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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1925
Page
7
Local residents report social visits from Kirksville to Mart town and Novinger with many weekend calls. Families such as Vincent, Cowell, Crooks, and Duncan are noted guests at several homes while churchgoers and travelers attend events and funerals in the region.
Weather and community brief noting Shoal Creek overflowed after recent rains damaging crops. Mentions Grandma Robbins ill at daughter Mrs. Henry Brown’s home. Reports on a basket meeting at the state line church and various neighbors’ Sunday activities including a Cincinnati doctor’s visit, fishing and picnicking along creeks, Henry Dean family’s call at John LaRue’s home, Homer Shadden trip to Indiana, and Leslie Bates family returning from Kansas by auto.
George Bowersock born March 26 1852 in Worcester Ohio died June 16 aged 78 years 2 months 20 days. He married Elizabeth Lykins in 1876 and had two daughters May Stull of Lima and Cora Lewis of New Athens. Interment planned at a nearby cemetery with services and family mourning the loss.
A report notes worship services and social visits in a Bethany area gathering. Families including Mrs Husted and daughter, Irene Dodson, and the McNabbs are mentioned visiting, with 68 in Sunday school last week and a push for 100 attendees next Sunday.
The column lists neighbors traveling for visits and errands, including Sallie Mowrer receiving furniture, Miss Mary Martin visiting Untonville, and Mignon Scott hosting with other residents. It notes painting, fence repairs, moving plans, family gatherings, and church attendance among residents such as Homer Good, Ronald Good, Noel Hunter, Selma Berry, Erma Hunsaker, Doda Dewees, and John L. Smith.
Regular services Sunday with morning sermon The Constraining Love of Christ and communion. Evening sermon The Place a BYPU Has in a Church. Next week BYPU study course week Social Monday evening Basket dinner next Sunday Rev F Y Campbell to preach.
A fragment hints at a woman who prefers being called a vision over a sight and mentions Jeck Cannet with a tone of intrigue. The wording suggests a quoted opinion or literary aside. No clear event or date is provided.
The record notes a quiet weekend with Dorothy Wells visiting home from Sunday school and a crowd gathering at Wells residence for ice cream and cake. Several residents visited family and friends, attended a band meeting, and went to Kirksville for meals and outings.
Local residents report visits among families in Chillicothe and surrounding areas. Names mentioned include Mrs Rhoda Wells, Alma Winfrey, Mrs America Ogle Wall Hughes, Hettie Cochell, SE Huffman, Claud Cochell, Kenneth, A G Reeves, Ray Mairs, Lance Blackman, Thelma Huffman, Will Hughes, Roma Coley, Aunt Julia Gregory, Ed Mayowell, and Meroe Finn Corning. Attendees attend band music, religious services, and social gatherings. 250 people attended the homecoming event at Ed Mayowell’s home with banjo music and singing.
The reader notes the first day of summer on Sunday June 21 with intense heat and an accompanying rain. The rain arrived Sunday night after corn fields were ready to plow delaying planting for a few days. Grass and weeds gain ground while the corn was clean except in lowlands with overflows or standing water. A spell of dry weather is hoped for to curb growth and aid harvest.
Hobart Mowrer delivers a philosophical class day address to Unionville High School seniors. He contrasts drifters and non drifters, warns against self deception, urges self control, ambition, and a hopeful vision of forty eight steadfast graduates returning in 1985.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Hobart and a Class of 25 student named Mowrer. The text references success and a crown of achievement, suggesting a brief biographical or commencement item. No clear event date or full details available.
Sheriff in Putnam County Missouri will sell at public vendue on June 20 at the courthouse door in Fonville to pay a debt of four thousand dollars secured by a deed of trust dated July 7 recorded in the county records. The sale will transfer the described real estate to the highest bidder for cash.
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