Rural Letter Carriers Urge Prepared Stamp Supplies
A 1909 letter from Unionville Missouri postmaster Conger, urging rural route patrons in Putnam County and nationwide to carry stamp supplies and coin-holding boxes to avoid loose coins. He notes New York county data showing carriers collect about 115 one cent coins weekly per route, costing carriers when coins are lost in snow or dropped and not recovered.
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Uniorville
Putnam County
Washington
D.C
Conger
Unionville
New York
PV Ingraw
Federal plan eyed to curb corporate abuses nationwide
The Annual report of the secretary of commerce and labor urges a federal system of statutory publicity for interstate corporations. It calls for a national agency to require regular reporting of organization, management and financials from major firms, to inform legislation and public opinion. It argues state action is futile and nationwide regulation is needed.
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Washington
Rteewnbet
Bureau of Corporaeee
R&sommendataya
Commierfe
Bureau of Corporations
Lumber and Steel
International Harvester Company
Sobaco
Nagel
Nayel
Mr. Nagel
Mendota News Roundup Carried By Local Gossip
Local items report Stella Smith and Mrs Mary Mineara ill. Albert Anders injured hand. Dan Mundon and Burl Mundon fencing plans. Martha Rex visiting Unionville. skating party at Joe Cullum’s. mining work noted. school crowd from Carr schoolhouse. various visits among Mendota residents. telegraphed hints of rail depot construction. typhoid fever illness in progress. numerous Monday deliveries and farm tasks. medical note on Hexamethylenetetramine and Foley’s Kidney Remedy mentioned.
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Mat Mundon
Burl Mundon
Lawrence
Enoch Medlin
Martha Rex
Unionville
Charley Rex
Ed Jones
Joe Cullum
Matt Mundon
Ad McCullum
Anna
Goldie
Vergie
Carr School
Sarah “Lawson
S. _Bran‘Son
Hartford
Alva_Parsons
Parsons
Geo
Ridgeway
Mathews
Remarkable Note Settlement After 25 Years of Interest
George Scheffing paid 700 cash to settle a judgment for 1019 on a note dating back to 1890s. The case started when Jacob Scheffing borrowed 240 for work mules from James Fitzgerald. Interest accumulated through revivals, with multiple administrators collecting small sums until final payment.
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George Scheffing
Crewe Coeur Road
Richard Stevens
Jacob Scheffing
James Fitzgerald
Scheffing
Vitagerald
Fitzgerald
Marrisp Kate- Elhinney
Marshall Fitegerald
Marshall Fitzgerald
Lucius ‘Hibler
Marshall Fi
Lucy
Stevens
Fiteerald
Tinterest
Lyceum Players At Hays Opera House
Humeston Leader reports Lyceum Players at Hays Opera House delivering an open engagement in vaudeville. Seemleyv and Boyly head a versatile company praised as unsurpassed on the western circuits. Shows run Thursday to Saturday with admission 15 25 and 35 cents.
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Vaudeille
Messsr
Seemleyv & Boyly
Humeston
Hays Opera House
Burlington Buys Wabash Branch Near Ottumwa
Burlington railroad officials confirmed a purchase of the Moulton Ottumwa branch of the Wabash Railroad for about 450000. The deal would allow Burlington access to its main line via Ottumwa and plans to move the Centerville round-house here. Burlington officers met with the city council seeking combined depots and additional right of way.
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Bloomfield
Iowa
Burlington Railroad
Moulton-Ottumway
Wabash Failroad
Ottumwa
Burlington
Centerville
Friends Darred They Married at Gasthace Missouri
A whim sparked a marriage in Carthage with William Perry of Los Angeles marrying Miss Abelah Aspinall after a six day acquaintance. The ceremony occurred at Probate Judge Hubbard's residence late last night, with the couple described as a pretty society pair.
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Gasthace
Frends
William Perry
Los Angeles
Cal
Abuelah Aspinall
Carthage
Hubbard
Mr. Perry
Red Cross
Boy Fatally Shot While Handling Gun Near Odessa
In Odessa Missouri on December 18 a 14 year old boy Colvert Cunningham son of farmer James Cunningham was killed while playing with a shotgun believed unloaded. The weapon discharged when the trigger was pulled striking him in the head at the Ryan home where he was visiting with another boy Emer and Richard Ryan present.
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Odessa
Mo Dee
Colvert Cunningham
James —. Cunningham
Colvert
Emer
Richard Ryan
Calvert
Woman's Back Pain Relief Ad from Unionville Missouri
A vintage advertisement promotes Deans Kidney Pills as a cure for backache kidney pain and fatigue. Mrs. J W Wymore of Unionville testifies to relief after other remedies failed and notes family use with positive results. Sold by dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole U S agents. Remember the name Deans. Also mentions a rocking chair as a gift idea.
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Deaa
Unionvilla
J. W. Wymore
Unionville
Dean
Foster
Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Anil Fike
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RSE
Low
Wien
Arid
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Kersey
Melton
Oxford
Fien
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Albert Anders
Mendota
F. G. Behan
Walter McKinley
Geo. Bramhall
Mr. Morgan
B. B. ‘Campbell
Harvey Coons
Oklahoma
Schmiedker
H.mechin
Rabbitsville
J. B
J. C.s Ward
Lemonville
J. Be'Hackney-aind
Joseph Deeple
Foley
Noah
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Sensees
Lyceum
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Taylor
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