Memorial Day Reflections on Duty and Civic Spirit
Fragmentary note honors Memorial Day, urging devotion and loyalty to yesterday’s ideals. The writer speaks of civic duty and safe planning for the citizenry as a response to Memorial Day observances.
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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1925
Page
2
Fragmentary note honors Memorial Day, urging devotion and loyalty to yesterday’s ideals. The writer speaks of civic duty and safe planning for the citizenry as a response to Memorial Day observances.
The article describes a large concert attendance with an estimated value around $114,000 for automobiles and related costs. It notes high participation by band members and related groups, praising the event’s handling and suggesting future performances by Dale and a local organization. Plans for a Lat e Jun concert are mentioned but not finalized.
The Unionville baseball team shows improving form with Vandee developing, while Lucerne and other opponents yield mixed results. Next Sunday at Reville the squad seeks progress, with key players adjusting positions as part of an ongoing season effort.
The text appears garbled and unreadable with no clear people, organizations, dates, or events to summarize into a coherent news item.
Advice on calf rearing emphasizes housing to prevent udder deformities and early misdevelopment. Proposes small individual pens or stanchions with overhead gates and pulleys to ease handling, reduce milk feeding complications, and maintain calf cleanliness and safety.
The United States Department of Agriculture presents a 20 by 28 inch red and black map poster showing the extent of bovine tuberculosis nationwide. It uses ten shading levels to compare counties and notes the new modified accredited areas with less than half a percent infection. Officials urge livestock groups to obtain copies for health status checks when buying breeding stock.
The text outlines three core dairy herd factors breeding feeding and general management. It notes cows dislike moldy silage and that mold affects horses, mentions breed differences in origin size color and milk output, and stresses record keeping for milking yields. A Hairyman discovers a cow judged poorest produced high yield.
Fragmentary note indicates some potatoes were sprouting in the city last Friday with mentions of Cox and a small quantity. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
A distracted interlude near Lemons bridge interrupted school exercises when a collision occurred between a car driven by Mr Helen d and another vehicle. Mr Noland, invited to deliver an invocation, arrived late and could not speak, leaving attendees disappointed.
Over 100 relatives and friends gathered at Abo Berres home on Sunday May 24 to celebrate his 42nd birthday. Guests arrived after he was surprised away from the house and later returned to a spread of various foods. the party extended to a late hour with wishes for many more birthdays. Attendees listed include J C Reanes Pleas Banes Arthur Newell John Smith Gib Swanson C L Patrick Clyde Smith Mitchell George Acre Tom Clark Clarence Colton Ruth Golton R Bradshaw Dow Bradshaw Annie Bradshaw Oscar Lorence David Fetters Merrick Sheeley Dayton Acre Reason Culler Neal Culler Joe Childers Willie Bledsoe Newell Jesse Newell Henry Smith Fred Good Ralph SI Frank VanBuskirk Eldon Ranes Ray Noel Oscar Newell Edgar Newell Jeptha Culler Wava Newell Edith Newell Mary Evelyn Noel Thora Moore Viola Beall Leota Beall Josephine Clark.
Supt and Mrs Watson from Rosendale visited Durporti last week to select next year’s teaching corps and seek a residence. The Board discussed eliminating one high school position, ensuring a full staff, and securing a training teacher. Watson may teach at Missouri University this summer and plans to return to organize for the next school year.
Sunday events at Mt Harmony include J D Noland’s heel injury and families Murl Triplett and J E McCoy returning from Iowne City visiting Alrra Spaw. Local social life covers kin visits, sisters and nieces, Misses Iretha Hex Reva Butler and Tressie Small staying with Bessie Medlin, Dulcie Munden aiding Ethel Munden, Laura Bunyard visiting Clara Barnett, plus sheep shearing and dinner gatherings at B Lo Medlin. Corn planting largely complete in town.
A garbled item touts a breakthrough relief for a range of conditions including blood pressure stomach heart and liver issues. It claims new relief and benefits for sufferers but the text is unclear and contains many errors.
A crowded social page notes Gilbert G and Rita Reyes at a dinner with Misa Crockett aboard a trip abroad. Mrs. P. Porter hosts Thursday afternoon entertainment for relatives. Ed Rob items feature a birthday dinner held Sunday.
Friends of Governor Al Smith of New York opposed his convention defeat by John W. Davis and McAdoo followers. They groom him for a 1926 Senate run to oppose Senator Wadsworth, aiming to position him as the party standard bearer in 1928.
Floyd E Farr, a drug store operator at Lineville Iowa or Missouri, refused alcohol to a crippled man who then slashed him with a knife. The assault happened on the Missouri side. injuries are not serious unless infection develops. Rolla McKay, the assailant, has been arrested.
Merle Leeper near Trenton faced a large hawk that had damaged chicken flocks. After daily walks toward the perch, he finally shot the bird using a specially loaded gun, ending its threatening activity.
Governor Baker appoints C. E. French of St. Louis as State Finance Commissioner replacing William Zeundt. French formerly served as vice president of the First National Bank of Jefferson City and had banking ties in Rolla, with Millswauee removed after charges of irregularities.
The paper notes list anniversaries from first cotton to fiftieth diamond with materials for each year. Entries include cotton first and diamond fiftieth, plus wooden sixth and silver twenty fifth, china twentieth, ivory fourteenth, and pearl thirtieth.
Mrs Bowdick of Monte Vista Colorado describes relief from a terrible goitre two years past and says the misery has never troubled her since. The ad mentions Sorbol Quadruple used, with sources in Ohio and local dealer L H Howard.
A fragment from a local page mentions a pastor and a numbered time in a concise note. The legible names and details are limited, but the reference suggests a church or community event involving Agee and a pastor.
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