Centerville Murder Trial Opens for Paul McCarty Case
The McCarty murder trial began in Centerville with State's Attorney Powell outlining the prosecution's theory. Paul and Betty McCarty rode to Unionville to witness a wedding with Mary Jo Swan and Richard Carmichael, returning to Centerville where an argument escalated on the way to the McCarty home.
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Paul McCarty
Centerville
Unionville
Powell
Paul
Betty
Paul's Dam
Ee Jo Swan
Richard Carmichael
Missouri
Miss Swan
Mary Jo
Carmichael
McCarty
Aguas
Carty
Golden Glove Dates Set in Unionville for Amateurs
Unionville hosts Golden Glove bouts on December 30 and 31 at Unionville High School gym. Buck Thompson of Chillicothe confirms dates and venue. entries from a 60 mile radius including Iowa and Missouri are welcome. Matches use eight or ten ounce gloves, three rounds of two minutes, with one minute rests, and winners advance to district then national tournaments.
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Unionville
Unionville High School
Buck Thompson
Chillicothe
North Missouri
Thompson
Iowa
Missouri
Pheraeson
Lichter
Elasa
Balow
Chillienthe
Kansas City
Strange Vertebrae-Like Stone Found East of St John
Elihu Dorsey reports finding a stone fragment near his home that resembles part of a huge animal bone. The oval, five inch long object shows bone texture, a porous interior, and a hard rim. It may be a petrified vertebrae, suggesting the creature once lived nearby.
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Elihu Dorsey
St. John
Tongago
Love's Labor Lost at Church Booth Mixup
Methodist ladies spent hours decorating a church booth for cheer, only to find it dismantled by the janitor who assumed it was in use and moved it to another room. The mixup left the congregation surprised and lacking the expected display.
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Methodist Church
Cold Weather Begins Early With Unusual November Drought
November’s first freeze reached two below zero on the 20th then one below on the 21st with a later one below last Sunday. Schick’s records show 84 to two below and 14 clear vs 13 cloudy days as precipitation totals reach 144 inches, signaling a dry month and parched earth with dry wells and shallow moisture.
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John Schick
ILS Weather Bureau
Schapersitane
Naid
Mr haa Hustor Returns Home With Foot Infection Healing
Mr haa Hustor is home again after a hospital visit in Kirksville for foot trouble. Doctors found no malignant cause, only an old injury with a possible infection. With treatment, recovery is expected and relief is shared by all.
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Haa ¢ Hustor
Kirkaville
Best Student Honoree George Allen Cook Named
The Globe Democrat lists George Allen Cook of Monville among five top juniors at the University of Missouri for high grades in the prior year. Despite difficulties, he excelled, leading a large class and earning notable academic distinction.
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Globe Democrat
George Allen Cook
Monville
Ladies Circle GAR Meets For Annual Elections
Notice reports the Ladies Circle of the GAR will meet Monday evening in the fOOF hall for the annual election of officers. Also notes a turkey stin Brookfield event, a garage fire at Lee Ackley’s in the town, and Emma R Pauley’s Powersville home burned last Friday afternoon.
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GAR
Emma R Pauley
Horne Vee
Powersville
Unionville
Trial of Joe Martin Ends In Not Guilty Verdict
In Chillicothe a Federal Court trial concluded with Joe Martin found not guilty of misappropriation of funds while serving as an officer at a Trenton bank. The verdict came after a brief showing of joy lasting about ten minutes. Martin is brother to C N Martin formerly of Unionville.
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Joe Martin
Chillicothe
Trenton
I 1
Martin
C. N Martin
Unionville
Rumors swirl of Rock Island cut off toward Chicago
The Rock Island Railroad eyes a new line from Trenton toward Muscatine and Chicago. Reports from The Missourian and local officials note possible double track northeast from Tindall via Spickard, Newtown, Unionville, Omaha, toward Town, lowering grades for traffic.
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Rock Island Railroad Company
Trenton
Fredonia
Low
Trenton Missourian
The
Republican
Missourian
Chicago
Tindall
Muscatine
Rock Island
Spickard
Topsy
Milwaukee
Newtown
Unionville
Omaha
Princeton
Corydon
Mercer Hill
Fidon
Murcatine
Former Unionville principal pleads guilty to NYA fraud
Lonnie D. Leeper, ex superintendent at Pagosa Springs and Unionville, pleaded guilty in Denver to forging National Youth Administration checks and used funds for his own ends. Judge Symes gave four months in county jail despite defense hopes for probation. Leeper had overseen NYA student workers and allegedly shifted overtime funds, with the typewriter purchase cited as partial restitution. He had taught in Missouri and Colorado prior to Pagosa Springs.
