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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
1
A sprawling late 1910s style roundup covers Panama California Exposition travel, local editor movements, farm and crime notes, and community notices. It cites traffic estimates for Pacific Coast Expositions, names editors Maries Tanner Dean Giteon and others, reports on wolves, drought and wheat, drownings, train accidents, political moves, school events, obituaries, and local court updates from Dunklin to Cape counties.
The death angel claimed Bertha Welker on May 28 1915 at home of Revo and Mrs George Welker. She was 20 years old with a Christian life, baptized at New Salem Baptist Church in 1914, survives parents two brothers three sisters and many relatives. Funeral conducted by the writer, burial in Bess cemetery.
A distressed speaker pleads for paternal return as family housework escalates into a vivid home scene. The narrator cites clutter, a stove moved to the shed, yard cleanup, and an imminent party, while expressing hunger and weakness awaiting supper and groceries.
An 83 year old Civil War horse in Horseheads New York belongs to veteran P A McIntosh. McIntosh shows the animal’s hip brand I C 1865 proving service in the same regiment as its rider. Despite age the horse eats 12 quarts of oats daily and helps his master on weekly town trips.
A Springfield Republican excerpt laments the press’s constant battle for flawless grammar, capitalization, and factual reporting. It argues editors face a costly trade off between perfection and breadth, noting readers’ expectations for truthful daily history and reporters’ tough job. A quip from an Exchange item about a boy asking if caterpillars are edible ends the note.
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