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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1901
Page
5
A dramatic tale features Erthelwyn Wetherald described as a perpetual failure who dies after many attempts at self-victory. The column includes brief local notices and ads: farm loans, photos, framed pictures, loans on cattle, visitors, flowers, drug stocks, lawn mowers, and other business notices from J. C. Banner and L. H. Howard, with multiple names and places.
Sam prepared to furnish money at a low rate of interest with a first mortgage on land. Henry Callison. The Lineville District Fair will be held Sept. 10, 11, 12 and 13 this year. Money to loan. W. J H Forbes has money to loan on chattel or personal security. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Hill returned from Cincinnati. Send your shears to Quigley’s repair shop west of Jack-800 store. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Patrick visited Centerville. J. C. Banner will assist anyone wanting to borrow money on improved farms. Miss Alma Durby returned from a visit with Moulton and Bloomfield friends. Baths you want in a month for 1.00 at Turner's O. K. Barber Shop. Miss Ada Connell arrived for a visit with Mrs. P. F. Withrow. Bath ticket 1.00 at Turner's shop. Mrs. P. Carr returned home near Bloomfield. Bonnie Baking Powder advertised by L. H. Howard. Mrs. C. A. Hays returned from Pacific coast trip. Tin and sheet iron work at Quigley’s Shop west of Jackson’s. Lorin A. Rachford to St. Joseph for employment. Palace Barber Shop offers first class tensorial artists and baths.
Gilt Fdge Farm loans offered at low rates with prepayment option. Various local notes report shopping trips, visits, and social events. Post Office letters, a horse incident, theft arrest, and local hires illustrate community life around Unionville.
G OC Fullerton hosts visiting brother L H from the north. Miss Anna McCoy of Milan visits Unionville friends. Photography by Stoute touted as cheaper and better. Cash Davolt heads to Beachwood Illinois to stay through spring. L Howsan sought for paint lead and zinc coating claims. Mrs M Rowland of Versalia California visits son Henry Wahroast in North Union. Simon Summers, county clerk deputy, sidelined by sore throat. Ernest McKay visiting Milan barber shop. H RK Brasfield returns from Excelsior Springs, improving. Merrill Christy, son of Rev W B Christy, visits for week. G H Gardner refurbishes purchased residence from C J Summers. Mrs Patton of Novelty, Missouri visits brother Rev Utter after sixteen years. Sam B Davidson and A W Walters plan to relocate to El Reno and Lawton Oklahoma if prospects improve.
The annual meeting of the P. E. O. Grand Chapter of Missouri opens in the city with twenty eight of fifty delegates arriving. An informal reception was held at Mrs Abia Wentworth’s home last evening. Regular sessions run through tomorrow with an open session at the opera house tomorrow night and a lawn social at Mrs Anna Bonfoey’s. Delegates listed include Amy Cowell and many from Monroe City, Hamilton, and Kansas City. A concert honored visitors and decorations quoted an extensive display at the event.
The ad asserts four corner posts for the store: 1 Good Goods 2 Fair Prices 3 One price for all alike 4 Customer satisfaction. It promises we can recommend any item for its intended use and guarantees cheapest prices with plain figures. It emphasizes fair dealing and future patronage.
County Court plans to split the Circuit Clerk and Recorder offices, moving to two posts with cost estimates of four to five hundred dollars yearly. A Governor appointed Recorder may follow after November and a partisan clash is hinted. A local fatality after a scuffle between two youths is noted, and school opens September 9 due to missing seats. Funeral services for a Unionville resident are reported.
Private Money to Loan With a mortgage on Horses and cattle or personal security or a second mortgage on land Special attention given to buying good notes at a reasonable discount. Henry CALLISON Unionville fiends are in receipt of the announcement of the marriage of Miss Carrie May Webb to Hon. Elmer E McJimsey of Maryville Missouri. The groom is a prominent north Missouri Republican and editor of a country paper. The Kepehman presents its congratulations.
A badge on the C B and E line a mile from Farmington burned Sunday night delaying through traffic. Passenger Train No 1 from Burlington was abandoned. Train No 2 went north to Moulton, met a Farmington special, then returned to Carrollton as No 1, several hours late. The bridge was repaired in time for trains to pass yesterday.
Galt loses its saloon for the first time in two years as the doors close last week. Saturday brings busy crowds yet the streets stay quiet and orderly with no drunkenness. Citizens vow to prosecute bootleggers and resist any dive, asserting local will to block illegal drinking.
Chas W Hurford, longtime Fulton asylum inmate, died last Friday. Embalmed remains sent home to West Liberty for funeral yesterday. Survived by brothers John, Nate, and Wm Harford of West Liberty. The piece notes thirteen family losses, including Miss Pet Scannell’s death, and lists relatives attending from several states.
Subscriptions fear loss of county court records but the paper confirms county court proceedings will continue to be printed at no cost. In court Ira KF Jones of west of town faced charges of statutory assault against a girl under fourteen, who is the daughter of John Norman. The defense argued the girl was over age. Jones was bound over to the circuit court in $2500 bond and had married Lulu Young days earlier.
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