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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1909
Page
4
All business communications with The Republican should be addressed to The Unionville Republican or Unionville Republican Printing Co entered at the post office at Unionville Missouri 18 second class matter.
The passage chronicles rapid legislative moves by Republicans and Democratic defectors, a historic airship voyage by Count Zeppelin-like explorer Jeppeine, and the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition opening in Seattle with President Taft launching the event. It notes public fatigue with expositions, calls for army size debate, Kansas City mayoral death, and various political shifts and local stories.
The Citizens of Macon plan a $1000 donation to support an active baseball team this season and consider an auxiliary to the Belton Missouri Woman's Commercial Club. Missouri Letter Carriers meet in Sedalia for their eighth annual convention. W P Hall of Lancaster bought the Lemon Bros circuit and moved it to his Lancaster HQ. Lawrence Gottshall, near Orchard, DeKalb county, was killed by lightning while plowing. Six incendiary fires hit Chillicothe in three weeks causing $50000 in losses. two youths jailed. Thos T Crittenden, Missouri governor 1880-1884, noted as a father.
A description of Gheel near Antwerp where about 1600 mentally ill residents live among friendly locals. Patients enjoy comfortable seating and meals, receive attentive care, and are not restrained in public spaces. The system separates dangerous cases to other settlements and institutions, showing a humane, communal approach praised by observers.
Caroline Kirkland describes in her travelogue the peculiar conditions observed along African routes. The account highlights unfamiliar landscapes, peoples, and dangers encountered on journeys across the Dark Continent.
A boy named Tom brings home a progress slip praising scholastic marks but lacking deportment notes. His father, a lawyer, reads it gravely and asks about deportment, prompting Tom to realize the term isn’t used in their room.
Sir Charles Wyndham recalls a persistent suitor who defies his father’s warning by returning daily. The old man finally asks if he came to see his daughter or to woo her for the football club president, with the young man answering they came on behalf of the club.
Putnam county Missouri Probate Court lists settlements due at June term 1909. Executors administrators guardians and curators for numerous estates appear for first through thirteenth settlements from June 14 to June 17 at Unionville. Lorenzo Jones, Judge of Probate, notes date May 14 1909.
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