Colored Fair Weekend Promises Big County Support
The Lafayette County Colored Pair Association plans its annual fair in Higginsville from August 15 to 17. About eighty residents from across the county have pooled funds totaling 1500 dollars to guarantee premiums and expenses, with increased payouts in most departments. A strong racing program is prepared and some lucrative purses are offered. Also noted is King’s New Discovery as a remedy for chest ailments and coughs, praised by E B Goodloe of Waco Texas.
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Higginsville
Lafayette County Colored Pair Association
Higginsvilly
Galveston
W. Goodloe
Dutton St
Waco
Tex
Dr. King
Crenshaw & Young Drug Store
Tiven
Farmer and Stockman
Kanga City
Gondugia
U.S. violence and education notes from 1905 media excerpts
The excerpt cites 1905 U.S. homicide totals of 9 212 and 1904 at 8 482, with railway fatalities and injuries, plus international comparisons. It also discusses Concordia Creamery milk and cream volumes, butter price 18 cents, and remarks praising Missouri’s public schools and University of Missouri as a national leader, highlighting farmer readership and the Farmer and Stockman department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concordia Creamery Company
Concordian
Irrigation Drive in Nevada Builds New Prosperity
Nevada's national irrigation effort plants 50000 acres from the Carson and Truckee project. A massive dam on the Truckee river marks the start of a plan to irrigate nearly 1 million acres, creating 50 acre farms for 20000 families, new towns, and a growing population as wealth shifts to farming communities. In a lighter note, a girl asks for ice cream after an ankle injury, and her benevolent uncle provides it, offering instant relief.
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Nevada
Carson and Truckee
Comstock Lode
Truckee
Outing Magazine
Alice
Palms and Oysters in a Conservatory Dinner Debate
A young housekeeper asks how to keep palms healthy in a fern filled apartment. The successful keeper says oysters fed to plants during winter by digging around roots. A German adds pouring stale beer on the soil. The young housekeeper laments the odd mix of garden care and dining.
Travel Incognito Through History Linked to Royal Figures
A quirky note traces the invention of traveling incognito to Peter the Great of Russia. It cites Joseph II of Austria visiting Paris as Count von Falkenstein in 1777, Louis XVIII as Comte de Marles, and Empress Eugenie and King Leopold using similar aliases, highlighting a pattern of royal secrecy across eras.
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Peter the Great
Russia
Joseph II
Austria
Paris
Count von Falkenstein
Louis XVIII
Comte de Marles
Eugeniec
Comtesse de Pierrefonds
Leopold
Comte de Ravenstein
Corsets and Corrnet Claim Tested in Ad Claim
A salesgirl defends a cornet product with a boast that it is unbreakable. She asserts personal proof, saying she has worn a pair for a year without damage and adds she is engaged, delivering a blush and confident endorsement in a playful exchange.
Not Much Doing The Milliner How's Business With You
The Dressmaker says only a few sentences in response and mentions a stitch in her side for several days. The exchange hints at slow business and mild health discomfort.
Allen's Lung Balsam Cough Medicine Claim Card
Ad claims Allen's Lung Balsam is the safest cough remedy with no opium and rapid relief for cropups colds and deep coughs. It urges immediate use and promises convincing results to persuade readers.
Summer tourist rates offered by Chicago and Alton Rail
Boone excursions advertise summer tour rates from Higginsville to Kansas City Independence Oak Grove Odessa Alma Tackburn Marshall Sinter and more with liberal return limits and stop over rights. Sunday excursions feature low round trip fares from Higginsville to multiple destinations with specific departure times and arrivals.
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Boone
S. A. Vermillion
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Higginsville
Alton
Kansas City
Jeave
Independence
Oak Grove
Odessa
Alma
Higgineville
Higginaville
Marshall
Karmins City
Special Low Round Trip Rates From Lexington Missouri
Special low round trip fares announced for Missouri Pacific routes from Lexington to Sedalia San Francisco Denver New Haven Hot Springs Perthe Springs Excelsior Springs Jefferson City and others. Fares include 1 45 to Sedalia 51 30 to San Francisco 12 40 to Denver 32 50 to New Haven and 15 94 to Hot Springs with various sale windows and return limits in 1904. Tickets marketed by A A Looms agent with homeseeker tickets available on the first and third Mondays.
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Sedalia
San Francisco
Cal
Denver
Colo
Aidle
New Haven
Genn
Hot Springs
Ark
Perthe Springs
Excelsior Springs
Jefferson City
Pacaday
Farms For Sale Near Dover And Higuinsville
Land owner offers 140 to 200 acre farms in Lafayette county for sale outside Missouri. Properties located near Dover and Higuinsville with access to schools and churches. Price set at 10 dollars per acre below neighbors’ asking, hopes for quick sale. Seller: LOUIR RYLAND, Topuusten Lealayton, Mo.
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Lafayette County
Dover
Higuinsville
Free colored picture offer from The Republic and Farm Progress
Readers who send one dollar for a year of The Republic and Farm Progress will receive a large 24 by 32 inch colored print titled The Departure of the Brice from the Home of Washington. The reproduction by Parria uses sixteen colors and depicts George Washington at his Virginia home bidding farewell to his daughter. The offer includes both papers for a year and the framed print, with subscription details and withdrawal notice.
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Republic of
George Wasterington
Virginia
The
Republic
America
Aed
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United States
Chicago Tribune
Everybody's Magazine
Missouri
Migson
Colamum
Springfield
Wisconsin
Commonwealth
Luis
Food For Plants
Alton’s
Denver, Colo
A. Vermillion
Higginsville, Mo
Missouri Pacific System
Lexington
H. C. Stokes
Commercal Bank Bldg
Lexington, Mo
D.J. W. Meng
Meng
Lexington, Missouri
B. EF. Eaton
Katy Service
Gov’ ‘S
Katy Flyer
KATY
Kansas City Southern Railway
Southwest Missouri, Indian Territory, Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Dutton
Trav. Pass
Agt
Kunane City, Mo
G. Warner
B. Roesler
Trav
Kansas City, Mo
B, Waddell
Sandpold
F. Lee Wallace
Rookxroper
Lexington Savings Bank
Irving Tevia
Astlan
Cashiey
Cows & Genere
Ladera
Nicholson ' Hoffman
Walter B Waddell
Rankin Pennie
Barton
WO Rankin Walieke Wadh
Sandford
Ler Wallace
Irving Tavis
Holman Hutus Young Aloe
Wingatt
Encook Sandford
Magele Hopins
McVaus
Bettie
Sinity
Lee Wallace
Elizabeth A Wallace
Garriwbn EF
Nicholson
Louf
Ryland
Topuusten
Lealayton, Mo
Catron
Nand Loang
Huerle
the Republic
St. Louis, Mo
E. Vaughan
Dover, MO
Farm Insurance
Frank R, Howe
T. B. Ramsey
Richard Pinion
Aspis Grace. Cannon
Iaba
Lerington
Odd Hectors
Richard Field
Andrew J. Sturnett
Young i. Mt
Outeen
Frock
Cewe
William J
Morrison Lewis
Cox Ford T. Bates
Rufus Yours
W.G. McCaintain, Pros
Ternam Cashier
Lee
Cesour
General Banking
Dupostorte
Chas. M. Bowring
Notary Public
RI. Mann's
Wellington
Charles Dixon
Sion Co. A
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