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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1902
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text indicates a Marble Hill item with stray letters and numbers, referencing a Detroit Free Press period, but the context and details are unreadable. No identifiable people, places, or events can be confidently extracted.
Train schedules show multiple arrivals at Lescsvirle with times and routes. The column lists local notices including rent ads, travels to St Louis, and regional social mentions. It notes probate court dates in May and various residents visiting relatives or subscribing to papers.
A patchwork of items from area residents, farmers, and officials notes births, travels, small business ads, and civic notices. Mentions Mrs Fisher visiting relatives, Mike Abraham on the road, court and political movements, local farming, mining drills, millinery, and a death and funeral mention for Slippery Con member Halt Gos. Includes smallpox worries, school and academy board actions, and county ticket nominations with names and roles.
Sunday School convention to be held at Gravel Hill on May 12 features welcome by Rev. Joe Leake and responses by Rev. J R A Vaughan and Rev. J T Tracey. Speakers include Geo F Kurre, Rev Mrs E E Williams, I I Spencer, Rev A W Worenop, Rev A F Jones, and Mrs Josie Chilton. A women’s Foreign Music Society talk is planned with a basket dinner and music.
Numerous residents and visitors are listed as traveling to or through local towns including Biggs, Jobe, Smith of Texas, Dale, Boas of Blodgett, Edmonds of St. Louis, Berry of Glen Allen, Burford of Burfordville, Myers of Burkinsville, Nora King visiting Marquand, Keehne of Glen Allen, Patterson of Buchanan, Goodwin to St. Louis, Wyatt Burford and family at Burfordville, Ivy Bess of Marquand, Mathew Kinder of Hill, Mrs. Kinder and son of Buchanan, Dr. Brown leaving for Doe Run, Edt. Goff of Fredericktown, Mrs. G. W. King of Licking, Mrs. Dora Ward near Gravel Hill, Mrs. J. W. Revelle returning from St. Louis, John Henley returning from DeSoto, Edward Wann and family visiting, Pearle Thompson moving to Lyndon, Mrs. Dale visiting Piedmont, Mrs. VanAmburg visiting New Madrid, Jimmie Burford returning from Flat River, plus a Final Settlement Notice for Nancy C. Brindle with administrator Amos M. Murray setting May 15 next term.
James Barks announces letters of administration with will annexed granted by the Probate Court of Bollinger County Missouri on March 17, 1902. All claimants to Sarah Barks estate must exhibit claims within one year for allowance or be precluded from any benefit. claims not exhibited within two years may be forever barred.
An old time advertising line markets Scott's Emulsion to thin readers, claiming it builds new flesh and makes one feel better and eat more. The copy asserts fat people do not want it while strong people do not need it, implying benefits without effort.
A collage of medical endorsements for Chamberlain's Pain Balm and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve with testimonials from H. R. Phelps and Josh Edgar, plus final settlement notices for the estates of John L. Johnson and Lucretia Bidewell, all in Bollinger county notices and local ad items dated 1902.
Health note urges quick action against alleged summer cold lingering through the season. Recommends One Minute Cough Care as a speedy remedy. Mentions throat ailments and respiratory issues, attributed to a Dr My.
After a short rest I will come again. Most farmers have finished planting corn and we had rain last week. Sheep shearing is the order of the day. William Botlinger is hauling lumber and preparing to build a dwelling. Mieses Hattie and Jennie Lim baugh are improving in health. William Yates is turning the creek. France Beabaugh was in the locality recently. The entertainment at Sedgewickville Academy will be Friday night May 9. Grandma Fancie Smith twisting relatives and friends. Jeane Propst plans to plant corn on George Propst's farm. John M. Smith is putting up new gates. Mountain Pers, investir.
Wheat looks fine as silk with abundant rain boosting growth. Oats recover, corn ready for cultivation, and meadows promise a fine hay crop. Garden produce ripe, peaches and apples, pears, plums yield fair crops. Local notes: King of Marble Hill on official business, Mansfield moves, Bon McCullough’s wife had a baby boy, Fred Maloney ill, several new twin girls born. one infant died April 20.
William Hottman Yount and partners plan a mill project near the Dew lore site as McDowell sells twenty acres to finance the venture. Relations and exact parcels remain under local negotiation as community leaders weigh impact.
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