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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1909
Page
5
The notice advertises the sale of farm items including a herd horse named Champ Clark aged two and a contact near Prairie Church. It invites inquiries at RK F. pb. 1-8 AP and mentions farm application details.
Caldwell Dreyer Curtis advertises morning and evening piano handling with care. Contact numbers 42 276 or 278 for shouling on abort notice relight merchandise details.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Lexington Gas and Electric company will be held at the company office in Lexington Missouri on Tuesday January 12 1909 at two o clock p.m. for the election of directors to serve for the ensuing year and other business as may come before the meeting. E Q Dearre Secy.
Wants For Sale section shows an ad for nine horns with single or double drivers and prices. another listing offers a five room house with two lots, cellar, cistern, barn and out-buildings at 1007 Highland Avenue with contact numbers. additional details include a corner location at Frantlin and Franklin.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans recalls dining with crews to prove proper feeding and morale. He says he once dined on a battleship mesa deck with the president, without a napkin, to show discipline and equality in meals, shocking the captain but impressing sailors and officers.
A J Drexel Biddle, a prominent Philadelphian with wealth and youth, spoke at York about boxing. He urged knowledge of bowing for defense and recounted tales of amateur boxing, etiquette slights, and a banquet mishap highlighting sharp knives and a blunt mouth.
A tenant struggles to identify a frequent janitor as the floor changes staff. He recalls scolding the man for noisy venting and milk bottle mess, joking about a clash between a Harvard graduate in garb and a Websters Unabridged prankster, as reported by N. Y. Press.
A Panama Canal steam shovel group of over 300 workers recently lifted out more than a bushel of dynamite. The sticks were three quarters of an inch in diameter and five inches long, bearing a French maker’s trademark and a date around November 29 1887. The cartridges appeared intact and likely placed by the French, either unused or failed to detonate.
Window blinds last twice as long if the bottom is turned upside down and a new hem run at the top. Freshen soiled shades with stale bread crumbs or wallpaper putty. Common rips are repaired by pressing edges together with adhesive plaster or patching with matching thin cloth.
Willie sobs as a parent asks why he must stay behind. The scene hints at a family choice or social duty that keeps him from joining others on a journey. The tone suggests concern and questioning rather than resolution.
The report describes women employed as ordinary day laborers in building, mixing mortar, sifting sand, carrying bricks, and unloading coal in Prague and Bohemia. They are paid 32 to 40 cents a day. The workday runs from six a.m. to six p.m with a one hour dinner break.
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