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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
4
A vintage Lexington Missouri ad page urges appealing to women shoppers to boost sales. It catalogs departments for men and women, millinery, shoes, clothing, and home goods, plus local merchants and services from Kodak finishing to tires and dry goods.
Groceries offer fresh fruits and vegetables daily at 548 910 Main St with bananas priced 25c to 60c and a variety of produce including spring onions tomatoes celery cabbage radishes strawberries. Mike Male and Co. lists 10th St between Main and Frank with Plants of all kinds. Santa Fe Trail Garage provides supplies and expert repair with Goodrich Tires and a 174 th & Main phone line.
Fresh and Salt Meats Oysters and Fish in season call phone 16 at 825 West Main Lexington Missouri Genta Furnishings offers hats caps shoes and clothing for men and boys Butler Williamson proprietor sells our prices before you buy
A brief ad recommends Sand for liver kidneys and bladder problems noting a 35c trial bottle will prove its effectiveness. The note mentions Mrs. C. T. Vermillion returning home to Higginsville after visiting Miss Ethel Culley, and Mrs. Joseph Augustus Scar ettt and daughter Josephine leaving for an extended visit in Minnesota.
A vintage advertisement extols up-to-date concrete mixing by John I. Ashurst claiming faster, better mixes with a superior mixer. It argues modern methods save cost and deliver concrete that is fully mixed.
Fragmentary lines reveal a tense exchange about unhappiness and a deadly fate. Mr Binks and a distressed party discuss someone named Mite and a misunderstanding in a Chicago Prysa setting. The garbled text suggests a dramatic scene with potential danger implied but not explicit.
An advertisement promises a Sand Eczema Cure to remove black heads and pimples, smooth skin, and cure eczema. It claims pleasant use and offers a trial for 35e at the drug store.
Miss Mary Ann Quinton returned to the Confederate Home on Sunday evening after visiting in the city with her parents.
Miss Scharlotte Morath visited Kansas City on Saturday where she met W. W. Schwartz a student officer at Ft. Riley for a few days. Mrs. R. E. Hatton of Simpsonville Kentucky visiting Mrs. Thos Greene in this city then went to Winton Saturday to visit Mrs. B. P. Starke before returning home. Mrs. A. Johannes returned Saturday to St Joseph after a visit with relatives. Mrs. J Kester and daughter Margaret and Esther and Florence Coen accompanied her home for a visit. Mrs. Bettie Kline went to Oak Grove Saturday for a visit.
The text extols the 399 bake shop offering perfect satisfaction on all items, noting growing business, favorable customer feedback, and an invitation to new customers to try cakes and bread. Osvar Andreen traveled to Kansas City on business Monday.
Daily trains operate between Lexington and Kansas City with departures at 9:00 a.m. from Lexington and 4:30 p.m. from Kansas City, arriving times 11:00 a.m. in Kansas City and 6:43 p.m. in Lexington. Additional daily services include 647 westbound from Lexington at 9:15 a.m. and 658 eastbound to Lexington at 9:30 a.m. with Myrick stops, plus outs and returns via Myrick and Kansas City with 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. arrivals.
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