Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1912-04-18
Southeast News.

HsHsf' W. affh8a w At'Af hA'
n notch 1t is a fourth class city
now.
The recent local option election
held In New Madrid county resulted
ina victory for the drys by 337 ma
iotily
Dexter had disastrous fire on
April : -Four residences and III,
fine Methodist church were destroy
ed The losses are estimated at more
than $4,000
Charles Shute, conductor Of q
~recking crew on the main line Of
the Iron Mountain road. and who
resided at d. Soto. was accidentally
Killed April I. while picking up a
wreck at Annapolis 4 ear turned
over aud he was caught beneath IT,
and the life crushed out Of him.
6 II Davis and J X Croy of
Cape Girar,ieau have invented a
spring hub for AUTOMOBILES. which
they believe will put an end to the
tire troubles and. in large measure.
reduce the expense incident To tire
weaknesses They expect TO begin
manufacturing the device at Cape
GlHrlrau IN a short time.
poSg.1 Press
On Aprl q q county sr-lling
match is To- h. held IN DvSoto IN
which pupils fun all parts ol the
county will participate To make Il
interesting. several prizes have hcrn
offered among them t-ine a $40
kosd picve by the Peoples Bank of
this city The awards will h. made
ut the cluSe u the contest oa the 2ith
A4vaucr Neu E@
Jack Rittrntcrry for q number of
years brakeman on the Bloomfield
and Xilma branch oi the Frisco rail.
~uy vas run over IN the yards NJ
BiooJuieIi Tuesday night. while
doing some switching. and instantly
killtsi The Gar paS>,vi uytr his body
t~iCr We arr Informed that no
anc saN the ac,idcu, and cannot
tell how the unfortunate fcIIow was
raught
FaFmtaesan Ti8r.
Thrrc old uitizrus uf Ste Gcueyrye
county died last ~res Andre~
NueSsik dlrti at weingnrlen. April 2, +.
aged Nj ycars tie VAS one Of the
psnucvf settlers VI the county and
had lived In the same house tifty
wears Mrs Mary Badlrr aged M.
died ON the 18th ult. leaving a huS.
hand SIX children 35 grandchildren
and 2 krrat-erandchlldren Felix
HogenmilIcr died at Welngartcn
April / aged NJ years He taught
@,hoal in the Same district for 81
years and had bcen married 81 years
SlS children. - grandchildren and
IL rrat-Erandchlkirru survive him
Fagmjngtaa Times
MIR Jerry h Burks received a letter
from his brother. John at Charleston,
written last Sunday. which says
Our farm Is under water from \ to
i6 feet AMI still rising have my :
mules and cattle here In Charleston
have all the people at the farm lis
In number, I'm the barn OH the second U
fioor, with 100 hogs ? COWS and I
about Is dogs, the chickens and
turkeys They are NIL safe and get :
Ting plenty to eat They do not serm b
10 care a snap They sing Steam /,
boat Bill and Cayce Jones from n
morning till night The water Is from G
To 1 feet In INV corn cribs only d
ost two hogs and one COW atm 8
Getting the people out as tast as | Il
AN Tell Maggie that Emmett is ii
MI right He and some other men 81
are bringing the people out In n skiff
can't tell how much we ARE dam :,
aeed: the fence is all washed away = =
md | think the houses are all gone !,
There are hundreds of people still in :,
he barns and houses in otlr section :,
There are as many as Is and in some :,
houses so people in two upstairs :;
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