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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1917
Page
2
In this brief notice the Lexington Intelligencer reminds readers to sign communications and that the paper is entered as second class mail matter at the Lexington, Missouri post office.
Circuit court upholds a publisher’s right to collect for newspapers taken from the post office. H F Staple, publisher of the Atchison County Mail, sued Charles Traub for sixteen years of subscriptions at $1.50 a year, despite Traub’s claims he refused the paper at times. A verdict ordered $24 plus about $100 in court costs and fees. Other brief notices list residents traveling on business and local visits in Wellington and Kansas City.
For sale a Studebaker seven passenger touring car. Inquiries may be made to Mrs. W. T. Bell or Dr. H. D. Greer at 1223 Franklin Ave.
How to preserve green apples for winter use from Missouri University home economics. Sterilize apple sauce jars for twenty minutes, then reseal after filling. Peel core and slice specked green apples for pie, add sugar to quart, fill jars, re sterilize, and seal while hot. Also saves summer waste and provides pie filling for winter. Howard Henry returns to Kansas City after a visit. Tilton Davis heads to South Dakota.
Change in C A time card shows the Chicago and Alton Nightingale service ending at Higginsville with trains departing Higginsville at 11 22 p m and arriving Chicago 11 20 a m. The Alton Hummer departs Higginsville 7 42 p m and reaches Chicago 8 00 a m.
A local notice offering a good price for sweet cream. Hinesley's Confectionery invites suppliers to contact their Lexington, Missouri location by phone 64 for negotiations and delivery terms.
Allied forces led by French and British troops advance along a twenty mile front from Dixmude to Warneton. French capture Steenstrate area while pushing two and a half miles beyond, and British gains reach two miles in strength. Casualties light for Allies, heavy for Germans amid early success.
A resolution was moved today in the Commonwealth Senate seeking the appointment of an Australian high commissioner in Washington. The measure aims to establish formal representation for Australia in the United States and marks a step in strengthening bilateral ties.
Amsterdam July 80 Vice Admiral Njegovan commander of the Austrian fleet says in an interview with the New York press he does not believe submarines will decide the war.
A mob in Amite Parish Louisiana confined two Black men at Tapgl pation Parish jail and took them away harming Sinwont Bennett fatally. Police reported the suspects were captured and a death investigation is underway.
War Department officials rule that marriage alone does not grant discharge from the first National Army draft. Dependency must be proven, with fact as to a wife’s reliance on daily labor, and exemption boards determine the truth. Mobilization notes 78 percent of cantonment materials on hand and aims for readiness by September.
In Chicago a telegram from W D Haywood leader of the I W W warns President Wilson of a walkout by over a quarter million workers. Miners in Michigan have begun a general strike, Minnesota miners may join, and harvest hands in North and South Dakota will follow unless J W Woe is returned to the Warren District of Arizona.
Washington reports three food items reduced in price from May 1914 to May this year per Department of Commerce export price comparison. Excluded from the general cost rise are green coffee oranges and dried apples.
In New York on August 1 a broken gangplank on a new battleship at the navy yard sent more than twenty workers into the water. Several men were injured as a result of the mishap.
A man claiming the name Elie Knodinopf born in Russia was arrested today in New York after threatening the lives of J. Pierpont Morgan John D Rockefeller and John D Rockefeller Jr. The suspect was identified as the Russian born individual in custody.
All married men will be accepted for enlistment for United States Army cooks and bakers. For further information call at the recruiting office, 1010 Main Street. Mrs. B. H. Malone left yesterday for her home in Tulsa Oklahoma, after a visit in this city with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Veach.
Mrs. G. C. DeBell of Evansville Indiana arrived Wednesday evening to visit her parents Col and Mrs Oscar Andreen Rev G G Riggan returned yesterday from a month so journ at Boulder Colo Herbert Thorson and Homer Thomas went to Kansas City yesterday to spend the day Mrs J Strodtman returned Wednesday to her home in Independence after a visit here with Mrs Anna Loomis
A Sanol Eczema Cure advertisement promises perfection of complexion for any woman using the product. It claims to cure skin eruptions and presents Sanol Eczema Cure as a household remedy. The ad urges readers to obtain it at the drug store.
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