Under the Laurels at Marble Hill Dramatic Club
The Marble Hill dramatic club presented Under the Laurels to a packed house with many turned away. The cast delivered polished performances led by J Lane as the villain and Miss Jennie Dunlap as the hard hearted mother. Suzy Grave portrayed Rose Milford with natural elocution while David Conrad, Edward L Drum, Lillie Jamison, and others gave strong, distinctive portrayals in a melodrama rich with local color and specialties sung by Hattie Danlip.
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Marble Hill
Rose
Sue Belle Graves
Rose Milford
Frank Colewood
Milford
David Conrad
Bob Button
Colewood
Edward L. Drum
Brantford
Sooky Button
Lillie Jamison
Bob
Hayseed
Ike Hopper
Polly Dowls
Tike
Effie Lane
Zeke
Ed Mayer
Joe
Hattie Danlip
Mildred Graves
Aeco wNist
Advertising rates cited by major magazines and papers
They note What They Pay in The Ladies Home Journal at 54100 per page per insertion and Cosmopolitan at 800 per page per insertion. The Saturday Blade lists 1.25 per agate line per insertion. Yet many people object to the price charge for work by the Press.
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Ladies Home Journal
The
Cosmopolitan
Saturday Blade
Ledbetter Pleads Guilty to Burglary in June Case
William Ledbetter pleaded guilty last Friday to burglarizing the Rays and Clippard’s grocery aides in June. Judge Fox sentenced him to three years in the penitentiary.
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William Ledbetter
R Ayers
A.B. Clippard
Fox
George Vext Heads to Piedmont as Mason for Work
George Vext departed Sunday for Piedmont to pursue work as a mason. He plans to reside there while he completes construction tasks and establishes himself in the trade.
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George Vext
Piedmont
Grand Removal Sale Offers Deep Discounts on Fabrics
Public notice promotes a grand removal sale featuring prints ginghams domestics and cassimeres at deep yard prices. Turkey red calicoes five to six cents yard brown blue and green ginghams seven cents yard dress gingham eight to thirteen cents yard domestics five to six cents bleached six to thirteen cents cassimere twenty one and a half cents yard worsteds six to twelve cents yard double width worsteds fourteen cents yard plus reductions on furnishings boots shoes and clothing. Sale ends April first and speaker offers top market price for produce.
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Turkey
Glen Allen Kaolin Company Faces Financial Trouble
Glen Allen Kaolin company struggles as market for washed clay falters. Bank attachment filed against L. Jacques for 3850 followed by further claims for labor and materials. Sheriff Wells attached works at Glen Allen after a dishonored sight draft drawn on J W Campbell of New York.
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Glen Allen Kaolin Company
Bollinger County Bank
5. L. Jacques
Sheriff Wells
Glen Allen
Jacques
J. W. Cambell
New York
It Comes Early This Year on Sunday March 25 1894
The date falls on a Sunday this year and will not repeat for over a century. A small boy will enjoy colored eggs and many locals will attend services at Leopold Catholic church, following a time honored Easter tradition.
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Leopold
Our Fruit Prospects for the Season
The editor cites unoffical reports showing excellent prospects for a good fruit crop this year except for peaches. February cold snaps blighted peaches countywide and in some cases killed trees. Apples pears plums and cherries appear uninjured. Growers report strawberries look excellent and, if no further cold, yields will be unusually large and fruit fine.
Apology for Condensed Notice of Lutesville Play
The editor apologizes to the Lutesville Dramatic Club for a shorter notice of their play in last week’s paper due to space limits. It states the item was worthy of the highest praise, though no extended comment could be printed and the moment has passed.
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Lutesville Dramatic Club
Plows and farm implements offered at varied prices
A dealer lists Steele plows starting at 87 with better models at 5.60 and a one horse Steele plow at 88.50. Also available are double shovels from 82.50 to 68.00. Full line of farm implements priced to fit current times, Sioux City Missouri.
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Sxiwen
Lafiin
Local notes and social updates from town life
Additional Locals, Mrs. Jamison plans a fence for her hotel. J. F. Sander in St Louis several days. D. P. Bailey left for Phillipsburg Kansas. Mrs. James O. Smith sick several days. Sons of America now in new hall. B. L. Bowman’s mother visiting. Imtesville dramatic amen to play at Jackson April 7. Tod Bowman visiting his father. Buford and Scott Fink and John Burrows in town. David Phelps returns from Dahlstadt. Methodist quarterly conference held at Lutesville church. An electric sharper snatched 828 from pockets on street. Henry James and Minnie Thomas married at J. A. Slagle’s Zalman home. J. M. Allen receives Odd Fellowship init at Likesville lodge 885. T. H. Stevens and Wilford Dickey ride the goat in first degree of Son of America. Will play at Fredericktown next Thursday. prospects of good house. Col I. N. Phillips of Mald en town with family visiting. Judge J. D. Fox adjourns court to Fredericktown to tend wife sick.
