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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1906
Page
10
Disjointed OCR text mentions Kansas and harvest work, shaky references to wages and incentives, Sarah Bernhardt’s earnings, Missouri State University graduates, a department store incident in Pittsburgh, Russia’s provinces, and scattered oddities with unclear context.
A gospel reflection describes Jesus inviting a child to stand among the disciples and warns that ambition for greatness harms the kingdom of heaven. He explains that whoever welcomes a child embodies the heavenly spirit and that causing a child to stumble brings severe consequence.
A 12 year old girl, Alicia Kyle, daughter of a farmer between Macksburg and Elba Ohio, confessed to wedging a bolt between rail ends causing the Pennsylvania flyer wreck near Elba on the 18th two coaches overturned engine tender and mail car fell down an embankment railroad officials deem it a childish prank and she will not be arrested.
Mrs. Kate Miller travels from Denver to Omaha in a cattle car dressed in her husband George Miller's clothes after San Francisco fire losses. He rode separately amid refugee train. A description error prevented her from riding in the passenger car. she planned to cut her hair and continue on the cattle train. Upon reaching South Omaha they reunite with her husband.
A Carrollton Republican notice warns of dangers of indulgence and loss as youths drift into harmful behavior. It compares missteps to a cow choking on rope and urges balance between liberty and responsibility to guide boys and girls toward wholesome growth.
A spoofed verse ends with a surreal ad for Rhode Island beds and eggs. The snippet mentions eggs priced at 1.60 per 15 and 87.00 per 190, with a note about limited availability and a phone or call line to inquire about birds and goats under an Underwood heading.
A prisoner named Hart carved a large hole in a Mercer county jail roof to escape. The Princeton Telegraph questions state and city response while noting Hart’s private view of Princeton and the locals as “easy.”
An offer grants a fountain pen set to any person who secures six new subscribers for The Kansas City Weekly Journal at 25 cents per year, totaling 1 60, 1 and dead amount. Subscriptions with names will receive the gift, offer expires October 1, 1908. The page also contains unrelated dialogue involving Mr. Sweet and a boy named Johnny.
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