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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1922
Page
2
Fragmentary page text shows Lexington Intelligencer editor and publisher notice with misprinted postal terms and shop guidance. Reads shop early or shop late but unclear full instructions. mentions Lafayette County and a post office in Lexington with garbled sentences.
Deeds filed in the Recorder's Office Lexington Missouri for week ending December 2 1922. Transactions include Peters family to Franz Bargfrede and to Gerschefske and Bargfrede, plus agreements for O'Bryan Motor Co and several tracts in Alma and Lexington additions. Entries cover multiple parcels with dollar values and lot blocks, including E SW, EB SW SE designations and Southside Add Lexington.
A short tips note notes that resting with a cold may help but often work continues. It claims ten days to recover generally and suggests using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy plus self-care to shorten the illness. The ad emphasizes keeping a bottle in the house as a winter and spring investment.
Henry Kroeck of 2009 Main St. testifies to decades of relief from grip and kidney disorders using Doan's Kidney Pills. He recalls two confirmations of benefit, stating the cure lasted and recommends keeping a supply. Sold 60 cents at all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The copper grasshopper on London’s Royal Exchange endured the fires of 1668 and 1838, becoming the sole survivor of its buildings. Adopted as crest by Sir Thomas Gresham, it saved his life when a passerby heard its croaking as he lay starving by the road.
Fossils called dragon bones command high trade value in China as medicines for rheumatism and gunshot wounds. Apothecaries profit from fossils while foreigners struggle to obtain access to beds. Belief in feng shui and earth spirits blocks scientific digging and requires local consent before excavation.
A domestic quip centers on Mr Justwed and his Bride in a kitchen exchange. He plans to cream potatoes for dinner while she recalls a past dice incident that led to a $42 loss to rowdy friends. The joke pivots on the misread recipe and a humorous memory.
The Siam government tests iron plows against wooden ones. U S consul James P. Davis notes iron plows speed work but strain cattle, slip more, and break more easily. Furrow depth needs adjustment, as iron plows ran too deep in wet soil but performed well in moist soil.
Doris heard her mother and a caller discuss a recent marriage of people they knew. The couple had repeatedly claimed single blessedness but wed anyway, prompting Doris to remark that they began as friends and then changed their minds.
During World War I the French army saw the highest casualty share among twenty year old soldiers, officers and men, averaging 29.2 percent. In contrast, men aged forty to fifty years lost between 8 and 5 percent of their numbers.
An Englishman asserts he has found a metal with the transparent properties of glass that could make airplanes invisible, potentially altering flight and warfare dynamics.
A comic strip titled The Calf and The Cow presents a mother asking what a pump is and the cow explaining the device as a long collaborating companion in a humorous, reflective exchange drawn from From Life.
A Portland Oregonian anecdote recalls a rookie reporter’s dead end as a wire from the east reports a death in town. After the minister answers, the caller asks bluntly if he is dead, highlighting newsroom improvisation and missteps in early journalism.
Chief Justice Taft, visiting Cincinnati, recalls a dinner remark about local lads. He cites a future railroad president who joined a wholesale house by boasting of strength and pushing through rivals, claiming he entered by beating twenty four ahead in a physical contest.
The Barnett twin screw lifeboat is touted as the largest most powerful craft afloat for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. It features many watertight compartments nearly unsinkable action range up to 150 miles a day carries a life saving net a line throwing gun and a searchlight with twin six cylinder 15 horsepower Motors engines said to run even when submerged.
A Washington diplomat at a dinner quotes a season’s belle who jokes about fresh conquests each week and adds a sigh that she would give all her slaves for any master, reflecting sharp social wit in Boston Transcript style.
A fragment recalls the old statesman slogan liberty or death, while Senator Sorghom retorts that the present motto is safety first. The exchange reflects a shift in political rhetoric from bold liberty to cautious security.
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