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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1908
Page
5
A letter from C B Pherigo recounts moving to Oklahoma after Beaver County opened for settlement. He describes farmland, climate, water, crops, and rising land values, notes rail access under construction, and praises Missouri ties while urging friends to consider homesteads amid prohibition support.
A historical note states the Nevada Legislature was compelled to enact the old law and asserts the U S Forest Service has not issued orders to kill any horse, claiming no authority to do so.
The Western Trunk Line Committee considers revising freight rates for small packages. The current rule charges minimums based on 100 pounds, so a 5 or 10 pound package pays the same as a 100 pound shipment. Shippers say this is an anomaly and prefer ending the small package burden.
John W Boyd of Princeton farms orders 1260 cedar fence posts from a Tennessee firm to be shipped in a few weeks. The posts, 4 to 5 inches at the top, will last about three times as long as ordinary posts and cost 23 cents each laid down at the station. The company notes that 2000 posts make a car load.
A brief humorous exchange features a military major and a jokey line about talking in sleep. The remark turns on the idea of seizing a private moment as a chance for communication.
A woman asleep since September, with a dying child in August, is treated after doctors call it a mental condition. She awakens only for meals, has a voracious appetite, and continues to gain weight while her husband accompanies her. The case puzzles local physicians.
The text reports a severe disaster with destroyed houses and residents fleeing to hills near Little Rock Arkansas. It also mentions political alarm in the English House of Commons over naval shipping, a new $1000 clock with a 2000 pound bell to be placed in a Memphis courthouse, a local editor in Iowa attacked for business disputes, and various garbled references to mining and payments.
The Kentucky legislature is called for an extra session to tackle night riding. Widespread arson and property losses have prompted the move as a public safety measure.
City of Mexico reports a major quake that flattened Chilpancingo and Chilapa and leveled villages Concepilor Tatil and Goatepec. Population figures around 12 000 for Pavenga Chilpancingo. Death toll cited between 200 and 300 in Chilapa with later reports reaching 500. Chilpancingo said to have few deaths and aid sent to Chilapa.
La Question Sociale of Latterson New Jersey an anarchist paper advocating lawless ness has been barred from the mails by Postmaster General Meyer.
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