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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1914
Page
4
The Lexington Intelligencer notes its editor and publisher A. W. Allen and records its status as second class mail at the Lexington Missouri post office. The fragment confirms publication identity and mailing classification.
A slate of candidates is listed for state and local roles including William J. Stone for Senator Howard A. Gass for State Superintendent James T. Blair for Supreme Court Courtney W. Hamlin for Congress N. M. Houx for Congress Zach W. Wright for County Court Western District Dan G. Wade for County Court Eastern District Julius Vogt for Probate Judge S. N. Wilson for Circuit Clerk WM. T. Tutt for County Clerk George W. Bates for Recorder W. T. Wernwag for Prosecuting Attorney William Aull Jr for Collector L. L. Wilson for Justice of the Peace Clyde Wright for Lexington Township Joe N Mitchell for Lexington Township Constable.
The piece argues that lacking vision leads to poverty and idleness across social groups from Appalachian farmers to crofters and tramps. It urges youths and women to seek education, home-building, and industrious aims, linking vision with better farming, family life, and national progress. It references Clarke Wallace’s Farmer and notes September Woman's Home Companion features.
Mrs. John Finley yesterday returned to her Warsaw home after visiting here with her mother Mrs. Cordelia Marshall. Miss Mary Ridings went to Wellington Tuesday evening for a few days visit.
A group of colored men in Lexington Missouri organize the Afro Law and Order League. The society aims to improve the moral condition of the colored community and seeks support from the community, with interest and potential progress anticipated in uplifting morals.
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