Local Notes From Unionville Area
Farmers cut wood to cope with coal shortage while local residents attend to errands and visits. Emmett Bowman and family traveled to Lian county. James and Virgil Matthew visitations noted. Mick Godfrey listed sick. Stille and Stermin households host visitors. preparations for a Christmas entertainment underway with plans for Dec 14 at themunidary venue.
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Emmett Bowman
Lian County
Dave Salsbury
James
Virgil Matthew
Unionville
West Liberty News Briefs From Crowded Out Last Week
Community updates note new church members baptized in Unionville last Friday. Visits include Miss Mabel Long with her father in Powersville and Irvin Valentine’s family at V.4 Valentine. Local residents attend court, holidays at Virgil Logan and Sam Johnson homes, and medicine treatments in Centerville.
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The
Christian Church
Unionville
Mabel Long
Powersville
Irvin Valentine
Valence Hire
Harve Hamilton
Ben Alamiston
Virgil Logan
Gene Davin
Thurza Bishop
George Letch
Robert Skipper
J. H. Powders
W A. Valentine
Gladys
Centerville
Willie Winchell
N R Harford
Bob Hunter
Will Gamer
Ben Hamilton
Henry Smith
Frank Galloway
Central City
Manley Alexander
Mrs. Mitchell
Community News Roundup at the Lige Vestal Circle
Alfred Neuman spent a day at the Lige Vestal home. Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Crooks and families visited friends around town. Blanche Casady of Des Moines visited the N. A. Keller home. Several households hosted relatives and friends over the week as Blanch Vestal and others traveled to see kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Neuman
Lige Vesta
Cyrus Crooks
J. W Crooks
Mat Hurley
Fries
Roy Hurley
Caleb Williams
Harris County
Néa! Martin
Maxine
Hugh Martin
Orvdi Lawson
Babe Richardson
Ira Richardson
C. W. Richardson
Dee Sparks
Donathan Mel
Ligé Vestal
Unionville
Wis
Vir] Guffey
Blanche
Jim Gillum
J. T. Mullenix
Blanche Casady
Des Moines
N. A. Keller
Alva Williams
Fred Vestal
Katie
Dollie
Johnny
Marie Buster
Lige Vesa
Hattie
Juanita’ Histed
Cassie
Ethel Iseman
Elizabeth Brown
D. L. Husted
Geo
Husted
Marl
Tragic Corydon Poisoning Leaves Family Grieving
A Corydon resident died Monday night with poisoning given as the cause. The deceased lived in Powerville for years where Mr Whiteley ran a business. She leaves three siblings, a son, and a two weeks old baby.
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Ibetes
Corydon
Poweraville
Whiteley
Graysville Social Roundup Notes Passing Weekends
Graysville residents report family visits and travels. Dee Mullenix and children spent Sunday at William Fowler’s. W. M. McFarland and Kirksville visitors came to see relatives. Marl Williams of Lancaster visited home folks. Scrivens family plans move to Abilene Kansas. T. N. Collins went to Kansas City to see his brother. Newcastle Wyoming resident John Mo visited Herby Croft. Ivan Sidwell’s party drew a large crowd and enjoyed a fine time. Mrs. R. A. Berry visited relatives in Graysville. Blanche Casady from Des Moines visited Harley Casady.
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Dee Mullenix Sand
William Fowler
W. M. McFarland
Kirksville
Marl Williams
Lancaster
Scrivens
Abiline
Kan
T. N. Collins
Kansas City
John Mo
Newcastle
Wyo
Herby Croft
Ivan Sidwell
R. A. Berry
Graysville
Blanche Casady
Des Moines
Harley Casady
Local Moves and Business Deals Reported in Livonia Area
Mrs Jams Carter of near Omaha traveled to Livonia for a business trip on Monday. Farmers sent turkeys to Livonia that day. AFE Roop James Carter and Fred Fowler are expanding telephone line work. Ben Pickering bought a half interest with Herman Mallenix in the Hartford store. Roscoe Shelton purchased Albert Houston’s Omaha store to run. Freddie Brown returns from Scotland County visit with his brother Eddie. Connie Pickering works for Murl Williams in his Lancaster garage.
