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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1905
Page
7
The article traces football's rough past from medieval London and royal bans under Edward II to Scottish Sabbath prohibitions. It notes Sundays and Shrove Tuesday crowds provoking violence, with kings and city authorities trying to curb danger while the sport remains a perennial crowd-pleaser.
The Navy Yard at Brooklyn contests Newport News Shipbuilding for two battleships, Connecticut and Louisiana. Government built Connecticut leads by completion percent, while Louisiana, ordered by private builders, trails. Contracts set costs at about 4.2 million for the Connecticut and 3.99 million for Louisiana as both reach 16,000 tons and 18 knots on trials.
The article discusses the Timber and Stone Act, its effects on public timber lands, and accusations of monopolistic transfers to corporations. It notes losses to government value, reduced access for settlers, and calls for reform to ensure timber is sold to support general public needs. It cites historical contexts and commissions urging changes for better land use and resource development.
A 10 000 year old footprint in a Pennsylvania colliery is cited as establishing a historic record. Ethnologists suggest future finds may push humanity’s age into millions of years, tracing early humans in preglacial times and their extinct contemporaries across Europe.
Chicago News reports Cholly Goodfellow is very popular around town as fans greet him warmly. Rodrick notes his constant back slaps, while Van Ailbert agrees, joking about his two coats worn out each month from attention.
In India the contribution basket is passed about in the Hila doo temples by 0 elephant. The fragment mentions a temple context and a strange donation scene with an empty number of elephants.
Chestnuts closely resemble potatoes in cooking and nutrition. They contain far less water than potatoes and lead in nutritive ingredients. The chestnut tree remains underused in the country, offering an appealing opportunity for farming and forestry.
A colorful look at royal perfume habits from Lady Curzon to Queen Alexandra and the Princess of Wales. It notes extravagant scent use, retrenchment, and the royal preference for lavender waters and East essences, with pastry makers linked to royal tastes and a distant mention of a robbery between Turin and Rome.
The text discusses how mummies emit odors long after burial, even when hermetically sealed. It notes that the scents persist for thousands of years and remain a mystery to embalmers, with origins unknown despite the bodies’ ancient history.
Last year the country produced hens eggs enough to fill 43,127,000 crates of 360 eggs. The crop would require 107,818 refrigerator cars to transport and those cars would form a train 900 mules long.
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