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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
8
A report from Martie Lil details a rationing incident at the local post office with terse notes on the second attempt or designation. The item notes a procedural hiccup and questions about handling mail amid limited resources, citing no injuries or major disruption.
Jur Correspondents report health concerns as the community stays busy with farm work and school events. Pie suppers at Ira Dockins’s and Dor Uronet school weekly meals draw crowds while residents send best wishes to those ill or traveling. Red Cross workers knit socks as local youth rehearse a play for charity. soldiers’ letters remain a source of local pride.
Local residents share visits among families in Gravelton and nearby towns, notes on surgery and recovery, Red Cross activities, lectures at churches, train wreck injuries, and various social calls. Many names appear: Whitener, Hale, Bess, Pierce, Baker, Slinkard, Seabaugh, and others. A Missouri cattle sale banquet is announced with dates, venues, and organizers Ernest Bacon and J D Blackwell.
Beasville health reports general well being while Mrs. Iona Ricketts rests in poor condition. Community members focus on gardening and planting potatoes as daily tasks. Henry Huffman remains mentioned briefly as part of local updates.
Forest Jil reports health good aside from a cold. Wilbur A Baker is on a ten day furlough arriving February 22 and enjoys army life. A surprise party on February 27 drew forty five attendees. Bill Baker and family arrived in Illinois March 3. Mrs A D Baker arrived in Illinois February 28.
Monday night Clark Crader and Ora Call visited at Will Lessley's Sunday. J M Chestier of Benton cared for farming interests. Bland Seabaugh attended the seminar with Epson, visiting Henry Setbock. Croodie Chestier viewed her daughter, Mrs Frank Pierce. Mr and Mrs Marshall Fox visited Henry Hallinger Saturday night. Tom Crader moves to the Frank Chostier place. Viv and Mrs Tom Crader visited Mrs Burnie Bolinger Sunday. Hollinger visited his sister, Mrs Sikhe Decking, Sunday night. Jack Awn in.
A pretran appeal to cultured readers describes a Friday chapel event by the Juliets of Will Mayfield College. The program highlights Southern Literature After the War and other literary pieces, including The Mdulet Flower. Wholesome entertainment is praised and Antonians urged to attend, promising no disappointment.
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