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Lonnie D. Leeper
Unionville High School
National Youth Administration
Denver
Colourado
Lonnie Leeper
Lagosa Gormngrolo
Federal District Court
J Foster
Symen
Leeper
Symes
Denver County
Echool
NYA
Marmaduke
Bentley McMullin
Advke
Pagosa Springs
Missouri
Deertrail
Springfield
Colo
Linneus Teams Take Double Victory In Local Basketball Night
Linneus girls beat Unionville 40 to 24 and Linneus boys edged local boys 31 to 29 in a tight finish. Unionville independents faced Bloomfield lows. talk grows of a regional tournament with teams from North Missouri and Southern Iowa planned for late December or early January. Thanksgiving visitors included Mr and Mrs Fon Lebosch and their son at Mrs Tysor’s sister in Carrollton.
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Linneus Girls
Unionville Girls
Linneus Boys
Unionville Boys
Bloomfield Lows
Packers
Missouri
Iowa
Tysor
Fon Lebosch and Son
Hog herd decimated by mysterious illness near town
Mr V T loses many hogs as a baffling disease sweeps through his herd at the southeast edge of town. Fifty hogs on Altes farm shrink to four as veterinarians and dissections fail to identify the cause, with burning used for disposal. The illness spares neither age nor class of hogs.
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Altes
Putnam County Library drives annual funding appeal
The Putnam County Library in Unionville seeks $26 000 for the annual budget with a December 14 15 drive by a six member board and Mary Smith the librarian. Demand remains strong as 15 822 books loaned in eleven months and 489 donated to the library show growth.
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Putnam County Library
Unionville
Mra. Mary Smith
Mra. Smith
Board of Directors
Anonville High Plans Annual Play The Scarecrow Reappears
Juniors at Anonville High School announce their annual school play The Scarecrow Reappears to be staged next Wednesday evening in the auditorium with curtain at eight. The event, earlier than usual to avoid year end conflicts, features a suspenseful story with tense scenes and extra acts between main segments.
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Jari
Anonville High
Sher Adong
Vanety
Alto Potter
Eppenstein Corrected on Longtime Location History
A correction from A J Martin of Braymer clarifies Mr M Eppenstein’s business locations. He states Eppenstein operated first a room west of Monroe’s drug store around 1897 and moved early in 1898, noting other contemporaries on that street and the earlier business ties before Howard joined Momme.
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M_ Eppenstein
Eppenstein
A J Martin of
Braymer
Eppy
Unionville
Monroe
Ed Monroe
Hugh Elson
Ode Starcup
Mr and Mrs Homer Stout Visit Washington Kin
Mr and Mrs Homer Stout of Kirkland Washington are visiting at the home of her mother Mrs D Halley.
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Homer Stout
Kirkland, Wash
D Halley
Christmas Beauty Contest Aims to Light Up Unionville With Prizes
Unionville announces a Christmas decoration contest offering three home prizes of 5 3 2 dollars and two business prizes of 5 and 2 50 dollars. Entries must register at City Hall by December 18 and decorations visible from outside with electric lights. Judging the week of December 19 and results December 24. City lights delayed due to broken globes. replacement lamps on order and will be installed once received.
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Unionville
Ember
Roads to surface in Unionville district get extra projects
One supplemental and one new WPA project approved will surface about four more miles of Unionville Special Road District roads and streets. Foreman F E Skinner notes two original projects lacked funds for all work, so supplements were added. total resurfaced distance now reaches about 13.16 miles with 14,845 cubic yards of overburden removed and 11,987 cubic yards of stone crushed and laid at a cost around 41,225 dollars.
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Atreeta
Lmonville
FE. Skinner
Skinner
Ghal
Skinner Aaid
Unionville
Old City
Stringtown Culture Club Quilting Meet Highlights
The Stringtown Culture Club met December 2 at Mrs Zelzah Lewis's home with twelve members. Prizes went to Mrs Maude Sanders first and Mrs Ruth McCalment second in the first contest. the second contest tied and featured pepeyet balls. A Christmas gift exchange is planned for December 16 with farewell gift to charter member Mrs Edna Burns. Guests included several local women and Pollock, visiting from Chillicothe.
