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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1902
Page
3
The fragment warns about indigestion and stomach unease from dyspepsia, noting headaches and sour stomach symptoms may worsen if ignored. It argues dyspepsia is miserable and urges early attention, promoting Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy that strengthens the digestive system.
A digest from the Missouri region reports 20,060,000 apple trees in the state, 63,000,000 bushels of wheat and 200,000,000 bushels of corn projected. The Odeon cannery processes 25,000 cans daily. 120 men and 75 women work there. The Mexican War Veterans reunion is set for September in Columbia. Roosevelt plans a bear hunt in North Carolina. Local notes cover water quality in Higginsville, preparations for the 1904 election slogan, and other regional anecdotes.
The Kansas City Packer reports a secret Baker process to cool vegetables and fruit without ice by introducing a powder into an airtight car, ventilation opened before arrival, with experiments moving produce from Texas to Boston. The method could cut costs by about one third and aid gardeners and fruit men in small shipments.
Sage says P Morgan could settle the coal strike by reviewing the subject and giving his opinion. It seems unlikely both sides would defer to Morgan yet Sage rarely overstates. Mark Hanes has already failed in his attempts to adjust the labor differences.
A harvesting machinery trust has been organized with a capital of 120000000. Ten thousand men will be discharged and their wages saved to the craft. The McCormicks Deerings Plino Bushnell and Champion are in the combine. Unless the common people unite against the trusts they will be robbed on every buy or sale.
The Richmond Missourian notes the city will soon install vitrified brick streets marking progress after thirty years of aging roads. The project will bring durable paving and improve the camp ground access on the hill, signaling a lasting improvement for years to come.
The piece notes Roosevelt’s public stance favoring tariff revision while Secretary of the Treasury vocally opposes it. It questions whether the secretary would contradict his chief and mentions Mr Shaw’s direction as Roosevelt delays the revision during the tariff dog days. It also references Professor Schenk’s posthumous elaboration linking birth determination to sex and mental attributes.
A Des Moines capitalist group plans to buy a 6000 acre tract three miles east of Lebanon and convert it into a massive orchard with 1000 peach trees. The Frisco line would build a 31.2 mile branch to serve the venture. Promoters toured the Midwest for soil and climate data with an expert pollist.
Field Marshal Lord Wolseley declares the United States army the best in the world. He notes American soldiers are superior in character and intelligence while acknowledging discipline and other aspects show room for improvement.
Advertisements promise Herbine for constipation and Buckeye Pile Ointment with Crenshaw & Young as distributors. A Fort Scott incident details a Black man assaulted a white woman, a lynch mob formed, the sheriff feigned escape, and loyal Kansas people are accused of condoning violence. A general packing house strike looms amid high beef prices and union pressure. consumers face rising costs and small business challenges.
An odd medical ad touts a digestive tonic for weakness nervousness flatulence dizziness and headaches priced at 60 cents sold by Crenshaw & Young. The clip also rails against Missouri politics praising the Globe-Democrat and noting a saloon tax shift in Mexico and a Kansas theater sale with plans for a new feed arable venture.
Columbia Mo August 16 Secretary Geo Elite of the state board of agriculture releases Missouri yields for wheat and corn this year. Wheat may average twenty bushels per acre with some farms at forty to fifty. Total wheat output could top 43 million bushels, second only to Minnesota among wheat states. Corn harvest projected near 65 million bushels across 7.65 million acres, averaging about forty bushels per acre, potentially the largest state crop overall.
An old Texas newspaper ad touts Hall's Great Discovery as a universal cure for kidney and bladder troubles, linking it to Dr. E W Hall of Saint Louis and claiming mail order availability. A second item cites a 1901 World Commerce report showing Britain leading trade, Germany second, and the United States third with about two trillion in value.
The State Normal School at Warrensburg Missouri enrolled 1200 students for the year with 404 teachers in windange. The second term of the summer school opens July 21 while the regular session starts September 9. Warrensburg famed for Pertle and Electric Springs draws summer visitors. For astalogue, add tal Strate NorMar Senoot.
The Democratic state committee hosts a September meeting in Joplin with speakers including Wm Bryson David Overmeyer A M Dockery Jus A Reid Jobin A Lee Sam B Cook W J Stone and other congressmen. A grand parade with brass bands floats mounted riders lambeau clubs and matching clubs is planned. Portland Cement Company announces an 81 600 000 plant at Hannibal MO employing 700 workers with aims to hire 1000 more for permanent factory work.
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