unclear OCR notice headline from Hill and Chandler
Fragmentary OCR text from a government or newspaper page references Hill and Chandler publishers and a postal or press mark. Limited readable names suggest a historical publishing notice or imprint.
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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1911
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR text from a government or newspaper page references Hill and Chandler publishers and a postal or press mark. Limited readable names suggest a historical publishing notice or imprint.
Our Correspondents note good weather, farmers sowing oats, and a lively meeting led by Rev Henry George.Louis Quinby and wife return from Illinois. Dr Speer and wife of Zalma visited her mother and attended church. Miss Leona Loyd visited Myrtle Morton. Edgar Chapman and John Poston employed at J Wiggins. Misses Leon Loyd and Lillian Ladd attended Zalma closing school entertainment. J Wiggins has blockhounds. several attended Henry George's wife funeral near Zadow. RH Ward moved to Turkey Creek to care for parents. Garnett Ramsey visited home folks from Advance. Saindiy Rae Frogier visited J.T Wiggins's. Mrs J J Widdins shopped in Zalma. Mitchell and Miss Ella Fish, teachers, departed for home after a successful term. John King of Cape Girardeau visited for property. J W Slinkard came from Marble Hill to handle bank business while Cashier Fish absent. School Superintendent Farrar spoke in favor of re election candidacy. Josh Grant visited Fredericktown. Dan Fish and Leo Slinkard attend Circuit Court at Marble Hill.
The item notes mild health, springlike weather, and local social life. Attendees at Greentimer funeral include Mr and Mrs James Greffey and Wilson Griffey. Several weddings occurred last Sunday week: Charles Dinkens with Sarah Sturgeon, Williams with Ruth Perkins, Luke Fowler with Gracie Perkins, Henry Winters with Mary Harris, and Jas Stants with Ethel Day.
Spring arrives as families report moves and illness in the Whitewater area. Effie Dennis enters the town’s millinery trade, B H Bollinger is named postmaster, and Ben holds multiple roles. District church quarterly meeting notes the pastor’s resignation while Uncle John Fee relocates westward for retirement. Several students finish terms, and many residents travel or relocate to Fredericktown, Scopus, and Oklahoma.
Health concerns rise as several rip cases appear while churchgoers report attendance at Locust Grove and Locust Grave. Residents visit kin on Hog Creek and Scopus, with relocations and moves noted around Lessley Ridge and nearby farms.
We offer deep discounts to attract steady customers with a car load of Swift's Spring Fertilizer arriving. Sugar at 20 pounds for $1.00, coal oil per gallon 8c, good baking powder 4c, white beans 44c per pound. Clothing 40 percent off, heavy shoes 25 percent off, outerwear 50 percent off. Underwear gloves caps boots go at any cost. We pay top market for country produce.
Local notes report Dockins leaving his current role to enter the mercantile trade in Millertown. Maple syrup production continues among residents in recent weeks. Other short entries mention Will Dalton’s return from Cape employment, Limbaugh log rolling, and various visits and farm or home projects around Dunklin and Frederickstown areas.
Dr A J Mayfield arrives Sunday and Sanford Hahn visits from Sikeston. Prof J R Abernathy and Matt Abernathy illness, new sidewalks planned, Bass drum fundraiser by Twin City Band, box supper March 23, 1911. A Roule up circle near H W Winters house, and an attempted suicide by Marshall Hahn, discovered by Henry Cheek.
A brief quip from a Baltimore American item notes a customer asking for a narrow man's comb and replying gravely that he wants a comb suited to a stout man with rubber teeth. The line illustrates humorous exchange and a shopkeeper’s reaction.
Dr Chandler treated a wounded man after an incident Sunday morning and arranged for transport to St Louis for further care. Merchant Robert Drum plans to add a second story and extend his store backward, aiming to create one of the city’s largest business houses.
Resolutions praise Willian H Choat for service and counsel, mourn his sudden removal, and note the vacancy left in the organization and community. A copy of resolutions to be spread on records and sent to county papers and bereaved family. Also notices of estate matters for Marve C Rijnkard Culbert Stiles and James H Smith outlined with claims deadlines and administration details.
Mot Ostriches and Angels entertain as critics debate perfect birds at the fair. An artist misreads the setup insisting the creatures are angels, while a vendor corrects the mix and sparks lighthearted chatter among visitors.
In Ding Stare Missouri resident Dentin Hentiete reports latest setivoute. CHAS. O. HOBBS Bank Mannce Min notes office entries. A specialty manute and 48ers Fire Troety Herne are mentioned alongside court office at Wellinge Conia.
Fragmentary OCR text mentioning W H Cunningham and a trowel, with garbled phrases and unclear actions. No coherent event, date, or attribution.
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