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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1920
Page
6
The text presents garbled phrases and unclear names making it impossible to extract a coherent event. No identifiable persons, organizations, places, dates, or outcomes are available to summarize into a factual card.
In a sprawling, character filled reminiscence a past clerk Sid McLaren is implicated in a theatre company’s stir. A letter ends his job while Marjorie Blain grapples with blame and doubt. Sid’s quiet steadiness surfaces as he consoles her and helps navigate the drama.
The Kid, famed desperado from Texas to California, rose as a feared hay nen figure in the early Southwest. Born in New York, he moved with family to southern Kansas, learning rough life with a stepfather and a troubled youth. He led violent raids, was captured and hanged in 1881, but famously escaped after briefly being bound.
The report notes Fraunce’s WWI prestige aiding its foreign commerce growth. It cites French loans and investments in Frailne, plus the Credit Foncier de France expansion. Paris aims at securing a leading role in Brazil and broader markets as auto and industrial sectors modernize. It recounts early automotive milestones and production jumps by Goodyear.
A garbled OCR fragment shows cautious language about taking chances and fees, with unclear names or places. The readable bits suggest a dialogue about careful actions and payment, but specific entities or events are not evident.
A garbled tale recounts Frederick William, king of Prussia, tormented by gout. To ease his temper during attacks a grenadier sits for a portrait, the painting finished after long endurance. The king in fury demands a change, and the grenadier’s cheeks redden in response to the sovereign’s ire.
A fragmentary report notes India’s cement sector rising from near zero before WWI to a modern industry producing about half of the nation’s construction needs within five years. It contrasts ancient traditions with wartime shortages and mentions cement imports from England, Britain, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Austria, and Hongkong.
A fragment from the Birmingham Age-Herald quotes a man asked about his wartime whereabouts. He recalls the finance chair urging support as the town pledged to fund war efforts, and he vows to contribute with his checkbook to a war fund. The passage reflects local sentiment and fiscal duty during the great war.
An ostrich stands as the largest feathered creature, with some individuals reaching eight feet tall and weighing about 300 pounds, marking their status among birds.
The County Court will not meet in April until the second Monday April 12 1920 The Board of Equalization meets the first week in April Relations note social visits include Mrs Herschel Lewis and child returning to Blackwater after visiting Capt and Mrs B T Wiley Edwin James and family visit Concordia Mrs Ernest Hoffman and daughter Helen visit Kansas City James Terhune and son James Jr return from Kansas City where Mrs Terhune is receiving hospital treatment Silo advertisement promotes Dickey silos with a written guarantee
Representative Lafayette County citizens join a Texas land venture to the Rio Grande Valley purchasing tracts. Names include Hackler, Gordon, Mann, Jordan, Guenther, Tempel, plus Hugo Buddemeyer and Torp through E Stewart Land Company. Nine of ten reportedly thought to have gone, prompting questions about possible mistakes.
The notice touts profits from White Dent Corn and broom corn per acre, rhodes grass for milking cows, cotton yields, and vegetables. It highlights cabbage, Bermuda onions netting up to 1000 per acre, and fruit quality claim for grapes, oranges, lemons, and limes. Two weekly excursions from Union Station Kansas City invite prospects to Lexington to learn more from R. B. Briney or John K. Taubman.
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