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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1921
Page
2
The Lexington Intelligencer announces weekly Friday publication, subscription rate one dollar fifty cents per year, payable in advance. All communications must be signed and mailed to the editor at the Lexington Post Office Mississippi.
Two inches of rain fell Tuesday night as the New Mexico, flagship of the Atlantic fleet, secured the battle efficiency pennant for highest combined gunnery and engineering records. It also won the gunnery and engineering trophies for a second straight year. Henry Ford’s Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad profits pass $500,000 in six months of 1921 after union-busting moves. Wages start at six days per week with no overtime, eight hours daily. Monthly layoffs occur after 208 hours. engineers and conductors $375, firemen $275, brake men $236.
The Lafayette County Teachers meeting will be held in Lexington on September 1 and 2, 1921. Dr C A Phillips dean of Central Missouri State Teachers College Warrensburg is among out of county speakers. A very interesting program with new features aims to attract about two hundred teachers. full program appears next week.
Mrs J T Hurt of Liberty, Missouri, with her niece Miss Chestina Hurt of Excelsior Springs, arrived Tuesday evening to visit her daughter Mrs C W Johnson. Mrs Frank Fisher and daughter Mrs Herbert Neer traveled to Sedalia on Wednesday to attend the State Fair.
Henry Kroeck Sr of 2009 Main St testifies Doan's Kidney Pills gave splendid relief after grip left kidneys weak. He first endorsed four years ago and again in 1920, noting lasting cure of weak back and kidney disorder. 60c at dealers Master-Milburn Co Migrs Buffalo NY. Also notes Mrs M D Wilson traveling to Chicago and Dr Chalkley Ryland Drummond Chamberlain driving to Kansas City on business.
A traveling salesman from Louisville recounts a severe cholera morbus attack in summer 1888. He bought Chamberlain's Cough and Diarrhoea Remedy, followed directions, slept, and woke well enough to catch a train for his next stop. Also noted is Elmer H. White returning from Warrensburg with a B S degree in Education after attending a state teachers college summer session.
A hotel man from Dupuyer Montana writes that four years ago he used Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy with wonderful results and has since recommended it to friends.
The Good Roads Association of Greater Kansas City launches a Better Roads Contest with a route map from Kansas City through the county. Patrolmen names mark road sections. prizes of 300 and 200 dollars reward the best maintenance. Midland Trail Club adds 180 to prizes. local clubs pledge support to honor patrolmen and boost county highway reputation. Readers urged to study the map, cooperate, and request cord maps for travel planning.
J Frank Smith of the Good Roads Association of Greater Kanwan City tests a seven passenger car over varied road conditions to show savings from paved and dry earth roads. He cites mileage on tires, fuel, and overall life, estimating substantial annual savings if Missouri and Kansas highways were improved, with totals reaching millions in reduced costs.
The California poppy Eschsoltzia or Escholo tzia furnishes bright yellow beds among annuals and is California's state flower. It grows wild in golden sheets, survives mild winters with protection, and thrives in many soils with ample sun. Varieties range from yellow to cream and rose, many bred for beauty. Seed is coarse and uneven distribution aids sowing. transplanting is discouraged.
A home brewer phoned the state service to ask if water purification affected yeast in home brew. Harry Boggs forwarded the concern to Indianapolis Water figures Howard Painter and chemist Harry Jordan. Jordan said there is not enough gas to harm the yeast, suggesting air or other factors as the cause.
W. 4. St. John of Sutherlin Oregon, a leading fruit grower, claims an apple he backed for keeping qualities may resist all rivals. A 10 year old display included ornamental glass jars with Spitzenberg apples preserved in alcohol. One jar’s top apple dried, blackened, and the interior turned to stone after the liquid evaporated.
Cunningham Graham recalls an exchange at the Knickerbocker club where a Tartary chieftain weighs bachelorhood. The wise man contemplates marriage while the fool reportedly has a sixth daughter born, reflecting a Tartarian proverb about wisdom and family.
A quirky Washington Star snippet quotes Mrs Corntome blaming Oklahoma’s loss of over half a million dollars on corn rows. The piece hints at whimsical talk about thaw folks and animal kingdom fare, with a wild cat playing hero amid oil.
A terse item notes a cooperative storm area involving Mary and a large rise in activity. The report frames the issue as a long evolving situation with entities named Mary and a go operated cooperative.
Mr and Mrs N L Baskett with Baskett's sister Mrs William Averill and her two daughters Miss Mary and Miss Alice, of Abilene Kansas, left Friday morning in Baskett's automobile to visit relatives in Louisville Kentucky.
John Walker of Higginsville spent Friday in Lexington on business. L H Lake also of Higginsville was in Lexington Friday on business in the Probate Court.
Fragmentary OCR shows an 19th century style item noting Fletcher's Castor, a William Walker of Higgingville in Lexington on business, with Hon James P Chinn of Higgin s ville visiting Friday. Also mentions wedding stationery printing and an advertised opening in September at a business college with pay incentives for new classes.
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