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Buford
Scott Fink
John Burrows
Brownwood
David Phelps
Dahlstadt
Lutesville
Henry James
Minnie Thomas
J. A. Slagle
Zalman
J.M. Allen
Likesville Lodge
T. H. Stevens
Wilford Dickey
Sons of America
Marble Hill
J. D. Fox
Fredericktown
Collector W A Dunn Reports 1893 Tax Collections
Collector W A Dunn reports 1893 totals including current tax book 22857 90 merchants and manufactures 850 38 railroad taxes 2070 83 insurance taxes 22 54 peddlers license 118 50 back taxes 990 07. Total collections 26906 12 covering state county road and school taxes. Back tax books show not over 400.
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W. A. Dunn
Democratic Central Committee Meeting Notice
The Democratic Central Committee of Bollinger county Missouri is called to meet at the Marble Hill court house on March 24 1894 to transact important business Rostar Dare chairman Joax P McManus secretary Committeemen by township Lorance Robert Drum B Sni der J P McManus Fillmore F L Myers William Mouser A A Kinder Wayne J W Slinkard J W Dixon W A Jamison German James L Bridges Henry James Monroe Chestner Crooked Creek Baxisl Hahn Richard Long Jesse Tallent Union William Hicky Henry Mungle Jesse D Hahe Whitewater John M Roe Liberty J W Baker William Limbaugh D A Bridgeman Thomas B Drum William Bollinger
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Democratic Central Committee
Bollinger County
Court House
Marble Hill
Rostar Daré
Joax P. McManxus
Lorance
Robert Drum
Snider
J. P. McManus
Fillmore
F. L. Myers
William Mouser
A. A. Kinder
Wayne
J. W. Slinkard
J. W. Dixon
W. A. Jamison
James L. Bridges
Henry James
Monroe Chestner
Crooked Creek
Baxisl Hahn
Richard Long
Jesse Tallent
Union
William Hicky
Henry Mungle
Jesse D. Hahe
Whitewater
John M. Roe
Liberty J. W. Baker
William Limbaugh
D. A. Bridgeman
Thomas B. Drum
William Bollinger
Spring Millinery Opening at Mrs J aq ues Co Lutesville
Ladies urged to attend the spring opening of millinery on Saturday March 24 at Mrs L V Jaques & Co in Lutesville Missouri. The event invites women to view new hat styles and shop the season's latest headwear.
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8. V. Jaques & Co
Lutesville, Mo
Local drama clubs plan road performances
Having enjoyed success at home the Lntesville club will perform in Jackson next Saturday night a week and the Marble Hill club will tour Fredericktown next Thursday night. The Pars heartily recommend them to the towns they will visit.
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Lntesville
Jackson
Marble Hill
Fredericktown
Pars
Hon Marshall Arnold Heads North On Passenger Train
Hon Marshall Arnold traveled north aboard a passenger train yesterday.
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Marshall Arnold
Southeast Missouri Press Association Meeting in DeSoto
The Southeast Missouri Press Association meets in DeSoto April 12 to 14 with a full program. Events include an opening reception, membership activities, committee reports, papers on newspaper roles, musical numbers, and a DeSoto Dramatic Club performance. Visitors tour Crysal City and the local factory, then a banquet at the Knights of Pythias hall caps the weekend.
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Southeast Missouri Press Association
DeSoto
Southeast Missouri
F. R
S. G. Tetwiler
Duarte
F. E. Kenyor Payer
Missouri
RK. W. McMullines
Steaders
E. D. Ake
DeSoto Dramatic Club
Opera House
Crysis City
Ames
Pyth
Knights of Pythias
Advertisement Proved Vital in a Merchant's Rise and Fall
A weary retailer recalls opening last spring and losing stock to sheriff sale this month, arguing his failure to advertise doomed his business. He urges merchants not to scorn printers ink, asserting the public buys goods from those who advertise.
The March Wind Bluster and Dust in the Village
A verse noting the March wind's bluster in village streets. It praises playful scenes of ankles showing and trims while warning that wind is a villain, often dust fills the air as we enjoy the day.
Diamond Anniversary of I O Q F in America
The seventy fifth anniversary of the organization of the I O Q F in America at Baltimore by Thomas Wildey and four companions on April 26 1814 will be celebrated by the Southeast Missouri Odd Fellows association at Fredericktown on April 26 next. Fredericktown has prepared for a large crowd with a tent seating 2500 and a special car will run from here.
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America
Baltimore
Thomas Wildey
Southeast Missouri Odd Fellows Association
Fredericktown
DeSoto
Farmers urged to cultivate sand banks for profit in Green Bay
It will do it here. The Green Bay Gate notes that John F. Smith near Green Bay last year yielded forty acres of market garden crops at an average of 40 per acre. Smith says his garden has a market from Atlantic to Pacific, illustrating how honest labor can make a sand bank blossom. The article suggests local farmers could similarly develop land around town if they try.
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Green Bay
Wis
John F. Smith
Smith
Atlantic
Pacific
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