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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1919
Page
1
Wesley L. Robertson, editor of the Democrat, was shot and killed in his office in Gallatin on a December afternoon. Hugh Y. Tar Gabber, city clerk, was identified as the shooter amid a dispute described as a political misfire within local factions.
A brief regional forecast notes normal temperatures for the upper Mississippi and Missouri Valleys from December 29 to January 4. The note mentions Peeto visiting Ottumwa Iowa.
The county relies on buyers like Anderson Produce Company and F. E. VanFossen Produce Company as large outlets for eggs chickens cream and hides. Several other stations also pay out substantial sums, reflecting the uncertain nature of produce trading. R. W. McClain of Lancaster visited J. N. Hudson's home and departed Monday. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Schick returned to Erato after spending Christmas with relatives.
Ralph Eustace Valentine and Anna Leona Lemen were married at the bride’s home Tuesday evening in a small ceremony performed by J. Roy Wright. The couple, both teachers, plan to live in Newhall after a brief honeymoon in Chicago.
Dr. N. W. Gillum married Miss Cecilie Neil on Christmas Eve. The couple reside in the Milleree building. A meeting of about forty farmers discussed forming a cooperative marketing and buying society, with plans for a ten thousand dollar capitalization and a five dollar share, to be directed by a stockholder board. A follow up meeting is set for January at the Hoye, with Will Huston and Frank Guffey to study Green City’s cooperative.
Isaiah Robbins hosted a Tuesday evening pre supper gathering for ten. Guests drew papers with song titles and hummed their selections. Dayton Noel won a prize while Mrs Gertie Cook and Mrs Dollie Noel tied for second. supper followed on the cafeteria plan.
A clash erupts as Admiral Sims objects to medals being lowered in a list supplied by Secretary Daniels. Sims rejects taking his own medal until the dispute is resolved while others push for raises amid looming federal control.
President Wilson proclaimed the March first return date for railroads to their owners after delaying from January first due to incomplete congressional passage. The order follows ongoing debates over future operation and governance of the rail systems.
Efforts to reconcile the difference between Senate factions over the treaty and league proceed with broad belief that disputes will be resolved soon. The outcome hinges on safeguarding the United States rights, though ratification remains uncertain.
The Rockeftikier Givies Manitons move to raise salaries for the needy and to donate one half to the Rockefeller Foundation to aid disease investigation. The total Rockefeller gifts amount to about 450 million dollars, supporting medical research and related work.
Mrs. Robert Harrison and her three children travel to Cincinnati for a short stay. F. Quigley was summoned to Bloomfield today due to the seriousness of a mother aged 78, though the line ends incomplete suggesting further details follow.
Seven million dollars worth of liquor is being rushed from Peoria and Louisville toward the Atlantic seaboard to reach beyond the three mile limit before the dry law takes effect January 16. Train loads under armed guards race against time to save the shipment. M Moore of Jarrow Alberta Canada spent from yesterday until today with his brother J R Moore.
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