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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
3
Aimed at women suffering pelvic organ displacement and other weakness symptoms, the ad promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a proven, non alcoholic remedy with printed ingredient list and medical endorsements. It claims rapid relief and warns against unknown substitutes, celebrating Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as the original Little Liver Pills.
C G Marquis was in Corder Monday EH F Moody visited Kansas City Monday Oswald Winkler was in Kansas City Sunday Or CE Pattilla was in Corder Sunday
Disagreeable at home piece touts Bailard's Gerbine to 'set the liver in shape' with Crenshaw & Young selling it for 50 cents. Several local notices mention Daniel Ruebel's return from Oklahoma, Judge J P Chino visiting Higginsville, Virgina Graves from Kansas City, Flournoys visiting Wellington, and Felix Young’s trip to Kansas City. Other items urge Kodol use for summer ailments, sold by Arensiaw & Young, plus Napoleon, Mixnes Maude, Nancy Wright visits from Waterloo.
In Zanesville Ohio Mrs Mary Lee says her husband James Lee owes his recovery to Dr Ming s New Discovery for throat and lung relief. The letter notes rapid improvement from consumption fears and praises the remedy s effectiveness with a money back guarantee at Crenshaw and Youngs drug store.
Readable fragments show Mrs. Chas B. South of West Propkiin Maine endorsing Dy King’s New Life Pills as a family laxative medicine. The testimonial states they are effective without fuss and claims favorable results for pains and desires.
Kennedyys Laxative Cough Syrup is praised for children and adults. It tastes like maple sugar and acts gently yet copiously to relieve colds. Sold by Crenshaw and Young. Mrs L W Brelsford visited relatives in Kansas City. BLN King rushed to Clinton for his ailing father. Miss Bessie Haghley and brother William visited local friends.
W Stone of East Poland Maine reports using Bucklens Arnica Salve for sore feet burns sores cuts and abrasions. Crenshaw Youngs drug stores sell it under guarantee for 25 cents.
Crenshaw and Young and Mrs J T Taylor Sr sell DeWitt's Little Early Risers liver pills described as safe and pleasant. Mrs Taylor, who has been visiting in Holden, returned home Sunday evening. Misa Annie Berrie came back Friday from a several weeks trip to Moberly Huntaville and Marshall.
Mrs M M Davidson of 379 Gif ford Ave San Jose Cal extols Electric Bitters as a superior general remedy for headaches liver and bowel ailments. She claims it greatly aids digestive organs and notes it is sold at Young's drugstore for 50 cents.
Mrs Charles Russell arrived from Kansas City to spend a few days with Irving Terie family. Misa Bertie McGrew returned to Waverly after weeks with aunt Harriet Barron. H W McNeal visited in Odessa with wife and daughter. J H Forster went to Kansas City to spend the day. Miss Susan Yates spent Tuesday in Kansas City. An ailment note urges Kodotn to curb dyspepsia, sold by Crenshaw & Young.
Miases Bees and Hazel Bell left Monday for home in St. Louis after several weeks with Dr J J Pulker family. Miss Mary O Malley returned to St Louis Tuesday after visiting relatives here. J L Kinkead in Independence Tuesday. Morris Goydton’s appendicitis operation Wednesday improved. Dr J J Walkerson and W D Meng attended Democratic Congressional committee meeting at Marshall Tuesday. De J Mi Cheney of Independence visited his daughter Mrs W B Wilson Monday.
Two infant children of Mr and Mrs Jot Hackisx died Monday after being two weeks old. Funeral services were held Monday. A second infant, aged two months, died at a home east of town. Details are fragmentary due to damaged text but indicate multiple infant deaths and local observance.
In Independence August 15 1908 Baron Tellig enner replies after seeing Lexington daily about street improvement taxes. He argues a valid tax bill requires an estimate plans and specifications by a city engineer appointed by ordinances. The court voided the bill due to an improper office creation and a disputed engineer appointment. The judge left undecided whether Mr Duncan legally held the engineer post.
Mr and Mrs James Geary respected Bed Bug Hill residents faced arrest after a Saturday attempt to shoot up the camp district. Sheriff Kinkead and deputies detained them. they received fines of one dollar and costs. The Geary couple had previously drawn notoriety in the Hollingsworth Geary case as principal figures.
Lexington Merchants edged Concordia 3 to 2 Sunday in a tense home stretch rally. Terhone pitched well for Lexington allowing four hits and one walk. Shinn caught. The game featured a late surge as Lexington overturned a 2 0 deficit and held on for victory. Mrs Ja Fred Evans, visiting relatives, returned to Independence Monday.
A historic set of optical illusions explains how crossing fingers or placing a pencil or marble between fingers or lips creates the sensation of doubled objects. The nose trick yields two noses and a length difference due to uneven tactile input, revealing how edge perception can mislead.
A brief New York Sun item reports a joke about diet advice asking what to cut, noting the humorous suggestion to remove everything except the tip to the waiter. The line plays on fringe wordplay and waiter tips in a urban paper tone.
Mrs Langtry plans a London stage return after three years and recalls an incident at Imperial Theatre. An old crippled shoeblack from Sloane Street, invited to the theater, could not reach stairs, so she had him placed in a stage box to surprise the audience with his presence.
In New York artistic circles the current buzzword is absolutely. Critics and crowds tailor descriptions to stress the term with careful enunciation. From paintings to stained glass, the phrase signals peak approval and fashionable certainty among enthusiasts.
A pair of wayfarers discuss a street scheme to secure a square meal and clothing. The first claims he can pass as a racing balloonist who has just descended from the woods, using a hatless, bushy approach to gain entry. The second man questions the plan as they share a cold meal.
A 16 year old girl driving a cow in North Dekoian sheltered under a tie during a sudden storm. Lightning struck the tree minutes later, tearing the girl's shoes and ring, blistering an ear, yet she recovered after an hour. The cow died, horns burned off and she toppled over.
In a fragment from a folklore voice, a question about a lady at the loud house is met with silence and pointing toward a wooden plaque, suggesting an enigmatic clue or ritual meaning in a rural scene.
Jurists long on bench with Harlan serving over fifty years and Marshall around thirty four. Washington about eighty one. McLean about thirty nine. The first phonograph born from Leon Scott in 1855, Edison patenting in 1877 and releasing earliest market model thereafter.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions an ordinance meeting and speakers. details unclear about actions or outcomes. No clear names, places, or dates are readable.
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