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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1911
Page
8
A fragment notes an event at the Marie Hill post office with the phrase Entered! detailing a possible filing or reception step. No additional names or dates are clear to confirm scope or outcome.
Our correspondents report neighbors visiting kin across the community. Residents, including Berry, Yount, Baker, and Kinder families, attend gatherings at Barks’s farm and nearby towns. Windy days bring chores, harvesting oats continues, births noted, and local people travel to Texas and Arkansas.
Williams Robins is busy cutting lumber while Miss Tila Peters visits Cape Girardeau relatives. Mrs Myrtle Myrick and Ed Siz of Bessville pass through. Robins residents noted. Charlie Shrom remains ill. Revie Our farroers near harvest end. Sunday school at Millers Chapel. Otto Pridy visits sister Virdie. Mr and Mrs Ray Cheeko of Ruck Point visit relatives. Mrs Hattie Rhodes on sick list. Little Odta Whitener chills. Miss Millie Sonter of Gravelton attends Sunday school.
Rev Fo W Carnert filled his federal appointment at Greenville Saturday and Sunday. Miss Ada Morgan with Miss Clara Mueller visited the school Monday. Miss Bessie Wagoner spent a few days with her parents at Gravelton last week. Miss Pearl Fullenwider visited her parents at Delta Saturday and Sunday. Miss Sadie Nanney called home Saturday due to her mother's illness. Miss Maggie Devenport visited home folks at Bessville Saturday and Sunday. Charles L Beatty spent a few days at Cape Girardeau last week. Dr J L Ayers of Jackson will lecture at the College chapel Friday night March 24. New students this week Misses Nola Moore and Nola Murray and Charley Wallace. Spring weather lets go fishing. Mrs W M Strong was thrown from a spring wagon recently and sustained painful bruises. Dr J M Finney accompanied John Scott to St Louis Monday.
A long, rambling update notes guests and visits among families in Dongola and nearby towns, including Moore and Masters hosts, Strong and Piatey medical visits, and numerous Sunday gatherings. It mentions new yard improvements, farm work, a moving of James Francis’s Dongola shop, church activities, a spring vibe, and local social events through March 1871 with scattered names, places, and events.
Revival meeting on Friday evening sparks local chatter as neighbors exchange greetings. Blanche Watts and Gertie Bakor visit friends. Mrs. Nelson Sipes visits Jo Wiggins. Zalma boys play hall club Sunday. Mrs. Martha Henderson visits J L Wiggins's family. RH Ward does business in town. L Morton visits Presnell near Sturdivant. Cassius Corbin and Myrtle Morton visit Dott Wiggins. Mr and Mrs Mike Banhill visit J J Wiggins. Roe Frazier and J J Wiggins visit near Advance. Andrew Jackson of Gipsy visits Greenbrier. Mrs Maggie Richards listed as sick.
P W Wilkerson of Hahn relocated to Avery Harris farm on Dry Creek. James Null reports a loss of about 700 fence rails by fire last week during court. Constable Null was in Dongola last Saturday on business. Joe Johnson, a local fireman, is mentioned in the fire context.
In the article a playful note celebrates spring’s approach with birds waking people on bright mornings. It paints scenes of cheerful chirping from eaves and the sense of renewal that comes with the season. The piece emphasizes nature’s signals and the anticipation of warmer days.
A garbled note cites W H Cunningham addressing repairs for water damage and a dubious scheme involving keeping a title and pads. The fragmented text references a stave and eyes, with unclear roles, suggesting local interest in a maintenance matter and possible property stakes.
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