure notice describing a dark hay horse and a light hay mare with distinguishing marks and ages.
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