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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1908
Page
5
The piece cites Dr Havelock Ellis and Simroth on red as the earliest color, noting red in seaweeds and African savages, red signaling joy and ritual celebration from Rome to Greece. It claims human vision distinguishes about 100000 hues and differentiates twenty shades per hue, for two million color impressions.
The Rural Route Republic and the Intelligencer offer one year subscriptions for 2.50 to readers who already pay for the Inteligencer. New subscribers can get the Daily Republic mailed for one year at 2.50, with the Intelligencer included. Delivered by mail daily except Sunday to Rural Free Delivery route subscribers only.
Notice that Hubbard Lloyd and Myrtle Beil Lloyd holders of a deed of trust defaulted on payment and the mortgage will be sold at public auction at the Lafayette County courthouse in Saxon City Missouri. The sheriff and trustee will convey an in fee deed to the purchaser and collect costs. sale to occur between 9 am and 5 pm on the scheduled date with the deed issued by the acting sheriff and trustee THOMAS on the day stated in the notice.
Notice announcing that claims against the deceased estate must be filed by February 1908 in Jackson County, Missouri, with the administrator empowered to settle debts and distribute assets. The notice warns against invalid claims after the deadline and identifies the court authority and location.
Theatergoer warns that coin operated drop a ten cent piece in slot and open glass machines may provoke violence. He notes opera glasses tempt viewers at critical moments and recounts a story of noisy chains drawing angry stares and a joke about chocolate creams as revenge.
In a humorous exchange the former owners kept flowers in the central garden of the summer dining room, but successors neglected it leaving soil. They muse on planting a geranium or even spaghetti with water of pink ink, joking about what blooms might arise, perhaps chicken croquetten.
Captain Mikkelsen's polar expedition has faced food shortages in winter quarters near Flaxman Island. They relied on Canada coast game, which was scarce last year, leaving Eskimos half starved and fed by the expedition. Eskimos hunted for the team in return, as Mikkelsen aims to find land in the Beaufort Sea.
The article notes only six states have annual legislative sessions. It lists New York New Jersey Massachusetts Georgia South Carolina Rhode Island as meeting yearly, while others meet every two years. The piece then shifts abruptly to a quip about bread lines and the poor.
Ottawa Sun reports fishermen near Dark Island have located the reported paymaster ship Ensign from the 1812 St. Lawrence war. They recovered rope fragments a chest cover with Ensign in pearl and a broken bar, with the wreck said to lie in about 100 fathoms after hours of searching.
The Naval Academy at Annapolis begins its term in a fully installed setting. The article emphasizes a balance between rapid naval expansion and the enduring ideals of sincerity courage and high purpose that shape great commanders. It notes Annapolis long ago produced officers noted for chivalry and manhood as well as skill.
A brief exchange shows Mr De Hunt returning from a hunt asking the difference between a dead bird dog and a qualon toast. Mrs De Hunt answers that both are dead ones, and he quips that one is a good dog gone while the other is dog gone good.
A Reading bulletin board item reading Death of Frank Miller drew two backwoods farmers. One pointed to the notice and asked another, Is that you, seizing the moment to test the alibi with a joke. The reply was, No, my name is John.
George Alfred Townsend known as Gath, a famed correspondent, has secluded himself since his wife's death. He lives mainly in a den on his Gapland estate in Maryland mountains, a space originally built as a workshop. A marble arch commemorates writers and artists who served in the Civil War on the grounds.
A fashion note predicts shoes will be worn longer than usual this year, a timely godsend for people feeling shorter than usual this year, per Washington oat.
A new German army revolver uses illuminating bullets that fire with nearly silent discharge. The round rises about 100 yards and lights the ground for half a minute, aiding reconnoitering troops while avoiding fire risk by not igniting combustibles.
An index of the business world’s interest in canal expansion shows multiple projects under way. The Erie Canal is cited as a major example with New York spending 100,000,000 to connect separated water systems. Plans include a lake freight canal to Pittsburgh and Ohio waters, and inland waterways along the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to the Carolinas.
Leslie's Weekly cites four notable acts of courage during China's late famine. Dra Williams Lynch of the China island mission and the customs service, along with Revs Wallace Faris of Shantung and J. R. J of Nanking, volunteered to bring food and medicine into the famine zone despite fatal fever. All perished, their sacrifice lauded as greater than battlefield heroism.
A witty exchange in Judge's Library features a cannibal king dining within a country asks for breakfast options. The waiter lists cereals fruits rolls and muffins while the king eyes a hungry ragamuffin newsboy outside the window, triggering a dry humor moment.
The recent delivery of a 510 pound sturgeon to a cold storage house in Astoria echoes past abundance when such giants were common and mostly used as fertilizer, a time Oregon resources were overexploited until their decline became evident.
A humorous anecdote features a shy Scotchman at tea, asked to choose dessert. He politely refuses meringue and insists on cake, saying in a friendly broad Scotch accent that the cake is the correct choice.
The dialogue oddity centers on Symper as the sole money handler in his business. Gossipy banter questions why he keeps a cash register and whether anyone else can trust his finances.
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