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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1901
Page
4
Hon A J D Burford in feeble health hopes for recovery. Local ads tout Chamberlain Pain Balm Rocky Mountain Tea and Goos kn Parsparilla with druggists. Hawaiian club debates tea temperature. Public notices include hardware expansion and county meeting details. Centennial era updates from Marble Hill to Lutesville with local names and trips.
A Friday social in the House on October 13 invites all women and their gallant partners from the town and nearby areas. Guests are asked to bring a box of provisions. men may bring two boxes and share with the host according to taste. Attendance promises cordial community gathering.
A garbled column of health tips, wedding notices, obituaries, and mining prospects appears. It mentions Mrs Jettie Smith of Marble Hill, a Parkes burial, Mothers Worm Syrup sales, and several names linked to a local company and marriage licenses. It hints at zinc prospecting and community events with scattered dates and places.
A letter from Henrietta Texas recounts a lawyer deceiving a grave-digger with claims for Fdedrin Bitters curing malaria liver and digestive ills. It also cites a German study on hereditary drunkenness and a vivid account of a Burns family tracing crime and poverty across generations. A marketing snapshot touts Dr King’s New Discovery for lung diseases with promises of cures and trial bottles.
A revue of September dates highlights early American history with mentions of Spain claiming the ocean in 1573, Saint Augustine named in 161, the Mayflower voyage in 1620, Boston as capital in 1630, and the Continental Congress meeting in 1774. It recalls missionary work and notable battles, with a drug store anecdote praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and local donations to Mayfield Smith academy.
A mixed local item notes an excursion planned to five percent, social events at Cape Girardeau and nearby towns, and several residents visiting or returning home. Updates include Mrs Hahn improving slowly, Dr Burford ill, and Mr Gillespie returning after a visit. The Degree of Honor supper in Lutesville Hall to aid a new table purchase is announced.
Schedule notice from Laktesville Missouri to St. Louis Missouri dated October 12 1901. Missouri Pacific and Mountain Day at the St. Louis Exposition operate a train leaving Charleston at 6 00 a m returning about 10 30 p m. Round trip fare listed as 1 50. For further information contact M Owens Jr Agent.
A list of dates and places for county meetings across townships including Whitewater, Crooked Creek, Wayne, Liberty, and others. Entries name towns such as Lixville Selgewickville Mayfield's Store Bollinger's Besaville Keehn's Grassy post office Buchanan Hahn's Drum Lutesville and Rice in Martie Hill with poll tax receipts required.
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