09 Sep 1920
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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1920
Page
1
An old store catalog style note describes the G. F. Hopkins Department Store sale items including hats coats suits dresses sweaters and floor coverings with mentions of discounted prices on wide vinyl and rugs. The piece also references plans for a magazine and local announcements about fall lines and community notes.
A garbled ad lists cheap foods and household tips promising savings on groceries and kitchen chores. It includes references to tomato corn flourish, butter, potatoes, and a trade offer, then abruptly shifts to a bank financial statement from Missouri with dates in 1920.
A disjointed correspondence describes cattle, a large bull estimated at 85,000, and plans to return to Marble Hill. The writer wishes a successful year and recommends Will Maydelil cal hewe and Maytide Mill for a good school and quiet town living. They send regards to friends and blessings.
The document presents the official financial condition at year end with assets including cash notes and mortgages, and liabilities and capital. It cites directors J A Berry and Euna Berry as officers and records sworn to by a notary with a commission expiring in 1920. The statement is printed in Marble Hill Press, Marble Hill Missouri, dated September 10.
On a recent clear day Bucklin citizens and business men gathered two miles east of town to dynamite and dig down a large hill. The effort aimed to improve road access, with a small army using dynamite picks shovels and tents to topple the hill and create a better pass. Local health and crops are reported steady with some elderly neighbors experiencing weakness. Charley Acop smiles as county agent of M A J insurance paid him eighty dollars after a premium of two hundred forty five.
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