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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1908
Page
6
The readable text is unclear and fragmented. It mentions buying something about an animal or device and an evening appointment, but specifics and proper names are not discernible.
Waverly notes list residents and visitors including N J Gordon in Higginsville Ned O’Brien in Higginsville Clarence Buell from Louisiana Geo W Hackley visiting St Louis Clayt Gandrum in Kansas City A J Nolting from Higginsville Ed Campbell from Lexington Charlie Drunert from Warrenton and more Includes funeral attendance of Mrs Jennie Willis and a January 1 1908 birth to Mr and Mrs Morris with local family details
An advertisement warns about children with coughs or colds potentially developing serious issues like croup pleurisy or pneumonia. It touts Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a quick cure and preventive measure, sold by Crenshaw and Young.
The Lexington post office lists letters remaining uncalled for on Saturday February 15 1908. Names include Laura Anderson Mrs Currie Ad king Mrs M Bentley Kate Bell John Dinon Miss Alice Ficklin Miss Juste Elmore Mr Ella Greene Bid Greenwood Miss Anna Huffman Phil Herscher G M Katie Mrs Mary Mhoins Payne Medical Co Frank Ray Lenion Rothchilds Miss Helen Smith Mrs H J Smyth Sale Stover John BR Thourton Miss Mary Watkins Miss Anna Waller Min A Wil Joma D W Woodin Miss Rena Young Delia Crowder P M notes all letters were advertised when called for.
The message highlights embroidery lines and white goods at Winn and Ewing with ging diate featured. likely a storefront note or ad line from a local 19th or early 20th century newspaper. It emphasizes fabric items and shop branding.
Mardi Gras excursion fares active Feb 28 to Mar 2 via Chicago and Alton and Southern connections with through-ticketing to New Orleans Mobile and Pensacola for the celebrations. Liberal stopovers offered. Obtain particulars from G A Vermillion Ticket Agent O and A Railroad Higginsville Missouri. It depends upon the pill you take DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are best for constipation and headache sold by Leroy Farmer.
A Saturday program features The Viking's Bride and Rescued from an Eagle's Nest with Can You Keep a Secret sung. Extra prizes include two pieces of hand painted china. Notes mention DeWitt's Little Early Riser Pills and kidney relief. Local ads promote groceries and a call for catalogs for the Old Masonic College.
Daily new spring patterns arrive at 1008 while Danie Weber's Weber Bros. markets cold Hoffman beverages and coffee brands at Winn & Ewing. Owners invite visits to Nickle evenings 7 to 1 30 with weekly meals at Mrs. L. F. Mark and fresh baked bread Tuesdays and Saturdays. Jos GL Long Cash Grocer touts post card stock from Collin who started the local post card business in Lessington, boasting the largest assortment.
In the Craftman Giles Edgerhou discusses how luck heavily influences photographic negatives. Despite careful subject selection even novices with a kodak can produce more artistic results than seasoned professionals, showing chance governs much of creative outcome.
From a Massachusetts Board of Agriculture report this excerpt argues that cleanliness is inexpensive to establish but costly to form. once formed it enhances standing, reputation, physical health, mental power, and moral worth, boosting happiness and earning potential.
The Russkoye Znamia organ claims Jews and constitutional democrats plot to inoculate Russians with cholera via syringes, alleging support from anarchist Kropotkin’s methods.
The piece argues that true wisdom lies in knowing when to stop and when to press on. It contrasts a cautious, prudent approach with a relentless push for profit, suggesting the latter leads to excessive greed and entangling success.
French literary circles boast healthy vigor with writers under 25 embracing sport. Paris La Vie Heureuse notes many young authors partake in athletic activities, highlighting a generation energized by both literature and physical recreation.
A sea trout caught near Aberdeen swam 120 miles in 48 days and doubled its weight on the journey. Marked and released into the Coquet in Northumberland, the fish weighed the same on recapture at Aberdeen, its rapid gain due to corpulence rather than length.
It is estimated that typhoid fever costs the United States about 200 million dollars annually. Every family can take steps to reduce this burden and lower personal health expenditures.
A 60 year old publication notes that steam coaches ran briefly on some Scottish roads in 1843 but a great explosion ended the scheme. Since then a long period of silence followed before later generations revived interest in steam rail and road transport.
The Lincoln National Bank in Bath claims status as Maine’s oldest bank. Originating as a state bank in 1812, it became a national bank in 1864 and has operated for nearly a century.
Anna Gabriel, who served in the same family line from her thirteenth year, dies in Botzen Austria at age ninety nine. Her long career spans three generations of the same family.
The record describes ostrich feather collection where feathers are cut with a knife every eight months. Plumes are not pulled for supper, but are cut. stumps and feather remnants fall away during the process.
A man laments that a woman refuses to believe streetcars were blocked, a confrontation highlighting differing perceptions of local transit events and urban behavior. The remark underscores gendered views on why public disruption occurred and who bears responsibility.
European university statistics show men deserting medical practice while women increasingly enter the field. The shift is noted as women take up previously male dominated roles, signaling changing patterns in European medical careers.
In recent excavations in Egypt a complete colony of wooden soldiers fifteen finches high was discovered among the artifacts.
A concise reflection on knowledge as a resource, emphasizing practical application over raw recall. It highlights that true measure lies in what a person makes of what they know rather than mere accumulation.
The article notes that sudden deaths are more common among men than women, in a ratio of one to eight.
Caldwell DreyER Curtis advertises freight and merchandise hauling on short notice with morning and evening plane handling. Contact numbers 42 278 or 278.
Insurance for all kinds of fire and tornado risks city and country hay and grain coverage at right prices through W. V. Curtis.
Take your watches clocks and jewelry to Venable's for repair. Diamonds and other precious stones reset to order in 1 to 10 weeks.
A mixed collection of advertisements and notices offers granitoid steps and concrete walls by a contractor, farm produce including succotash corn peas and beans, Zemo eczema treatment agency announced by Leroy Palmer, Rain coats for men and boys at half price, and a children's clothing closeout by H Sindauer with damaged tote stock.
An OCR damaged snippet shows trains and schedules with scattered fragments. Mentions EAST HOUND and WEST ROUND lines, Nov 17 and other unnamed services. The legible content references stations, express, local, and Sunday exceptions, with partial names and numbers.
A short home remedy note suggests a tablespoonful of glycerin in warm milk to help severe coughing. The text reads like a medical tip or folk remedy from an old newspaper column.
The report states the sun’s heat will endure long and can sustain the current heat supply for 30,000,000 senra, indicating no imminent shortage. This assessment emphasizes lasting solar energy availability and steady output despite assumed depletion.
A quirky note suggests favorable prospects for a creature named Gorn and mentions new footwear trends. It hints at a favorable market for comfortable shoemaking and patronage of a painless shoemaker.
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