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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1894
Page
4
The Marble Hill Press records local passenger times including a 12:30 pm local departure and 1:40 pm and 2:04 pm local services. Editor Tom Allen and City Editor E. L. Drum note the official newspaper status with pricing for county extraction at one dollar per year.
Editor recalls last week article by Raofus J Adams arguing farming crops like potatoes cucumbers cabbage and garden yields can outpace wheat and corn. He cites a Lutesville farmer netting over 250 on two acres and John Q Stevens scaling 24 bushels per acre while county average is 8. The piece highlights labor needs price markets and potential for canning factories boosting trade population land value and county wealth. It also notes political notes on campaigns and local papers and a 19th century glare at governance and newspapers.
The drive to secure removal of Mayfield Smith academy sparks Twin City support to retake the school at Fredericktown. Community members urge active effort, especially Baptists, arguing the school’s value exceeds financial inducements and should not move on neighbor offers. Hamilton Shirley and daughter remain gravely ill.
Notice for a Reform meeting of the People’s Party to be held at the courthouse in Marble Hill on Saturday March 10 1894 at 10 o’clock. The gathering aims to plan steps toward a county ticket and address related business. Chairman William H. Scott invites farmers and supporters to attend.
M A Wantacq of Lutesville Missouri offers two year old Ben Davis and Winesap apple trees six to six feet high at 9 cents each or eight dollars fifty per hundred. Two year old pear trees four to six feet high at 25 cents each. Peach four to five feet high ten cents. Apple trees one year old two to eight feet eight cents each or eighty seven per hundred. Orders invited from five trees to five hundred.
A 93 acre farm located 24 miles northeast of Marble Hill on the Marble Hill Perryville road. 66 acres are in cultivation with 40 acres of bottom land and a good barn and frame home. Listed by Da Oanax, Marble Hill, Missouri.
A. Maven of Marble Hill Missouri advertises a complete farming team consisting of a horse and mare with a double harness and a second hand wagon. Cash or good note accepted.
A dated 1894 notice lists multiple delinquent tax executions in Bollinger County Missouri. It details sheriff sales and public auctions of real estate in Marble Hill and other towns to satisfy judgments in the circuit court. Names include J T Wells sheriff and W A Dunn collector with property descriptions and sale terms.
Sheriff J T Wells announces multiple 1894 overdue debt executions in Bollinger Missouri. Forty acres from northeast quarter section six township thirty one range nine and eighty acres east half southeast quarter section fifteen township twenty eight range eight are to be sold at public auction for cash to satisfy the executions and costs. The sales occur Friday March 16 1894 between 9 am and 5 pm at the court house door in the town specified.
The Bollinger County Circuit Court issues a special execution in favor of W A Dunn, against WH Hardy and John H Herron. Seizures cover 40 acres in the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, section 3, township 30, range 8, on Marble Hill. Auction planned for forenoon Friday, with cash in hand to satisfy the debt and costs. The sheriff, J T Wells, to conduct the sale.
In the March term 1894 Dunn as collector levied on 160 acres in the southeast quarter of section 4 township 29 range 9, Bollinger county, Missouri. The land will be exposed to public sale for cash on Friday March 16, 1894, with forenoon and afternoon bidding times specified.
The Twice a Week Republic offers ten portfolios of World’s Fair views to new yearly subscribers paying five dollars. Also promotes Mobile and Ohio rail access to southern farmlands, weather, crops, and living advantages. Missouri Baptist Sanitarium invites support and patient care in a Christian institution.
The World’s Fair jury crowned Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder for leavening power, keeping quality, unity and excellence. Each claim earned first prize or diplomas, with exhaustive testing of all powders entered. Dr H W Wiley supported the verdict as an expert witness from the U S Department of Agriculture.
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