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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
14
The government of Panama is battling a locust plague threatening state interests. In Washington, the Chicago postmaster has asked for authority to open about 600 letters to St Nichols. A board will review appeals and direct them to charitable institutions and donors.
The $300 million Panama bond issue was oversubscribed three times with small bidders favored and the total distributed among 159 subscribers. The War Department plans vaccination to immunize soldiers against typhoid. The Prometheus, the first government built Pacific Coast naval vessel, was launched in San Francisco on December 5. The piece notes general grumbling as a social vice and cites Rockefeller and Morgan as major subscribers to Brazil’s $75 million coffee valorization loan.
A quiet city office encounter with Kathleen leads to a candid, emotional exchange about loneliness and a party plan. The child’s questions expose family affection, the narrator’s longing, and unspoken bonds shaping a long-held secret.
A summary of official reports shows the United States produces more corn, wheat, oats, flaxseed, and cotton than all other nations combined in many cases. It also leads in dairy cows, horses, mules, cattle, and exports rosin and turpentine. Other top crops include potatoes, rice, beet sugar, and hay valued at $743 million.
Reports from Blue Bell list local movements and work assignments. George Wolfe visited his parents. It Humens moves to Central City this week. several residents repaired the schoolhouse. Noland bought roosters. Ira Potter and others made trips. A Christmas tree event is announced at West Liberty with Santa coming.
Sunday visits and gatherings mark the week in Rabbitsville with multiple households hosting guests and attending events. residents share health updates, horse trades, and community happenings amid a long passage from Law by Richard Hooker reflecting on feminine influence.
The passage notes a shift from marriage and spinsterhood to modern paths for women. A fortune telling cake now uses symbols like a glass bottle for a doctor or nurse and a china doll for a teacher, with many other clever tokens chosen by the hostess.
Eleanor G Hayden argues life’s uncertainties breed ease and humor in Islands of the Vale. A jab at a sly son and a cottage’s vanity contrasts with aBootland shepherds tale of churchgoing dogs and a bemused minister.
L H Howard promotes Mi o na in Unionville with a money back guarantee and a 50 cent price. The testimonial claims quick relief from indigestion and dyspepsia, praising the tablets as better than doctors and promising renewed health and work ability.
American housewives face a five cent rise per broom next year as broom corn shortages hit the 1908 harvest. Announcements originate from major broom corn centers in Illinois the heart of broom production and also from Kansas and Oklahoma.
Jurisdiction: Putnam County Missouri. James Vincent and Luanna Vincent default on deed of trust dated August 4 1905 recorded Book 32. Trustee J R Marcus replaced by substitute trustee J A Helfer tine will sell December 4 1908 at Unionville Court House between 10 am and 6 pm for cash. Property: south half of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 18 township 65 range 16 Described to cover obligations and sale costs.
Whereas Charles F Shriver and Harriett M Shriver his wife defaulted on a deed of trust dated 1903 and described 165 acres in Township 66 Range 31 in Putnam County Missouri. At the legal holder’s request the property will be sold at public vendue January 3 1909 between 10 am and 5 pm at the Unionville courthouse to satisfy the debt and costs.
Rachel A. Phillips, widow, defaulted on a deed of trust dated April 1907 conveying Lot 3 Block 4 Thornburgh's addition Unionville Putnam County Missouri. The sale will occur at the courthouse door in Unionville on a date specified, for cash to satisfy the debt and costs.
A faded record notes trust dated 1908 involving Joseph qayiok and Mt creas also Joseph H ea ay and Taylor wife with a conveyance to B. H. Bonfoey Trustee. It details real estate in Putnam County described as southeast quarter of southeast quarter of section twenty and other parcels in township sixty five range eighteen totaling acres with court fees and higher bids anticipated.
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