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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1896
Page
5
Marble Hill notices cover a church schedule with Sunday school at 10 am and prayer services, a local dentist notice, a big volume of ads for clothing, groceries, medicines, and furniture, plus campaign talk and speeches by Senator West and other figures. The page also highlights sales, fall goods, and various local arrivals in Lutesville and Patton.
A garbled catalog style note lists A Jug in a Box for month end, whiskey at $2 a gallon, freight terms, and local grocer ads from Inner Co to Paducah and Marble Hill. It mentions DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, Pine Tar Honey cures, One Minute Cough Cure, and testimonials from Dr Hell’s Pine-Tar-Honey sellers.
Reports from Marble Hill describe a Tuesday rally with Senator West presenting clear arguments on national finance and prosperity. Local business Rosa Fischer invites winter fittings after returning from St. Louis, while a Whitewater Union Sunday School Convention at Post Oak chapel emphasizes strong organization and community effort. The Missouri Synod meets in Seda lia on the 20th. Jamis Larriety signs off from the note. A brief Kentucky anecdote closes with a light exchange about a hat wager between two tramps.
Public notices list campaign meetings by date and place from October 10 to 22 in Bollinger County with Democratic nominees addressing residents at Bessville Dunn's Zulma Clabbe Drum Goost Pond Latlin Glen Allen and Marble Hill courthouse gathering urged for all voters to attend. Local speakers and attendees noted include Senator West and Judge W A McMinn with community updates on health farming and schooling.
Local notes report pro Bryan activism, a Bryan club at the Cedar branch schoolhouse, and silver advocacy with frequent meetings. Names include Ed Kimmel, Julia Jamison, Mrs Whitson Jamison, Laban Green, R J Slaughter, Thomas Guuvard, Dr Loges, Robert Drum, A A Sanborn, and Mr Null. Cattle drives to the Cape, lumber works, and political wagers color the week.
In Bollinger County Missouri the county court orders a special election for November to authorize a debt of 520,000 to build a jail. Tax levy over three years would be needed to cover the principal and interest. Publication notices will run in local papers Manan Hut Press and Lutesville Banner.
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