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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
5
Texas will build a sausage plant to process meat from the jackrabbit. Promoters aim to handle most of the annual rabbit crop, seeking a national demand. One million Texas bred rabbits may be shipped to New England and Eastern markets.
A Louisville Courier Journal item highlights a playful dialogue about car ownership. One character asks if owning a car is possible, and another notes autos keep coming down while savings grow, underscoring hopeful economics and aspirational tone.
Mr and Mrs Harry Mallet and Miss Bessie McIntyre spent Tuesday in Kansas City. Mrs Lou Linley, who had been visiting Miss Virginia and Miss Florence Hart at Central College, left Wednesday for home in Los Angeles California.
Roland Yorke aids Rhoda in recovering a stolen judge’s treasure box containing papers worth a $5000 reward. The find reunites Rhoda’s family with their lost position, and Yorke contemplates leaving city life for a simpler hillside world with Rhoda by his side.
A quotation compares feminism to woman suffrage, calling feminism the first clear reform of how men think about women. It declares feminism as the acid test of chivalry and sincerity, urging honest views and direct language about women rather than appearances.
A fragment discusses Grub Street as a symbol of financial distress for writers lacking means. It notes the era of George III when authors tried fortune with histories and dictionaries and performed hack work. The piece mentions Grub Street as a name for a place of literary struggle now faded.
Missouri fruit growers are advised to skip dormant sprays in orchards free of San Jose scale. If scale is present and infestation is severe, spray this fall or winter and again next spring. In lightly infested trees one spring application suffices. Use lime sulfur at 1 to 7 or scalecide at about 1 to 12. For unknown presence, send twigs or bark to Missouri College of Agriculture for identification.
The Missouri Children’s Code Commission appointed by Governor Major in 1915 urges a 1917 revision of child laws. Members include Dr. Charles A. Ellwood, Manley C. Hudson, and Isidor Loeb. Proposals cover support for needy and illegitimate children, children’s courts, education and examination of defective children, protections for working children, and county welfare boards.
Wilkinson, near the exploding point, encounters a neighbor in the street who quotes him saying that a man named Poer has more cheek than anyone. Wilkinson recalls Poer borrowing a gun to kill a dog that kept him awake, but reveals the dog was his own.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Ewing and their son George departed yesterday for Mena Arkansas to spend the winter. Misses Margaret and Nannie Vaughan went with them as far as Kansas City.
Mr and Mrs EB Vaughan traveled to Kansas City to spend the day. Miss Henrietta and Elizabeth Winn, who had been visiting Miss Margaret Winn, returned to Kansas City. Mrs Henry Fahrmeierer of Higginsville arrived Tuesday for a visit with relatives here.
Mrs E L Adams of Joplin Missouri says Tanlac improved her frail health and nervousness, noting better appetite digestion sleep and renewed strength after a partial bottle. The ad touts Tanlac as beneficial for stomach liver kidney troubles and nervous exhaustion and announces Crenshaw Young Drug Store in Lexington as a local outlet. Others mentioned include S N Wilson attending a Missouri Probate Judges meeting and several residents traveling or visiting Kansas City and Castle Rock Washington.
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