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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
3
Local brief items note social visits across towns from Higginsville to Kansas City, with residents like Mrs. Hays Dillard Andreen and others traveling for Sundays and weekends. Smaller notes include farm hand wanted, baby care ad pitches, shoe store ads, and travel to Independence Chilllicothe and Maraball for church meetings.
A Lexington baby show touts a prize for the healthiest infant while warning that worms hinder health. Advertised cure White's Cream Vermitage claims to purify infants and sellable through Crenshaw & Young for 85 cents. Mrs Preston Smith visits Waterloo relatives. Lydia Schaefermeyer attends a Sunday concert in Bigginaville.
Local items report visits to Kansas City by Mrs Lucy Yates and Francesa and Miss Elliott Todhunter, plus travel by J H Walker and Captain Ryland Todhunter. High school baseball Slater defeats Lexington 12 to 8. Medical ad promotes Dr King s New Life Pills. Subscriptions offer to retain old price for McClure s Magazine. Real estate listing for a 20 acre fruit farm south of Lexington. Dr Britt of Oklahoma takes over local dental office. multiple small notices and brief society items included.
A 1908 election victory note to voters from a propertyless candidate who accepts the mandate to serve. He thanks supporters and opponents, pledges to prove his worth, and defends his lack of property as not affecting patriotism or public service.
Miss Hurt's dramatic recital at Muerell auditorium Saturday evening showcased five varied pieces from humorous to tragic, earning sustained applause and high praise from students and Lexington residents. The program opened with Miss Lucile McCarty’s number followed by Hurt’s compelling readings of How They Stopped the Run, The Lady of Shalott, selections from The Merchant of Venice, Daisy's Music Practice Hour, and The Theme, closing a highly praised performance by pupil and teacher Miss Lowry.
Central High of Kansas City defeated Wentworth by 40 to 40 in a showcase track and field dual meet on a hot Monday afternoon. Sensational times and weights work highlighted by Wyatt in sprints Mellor in the 440 and Welsh in the pole vault. Woodbury stars aided Central while Captain Anderson led the event management.
L Yates reports the death of his eldest son E S Yates in Yuma Arizona on Sunday April 10 at 7 pm. He was 30, born in Platte County Missouri October 28 1800. He suffered chronic bronchitis and died despite medical efforts and climate changes. The Yates family has community sympathy in this loss.
Nine years ago a MUL Creek Indiana man faced death, but Electric Bitters restored his health. He credits a druggist at Crenshaw & Young’s Drug Store with the cure, buying a bottle for 50 cents under guarantee.
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