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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1917
Page
8
The Marble Till Press notes weekly publication cadence and printer details with the publisher Chadler credited. The item references a Thursday release pattern and the Mathie Hill post office handling of the press entry.
Our correspondents report Mount Zion hosting services with Rev Marion Mouser preaching and a Friday and Sunday schedule. Mentions Wise Dwele Tones visiting Mrs Fannie Prefee and Miss Mertle Newell from Oklahoma visiting Bollinger county relatives.
Crooked Creek residents bustle with corn gathering and school improvements as Miss Minta Hawn attends church. Attendance at school rises under Andrew Slinkard in his second year. Revivals end with a great revival at Trace Creek Church led by Rev Wigger and visiting preachers from Marble Hill.
Misses Ivy and Lillie Cobb visit relatives at Oak Ridge while Mrs Nora Huskew and children visit her parents Mr and Mrs E A Murry. Little Rath Alexander shows improvement on the pony list as Virgil Parsons and his father return from Marble TL with a large catch of tine fish. Teor Se.
A long, jumbled list of local visits, social events and movements in Marble Hill and surrounding towns. Notes on church gatherings, entertainments, house calls, and farm work intermingle with memorials and war-related references. The piece records many residents by name and hints at troubling health, travel, and family changes during the period.
Health is good except whoopil cough Peter Lincoln of near Tallent. Friday busi ness Henry Mayfield went to Mart Hill Friday after his son. Misses Sue Barks Stella Flo Mayfield and Mikired Hueter visitors at our school Friday. W D Mayfield made a business trip to Lutesville Friday. Bennett Mayfield, recently at Blodgett, came home last week. Mrs Johnny Seabaugh and children of Cape Girardeau visiting. Tevis Seabaugh of Cape Girardeau visited Bernie Seabaugh Friday. Jesse Seabaugh died November 11 of typhoid fever after several weeks illness. interred in Seabaugh cemetery. His son Greely died from the same disease about a month ago. Fred Devenport reports Roy James of near Cape Girardeau welcome a baby girl. Farmers busy gathering corn and pleased with yield. James Green visited P H Seabaugh Saturday night and Sunday. War time is here and harvest is ripe, laborers few. Come to Sunday school and help in a good cause. Bue Jay.
Hog Creek reports hot summer weather with light rain that fails to water stock. Clarence Hardwig remains ill from typhoid fever, improving slowly. Huskey Willie Ramsey recovers from a severe typhoid attack and will soon be out. Roy Rast is ill. Visits involve Mrs. Jack Call, Mia, Willie Carter and child, and Mrs. Elizabeth Smith staying with Mrs. Thos Huskey Sr and Jr. Miss Tallent, the teacher, attended.
An ad touts Mildred in a Hair Remedy as the sole cure for dandruff and hair loss, claiming a long record of cures and a three week guarantee. It promises non greasy tonic action, beautifies hair, and offers mail order for out of town customers at one dollar per bottle.
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