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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1914
Page
1
Southeast Missouri and nearby counties report a mix of crop notes stirred by watermelons along the Iron Mountain line, a defeated local option in Scott county, rising wheat plans in Reynolds county, and arkansas arrests in Marquand. Contributing items include mine talks, town council moves, and local accidents.
The Fairfax Forum notes Sears Roebuck and Company sent about a ton of catalogs to Fairfax on Tuesday. Each catalog cost 9 cents to mail plus printing, with no expected return. They do it for pleasure, giving farmers pictures to look at and reading material for leisure.
The Motherly Monitor reports a wife suing for divorce claiming her husband insulted her as a “darned old hypocrite” and warned of heaven and hell. She details his odd habits including sleeping in the barn, boasting of scraps to eat, whetting a carving knife at night and threatening to harm himself or use a gun. She says the behavior wore on her nerves beyond endurance.
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