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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
2
The Lexington Intelligencer is a weekly Friday paper priced at 1.50 per year, payable in advance. It is entered as second class mail matter in Lexington Missouri and requires all communications be signed for publication.
The 1918 honey crop in the United States is estimated at about 250 million pounds by the Department of Agriculture. The American Botanist notes that nectar must be moved and processed, requiring bees to transport roughly 150 thousand tons of material to produce this crop, excluding honey the bees consume. About half comes from white clover nectar, with alfalfa and sweet clover as other key sources.
Mrs Edward Hassett of Frankfort New York praises Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for quick relief from croup in children and adults. She notes it contains no opium or narcotics and can be given confidently to a child.
The United States delegation to the peace conference will include President Wilson, Secretary of State Robert Lansing, former ambassador Henry White, E. M. House, and General Tasker H. Bliss of the Army.
Mrs L A Drinkard of Jefferson City Missouri reports rapid relief from stomach trouble after using Chamberlains Tablets. She says she felt nervous and tired before trying them and improved in every way within a week of starting the treatment. The advertisement promotes the tablets for digestive comfort.
George Nasser's car rolled back into a ravine after a Saturday night start up. Nasser’s nephew had started the car in reverse and a jump saved them from a fall. Judge John A. Rich of Slater convened the December term of Lafayette county criminal court, adjourning until April 1919 after a conference on the flu situation.
W P Cole who was re elected justice of the peace at the November election has resigned the office. The county court Monday appointed Clyde Wright to fill the vacancy.
A brief note extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for winter coughs and colds. It claims the remedy is time tested, used by many families for years, and yields the best results when directions are followed. Ad copy tone underscores safety and effectiveness.
An Oregon Department official proposes cultivating whales in Puget Sound to meet national milk demand. He claims female whales produce a barrel of milk per milking, suggesting the species could be raised domestically to supply the United States.
In a letter from Litchfield TL Mrs D W Isley reports using Chamberlains Tablets for stomach disorders and constipation and finds them a quick, sure relief. She states the laxative action helps ind since the tablets do good for indigestion or constipation.
Government backed pork production drives a sevenfold rise over prewar exports as dairy and meat sectors rush to meet hungry markets amid wartime shortages. The article also memorializes Leonard G. Ryland, a lawyer and WWI-era public servant, detailing his life from Lexington to Rexburg and Lexington, his charities, his marriage, and his funeral tributes.
Fragmentary OCR recalls wartime pledge to send food to Allies. Mentions interallied food convoy, American food program, farm efficiency, corn and pork increases, food conservation, export shipments, and support for shipping. Names and dates unclear due to garbled text.
Fragmentary OCR from a 1917 speech quoting Herbert Hoover on economic distribution and resource use. Mentions belief in the intelligence of the average American businessman and reliance on their aid to remedy evils identified by Hoover. Date August 10, 1917.
The former Kaiser will also go down in history as the man who was hanged in effigy in public.
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