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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1902
Page
8
Missouri governor Doskery condemns lynching and vows strict law enforcement. He says he has upheld court verdicts, refused clemency, and executed ten murderers. He urges sheriffs to protect prisoners and ensure fair trials, stressing obedience to law over mob justice.
General Orders No. 7 from the Mo Div UCV appoints Miss Lena Perin Steele of Mexico as sponsor for Confederate soldiers’ reunion in St. Joseph on Sept 12 and designates numerous Missouri women as maids of honor including Helen Chesnut and Ella Boyd of St. Joseph and Anna Keith of Kansas City.
Miss Kate McDonald of St. Joseph is named chaperon by orders from Major General Ewan Garys. The Elks host a lawn social at their Main and Eighth Street home, described as a sturdy Branch of the State Bank of Missouri with thick walls and hardwood interiors. The event featured Marine Band music, a phonograph, and games. fines for misbecoming behavior were enforceable, and police vigilance noted. The write-up also covers obituaries and local notices, including Rev. John B. Andrew of Eminence, Ky., and Joseph Robertson of Lexington, with funeral details.
Obas. W. Loomis sells a kidney cure with a money back guarantee after one bottle. Price 40 cents. For sale by Obas. W. Loomis. Mr Edwin F. Robinson, who married Miss Delay Russell, daughter of Ben Mussel, is dead. Mrs Robinson will be there this evening with her husband's body. He died at Little Rock. funeral Sunday from the Baptist church.
In Shenandoah rioting as militia patrols streets, a distressed notice touts kidney cure products by Charles W. Loom of 628. The fragment hints at political slogans and a deceased individual, with a sale reference and disrupted public order.
A sale ad offers discounts on boots and shoes to reduce stock this summer, cash only terms, courtesy of F Mervin and Chas W Loonie. A separate medical patent advertises Smith's Sore Kidney Cure for diverse kidney complaints.
An eccentric ad touts a Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a cure for digestive woes. The copy claims it cleanses gas buildup and restores regular habits, promising painless natural function for readers like Leroy Faron of Simi.
Mrs W A Daniels of Valley Falls arrived to visit her sister. Rev J A Quarles visited Independence area to stay with L Fred Evans family. Miss Nellie Chambers and Madge Hill returned to Jefferson City after a visit. Two Missouri Pacific freight accidents occurred Wednesday with derailed tender near Hays mine and a wreck between Waterloo and Wellington delaying a passenger train nearly two hours. no injuries reported.
A flood of testimonials from women in Chicago Montana and Kansas City extol Peruna as a cure for systemic catarrh and nervous debility. They claim it revives energy improves sleep and health, with notes from Florence Allan Rosa Cullen and Blanche Myers praising its effects and a free booklet offer from The Peruna Medicine Co.
Notice of sale by trustee to satisfy several notes secured by a deed of trust on property in Missouri. The real estate lies in a specified county and township, to be sold at the courthouse front door in Texington Lafayette County, on the 10th day of September 1902, between 11 AM and 2 PM, to the highest bidder. The sale aims to pay principal and interest on the notes and to complete the trust.
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