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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
6
Joe Graddy arrived Friday evening to spend a few days at his home. Mrs. Mary Marquis and her son G. C. visited Coder Saturday for a short stay. Mrs. E. B. Young returned Friday evening from trips to Sedalia and Jefferson City.
An old advertisement promotes Zemo a clean liquid claiming to destroy germs at their source and permanently cure itching skin diseases. It lists BR. W. Rowe Medicine Co. St. Louis and mentions availability in Lexington through C. W Loomis.
Woman to act as agent selling high grade dress goods silks and waists with easy commission. Earn $25 weekly, no capital required. Free samples and case. Write Dept 10 National Dress Gpoius Co 260 West Broadway New York NY. Also local notices of Mrs A Hickman trip and Capt Fred Day family travel.
An old ad-style note promotes White's Cream Vermifuge to cure intestinal worms in babies. It claims symptoms like constant hunger, pale rings under the eyes, weight loss and yellow complexion. The product is described as a positive cure, sold by Crenshaw & Young for 25 cents per bottle.
The annual meeting of the Lexington Savings Bank stockholders in Lexington Missouri will be held January 13 1908 between 10 a m and 2 p m to elect directors for the ensuing year and to transact other business. W H Edwards president and KF Lee secretary. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup promotes relief by soothing throat and lungs and drinking, Crenshaw & Co. carry it.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Lexington Triumph Brick Company will be held at the company office on Monday January 4 at 9 oclock a.m. for electing officers for the coming year and for transacting other business. Presid ent By Bust in Sec Lb 2aee rh ay. Pills for kidneys advertised with a 30 day trial offer.
J R Sydnor visited In Higgingville Sunday while Jaude Coon from Kanaae City spent Monday in Lexington. Captain B W Tillman left for Jefferson City on Monday. Mrs William Hoefer visited In the city Monday. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup advertised for seasonal coughs and chest ailments. C W Loomis selling Pinesalve Carbolized for cuts burns and inflammation. Oscar Andreen went to Kansas City Monday. Frances Saunders returned from a Kansas City visit.
Mrs A C Williams of Backy credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing a graveyard cough and rapid weight regain after doctors failed. The medicine is praised for lung and throat disease relief and pneumonia prevention, sold under guarantee at Crenshaw Young.
Louis Gratz arrived from Kansas City Monday for a short stay here on business. E. M. Taubman and his two sons, Robert and award, Jr., were in Kansas City Monday.
An aged notice advises ladies that bad complexions stem from an inactive liver and Ballard's Herbine can restore it. The advertisement touts the product as an unmatched liver regulator sold by Crenshaw & Young.
A pumpkin pie recipe is described with steps to bake a rich filling using pumpkin, brown sugar, eggs, cinnamon, ginger, milk, and cream. It suggests using oysters, chicken, or mushrooms as an alternative filling and offers a method for making or buying paste cases filled with the mixture, seasoned with pimento and currant jelly, and topped with whipped cream.
Practical household hints cover kitchen garden ideas and cooking tricks. Tips include growing parsley and sage in a kitchen window, greasing pancakes with butter or cream, potato to absorb excess salt, preserving jars with paraffin, squeezing citrus after chilling, avoiding hot water on varnished trays, and broiling steaks with water in the pan to catch grease for easier cleaning.
Combine flour salt eggs and lukewarm milk with dissolved yeast and butter. Mix, rise 144 hours in warmth, then shape on floured board with sugar and almonds. Do not knead. Drop in pans, rise ten minutes, bake hot for two dozen treats. Total time about two hours sixteen minutes.
Coarsely chop onions and fry in butter until colored, add curry powder and cook briefly, brown beef, stir in flour and stock, boil, add sour orange juice and apple components, simmer until tender and serve with plain boiled rice. Includes Gingered Pears with ginger, lemon, and marmalade-like syrup, plus Amber Drips from melon.
An ad touts Zeme from E W Rose Medicine Co for external use to stop itching and destroy germs, claiming eczema cure and lasting results. Also notes visit of Gladys Comstock to Kansas City grandparents and a land sale in Missouri involving 186 acres east of Lexington transferred to Nig ar Cox for 18400 dollars.
Court order notices the sale of the southeast quarter and adjacent parcels in Delenti Gop area, township wait immaterial. The trustee will sell the real estate to satisfy a promissory note balance, interest, and fees. Conducted at the court house in the City of Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, on a Monday in December between 9 am and 3 pm.
An old ad suggests stopping a cough or cold early with Ballard's More Ground Syrup, claiming few doses taken at onset halt the cough. If lingered, the remedy may no longer work, warn Crenshaw and Young.
Instructions advise storing grape juice bottles on their sides in a drawer or box to keep corks moist and air from entering. Keeping corks moist prevents shrinking and spoilage, ensuring juice remains stable after bottling.
A briefcy fragment notes that mean helpers would not dread the night if window ledges and rooks were kept free of dust with a dear cloth, invoking household routines to ease fear and ensure hope.
A Chicago Tribune essay argues that newspapers must maintain clean, responsible content to attract and retain wealthy, dependable readers. It warns advertisers against sensational sewers and asserts that productive reach, not sheer bulk, drives sales.
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