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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1937
Page
2
The Missouri session is blamed for record-breaking appropriations and expanded taxes especially sales tax. Officials note new offices and higher salaries inflate county costs while repeals shift duties and fees to taxpayers. The piece laments citizen complacency and warns of future political backlash.
State lawmakers debate a new registration bill amid Kansas City fraud scandals. Provisions include voters signing their names on lists to prevent tampering, with the measure moving toward final adoption despite lingering weaknesses.
Rural Missouri argues for a state wide road program including rural counties and warns against halting rural road construction. It notes metropolitan areas benefited from roads, while rural regions seek 60 to 100 miles of new rural roads funded by prudent spending. The piece also discusses Roosevelt's wage and hour bill, fears over federal control of wages, and concerns about bureaucratic power and national policy.
The fragment discusses wages and rent for workers, public costs, and large sums spent on production and soil management. It suggests the public bears the burden and mentions millions spent on reducing production and related plans. The text is incomplete and hard to interpret.
Mr and Mrs Cecil Hamilton and children called Friday afternoon at the Everett Hamilton home. Pearl Bishop and Edma Drummonds visited Wednesday with Sam Hamilton. The community notes the illness of Ray Simmons near Powersville who formerly lived nearby. Gilbert Culler welcomed visitors including Mrs Pearl Bishop on Sunday. Herbert Basil Hamilton helped with wood at Aunt Anna Hamilton's home Wednesday. Ruby Brooks spent Friday with Mrs W C Fitzwater. Calvert Jones and his little daughter visited the J A Hamilton home Friday evening.
Mr and Mrs Deward Roof and family attended graduation exercises in Unionville where daughter Cleo Roof graduated. Several local residents visited friends and attended Mother’s Day activities with a dinner and program led by Mrs Phebe Kopfer singing in memory of her grandmother. Bro Johnson and Mrs Custer were speakers at the event.
Mrs Erma Pearson and sons Willard Vance and Jimmy Leon returned home after a week visiting at the parental Mr and Mrs John F Miller home in Queen City. Virgil Johnson and family of near Centerville spent last Sunday with his mother Mrs Linnie Brown. Mrs Brown and her sister Mrs Minerva Landor visited briefly. Lora Colton and children Clarice and Buddy joined the group at the Pearson home. Edith Pickering, Charley Beeler and children Lois Flaine and Bobby also spent last week there.
Fragmentary notice suggests a health claim about a product from Howards Drug Store promising relief from gas and bloating and improving sleep, but details and reliability are unclear. The text references upper and lower bowels and a remedy named Erika.
A note reports Mrs Eton Pb facing a week or two in jail for keeping a suspect, with references to her husband and daughter Janene. Several locals including Cassady and Hatfield families visited, and friends celebrated Miss Helen West’s birthday at the Vesper spoon home. Wills Mae and Doris Thompson sent birthday wishes.
Brush Creek notes show Anderson and his wife from Grimelmore visiting Saturday night. Bandigey and wife were seen Sunday en route home. Laona Ross with sons Carl Wesley and Clarence Junior visited Ed Crawford and family Wednesday. Beulah Montgomery with son Lloyd and daughter Loretta May called on Pete and Ester Baldwin and on grandfather Baldwin Wednesday. Mrs Zell Lane visited Jimmy Carter Wednesday. Vern Roop visited Pete Baldwin and family Sunday.
Reform proposals aim to standardize month lengths to 30 or 31 days with 28 or 29 for February. The late George Eastman invested time and funds to promote calendar changes.
The text discusses reform actions in New York and London aiming to keep a 12 month year while adjusting payments and calendars. It notes tentative support and objections, with reference to the Eastman plan and the challenge of achieving widespread acceptance within lifetimes.
A woman admitted guilt to a bigamy charge in court. She stated Grant Russell was her single husband while living with Michael Bretenas, with one partner working nights and the other days.
The fragment lists numerous social visits and family gatherings across different names and households. It mentions Mr. and Mrs. Walker Mr. Geo Myra Spurgeo Mrs. Carter Mrs. Mads Fowler Mrs. Noel Smith and others, with several Sunday and Friday engagements noted. It ends noting a divorce proceeding in Clairsville and an assertion about an illegal shop of bows and arrows in Winchester Mass.
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