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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1913
Page
7
Mrs Van Leyden meets Miss Farrell and her mother in a tense confrontation over Bobby Van Leyden’s romantic schemes. Miss Farrell reveals her engagement to Joe and plans to thwart Bobby’s stagebound plans, while Mrs Van Leyden pleads for intervention to stop a possible wedding. The dialogue hints at a drawn out social clash surrounding romance, ambition, and legitimate relationships.
Mrs Van Leyden fears exposure as Bobby arrives with an actress and her mother Miss Farrell, in a tense evening of secrets and veiled warnings. Madge feigns role while the other guests remain unaware, leaving Mrs Farrell puzzled by her daughter's scheme.
A discussion on who should bear the cost of chloroform when humane citizens or police encounter injured dogs or cats. Citizens sometimes donate or a collection is taken, while officers may or may not supply the anesthetic depending on the crowd and safety concerns.
A New York survey finds 750000 single residents 350000 men and 400000 women over twenty five. Officials urge social centers courting parlors and clubs to help lonely workers meet, as day jobs keep them apart and many live in modest housing.
A magistrate questions a vaccination exemption applicant about conscience. The clerk hints at a policeman brother’s views, and the judge remarks that if vaccination isn’t against the brother’s conscience, it isn’t against the applicant’s either. The applicant cannot justify the exemption and is granted a certificate.
Article reviews that stuttering has no universal cure but can be improved or cured with early treatment. Emphasizes removing throat obstructions, nasal breathing, avoiding excitement, fresh air, hygiene, nutrition, sleep, and mental training. Parents teachers and doctors should foster speech practice to help the child progress.
A 1621 petition notes Lancashire merchants developing a cotton trade, using Cyprus and Smyrna cotton wool to spin fustians and related fabrics. The text describes domestic processing in Manchester and London exchanges, with imports from Smyrna Cyprus and Turkish sources driving early growth and export.
The article recalls rumors that Liszt had pages in his works written by Princess Sayn Wittgenstein attacking Jews and urging deportation to Palestine. Liszt, offended by the antisemitic passages, remained close to friends like the violoncellist David Popper who later visited him. Popper joked he was heading to Palestine in line with Liszt’s supposed wishes.
Harper's Weekly notes a link between prevailing coastal winds in New South Wales and yearly fish catches. Winds driving ocean currents appear to steer fish migration, with patterns showing three year cycles. The author suggests wind studies could forecast fisheries two to three years ahead.
In Ber Its Germany a simple linen shield structure rises in Heidelberg Square to shade young lindens transplanted there. The open air setting resembles a stage while the trees grow, as no permanent shelter exists to protect them from the sun during their early growth.
The article describes how the mission Indians collect acorns in autumn, dry them in air, store them in large wicker bins on raised platforms, and use them to make a coarse meal or mush. They pound kernels, mix with water, cook with hot stones, and serve the cooled mush to the whole family.
A London Telegraph tale recounts Provost Hawkins of Oriel College Oxford noting King's flawless chapel attendance and warning that even strict routines can slip into mere formalism. The story centers on the stern verdict and the old don's judgmental wit.
An old parrot named Ducky long served prominent owners from Pitt to George II and on to George IV William IV and Queen Victoria. The bird, famed for its longevity and rumored ability to mimic royal speech, could share memories if it could speak.
description of a fictional turkey from a regional humor work notes its extreme poverty like the lone feather in the tail and its need to lean on a fence to gobble. the piece uses the fowl as a symbol of hardship in early settler life and references Bam Slick author.
St Faiths School in Wandsworth Maryland allows four and five year old pupils to nap in hammocks during lessons. A staff member Miss Wild devised the hammocks to help tired children rest, arguing that a weary mind cannot retain lessons.
Pickering residents report Missa Artie Morrow's return from Connellsville. A pie supper at Abbott schoolhouse drew many locals. G W Davis made a trip to Unionville. James Willett and wife went to Unionville to sell horses. Gertrude Raney vis ited Manda Morrow. Lillie Guffey works for Mrs Bhelton. Hartford baptising attended. Manda visited Marvel Helton. Mrs Ellen Morrow of Connellsville called on Mrs Thomas Bare. Johonie Morrow hauling coal for Mr Cullum at Hartford.
An immigration agent promotes government irrigated land near Powell Wyoming showing twenty miles of alfalfa belts along the Burlington route. He urges buyers to pay $4.70 per acre with ten years to repay water right, and suggests profits from feeding alfalfa to sheep, cattle, and hogs.
Notice that at the request of the legal holder of a debt the trustee Beyer H Beate will sell at public venders to the highest bidder for cash the real estate of George R Cowan and Alice M Cowan at Unionville Missouri between 10 a m and 4 p m on Saturday January 3 1914 to satisfy the debt and costs of sale.
At the request of the legal holder of a secured debt, RF Living substituted as trustee will sell, at the courthouse door in Unionville, Missouri, on January 8, 1914 between 9am and 5pm, the real estate of H B Probasco and Lydia A Probasco to satisfy the debt and sale expenses. The property includes the southwest quarter of section 27 and northwest quarter of section 34, township 66, range 18.
Notice from Putnam County Missouri circuit court states Walter Snyder petitioned for a name change. At the November term 1918 the court found the change proper and ordered the name changed to Walter Danner. Public notice to be published three times in a Putnam County newspaper within twenty days after the order.
A Nottingham resident has mounted a wireless telegraph plant on a motorcycle and has begun receiving messages while moving along the roads. The device demonstrates mobile wireless communication as the rider travels through the area.
In nearly every street in Japan there are public ovens where housewives can have their meals cooked for them. These communal baking stations enable families to prepare meri and suppers with shared facilities and lower costs.
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