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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1905
Page
2
A long promotional text touts Scott's Emulsion for fat babies, claiming it keeps nerves cushioned and growth healthy. It mixes ad content with scattered notes on agriculture in the western United States and a medical pitch about deafness with Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Excerpt argues railroads are highways not private property and that taxation power is delegated to private railroad corporations via charters. It claims railroads, like historic toll roads, should levy fair rates, citing Anglo Saxon and American struggles for fair taxation from Lexington to Yorktown and comparing rail rates to taxes. The piece cites Ray St Bernard Baker in McClure's December issue.
The ad claims Ballard's Sion Liniment cures arm paralysis, old sores, frostbites and skin eruptions, with testimonials from W. FP. Baily and P. D. Troe. Sold by Crenshaw & Young. Also mentions a Western Kansas book promoting immigration for a railroad and prospecting in Lafayette County.
An eclectic slice cites Mr Lawsor on the ruinous finance era in Everybody’s Magazine with vivid metaphors of the stock market juggernaut. It proclaims Wall Street’s brutality, victims, and cyclic crashes, paired with ads for Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar and pills from Higginsville merchants.
A fragmented list of property deals and transfers from 1905 and 1906. Includes multiple buyers and sellers such as Jno A Berpinini, Goo Ramsey, Chas A Reptinena, S B Ward, Gustav Bitter, Robert E Mueller, Edw M Toohbnds, Amelia Tenb uan, Foboer, Anne M Kuehl, J Frits Groeneman, E W Mollenkamp, Wilhelmina Groeneman, John C Whitsett, James W Belles, Josh Long, Moses Lewis, Milton Upbage, and Elin H Lacey. Entries show parcels in Higginsville and nearby areas with stated consideration amounts. Dates span November 1905 to November 1906.
A 25 year old man, Harry Duckwell, died after a prolonged coughing fit at his home while his wife and child were present. He had suffered a severe cold days earlier and died of suffocation before a doctor could arrive. The item also notes patent medicine ads and a later obituary for Cyrus McDonald, 79, at Bates City.
An old newspaper blurb warns that indigestion can cause sudden death from heart failure and promotes Green's August Flower as a preventive aid. It claims the remedy aids digestion, cleanses the liver, purifies the blood, and strengthens the system to avert indigestion attacks.
Loomis is designated as an agent for Missouri Pacific with responsibilities including liaison duties for C B and L A 8. The terse notice lists Loomis in the agent role, referencing the railroad company and implicated initials in a formal roster entry.
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