02 Sep 1920
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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1920
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text lists various fruit products including sliced pineapple grated Hawaiian peaches and California fruits with garbled portions. No clear event or people are identifiable. available content reads as a jumble of product names and stray letters.
A damaged OCR page shows an early department store promotion for hats coats and dresses with prices and milepost style sales language. It also recounts a railroad accident near Bessville where Jake Hale died after a freight train incident injuring several passengers. Hale was a widowed mother’s support, prompting community sympathy.
Last Thursday around 2 PM Constable R A Mitchell received a tip that Robert Matheny, who escaped Bloomfield jail last February, was working about five and a half miles southeast of Clarkton. Mitchell alerted Bloomfield Prosecuting Attorney George Munger, who urged immediate action. Mitchell located Matheny at his work site and moved to arrest him.
Bob Robinson and Matheny escaped from jail in Hurler county after recruiting three others to join. Matheny fled to a different hiding place before lettering authorities about a spreading influenza. Deputy Presley and Constable Mitchell aided in the hunt, with Matheny eventually recaptured in Clarkton and jailed in Hewlylet.
An OCR fragment combines an Allen's Grocery Store ad promoting savings on groceries and household items with a county court record dated August 2 noting requisition on the State Auditor for 11,099.00 in state school funds, a contract for two Kip Snorter Graders at 15000 each, two 25 hp tractors at 3385.00 each, and two Caterpillar tractors at 1500.00 each, with adjournment to September 7.
A Jasper county Democratic convention adopts a resolution denouncing U.S. Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas for alleged deception about why the United States failed to acquire Cuba. The Missouri State Journal supports wide publicity of the resolution.
Fragmented notes describe a convoluted warning against alleged purveyors and conspiracies involving Cuban men and physicians, with references to chloroform ether and scheming, aiming to influence public opinion and moral control. The text lists names and dubious plots as it filers through obscure colonial era papers.
A whisky still operation was found in the north area of the county near the Musthy's store and a quarter mile from the main crowd. Locals described partial destruction of vessels and attempted concealment, while barrels and sacks of sugar and yeast were noted nearby. The report mentions witnesses, local residents including Mr and Mrs Sealin, and upcoming newspaper actions. further details reference Monday and Sunday gatherings and a printing plant transfer to Farmington.
Roller mill advert promises reliable wheat deposits and year round bread by the Water mill at Burfordville Missouri. Flour guaranteed to give satisfaction. Hugh Roberts, Manager urges patronage with a bright pitch and old reliable machinery.
Robert Wayne Cru, two months old, deemed perfectly normal, weighs two and a half pounds fully dressed and measures 15 inches long with a 9.5 inch chest. His grandmother, a trained nurse, ensures every chance to grow. Parents Mr and Mrs Crosgy Gray live near Everett in Cass county.
A 300 acre corn field in northern Pemiscot County attracts considerable attention. The crop was planted in swamp land formerly known as flag or open pond land, W. 8.
The owner Edwards directs two travelers not to plow land while planting a corn field. One portion plowed three times yields 65 bushels, twice yields 50, once yields 35, and untouched ground yields 2 bushels. The field draws Sunday visitors from miles away, with Reids yellow dent variety planted. Missouri pork and mule production are noted, including Mrs. M. Peeler's pig pen that raised 27 pigs, 17 alive.
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