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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1901
Page
3
The item extols Price Baking Powder as superior in leavening and health benefits, claiming less waste and lower cost than cheap powders. It references Baxina Powder Co of Chicago and notes alum powders may cause health issues. There are additional notices about local visits, sales, and medicine ads interwoven.
Mr C L Seagraves passenger agent of the Santa Fe returns from the sugar beet district of Colorado to advocate relocating families near Holly. He cites Arkansas Valley as the most promising area with superb climate soil and irrigation backed by ample water. He praises American Beet Sugar Company of Rocky Ford, notes labor needs for thinning, and highlights beet and cantaloupe profits, alfalfa grains vegetables poultry and dairy markets along with rising foreign sugar costs. Germany with California sized area already...”
The advertisement touts a store offering top quality goods and fashion appeal to young men and all ages. It markets new winter suits and overcoats priced from 5 to 20 dollars, plus boys and children's suits from 1 dollar upward, urging customers to trade with them.
H Sinauer explains beets yield high per acre in Rocky Ford area with 20 to 35 tons per acre under fair conditions. Factories pay about $5 per ton based on sugar content, with contracts covering 14 to over 15 percent sugar. Land values rise as second factory planned, irrigation secure, and beet shipments subsidized to farmers, boosting local prosperity.
A long list of holiday items is offered with varied prices, including mittens for girls and boys, gloves, handkerchiefs, chatelaines, toilet sets, rugs, shawls, petticoats, shirt waists, linen cloths, table sets, bedspreads, counterpines, and hosiery. The ad encourages customers to shop now while stock remains, promising lower prices and wider selection than elsewhere.
Cattle show reports from Chicago feature T. C. Sawyer selling a ten months calf for 505 dollars a two year old heifer for 405 and a yearling heifer for 150 with an average of 363. Waddell sold cows and a bull before Sawyer left town. A birthday party for Mary EB Bishop included a bottle-on-mouth game won by James R. Moorehead and a booby prize for Elmira Winn. Burglars jailed after stealing from William Lieser’s store in Corder. Dishes on a Christmas dinner remind readers dyspepsia not a bad cook Hood’s Sarsaparilla praised for stomach relief. John R. Warren of Higginsville dies aged around 76. funeral at Old Republic graveyard. Clarence Rooney and family visit Kansas City.
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