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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1905
Page
1
Mayview Mo hosts a Mayview Baptist church ceremony for Miss Mayme Lucretia Nelson and Baxter Y. Lankford. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Nelson, wore cream crepe de chine as guests enjoyed Mendelssohn and Lohengrin music and a lavish supper at Nelson home. the couple will reside near Mayview.
Mrs Horsman Downtain Dorsman died in Kansas City at about 60. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 PM at Mr Afrene's home with Dr Milford Riggs and Rev Tt Burney officiating. The city council adjourned after approving an ordinance authorizing special tax bills for Franklin Ave improvements.
Batesville Arkansas couple Lyman French Reeder and Daisy Reed will wed in Batesville on a Wednesday in January. Reeder, son of Eminia Reeder, formerly lived in town and is now a Batesville lawyer and city mayor. The ceremony will be quiet due to the death of his uncle Dr P. Fulkerson. They plan to reside in Batesville. Also noted: DeMolay Commandery held elections with Emijpent Commander BR WN Cook and other officers listed. Died in Spencer West Virginia on Monday December 25, 1900: F. Balings, 65, elder of a ten-child family.
Mrs. Noyes from Higginsville died of hemorrhage on Thursday. She passed away at the home of her father J Ballew near Grand Pass following a period of illness.
Mrs J M'Grew hosted a Wednesday afternoon bridge party from 2 30 to 6 00 at South Street Sedalia honoring Mrs W E Bard. The rooms sparkled with holly red carnations and ferns for the luncheon. Prizes went to Miss Bila Nickell and Mrs BY Aull. Mrs Bard received a band pulsted jamonade pitcher as guest of honor. about 20 guests attended.
A sequence of land transfers and property dealings dated December 1905 to December 1906 lists multiple parties including Robert Linss, Kinkead, John Wellington, Margaret McGaffee, and Aring Crews. Transactions involve sums from 34,000 to 1,100, naming properties in Higginsville and Waverly.
The Lextogwwo Turners society held a Christmas tree event Monday at their hall. Prizes totaled two hundred sixty Ave. The entertainment drew a largely attended crowd with music by Smith's orchestra.
Deputy Sheriff Peacock of Higginsville brought Carl Schmidt who lives near Alma to Lexington Thursday afternoon and lodged him in jail. Schmidt is charged with making threats to kill his parents while intoxicated.
The quarterly statement of the Lexington Building and Loan Association has been printed and may be obtained by applying to the secretary OC W Loomis.
Miss Alice Gladdish daughter of John J Gladdish died in Kansas City on Thursday December 2. The remains were sent to Higginsville for burial Friday. Rev Onarles FH Morton will preach at Prairie Church Sunday morning and evening at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Mrs N J Carter from near Boston Texas is visiting her aunt Mrs J B Robmon at Mrs Erekite's on Malo Street.
Mr. P. C. Young of the Prairie harsh neighborhood and Miss Anna B. Tabb of near Dover were wed Wednesday at the bride's Dover home. Rev. T. M. Cobb officiated. After a brief honeymoon to Kansas City, they will reside on Me Youngy’s farm southeast of Lexington. The bride, educated at Central College class of 1598, is well known and connected in the county and Kansas City. The groom is a respected farmer and stockman with pioneer family roots and broad business ties.
Wednesday afternoon at five o'clock Mr J H W Ewing wed Miss Christie Vaughan at the Vaughan home on East South Street with Dr E C Gordon performing. They plan a wedding journey to the East and will reside in Lexington upon return. The ceremony was quiet with close relatives and friends. The bride is the youngest Vaughan daughter and esteemed in church. The groom, son of the late N C Pyne, is a respected county citizen living five miles south of Lexington on land entered by his grandfather in 1821. Ewing is a successful local businessman.
Boon eounty Missouri cattle dominated the 1905 Inter national Fat Stock show in Pittsburg with top prices per hundredweight. The four highest outside loads averaged 87.14, while Boone county loads owned by the Agriculture College and Turner McBaine averaged 7.82 per hundred. The herd, from high grade Herefords bought near Columbus, was split into yearlings finishing at year, 842 olds finishing at Chicago, and the rest topping Pittsburg heavy cattle at 87.0 to 96.50 per hundred. The experiment aims to test age influence on beef production with ongoing feed studies.
An old column describes cattle fed on mixed feeds versus corn alone, noting younger cattle fattened more with mixed rations and cost efficiency. It lists local residents attending holidays, visits, and gatherings in Lexington and nearby towns, with many names and Christmas references tied to social notices and brief events through late December 1908.
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