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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1901
Page
8
Susan notes warmer weather and frost concerns as residents, including Bob Wessel and Levi Dye, recover from illness. James Willett hauls hay bought at Black Bird for a high price. Alva Woolever visits Wells then stays overnight. A group visits Miss Anna Shelton and others attend social visits. Ice harvest will be light if water froze. Louisiana Purchase Exposition work mentioned.
In Cross Patch Tom Cheat acts as a caller. J H Hill delivered turkeys to Unionville. Edith Laughlin visits sister Jennie Stockton, D W Carter and family. George Laughlin visited Jennie Stockton. Wm Gracely stayed with daughter Ida. Mrs John Triplett returns from Grinnell Iowa. Della Holliday concludes school term at Union and heads to Pollock. Residents plan attendance at Pickering literary, postponed due to cold weather.
The report notes immigration to Nineveh continued as Phil, Caster of Queen City, bought cattle here. It records Elmites in Queen City with hogs and poultry, a protracted meeting led by Wallace and Judd of the U B church, and Rev Edwards of Kirksville preaching a funeral in town. It mentions several locals traveling for holidays, a mare found and killed after a ditch accident, cold weather with 18 degrees below zero, a two week vacation for Petty school, stock and poultry losses, and school observances with a national emblem hoisted.
Chapel Academy closed its fall term with a one week vacation. Edd Minks will teach vocal music this winter as he travels from Cincinnati. F J Latimer reports strong holiday sales while Mrs A W Hadlav assists in the academy. A stockholders meeting for a Chapel to Omaha line is set for December 28 at 2 PM. Local chatter notes rumors of chicken pox in Moulton and Geo Daugherty moving to Centerville Iowa for public work.
The town of Hamilton Missouri reports 1920 residents, just shy of the 2000 needed for saloon licenses, cooling the saloon drive amid a broad revival movement led by Baptists and Methodists. Separate notes mention Kaheka approving $12800 in bonds for a new electric light and waterworks system, with W T Gregg of Chicago supervising. Senator Heitfield of Idaho predicts expected opposition in his bid for re election. The post office warns almanacs and railway guides are not newspapers and should not be mailed as second class.
The notice states Assistant and music teachers are employed for the winter term beginning December 30 with free instruction in art and elements of vocal music. Applicants should indicate branches of study.
Noted champion James J. Jeffries puts $100,000 into Colorado mining ventures amid broader boxing career talk. The piece references contemporary rhetoric on race and public discourse with a Plain Dealer quote about the so called negro problem.
In a Carthage Missouri report the question asks what the little fellows got after Sam Cook received 2100 from Phelps 1000 from Carroll 6000 from the transit company and Seibert 10000 from the brewery. If Cardwell is among the small fry he was said to receive a dignified amount to end the investigation.
A period ad extols the Twice-A-Week Republic as the cheapest good newspaper. It promises full news coverage year round and family-friendly reliability for $1 a year, with subscription options via news dealers postmasters or mail. A Pekin letter cites Manila unrest and U.S. fears of rebellion, urging protective measures and summaries of garrison parades.
Treasury figures show U S exports of domestic products for nine months ending September totalled 1 024 605 441 dollars, ahead of the United Kingdom and far above Germany France Russia Netherlands and India. In 1900 U S exports reached 1 453 013 659 dollars, up nearly 200 percent since 1875, with Germany and the United Kingdom also posting large gains.
Senator Hanna introduces a Senate bill proposing a pension of six thousand dollars yearly for Mrs. McKinley. The move aims to provide ongoing support to the First Lady.
A sensational 19th century advertisement touts SnurrFix as a guaranteed cure for catarrh and related ailments. It claims internal and external medicines for a full month, priced at one dollar, with rapid relief from hay fever, colds, and chronic inflammation. The copy uses dramatic assurances and appeals to readers to order promptly. It lists Ep ward B. Gites & Company of Philadelphia as the seller and promises prepaid delivery in the United States and Canada.
It signals growing backing for peace in the Philippines as Filipino women petition their leaders to abandon armed action and return to home life. The influence of women on the islands is limited by civilization but remains significant in guiding public mood.
The Detroit Free Press notes a New York man consumed nearly eight pounds of beefsteak in one sitting, and the Chicago Record-Herald adds he is proud of the feat, highlighting the unusual appetite as the story’s focus.
Ti mour Lenk known as Timour the Lame was a famed Tartar conqueror noted for a club foot. The historic figure is described under various spellings including Timoer and Tatar references.
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