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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1903
Page
6
Gilt Edge Farm Loans at favorable rates offered by McCutchen & Son at the Farmers Store. Banner Loan Office promises prompt funds on real estate, personal, or chattel security. Various short items mention Triplett Bros trades, furniture sales, and visits by local residents amid community notices.
Local column notes travel and business updates. Frank Eddy heads to Milan on business while Dr. Montgomery visits Burlington. George Roth visits from Milan and Judge L Torrey of Sherman appears in town. Stalcup offers wagon beds and wagons, Tripolisti Bros sell home grown strawberries, and L H Howards carries late copyright books.
Mendota items include visits from Birs Faudree and Stella to relatives, Harney Goodrich’s car passage, job notices and boarding inquiries, loan ads from Banner Loan Office, and upcoming Fourth of July preparations. Local residents travel, visit kin, and engage in sales, garden wares, and church notices amid a flurry of short notices and classifieds.
A collage of local notices from Unionville dated June 6 1908 lists post office letters remaining for residents Miss Annie Boyd Mr Chas Miller Miss Sallie Polson Mr L L Taylor updates on births marriages and visits including A V Thornburg hailed as grandpa and a birth in Kansas City Mrs J G Grimes daughter of the Thornburgs. Also mentions Geo Korns drag service and a visit from Miss Dora Washburn plus a Wreck incident affecting Arthur Putnam and a flour offer from Weatherfird Michaine Co.
In school geographies two thirds of the earth’s surface were said to be water but a later note hints at revising the statics. Monroe and Elson tested their new automobile on rough town streets, proving a brisk pace. The two year old Marie Smith died of spinal meningitis. Funeral held for the child Friday. Milton men J N Comstock L P Roberts and Elmer Casady joined a Denver investment party amid a gold mining prospect. An illustrated lecture Ten Nights in a Bar Room by Rev Wickiter of Bloomfield drew a fair audience at the Christian church.
Mr and Mrs J E Tatman travel to Quincy for the Class of 08 graduation at Quincy High School where granddaughter Miss Neta Williams is a member. L L O rear and Joe McAllister of Milan visit, with O Rear as presiding officer and McAllister as cashier for a new bank opening in Milena, inspecting local banking practices.
An east bound meat train wreck near Mt Sterling Iowa delayed traffic over 24 hours. A south bound passenger train reached townsfolk around 8:00 a.m. Sunday as floods kept trains late by one to three hours. City council awarded a one year coal contract to J J Price at 10 cents per bushel and approved 10009 dollars insurance for the power house machinery. A letter from Hutchinson Kansas notes most of that city under water while two homes stayed high. Also noted are harness ads and a court settlement in the Bulle vs Christy case, with partial payment made and costs included. Herrick arrives from Chicago for summer teaching and English teaching method gains praise.
W L Pollock and Chas Reynolds report Putnam County bridge damage around ten thousand dollars amid flood chaos. A severe wreck delays travel as fields and roads flood. residents relocate by boat and rail lines suffer washouts across extensive lowlands.
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