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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1903
Page
2
A long running traveling figure promotes Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil as a strengthening tonic. The ad targets consumptives, weak children, and those needing flesh and blood, noting widespread recognition and price details from Cott & Bowne NYC.
Joseph W. Folk delivers indepedence Missouri speech urging voters to prosecute boodlers and reject bribery. He warns the Democratic party faces a crisis and asks citizens to cast ballots to show civic conscience or decadence, framing the verdict as Missouri’s test.
Four season plaques and a 1004 calendar plaque issued by the Aubenuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n Malt-Natelne Dept in St Louis Mo. Each 12 inch diameter lithograph features 14 colors, no face advertising, ordered by remitting 26 cents. Includes a Rev W H Cute quote and note of fresh cakes at Vaughan's.
The Chattanooga Medrane Co issues the 1904 Cardos Weather Chart and Calendar. The 18 sheet wall calendar, with bright ornament, displays weather predictions via large numbers and colored signals. Forecasts attributed to Prof Andrew J DeVoe have boosted sales to millions of copies annually. A copy can be obtained for 100 stamps sent to Chattanooga Tenn.
The annual meeting of the stock holders of Traders Bank will be held on Monday January 4 1904 to elect thirteen directors for the ensuing year and transact other business as may come before the meeting. W G McCauslind president J G Crenshaw secretary
An observer estimating American beverage consumption reports that the total alcohol and drink intake for the year could fill an area two miles square to ten feet deep, or stretch a lake-like volume. The quantity of alcohol alone would form a barge-length barge sized as a 100 mile long by 100 foot wide by 10 feet deep span.
The stockholders of the Lexington Savings Bank will hold their annual meeting at the bank on Wednesday January 9 1908 at 9 o'clock A M to elect directors for the ending year and address other business. W B Wapper President F Lek Wallace Secretary December 9 1908
Quote from Rey B Haslet praising humans as the highest animal with the most developed brain and divine purpose to fulfill.
An 1901 advertisement touts Hall’s Great Discovery as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues for men women and children with a money back mail order offer. A customer testimonial from Neosha Missouri asserts it cured twenty years of kidney trouble enabling work. The note also features a sermon excerpt by Rev F M North on hidden limits and heroism.
In Townville Sedgwick County Nad reports relief from sciatic pain after using Ballards Snow Liniment. He purchased three bottles and claims it helped. others also benefited and could walk without crutches. Available from Crenshaw & Young at 25, 60 cents, or $1.00.
Short horn bulls advertised for sale or inquiry with contact tag WN M Coormn. iib tt. The fragment notes Mrs J P Gordon and mentions three wood stoves in good condition with Fou Sanz.
The piece extols public schools as a distinctly American institution and a private and public good. It frames schooling as the state or community’s organized path to higher intelligent activity, personal liberty, and freedom, acknowledging costs but calling it a productive investment with growing dividends for all contributors to the general welfare.
Fragmented OCR items describe indigestion remedy and price, a wedding in Higginville on Wednesday, Dec 93, a sales pitch for nursery stock by Lafayette County agents, and a teacher certification exam notice for students reaching St Joseph by 8 a m Monday Dec 28 with a state association schedule through Thursday.
The Supreme Court holds that a school board may not rent rooms to sustain additional schools unless voters authorize it. Such authority can be granted at an annual or a special school meeting.
A disjointed notice mentions a missing shaved black and white spotted period china bird dog weighing 75 to 170 pounds with ear marks and left ear details. It offers a reward for information leading to recovery of Henry Savitt at Lexington Missouri. Additional scattered lines repeat a wealth advert and random quotes with dates and names.
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