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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1915
Page
10
The item lists family visits and greetings around Christmas in Keokuk area. Moore family hosted D L Poland home while Pauley family from Titus visited relatives. Edith Miller returned home for Christmas and a baby was born to Werry Biswell and wife.
J D Hatfield visited Kirksville, W C C Houghton brought stock cattle from Kansas City. Residents gave Rev J F Duckworth and wife a quilt and $15 for Christmas. Husking corn resumes as sleet melts. Noah L Redic and Verna Hughes wed at Shibleys Point with Rev J F Luckworth officiating. D C Hatfield delivered hogs and sheep in Greentop. Miss Hattie West, Kirksville, recovers from stomach cancer operation. Rev West from Iowa concludes meetings at Green Grove church. Aaron Lawson plans to sell his farm to Jesse Whitworth.
Central City residents report on a late arrival of the fleet and Frank Collins acquiring a new piano. Mr Klinginsmith remains very poor. Mr and Mrs Sloan of Unionville visited last week. Richard Culler dined at Busy Bee Stock Farm last Saturday. The north bridge at Skipper's is finally completed. Ted Roberts visited R A Culler's home Saturday and Sunday. Fred Roberts prepared a new sled for the snow.
Miss Lora Robbins of Exiine Iowa is noted in a brief local update as cold weather persists. The bulletin records her name and hometown in a short observational item.
The item lists social calls and church events around Christmas with names such as Josie and Clara McClure Edith Buck and Miss Sadie McClure. It also records a civil action for attachment Fred Probasco vs A P Hulsebus and Louise Hulsebus with publication terms and four weeks notice. Followed by several real estate deeds detailing transfers among Vincent Minear Cullum Stewart Halley Collins Klein Gault Kinney Minear Veach Raney and others across multiple parcels in 1915 1916 with plot references and acre counts.
Rev Harmon filled his regular appointment Sunday. John Pickering 19 quite poorly. Miss Laura Christy visited Clyde Davis home. Miss Hugene Kerton of Centerville Iowa came to visit Aunt Mrs Sarah Lawson. Rev Harmon Mrs Isaiah Davis John Hartford and family entertained Sunday at John Hartford home. Ida Bradshaw hosted dinner for friends. Joe Culum and family near Livonia visited John Mathes family. Dick Lawson and family Sunday at Jesse Guffey home. Jim Bradshaw Lena Bradshaw entertained at Jim Lawson home. Mr Frank Scott Mrs Bessie Willett and baby Reva and Mont Shipley had Christmas dinner with Herbert Scott. Mrs Mary Magee and son Will visit from St Clair county.
The community records a white Christmas after a light snow, with multiple visits and gatherings. Douglas Zack Newell and Lee Jones hauled hay. families and friends including Mrs Berry Selma, Martha Hunter, Loren Pinson and others shared meals and company. Several people butchered meat, visited relatives, or traveled for holidays, while Emery Sheeley returns from Montana.
An advertisement claims a remedy perfects health with a money back guarantee. It alleges a similar guarantee as used for another product and promises satisfaction or refund. The copy includes dubious dosage guidance and asserts lack of narcotics while appealing to broad age groups.
The Ladies Aid of the Union church held a pie and box supper last Tuesday despite bad roads, earning 10.05. The next meeting will be at Mrs Maud Allison’s on the first Thursday in the new year when new officers will be elected.
Snow lingered as Alma Butler visited at Mrs. Guy Casady and joined the Bradshaw school tree event. Pearl Daugherty bought Dr. Butler’s farm near Sidney. Local families, including the Butlers, Casadys, and Porters, shared meals, Bible readings, and Christmas gatherings from Friday through Sunday, with travelers from Washington and Alberta stopping by.
A sermon urges unity among East End churches and abstention from creeds while embracing practical living and Nazarene teachings. The column notes Logan Rouse delivering corn, Edward Nordio’s Christmas visit, and a surprise birthday dinner at A. S. Lanham’s home with thirty six guests. Community life improvements and a Christmas tree for children are highlighted.
A compact quotation noting that even idle people feel no chagrin and that pleasure can lead to sickness of appetite. This lines reflect Ruskin's view on emotional restraint and satisfaction.
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