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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1916
Page
7
An old newspaper ad touts Sloan's Liniment as a remedy for child injuries and pains. It claims relief from head bumps, sprains, and backache, noting it is safer and cleaner than ointments and available in 25¢ and 31¢ bottles at drug stores.
The column reports multiple incidents including a coal train accident near Novinger injuring over twenty, a church fire at Greentop, a fatal oxygen tank blast in Bethany, and a driver charged with manslaughter near Snead Shatter. It covers Missouri prohibition votes, drought and quarantine notes, newspaper price gains, a kitchen spoon mystery, editor changes in La Plata, and Missouri deficit warnings by Governor-elect Gardner amid upcoming Farmers Week and local decorations in Centerville.
Honorable Jas T Lloyd writes to Putnam County people noting his term ends March 4 at noon. He invites contact on Washington matters and pledges continued duty until commission ceases. He expresses obligation to supporters and plans no premature private work.
The Executive Committee of the Association of Young Republicans of Missouri voted to hold the Lincoln day banquet in St. Louis on February 12 1917. It will be the eighteenth annual gathering with five or six speakers including a national figure. Attendance expected from twelve hundred to fifteen hundred Republicans from across the state. Plates priced at 2.50 each.
South Blackbird reports visitors and family news from Isaac Lewis, John Butler, and Joseph Butler households. Funeral attendance for Uncle Al Lipp drew a large crowd on Saturday. Several relatives share meals, travel, and corn harvesting duties across Butler and Casady families in the Hartford area and Greencastle trips.
Birney and McClellan bought hogs here Monday while Biswell Merc Co and Livonia Produce Co bought many turkeys over the past two weeks at 20 and 21 per pound. The piece records illnesses, travels, and social happenings including a home talent play, a typhoid death, and several marriages and relocations in Mapleton and nearby towns.
Graysville School under Mrs Phend and Miss Von Speak reports progress despite illness in the area. Pneumonia fever grips Mrs Pearl McFarland and kidney trouble affects John McFarland. Mrs Winnie Lewis remains ill and two Neal Lane children are very sick at their grandfather E M Rose’s. Harvey Cassady’s baby shows slight improvement. Thanksgiving program set for Wednesday evening. Rose Cemetery services planned by W D McFarland on the second December Sunday. Mr Nelson Rose and Miss Mae Smith wed November 19 by W D McFarland. Friends wish them long and happy lives.
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