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Zelzah Lewis
Maude Sanders
Ruth McCalment
Margaret Mathews
Edna Burns
Alma Spence
Alice Foster
Alice Powell
Virginia Aia Aber
Catherine O’donne
Mail Early for Christmas Packages to Avoid Delays
The piece urges mailing Christmas parcels well in advance due to heavy year end mail volume. It notes that late mailing can cause delays, spoil gift opening plans, and cause misunderstandings. It suggests marking packages to be opened on Christmas morning and acknowledges carrier strain but encourages proactive sending.
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Mall
Remarkable carved cane hints at historic political passion
Morgan of Livonia displayed a carved cane by his late father T Morgan featuring Masonic emblems, animals, and a political verse about Harrison and Cleveland. The inscription, dated 1887, evokes late 19th century tensions and prophetic political outcomes, alongside a coin collection including an 1887 half dollar and odd cents.
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E. Morgan
Livonia
Morgan
Inmonville
T ( Morgan
Lodge 8
Harrison
Cleveland
T Q Morgan
Flealao
Tonien Special Road District Advances Road Surfacing Plan
The Tonien Special Road District pushes toward completing road surfacing with crushed rock and expands maintenance using a new motorized maintainer, a tractor, a grader, and a truck. Board member F O Elson says WPA project funding has left the district about 1200 behind, but completion will ease future maintenance.
Ellen Brice Injured In Fall At William Daily Home
Mrs Ellen Brice, sister of Mr Dally, fell in the basement stairs at the William Daily home north of the High School on Sunday November 2. She suffered a fracture to the large bone near the shoulder and, at 81 years old, is slowly recovering.
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Ellen Brice
William Daily
Shea
Dally
Changes at Hartford Move to Farm Near Hartford
Mr and Mrs Manford Spurgeon who ran a Hartford Missouri garage moved last week to the Bragg parents farm east of town. Mr Bragg now takes charge of the garage in Hartford as farm work proved difficult. The Bragg family relocated to Hartford and Mr Bragg will oversee the garage. The Boure green alan family spent Thanksgiving at the Bragg home in Hartford.
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Manford Spurgeon
Hartford
Tom Bragg
Braggy
Bragg
Brarg
8Ourgreen
Alan
Lancaster Excelsior
Putnam County Clover and Prosperity Conference agenda outlined
The 10th Annual Clover and Prosperity Conference in Unionville on December 10 will present soils and crops practices from Putnam county. Fred Drury chairs with a program including registrations at 9 45 am, talks by C E Neff WR Tascher and others, demonstrations on terraces and contour furrows, lunch at noon, and officer elections at 1 15 pm.
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Putnam County
Unionville
Fred Drury
White
Drury
C. EL Neff
WR Tascher
Steve Ratliff
Elaine Summers
Sam Hurliman
la Vella
AF. Torrey
Lapedera
Mrs Cosmetology Lady Elected to North Missouri Board
Miss Zola Higgins of Emmonville elected to the North Missouri hairdressers and cosmeticians board at a Kirksville meeting. Local chapter organized with fifty members at the Travelers Hotel, Kirksville. Officers include President Mrs Cora Brown Edina Vice President Mrs R A Martin Kirksville Secretary Miss Dorothy Johnson Kirksville Treasurer Mrs Ida Byron Memphis. Next meeting January 10 features a program and style show at 780 Travelers Hotel.
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Mradla Higgins
Rouse Brothers
Emonville
North Missouri
Kirksville
Mra
Cora Brown
Travelers Hotel
Cordiary
Life of Emile Zola at the Royal Theatre
Warner Bros with Paul Muni deliver a literate drama about Emile Zola. The film portrays his pursuit of justice and truth, his early life and friendships, and the creation of Nana, with emphasis on the Drayfus affair and Zola’s writing.
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Warners Bros
Paul Muni
Emile Zola
Royal Theatre
Louis Pasteur
Muni
Zola
Jevont Drayfos
Cezanne
Nana
County Court December Session Ends Likely Midweek
The County Court holds its monthly December session this week and may finish by midweek. If following custom, it may reconvene for a final day at month end to tidy up the year’s business. Mrs. George Miller of Newton visited last Wednesday night with her aunt, Mrs. Jennie Coppock.
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George Miller
Newton
Jennie Coppock
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the County Library
Unionville Road
Stringtown Culture Club
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T H_ Pollock
Ita
Tonienvile Special Road
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Thia
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Elson
Ellen Brick
Bernen
Clover and Prosperity Conference
C E. Neff
Mre
Zola Higgins
North Missouri Hairdressers Group
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