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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1906
Page
4
Boone county court sets contract for a new court building valued at 100000 dollars. Other items note Michigan convention backing Bryan for 1908, Loeb denying Roosevelt reelection, and various political disputes across states including Iowa and Illinois.
Governor Cummins won a decisive renomination amid a liberal republican mood. Shaws name was hissed in the convention and the secretary departed. A platform called for a readjustment of tariff rates to provide no shelter for trusts was adopted.
The daily news from Russia reports revolutions advancing with important forts captured by revolutionaries and widespread riot and unrest. Nobles fear the army may falter, signaling possible mass emigration. Senator Warner and Congressman Ellis assure constituents of impending tariff revision by allies in the next session, while questioning Congress timing and Roosevelt’s four year campaign.
The speaker condemns the last Congress for passing an Inspection bill lacking dates, arguing it will concentrate packing and butchering in great cities. Small concerns cannot bear the cost, forcing raw materials to central cities and returning as finished goods. Cities may threaten liberty as past mobs did. manufacturing and transport laws breed suspicion among country people.
Jefferson City reports spread by a special out of state press claiming Democrats advocate choosing U S senators by no direct vote of the people. It notes Governor Folk endorses a general primary law to be pressed next session. Both parties support a general primary, but legislators cannot bind via a primary vote. counties have already used this method in past elections, including Stone and Wallace in November 1902.
The State Committee should assign a liberal share of campaign work to Governor Folk in the upcoming election. Governors past have boosted their party by delivering speeches for ticket candidates, and Folk’s alignment with the platform supports wider public service. The committee’s support would showcase Folk’s capacity for party service and advance his political future.
The Kansas City Independent mocks Gerson BH and Silverman, hints at a barber joke about Silverman, and surveys Alabama becoming the forty-sixth state with Indian Territory merged in. It cites Guthrie as capital until 1919, counts residents and area, and notes Tillman’s reelection prospects and praised attributes by The World.
For sale 200000 acres of the worlds best farm land in Northwest Texas. Climate mild and healthful with abundant rainfall and pure water. Low taxes, abundant schools and churches, fast settling farming district. Crops include wheat corn oats alfalfa rye barley broomcorn melons potatoes and more. Price ten dollars per acre with ten years time. John M Proce, Agent Lexington, Mo.
A local notice promotes ladders sold by J. R. Moorehead offering sizes from ten to twenty feet. The fragment suggests the sale is aimed at supplying height needed for a substantial harvest or task described as a “big one this year.”
The Independent Paper is defined as maintaining neutrality by balancing endorsements between parties and states. It avoids becoming a party organ, endorsing only when necessary to preserve independence, citing Kansas City and Missouri examples and urging readers to vote for the country over party loyalty.
A notice announces a Masonic session conducted by Grand Lecturer J R McLachne to be held on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and evenings. All master masons and officers are urged to attend at LexinaTon Lopas No 149.
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