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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
8
A reader note lists Maneater Hind Press as a weekly publication released every Thursday with Chandler as publisher and Marble Hill post office registration. It mentions Clas Mabie in connection to the print.
Farmers busy fenc ing high water washouts and several young people attended the Beal school supper. Mrs Barrett and daughters Bessie and Mere Hopking spent Sunday at Mr Crites' home. Mrs Adama visited BF Donn’s family. Bessie Barrett and Alta Crites attended Liberty church services. A pie supper at Buchanan school Friday night May 24 benefits Red Cross. Members urge letters from readers and note illnesses and visits among neighbors.
A party at Myrick Gates Monday night honored Elsie Lutes who leaves Tuesday for St Louis to work. The community recounts visits from Rev Edward Deerws and Rev Howard at Baptist church services. Local residents, teachers, students, and families from Marble Hill, Patton, and surrounding areas are noted with many short mentions of travels, visits, and upcoming school term plans.
Residents describe ten days without train mail or telephone service as floodwaters wreck fences bridges and roads. The community remains on the map despite the widespread destruction and cleanup efforts underway.
A district Liberty Loan contest held at the local church Saturday evening drew a young, energetic crowd. The event featured essays and poems graded by numbered schemes, awarding Theckla James first prize a $50 Liberty Bond, Essie Cole second prize, and McMinn Berry third prize. Theckla James also secured the best poem Thrift Stamp book. Community figures and new readers were noted for renewed support and attendance.
The report notes heavy rains hindering farmers last week and damages to creek bottoms. It mentions visits by Mrs Alice Ange and others, and lists several locals including James Green, Ben Green, Johnny Cook, and families from nearby areas. A call to donate eggs to the Red Cross to aid wartime suffering concludes the item.
Rev Margrave of Oak Ridge conducted the two weeks meeting on the hill closing Sunday night delivering several interesting sermons. Mr and Mrs Will King and baby left last Thursday for southern points to visit relatives before continuing their journey.
A roster of county men scheduled to depart for Camp Dodge Iowa on May 28 1918 includes Grover C. Pair Shrum Morris Bloom Glen Allen Elmer Shell Cyrus Paul Farnsworth Marble Hill Charles F M Underwood Bessville William Peters Albert Pinkney Crader Harley Newell Grassy James Miles Pair Gifford W Lutes James Arthur Miller Harry E Williams George Leiland Guy Thurston James Oliver Devenport Charles Myers Charles Cato Albert Witmer Dunn Norman W Runnels George W Schwearing William F Lix Patton Roy Henry Wagner Ephraim Lafayette Clonninger and others.
J P McKay pastor announces a state wide drive to raise 771770 to pay debt of Baptist and allied churches. He urges county cooperation, notes Presbyterian and Methodist support, and asks church women to donate Sunday eggs through June to spur male participation. Plans to be detailed in letters to churches.
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