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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1920
Page
2
The Lexington Intelligencer announces weekly Friday issue with editor A W Allen and subscription at 1 50 per year paid in advance. All communications to be printed must be submitted for consideration and handled as second class mail matter at the Lexington Missouri post office.
Ernest Strutman of Kansas City is a guest of relatives here. Reed Greer of Kansas City spent the week end here with relatives.
Chamberlains Cough Remedy promotes relief for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. The ad notes its growing national and international sales and urges readers to try it. quotations from Mrs James Brown Clark Mills N Y praise the remedy for rapid relief. Miss Leona Long and Ewing Shouse are mentioned in brief local notices.
A health note urges bowel regularity as the start of health and recommends Chamberlain's Tablets for mild effective relief. It promotes proper diet and exercise, notes the tablets are gentle to take and cost a quarter.
A competent person seeks to lease bearing apple orchards of five acres or more. The applicant requests contact through this office to arrange terms and site details.
Four Missouri State Conference schools Wentworth Kemper M M A and Chillicothe held their annual meeting at the Dixon Hotel in Kansas City. Major J C Strack was named president with My C E Lail as secretary treasurer. Forfeitures trimmed Chillicothe as Kemper led Wentworth for football standings. Basketball titles went to Wentworth with a schedule of conference and non conference games listed through March. Also notes on Dean's Kidney Pills testimonials and local visitors to Lexington and Kansas City.
The schedule lists Apr 15-16 Kemper at Wentworth and Apr 15-18 M. M. A. at Chillicothe with multiple games through May 25-24 Chillicothe at M. M. A. Track and tennis events note last year's focus and a May 14 meet at Boonville. Conference tennis planned May 17-18 at Wentworth with a Bonnville May 2 area event and May 10 Bonnville to Mexico games. Wentworth representatives attended state meetings.
A house head demands who placed the wallpaper on the wall. The decorator replies that the wife instructed him, noting the result is pretty. The exchange reveals domestic dynamics in a concise, period voice snippet.
For sale advertising a small number of Poland Boars ready for service. Signed A. P. Young. The text includes a dated proverb about lips and liquor followed by a humorous exchange attributed to Widadw.
An old advertisement fragment highlights Fletcher's Castoria for children and Goodyear West Shoes for kids. It includes a domestic scene line about Mrs. Smith and a husband’s heat, with McDannell & Wiley cited as the sellers.
The article describes etching characteristics where the artist scratches through a surface to reveal copper, creating rich tones from acids elsewhere and notes a lesser used dry point method without ground. It explains ridges, burrs, and velvety darks contributing to the piece’s charm, with transfer by stencil.
A quoted exchange highlights a patient’s irritation with a natural remedy and a sharp remark about Doctor Lane seeking fame. The dialogue suggests dissatisfaction with medical advice and the doctor’s financial motives.
An American Museum expedition leader tracked an antelope herd across Asia in an automobile. Speedometer readings showed the herd reached 11x miles per hour for nearly two hours before slowing to about half that pace, according to Popular Mechanics Magnetiv.
A wealthy Englishman, wearing fine clothes and carrying a fortune, asks for the best plaster in a chemist shop. The chemist, patient and amused, offers ordinary plaster. The scene escalates as the customer objects, insisting on the finest available, while his new chain glitters and draws attention.
In a lively exchange the Birmingham Age-Herald notes readers spar over filmgoing tastes. One editor claims to disdain cinema while admitting to skimming press-agent supplied photoplay material, prompting discussion on audience interest and media influence.
Palmer Corntas sil greedily riffs on class legislation with a half joking critique. He wonders if the forthcoming measures from the state house resemble infant class ideas.
A fragment quotes Walt and Le Dustin in a casual exchange about making money on a falling market. The text hints at financial commentary from the Washington Star era, with a relaxed aside on bear markets and clever handling of investments.
At the big annual football banquet Saturday night Chillicothe Business College closed its season undefeated and piling up 888 points against opponents. Four players earned spots on the All-State Team. Four Civil Service students from the college also passed examinations as clerk type positions in Kansas City last Saturday.
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