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Jams Carter
Omaha
Livonia
FE. Roop
James Carter
Fred Fowler
Ben Pickering
Herman Mallenix
Hartford
Roscoe Shelton
Albert Houston
Freddie Brown
Scotland County
Eddie
Connie Pickering
Murl Williams
Lanecaster
Mendota News Briefs: Newborns and Obituaries
Harshel Vincent and wife greet a big girl. John Robbins, aged, dies at his son Tom Robbins’ home and is buried near Graysville last Friday. A small daughter of Will Pickens dies, laid to rest at Friendship cemetery on Sunday. Mrs Charney Conger visits Vincent home with two children. Chris Robbins returns home. John Robbins moves to Dave Mickels farm. Henry Dean family visits John La Rue. Mra B D Bates and Leslie Bates visit Roy Brown. Several hogs and wheat deliveries noted in Mendota last week.
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Harshel Vincent
John Robbins
Tom Robbins
Graysville
Will Pickens
Friendship Cemetery
Pie Sipper at Berry School House Receives Cake Prize
Pie cupper Mire Fern Harm won the cake for most popular young lady at a Berry school house event Thursday night. Proceeds from pie sale totaled 34.84 dollars, with overall receipts 21.75 dollars from the cake and pies selling well.
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Berry School
Union Church Services at Enon Church
Union Church invites people to attend preaching services next Sunday at Enon church with sessions at 11 am and 7 30 pm. The notice urges not to stay home when it is cold and mentions plenty of wood and a welcoming atmosphere as topics for discussion.
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Enon
Insurance reinstatement for soldiers policy liberalized
Reinstatement rules for soldiers sailors and marines were liberalized. A service member can reinstate within eighteen months after discharge by paying two months’ premium with no health statement in three calendar months after discharge. A special blanket ruling lets ex service men reinstate before December 31 1919 if still in good health and meeting a 90 day application notice. Consult Mrs Daisy T Riggs Home Service Secretary at once.
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Cackeree
Thos
Daisy T. Riggs
Home Service
Sympathy as a Fine Art
A reflection on sympathy as a fine art that should uplift and inspire not diminish or despair. True sympathy encourages hope and progress, avoiding pity that anchors a friend in distress.
Secret meeting on a German frontier train 1867
A night encounter near Baden Baden involved Emperor Francis Joseph and King William I, when Prussian allies allegedly urged a Franco Austrian alliance. The interview in the imperial carriage lasted hours with no open pledge, leaving the motive and outcome disputed and kept quiet by the press.
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Gabane
Gcg
Mobertie
Bian Inter
Biswarek
France
Austria
Prussia
Francis J. Joseph
Naphison
Francis Joseph
Salzburg
Baden-Baden
King William of
Thos
Koniggratz
William of
Paris
Name Means White Island in Ancient Geographies
The text traces Britannia and Albion as ancient names for Great Britain and Ireland used by Greeks and Romans. It notes Albion as an old Gaelic term for white or fair island and links Latin alb to this root. It also references Pliny and Roman myths about Albion and Neptune, including a dubious tale of Alphritite.
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Great Britain
Ireland
Albion
Lerne Lonernia
Erin
Caesar
England
Britannia
Pliny
Scotland
Fair Island
Alps
Kent
Rome
Atulon
Neptune
Alphritite
Intain
Rhone
Jupiter
The Poet Miller Debates Attendance At Club Meeting
A literary club struggled to interpret a four page manuscript from Jenmin Miller known as the poet of Moerrux. The secretary requested a simple mark to indicate acceptance or decline, but Miller’s handwriting proved indecipherable. The club debated whether he crossed or circled as a reply with no clear answer.
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Tia
Jenmin Miller
Moerrux
Miller
Board of Directora
Mr. Miller
Bulgaria Land of Roséa and the Rose Harvest
In Bulgaria in June a visitor notes peasants gathering roses at dawn. The scene shows colorfully dressed workers amid fields on hills overlooking the sea of blossoms. Fresh dew preserves the roses for early distillation to extract attar.
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Bulgaria
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Mick
Robert Godfrey
J. M. Stille
E. Stermine
Samuel Hammock
Novinger
West Liberty
Martinstorn
Mendota
Union Church Christian
J D Noland
White Island
Land of
Roséa
Unionville Republican Pty. Co
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