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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
8
Local correspondence reports fine weather and a flurry of social visits across households. Neighbors share visits at Scurlock, White, Riswell, Wickless, Stowkton, and other homes, with many notes on Husk corn, poultry, Christmas events, and church gatherings amid a busy holiday period.
Fragmentary notes record Jacob Kaup leaving Wednesday for Kansas with family to settle there. Drakeville Iowa resident Mr. Jordan arrived Monday to buy horses in the area. Various passengers and visits are noted, including Miss Millie Williams at Unionville and Miss Len Jewell returning from Quincy for the holidays, with other unnamed local travelers and drives mentioned.
Fragmentary local notes list Kirksville Business College and Glendale references, plus health updates on Aunt Mary Fowler, Mrs Haynes near Hartford, and Mrs Nalley. Mentions visitations by Fannie and Hazel Day Centerville and Herbert Fowler of Unionville, plus upcoming housekeeping and farm news.
An admonition warns against relying on unknown cures for coughs and colds while touting Foley's Honey and Tar and Ballard's Horehound Syrup as genuine remedies. The ad notes yellow packaging for Foley's and lists prices. A separate local item reports a St Louis man whose wife sought divorce, he pressured reconciliation, and attempted suicide before she conceded.
James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut reports severe kidney and diabetes problems improved after using Foley’s Kidney Cure. He notes after two bottles he improved and after five bottles was cured and passed a life insurance examination. Rumor mentions Elihu Root possibly succeeding Platt as U S Senator from New York.
A column notes repeated interruptions during public speaking and promotes Poley’s Honey and Tar as a remedy for coughs and pneumonia. The piece also mentions Missouri establishing a journalism college with a four year course and practical newspaper training, highlighting campus lectures and academic plans.
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