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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1909
Page
3
Dr R V Pierce of Buffalo publishes a broad pamphlet praising his secret medicines for weak women and biliousness, claiming extracts from leading practitioners support them. The Favorite Prescription is said to aid nervous, over-worked women and uses native medicinal roots. sold by all druggists.
Will Gaffin and E. T. Stier spent Sunday in Kansas City. J. H. Hall was a Kansas City visitor, and Frank Stewart visited Higginsville Sunday. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup advertised for coughs colds and bronchial issues with children friendly taste. sold by C. W. Loomis.
A late Saturday afternoon loss describes a ladies hunting case watch between Fa Bulwer’s and Jim Dunlap’s, engraved with the name and a date September 2 1907. The finder is asked to leave it at the Intelligencer office or with W. G. Wilmot at 462 E W White Street.
N A Brown of Pittsfield Vermont praises Dr King's New Life Pills as a reliable family medicine for chills constipation biliousness and headaches. Crenshaw Young's sells them at 25 cents. Delia Trail Kansas City relatives visit. Rev G M Gibson travels to St Louis. Pines aid backache lumbago rheumatism and kidney symptoms. Loomis store and Miss Mildred Sydnor visit Higginsville relatives. Alexander Graves travels to Kansas City on business.
An advertisement invites women to try a pneumatic clothes washer claimed to save hands time and temper. For $1 down and $0.02 extra for express, customers receive a $3 washer almost free, with a 30 day trial and a promise of a pamphlet and neighbor demonstrations. Money back if unsatisfied. Pierce & Baker, 664 Washington Street, Buffalo, N.Y.
Swept Over Niagara. This terrible calamity often happens because a careless boatman ignores the river warnings. Nature's Warnings are kind. That dull pain in the back warns you the kidneys need attention to escape fatal maladies. Take Electric Burners at once and see Backache fly. After long suffering from weak kidneys, one man says he was cured. Pills and tonics advertised by Crenshaw 2 Young. Various local notices: Dr. Ryland’s Kansas City trip, Mrs Wright visiting Waterloo, Pineules for kidney relief, and Bees Laxative Cough Syrup advertised. Numerous short items about travel, sales, and visits.
A historic advertisement touts White's Dream Vermifuge as quick acting purgative to keep infants free of worms. It warns that many contestants would not be truly healthy and urges mothers not to raise children without White's Cream Vermifuge, priced 25 cents and sold by Crenswum & Young.
Advertisement seeks exchange of two modern Hat buildings in Kansas City Missouri for a fine farm with rich soil. Equity in the deal is $28,000 and the address is A 222 Intelligencer. Miss Florence Becker of Columbia visited her parents, Mr and Mrs Fred Becker, in town. Mrs Amelia Taubman left for Kansas City due to illness of her son-in-law Rev H Linn. Miss Quindara Jones returned home to Cairo DL after visiting her sister Mrs James McGrew Jr.
The Lexington lodge of Elks reorganized their baseball team Monday evening in the lodge parlors. Tony Gratz was elected captain for the season. Meyer, last season’s catcher, is with Jefferson City and unavailable. Brockman, the slab artist, cannot play as much. Pete Kinkead and Warren Vir likely to do most throwing. Ardinger may back behind the bat if secured, bringing a strong lineup though knee trouble and business keep him away.
Land and money offer Lafayette county farms for sale at reasonable prices. Some city residences and vacant lots also available. Willing to show any property. Contact Grats Bros at phone 223 or EB. B. Vaughn at Star home 272 or W. V. CueTEB.
A man named Pat details his squabble with a doctor’s long wait time. Frustrated, he vows revenge and returns later to confront the doctor, but merely stares him down and leaves, claiming the doctor does not yet know what hit him. The tale, recounted with a humorous local flavor, appears in Harper's Weekly.
Four year old Catherine asks her mother to tell God to go downstairs to play bridge so she can wear a pretty dress and save candy without being watched. She frets that God might eat the candy or ruin the dress if he stays in the room.
Folklore on sneezing spans many nations with beliefs on omen or luck. Jews greet sneezes as propitious during bargains, while English tradition seeks protection by saying God bless you. Brazil salutes with God preserve you and Fiji with May you live. Suffolk features a sneezing tariff ending in disappointment.
A speaker begins with a brief story about his young son who never spoke a bright word yet. He ends with the reveal that the boy is too small to talk, prompting grateful handshakes from the audience.
The Nations Food Magazine laments that educated women see cooking as menial labor. It argues that elevating cooking to a formal study in public schools and girls colleges would dispel disdain for domestic work and improve daily life.
A drawn dialogue references Nuritch’s political aim to become a senator. Grafton confirms being one of his friends, and the exchange hints at backing from a network described as friendly allies in the Catholic Standard and Times.
The plane contest for young ladies outside Lexington ended last Saturday with Miss Blanche Bardlet of Wellingwater winning the piano after a strong late vote surge. Miss Ben Martin of Higgineville led early but trailed as Bardlet gained support, while both contestants earned praise for talent and effort.
Miss Bonnell Berrie presented a well memorized recital to a good crowd despite rain. The Lexington High School graduate showed growth from brlliant to soulful pieces with Beethoven Chopin Schumann Godard and Mendelssohn selections. An encore was requested but unavailable as the show closed to warm applause.
Kansas City-Southeastern Traction Company invites Lexington and Odessa landowners to discuss an electric line from Lexington through Odessa to Pittsville, with a 100 ft right of way and a 666,000 bonus in negotiable notes. Geo P Norton or the company’s general attorney will attend on April 10.
Listing of fire and tornado alerts for urban and rural areas. Includes hay and grain pricing and guidance to see W. Younte for current rates and supplies. Placeholder details indicate local market updates and urgent notices for property and safety.
Dr M G Roberts was summoned to Liberty Saturday by word that his mother Mrs McCord Roberts had died after a period of critical illness. She was 70. The body will go to Springfield Missouri for burial.
A Tuesday hail storm in Liam brought the severest hail in fifty years, with heavy rain and a vivid electrical display. Large hail damaged roofs, windows, and greenhouses, with Gratz brothers reporting major losses including a torn roof and flooded display. Murrell auditorium windows shattered. truck gardens, especially lettuce, suffered. Mrs. J B Kitchen and daughter traveled to Kansas City for a day.
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