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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1907
Page
3
Dr Blank of Northampton Massachusetts famed for intense concentration wandered a mile out of his way while visiting a patient as his horse and the Florence stage rode by. He realized only after two hours with the patient that wandering had caused the detour and saved him from danger.
A Knecz, Temesvar county, case of mass poisoning unfolds after authorities exhume 25 bodies from the local cemetery. Arsenic found in 18. Four husbands and eight wives among those arrested for poisoning spouses. Petrubany and Hazyok identified as providers of poison to villagers.
A short moral tale recounts a gay young man who sought pleasure beyond moral bounds. Relatives warn him, doctors advise, and others deride his choices. He quips that it is never too late to mend, yet time proves he cannot fully recover as aging brings paresia and decline.
A garbled dialogue recalls a student and parent exchange about college life and a counting joke. The fragment mentions a teacher confirming the hairs on a head as an exact count and the line Johnny jokes about the number being 88.
Multiple short notes show residents and visitors traveling to Omaha Kansas City Higginsville and Topeka. Local notices include marriage license for Albert White and Hevisle McQuerry and medical society events. Advertisements tout Dr Shoop remedies Hollister tea and Herbine with petty local commerce and a stock company stage show.
The stockholders will meet at the bank on Monday January 14 1907 at 12 o'clock M to elect directors for the ensuing year and for other business. E M Taveman president BR Mookeneap secretary.
Best laid at D Stallings, 10-5 of 25 Per Cent Discount on Millinery. We will give 26 per cent discount on all trimmed and street hats. If you are thinking of buying a hat it will pay you to call and see before buying. Miss New Suoruirr, Successor to Mrs. Childs, Corner 94 and Main, Lexington, Missouri.
A Kansas reader praises Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a fast cough cure for bronchitis influenza and lung diseases. The ad claims strong relief and notes sales by Crenshaw and Yong amid references to Carrie Nation and a bar room incident.
Classified items announce three farms for rent near Dover and Higginaville with cash offers, plus ninety acres of corn and pasture near Lexington. Also promoted is Dr Shoop’s Croup Cure from Dr Silverstone’s drug store and Hollister’s Rock Mountain Tea.
The American Magazine has changed hands with Ida M Tarbell William Allen White F P Dunne Ray Stannard Baker and Lincoln Steffens leading the publication under John G Phillips editors The offer for a seventeenth month plan includes November December 1906 plus a full 1907 year for 1 and 14 numbers for 1.00 The ad extols two great novels ninety six short stories twenty eight poems seventy timely articles six hundred pictures and urges readers to mail payment to The American Magazine 141 Fifth Avenue New York City Also featured is Dr King s New Life Pills touted for bowel and kidney relief with mock testimonials and other assorted items and notices from local papers including Odessa Democrat and local advertisers about health coffee and farm products
A Los Angeles reader extols Arbuckles Coffee as consistently reliable with a uniform aroma that outshines competitors. The letter notes many families return to Arbuckles after trying other brands and claims widespread favorable opinion, while some grocers push loose coffee that the roaster dislikes selling.
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