Death of Editor Groves Sparks Reflections in Kansas City
The Johnson County Star notes the fatal shooting involving Gen. R. C. Herne and editor Groves. It laments the tragedy, emphasizes individual remorse, and warns against revenge. It also reports 1908 officers kept in place by the Higginsville Advance era, with Col. J. L. Pace as superintendent and Mary H. Pace as matron.
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Groves
Kansas City Post
Woodward
R. C. Herne
Jack Groves
Johnson County Star
J. L. Pace
R H. Benton
W.C. Webb
Mary H. Pace
Higginsville Advance
Remarkable cure by Electric Bitters
Abraham Brown of Winterton recounts a chaotic misdiagnosis from five doctors heart disease kidney trouble blood poison stomach and liver trouble before his wife urged Electric Bitters. He says one bottle restored his health and the product is guaranteed for blood poison weakness and stomach liver and kidney complaints. Sold by Jenshaw and Young Drugists for six cents.
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Abraham Brown
Winterton
Im. Y
Jenshaw & Young Droggist
Board of home managers praise Col Pace at year end meeting
The board of managers led by W. 8. McClintic and C. H. Vandiver met December 3 1907 at Col J L Pace’s office. They inspected the home farm livestock and departments and were satisfied with Pace’s management.
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Board of Managers of the Home
W. 8. McClintic
Monroe City
C. H. Vandiver
Higginsville
B. F. Murdock
Platte City
W. H. Kennan
Mexico
Alton
J. L. Pace
Col. Pace
Healing cure featured for coughs and lung troubles
Mrs. E. D. Clapp reports her son nearly died from lung and throat issues. After starting Dr. King’s New Discovery, exhausting coughing spells ceased and he was cured. Sold by Crenshaw & Young druggists at 50c and 1.00 with a trial bottle free.
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South Dakota
E. D. Clapp
Crenshaw & Young Druggists
Heat the Cold Rooms With the Perfection Oil Heater
The coming cold weather raises heating needs for seldom-warmed rooms. The Perfection Oil Heater offers safe, adjustable heat and easy portability to cold bedrooms hallways sick rooms baths and dining areas. Its smokeless burner avoids typical furnace inconveniences making winter comfort readily reachable.
Home Comforts: Rayo Lamp and Perfection Heater Promoted
An advertisement extols the Rayo Lamp for winter use with a new safer burner and versatile room compatibility. It highlights the Perfection Oil Heater and Rayo Lamp as a combined, useful pair to warm and brighten a home, selling at moderate prices by dealers nationwide.
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Japan
Ballard's Horehound Syrup Claim Cures Cough Fast
A vintage ad asserts the correct time to stop a cough or cold is at onset to prevent pneumonia or consumption. It promises relief with a few doses of Ballard's Horehound Syrup, with longer treatment if the cough has run on, and cites Crenshaw & Young as the sellers.
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Ballard
Crenshaw & Young
Train Auditors Removed From Johnson County Star
An item notes cutbacks on the railroad staff as fifty train auditors are laid off, leaving a hundred to cover duties for one hundred fifty. It recalls a humorous conundrum from Sedalia attorney Hon. Will Steele about the odd role of a train auditor piloting a conductor on the Hi Lewis flyer, provoking laughter among passengers.
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Pacific
Iron Mountain System
Wm Steele
Sedalia
Kansas City
Steele
Hi Lewis
Col. Lewis
Isles
Sin
Sealy
Will Steele
Mr. Steele
Warrensburg
Attorney Steele
Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup Advertisement Description
An old ad text touts a cough syrup that promotes a free action of the bowels to expel the cold while soothing throat and lung irritation. Claimed to be pleasant to take and safe for children. It contains no opiates or narcotics and is sold by Leroy Farmer.
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Kennedy
Leroy Farmer
Traders Bank Stockholders Meeting in Lexington Mo
The annual stockholders meeting of Traders Bank Lexington Missouri will elect directors for the ensuing year and transact other business. It will be held in the banking rooms on Monday January sixth, 1908, from ten o'clock in the forenoon to two o'clock in the afternoon.
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Traders Bank
Lexington
Druggist Takes His Own Medicine in Mont Clare
A Mont Clare druggist faces choosing a remedy he has praised most. He weighs customer opinions to select the best option among the remedies he sells, reflecting on which is most favored by buyers. The article notes his experience with evaluating medicines and his preference shaped by public endorsement.
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Mont Clery
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Scott
Arbuckles
Ariosa Coffee
Ps Arbuckle Lunhoa
Ayer
Ayers
Nature
D. C. Aver Co
Lowell
Maan
Stockholders’ Meeting
Dr. Galas
Outfitter
Main St
Lexington, Mo
Winn & Ewing
Kret's
Klean Kandy Kitchen
Chas. Weber
Donie Weber
J. R. Wilmot
J. Q Plattenbury
BH. Wallace
Ler Wallace
Plattenburg Coal Company
Farmer's Drug Star
Parnes Biore Ay
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