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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1903
Page
5
Local notes report numerous visits and activities in villages like Lexington, Warrensburg, and Beatrice, with residents and visitors from Kansas City, Independence, and St. Louis. References include Dr. Mann ill with fever, repairs and shopping in Kansas City, and social events among families from Wellington, Excelsior Springs, and Chamois.
Mayview residents and relatives travel during holidays to Kansas City Warrensburg and Columbus while Miss Chinon visits Central College Lexington. Frisco plans Springfield to New Orleans extension. Two marriages reported Odessa and Oak Grove plus county notices on Cuban reciprocity and state politics. Local real estate and business commentary appears with scattered names and figures.
A Berlin paper often used for semi official dispatches paints Herr Morgan as a figure from a caricatured portrait. It describes him as nearly six feet tall with a broad head and irregular features, a heavy jaw, gnawed mustache, and a demeanor surrounded by sycophants.
A fragmented 1905-era clipping notes requests by the Retail Merchants Association of Missoni to push garnishment law at the next legislature, allowing at least 10 percent wage garnishment. The piece also covers the Pope’s order on a Philippine national church, Missouri divorce law tightening, oil prices rising after Standard Oil actions, and officers elected by Major Warner Camp Sons of Veterans for 1905.
Experiments show catalpa wood lasts longer in the ground than other woods. Telecommunication firms plan vast plantings of catalpa trees as pole substitutes for pine and cedar. A Chicago Journal excerpt notes 25,000 catalpa trees to be planted in southern Libnow under the International Society of Agriculture with railroads contracting for orchard plantings including an Illinois Central site at Dagnam and 200,000 trees planned in Louimann for the Illinois Central line.
From Willis Gibson's January Scribner's piece The Old Route to Orleans, the roustabout is described as a nomadic, autocratic river worker essential to river life. The article contrasts their hard, transient labor with seasonal wage demands and the crews they join on upper and lower Mississippi routes.
The Missouri state board of agriculture highlights record crops and thriving farm wealth with wheat and corn earnings exceeding 100 million dollars for farmers. Census data show Missouri livestock valued at 150 million dollars in 1900, with millions of eggs milk butter and cheese produced. The present year brings strong prices, land buyers from other states, and rising farm land sales while civil service exams offer positions in March and April across several Missouri cities.
The British government has determined new aims for the Boer War, addressing growing dissatisfaction. Officials outline strategic goals as efforts pause for reassessment and public debate intensifies.
The London News notes a 1901 income tax return revealing only 15 individuals in Great Britain with incomes over £50,000, while vast numbers fall into lower brackets. Total income tax collected across categories equals about £32.18 million, with national and other levies totaling near £83.5 million.
J Lincoln Brooks argues that many bosses waste workers by poor tact or brutality. He contrasts mechanical work with energetic, creative labor and says ideal employers engage workers as partners. Such leaders spark enthusiasm, growth, and public benefit through genuine investment in staff.
At Worthville Kentucky President Roosevelt spoke to a large enthusiastic crowd. He joked about his home life noting six children and five dogs all healthy. A citizen asked what kind of dogs he owns and the president replied he wouldn’t name any breed but all breeds are represented.
In England houses constitute the greater part of the nation’s wealth, accounting for about 30 percent of the totals. The statement highlights the central role of housing in economic wealth.
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