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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1902
Page
5
A jumble of town items mentions visitors from Burlington and Trenton, mortgage notes, barber services, and upcoming church services. Local updates include county court actions on poor farm care, state senator candidate J C McKinley speaking at a Soldiers Reunion, and various family travels and health notices.
The Farmer Store advertises no. handmade farm wagons for sale. Mr and Mrs T L Baskett and Mr and Mrs Frank Anderson travel to Denver and Pueblo for a few days and plan to climb Pikes Peak. George Goodrich will handle Baskett’s jewelry interests while away. A large private loan is offered at the Banner Loan Office. Rev Hiram D Grover of Fayette visits regarding Howard Payne College, noted for women’s education and its 68th annual session beginning Sept 17. See ad in another column.
Turner and others visit local area as residents gather at the Banner Loan Office for money needs. Several locals and visitors named include Geo Davidson from Mobherly with family, Alice Sweet of Quincy visiting Mrs Bonfoey, and Charley Seyn with Robert Doyle returning to Bloomfield. Doors remain at the corner while townsfolk travel to nearby Iowa and Kansas, with various greetings, visits, and housekeeping mentions.
Gilt Edge Farm Loans offered at low rates with early payoff option by McCutch en & Son. Brasfield returns home after eight weeks in Missouri. reports family well and visitors hosted in Milan. Local items note animals killed by lightning, hay burned, and a $250 coach harness for F. E. Marshall. Special Burlington train for E Iowa Woodman Picnic Aug 28 with Unionville to Bloomfield round trip at one fare.
A Brookfield reader urges eradicating weeds to curb disease and purify the air using a rustic metaphor. The column also includes a local business card for loan renewals by W. H. Foges and a media critique about country papers praising or mocking trivial society items. An unrelated ad for Allen Moore offers shorthand and telegraphy courses with employment claims.
House and two lots in R. R. Addition Unionville offered at low price. Inquiries to H. H. Bargarr and Dr. H. M. Harrison of Quincy the eye ear nose throat specialist will be at Hotel Roth Tuesday Sept 2 1902 for one day only. Doctor has thirty years in practice and serves as oculist and aurist for the O. K. Railroad and St. Mark's Hospital at Quincy.
Prices don’t give a dollar of your money until you are convinced the goods are the best value obtainable. Our prices are lower on better class merchandise than any other firm in the city. Compare, study prices, and come here. if we win you as a customer, we gain one.
The store proclaims steady growth and better classes of trade as years pass, touting prices and quality as reasons for constant daily business in the county.
A letter notes that other regions have public improvement associations and proposes forming one in Unionville to promote general appearance and welfare. The aim is civic spirit, cleanliness, and progress without requiring capital investment, appealing to all residents. Unionville is praised as the best town in north Missouri and urged to become even better.
Notice to teachers announces applications for teaching fall and winter terms in St John Missouri. Secretary A S Runyon notes this is posted August 16 1902. The document lists the Putnam County Teachers Institute enrollments and instructors including Profs Overholt Ryals and Seitz. The list names dozens of local teachers and students connected to the program.
Advertisement notes fast approval of liberal treatment and careful selections with good goods and the lowest prices. It promises the highest possible price paid for produce and poultry and invites shoppers to visit the trading place described as fair.
Martin McCollom died after a slate fell in a Blackbird mine room at 11 15 a.m. He and Fred Maulsby were working when the kettle-bottomed rock crushed him. Rescuers freed him with jack screws but he died shortly after. He was about seven years old and unmarried, son of Julia McCollum. Funeral services were held yesterday at Thompson graveyard.
Last Thursday flames issued from the roof of the circus advertising car near the water tank. Firemen responded quickly, applying water to bring the blaze under control with little damage. The origin is undetermined but suspected to be an opening between roof and ceiling.
The account describes a fire damaging advertising material and cash losses including 100 and 500 dollars, with a town headman blaming a cause near the opening in metal. Observers praise the fire department and Bertha Wilson for guiding the hose cart along the square to the depot area.
The post office at Unionville holds the remaining letters after closing on Saturday April 16, 1902. If not claimed within two weeks they will be forwarded to the dead letter office. L. C. Miller and Mr. Essie Morgans are associated with the notice.
Has just closed the best yet in its noted history. If you desire a Common School Teachers' or scientific course, send for catalog aid enter Rept. 2. Several new and have been employed for new educators that a year, Ib For Trade. An up-to-date stock of clothing and furnishing goods invoicing about $3,000 to trade for a farm. Enquire for a particular of A. J. Martin, at the Amé Publican Office Unionville, Mo.
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