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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
8
Entry shows an imprint about second class matter status at the Marisle Eiril post office indicating classification and processing. The line hints at mailing or archival handling in a local postal context.
Bank reports from Bollinger County Missouri show assets and liabilities as of September 1908. Lutesville bank lists loans, real estate, deposits, and cash items. Marble Hill bank outlines capital, deposits, and liabilities with sworn attestations by officers.
Health is good in this vicinity as farmers prepare to sow wheat after recent rain. P B Chestner returned to his school Monday morning. Misses Mary and Ina Kitchen visited Mrs Curtis Dennis Sunday. Dolph Casey and Charley Gibbs visited W G Whitchen's late last week. Henry Pogus works for W G Kitchen. Rev O S Tallent returns from Sikeston where he led revival meetings. J H Devenport and family visited W M Devenport's Sunday. The Mount Carmel meeting begins the 3d Saturday night.
William Coombs and wife visited Chandpa Venable’s home last week while Mrs. Dines Bess improves. A Mr Peterson works land near Pessyile schoolhouse and builds a house. Rev Pasen] to lead as pastor for a year. Recent rain aids wheat sowing. Coombs mule wins show. Watts sells mule to Reimler. Rev J Huff named District Home Missionary at Bessville.
A fine rain welcomed farmers seeking to sow wheat while health remains fair aside from colds caused by shifting weather. News includes trips to cotton counties, school progress under Mr. Simith, stock trading by Alonzo Mayfield, sorghum delivery to Jackson, and local visits and marriages. Community chatter covers church disappointments, kinship greetings, hometown moves, and anticipated candidacy activity before November 4.
Health is good in the area as rains helped farmers sow wheat. Stork visits report gifts of a girl and a boy to local families, with several baptisms following Brother Carroll’s Trace Creek meetings. Wheat sowing, painting, and home builds proceed. several weddings anticipated. revival meetings ongoing at Moore’s chapel. residents travel to southern counties for cotton picking.
Health improves as TL Grimsley recovers from illness and a homecoming in Jackson draws a modest crowd. Gov Polk speeches, Sunday schools, baptisms, road work, and farm life are noted with several local names and events from Latlin Barks chapel to Penturf gap, ending with a funeral for a baby at Barks Chapel cemetery.
Autumn weather settles over Laflin as the wagon bridge nears completion. Mrs. Carrie Clippard’s young son battles typhoid while Prof J F Winters closes his Advance school for a measles break. Fred Clippard and wife and Mrs.
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