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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1902
Page
2
An advertisement extols Price Baking Powder as the most economical leavening agent producing lighter bread and cakes with less waste of flour sugar butter and eggs. It asserts lower cost per biscuit batch than cheap alum powders and warns against alum powders for health reasons. The copy promotes Chicago based Price Baking Powder Company and advises against alum due to dyspepsia liver complaints and general health concerns.
News from Lexington reports William H Means killed his niece Miss Lydia Means in a two room cottage at Hectorietin, Indian Territory. Means, who had recently moved from Kentucky with Lydia, fled to Hot Springs then to St Henrietta before surrendering. authorities plan murder charges though indictments hinge on mental condition.
Carter of Keokuk buys Harris-Anderson lumber yards at Wellington. J B Moorehead of Lexington acquires yards in Wellington. J J Rhodes, Lexington manager, plans to move to Kansas. Rhodes and wife leave Lexington after many friends bid them farewell. Charles Vaughan of San Antonio visited the academy class of 1809 and Lexington friends.
A Missouri River Valley engineer recalls a deadly night on May 2, 1881, storming rains, rising floods, and a washed bridge. He describes stopping a runaway train, nearly plunging into the river, a haystack on the tracks, and passengers saved, with reflections on changes since then and hope for peaceful passage beyond.
Read about Hall s Great Discovery marketed as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder ailments including gravel diabetes and rheumatism. Claims curing power with testimonials from Neosho Missouri and endorsements by Creoshaw Young s drugstore.
In a terse report, Saum and Sean Coun bought a seed car described as a Ol Ht St. whales and Whyte Pearl at TL's store. The purchase occurred near the Lexington Willig Deed company's premises and involved AL Mitchells Son's feed store. Details remain fragmented.
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