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Newspaper
Missouri Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
8
Community notes list residents visiting Marshall and area. a Kansas City infant death is corrected. J Tisdale and S T Hunter relatives host visitors. telegraph line work to Miami. residents return home for holidays. concert postponement. several locals travel, shop, or stay with families. health issues mentioned.
Frank Mitchell of American Tobacco Co. is spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Mitchell, at their home.
J. 8. Van Stone and wife of Mal te Bend depart Tuesday for Texas to visit their son and plan tours of all APO cities, detailing the trip and expected stops.
Misa Rachhel Van Dyke daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Van Dyke will marry Roy W Pearse of City next Wednesday. Lail and family moved from Tuss to Corpus Christi to make their home, leaving friends here who wish them well in their new home.
Community notes detail Christmas plans for Keller and Un rah families with Browns in St. Louis and a Brown reunion. Reports include a proposed bridge site by electric road interests, Charlie Howard’s Hotel Howard boom, Elsen and Halns trading a Barton county landmark, rental wishes from Mrs. Atchley, and local moves by G. L. Thompson and J. N. Huggins. Also covered are tax visits by Fred Jenkins, typhoid recovery of W. C. Lunbeck, Wingfield farm sale to John Wingfield, and a rain barrel incident affecting local safety practices.
Ned Herring from Wanamaker visited Wednesday and said his wife was not with him. When asked, he joked he could not find her, suggesting he plans a Marshall hunting trip and may bring her along next time.
Wm. Nuckles, his wife, and son from Huntington W V return home after a week visiting brother R. H. Nuckles and family. They had been living in Tulsa Oklahoma but Mr Nuckles went blind and the family decided to move back to Huntington.
Malt a Bend resident Fred Pittman called in Wednesday for a chat. G W Cowan and C L Conway of Nelson were guests of Co F M Stone Tuesday. Mrs W J Garnett of Slater visited Mrs C G Page from Saturday to Tuesday. Geo Leaton and daughter from near Nelson shopped here Wednesday. Mrs Julius Reith and Miss Clara Cook came from Blackburn Wednesday. T J Fitzsimmons NW of town went to Warsaw Tuesday for feeders. Miss Mildred McBride arrived from Columbia Wednesday evening to spend the holidays at home. Mrs BE A Scott of Miami went to Kansas City Wednesday to visit her daughter Mrs H McDaniel. Irvine Williams expects a trip to Los Angeles soon after word arrives. N H Parsons of Shelbina, brother-in-law of Miss Mary Fisher, died of a paralytic stroke. C G Page Jr and Carey Huston returned from Culver Military Academy to spend the holidays. John Madard last week moved the Jas Walker place on South Odell of Geo Crocket and will move in next week.
A fine son arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Thompson on West Morgan Tuesday December 21. He was named John Edward. Miss Caroline Becker of Indianapolis visited Mr. L. J. Rasse and relatives here the past three months then returned home Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Geo H. Althouse plan to spend the holidays with Capt and Mrs. Alex Denny at Roanoke Howard county. Frank Burroughs left for Jacksonville Florida seeking a healthier climate for his catarrh. Elmer Cook traveled from Stonington Colorado to Blue Lick to visit his father T. J. Cook and farmed in Stonington. he notes Colorado was a poor year for farmers.
Louis Putsch, now a government forest ranger, came home to visit his family Wednesday morning. He notes land is cheap in many parts of Colorado and some of it very good, praising Colorado’s agricultural prospects for those patient enough to grow with the country.
Local notes list renewed and new subscribers as readers mail in payments for a year of The Republican. Names include Mrs. I. M. Deckard of Miami and W. C. Allen of Marshall, with others from Marshall Blue Lick and nearby towns. Santa appears through dollar gifts and holiday renewals, keeping the paper’s weekly flow steady into 1910.
Chatman James M. Chatman of Louisville Missouri and Miss Viola Wells of Napa l Nap an were married at the bride’s parents home on Wednesday December 15 1909 at 2 05 p m The bride a Stewart granddaughter wore cream pongee silk with white satin and a white rose wreath The groom wore black and guests included R Frazier G Talton and many others The couple will live in Louisville after a short visit and move to a new home in March
The first quarterly exam held December 11 and 15 shows average marks on a 100 scale across grades. Eighth grade top performers include Willie Saunders 94 and Nettie Wilson 125, with several others in the 80s and 90s. Sixth through fourth grades list multiple students with varying scores, though some attendance is irregular. The exam questions were furnished by the county Superintendent and issued by the state Superintendent for all grades.
In Herod era Ben Joseph the shepherd plans murder after three ewes are slain by a rival. Holding Ben Hadad at knife point, a miraculous Bethlehem star appears, transforming Ben Joseph’s heart. The two vow lasting friendship and restitution as the star’s light signals the Christ spirit healing the land.
Fragment of a period Christmas poem invoking the Star of Bethlehem as a symbol of hope and joy. The speaker bids the Christ Child bring love, courage, and a year rich with Christmas spirit into every home despite the storms of life.
A terse note from New York describes a woman’s cynical approach to charity work, counting on others to fund her efforts while a man she admires clashes with her behavior over the color of her hat feathers.
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