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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
3
A rural testimonial extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best treatment for persistent coughs following colds or grip. Mrs. Thomas Beeching of Andrews Indiana reports its effectiveness in breaking up winter cough attacks and notes her husband accepts no other medicine. Obtainable everywhere.
C B Harrison traveled to Sedalia on business while Miss Ella Nickell visited Kansas City for the day Saturday.
Mrs Hugh Cook of Scootsville N Y says Chamberlains Cough Remedy stopped her two children’s coughing and cured their colds quickly. L Polla traveled to Kansas City and back with his wife who had surgery at St Marys hospital.
When nervousness is caused by constipation, Chamberlains Tablets give quick relief and aid digestion. Mrs. Helen Marcks and her son Edward visited Wathene Kansas for a few days and Mrs. M J Meyer returned to Kansas City after visiting here.
Advertises Chamberlain’s Tablets as excellent for constipation, pleasant to take and mild in effect. Mentions E. B. Campbell traveling to Kansas City for business and Miss Anna May Rushing visiting relatives in Harper, Mississippi.
The University hosts Farmers Week January 1 to 5 with topics on engines and tractors farm buildings tile drainage soil erosion and home planning. Sessions offer engine operation repairs tractor choices building design and soil conservation to stop washing and loss of fertility.
Mrs. Ash Ruby travelled to Pleasant Hill on Monday for an extended visit. Mrs. Lee Hopper left for Kansas City on the same day for a visit.
Miss Elizabeth Graves, visiting her sister Mrs. B. R. Bishop in St. Louis, returned home Monday. Mrs. Bishop accompanied her on the trip, continuing a short visit.
A testimonial from Anna Jones of Onawa Iowa praises Cardus the woman’s tonic for curing long standing female troubles. She claims swift relief from weakness and improved health after using the product and urges others to ask their druggist about Cardus.
Columbia business men and University of Missouri students hosted a banquet for the 1916 Valley champions Tiger football team and Bob Simpson. Gold footballs were presented to all players, Simpson received a hand decorated memory book signed by about 200 attendees, with gifts also given to C. L. Brewer and Henry F. Schulte of the athletic department.
The Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station warns against continuous corn cropping yielding far fewer bushels than rotating crops. A rotation of corn, oats, wheat, clover, and two years of timothy, or a corn wheat clover cowpeas Soy beans rotation, boosts yields. Proper planning before spring work pays bigger returns than field time.
Dr. J L Meriam of the University of Missouri School of Education is cited by Arthur W. Dunn of the Interior Department social studies committee as advancing social studies in elementary education. Dunn toured Columbia's experimental school and notes Meriam's approach centers on present day problems rather than traditional subjects, giving children practical practice.
Deeds filed in Lafayette County Recorder's office Lexington Missouri for week ending December 16 1916 abstracts and farm loans compiled by Lafayette County Abstract Company. Transactions include Nora A Calloway and husband to A Langborn 1600 for blocks in St Thomas Waverly Eagle Building Co to William Palmer 1600 for Graystone Park Lexington lots and blocks. Annie N Todhunter and husband to Enoch Johnson 150 for Graystone Park. John Samuelson to Walter Ashford 159 for Graystone Park. Robert J Rankin to Ina M Armstrong 2450 for El NEW SEW 15 49 28 and other transfers in Graystone Park including Todhunter Todhunter Todhunter Parker Todhunter and Ryland Todhunter interests.
The January issue highlights The Stingy Receiver by Eleanor Holowell Abbott and includes pieces by Ellis Parker Butler Sophie Kerr Mary Stewart Cutting Temple Bailey. Readers gain articles on The Impersonal Attitude A Happy Mother-in-Law and Clean Motion Pictures. Fashion cooking and the picture section offer up to date material for all ages.
Ira S Griffith associate professor of manual arts at the University of Missouri perfects a roof framing table. The device uses two sliding celluloid rectangles like a engineers slide rule. By knowing the roof pitch the carpenter can determine the precise angle for all timber cuts.
Morrison Wentworth Bank announces farm loans on improved farms in Lafayette County with amounts not exceeding six million dollars. The notice specifies a single lender and the loan program details for eligible applicants.
The lights flooding the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor for the first time when President Wilson pressed the button on December 2 were installed under the guidance of B. E. Armstrong a Missourian formerly of Popular Bluff. He earned an electrical engineering degree from the University of Missouri in 1918 and works with Doherty Co. in New York City.
Mrs J F Winn and her sister Miss Lee Meng traveled to Kansas City on Monday for a brief visit. G Garland Riggan also went to the city on Monday to attend prayer services.
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