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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
1
Local notes from Dexter and surrounding areas report a stock destruction tied to Enterprise Deal and a Missouri Trust matter. Bismarck bans dramshops after failed license signups, while St Franciis county towns contemplate quiet saloon removal.
The Nebraska station found removing corn suckers reduces yield even in abundant plant food conditions. A stand of one stalk per hill dropped yield 56 percent, two stalks 18 percent, three stalks 8 percent, and four stalks 3 percent. The guideline warns against stopping cultivation to remove suckers.
Twenty five graduates received public school diplomas on June 20 at ceremonies listing students from Schrum Trace Creek Laflin Glen Allen Propst Hawn Pine Hill Marble Hill Conrad Belva Abernathy etc Miss Bertha Husted awarded best honors with other names including Mae Schrum Stella Burton and John Alexander noted among presenters and attendees
The Missouri Inspection Service will begin its second year of nursery and orchard inspections to enforce a state law requiring annual checks before sale. About 125 to 150 propagators, including fruit and ornamental stock, must obtain inspection before July. Dealers, jobbers, and out of state agents need dealer or state agent permits. The chief inspector urges reports of growing practices and pest outbreaks to protect horticultural interests. Uncle Ben Sharrock dies at Patton after a long life in Missouri with a large family and deep community standing.
Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain lines forecast a bumper grain year and overhaul many box cars. At American Car and Foundry in Madison NL crews overhaul 12 to 15 cars daily for the railroad. St Louis plant also produces five cars daily to meet demand.
Missouri Pacific plants at Mew liis Tennessee Kansas City Missouri Arkansas and Missouri facilities at Little Rock Sedalia and De Soto are repairing about 50 cars daily. Sheffield Car and Equipment in Kansas City averages seven cars daily, Missouri Pacific shops at Little Rock repair five to ten, while Sedalia and De Soto combined output about ten cars a day. Officials say this work positions the railroad to handle its share of heavy traffic expected by July 1.
The Entomology department of the Missouri College of Agriculture at Columbia advises Missouri wheat growers to sample infested fields to guide control. Early spring maggots at the base of plants indicate ongoing damage, with future broods forming until harvest. If infestation is severe, pasturing or plowing under stubble and reseeding may be needed. otherwise harvest remains advisable and fields should be cut early to remove wheat.
A Missouri extension note advises farmers on Hessian fly control through soil management and delayed wheat sowing, urging regional cooperation. It warns that foul brood devastates bee swarms, stresses proper hive care, and promotes pure Italian bees as superior stock with low maintenance. Address for more information is W G Lewis at the Cape Girardeau Normal School.
Mrs. Jennie Clarkson Slagle died after a cancer illness at age 57 at her home. Funeral at the Baptist church conducted by Rev. Hess of Columbus with Rev. Lemons and Rev. Thogmorton. burial in 100 F cemetery. Survived by husband J A Slagle, two daughters Mrs Poulter and Mrs Gaines, two sons Jabez and Frank, and many relatives.
The 1910 Bollinger county census records the value of honey and bees at 3731 dollars. Missouri crops totaled 274000 dollars. The passage suggests farms could have supported one to twenty swarms each, and with modern, intelligent handling, the potential is implied.
A longtime resident pleads with the Lord to halt growth in his town. He admits sabotaging new businesses for thirty years and fears sidewalks and street upkeep near his property would cost money he cannot spare. He asks to keep the town from growing to preserve his influence.
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