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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1906
Page
5
Figures show 1905 public school spending across incidentals buildings salaries and libraries totaling 10.0 million, with 1896 at 6.25 million and 60 percent rise. Teacher counts rose from 16,269 in 1898 to 17,885 in 1905, while pupil enrollment and per-child spending also grew, and library volumes increased from 169,654 in 1898 to 64,439 in 1905.
In Lexington College notes Miss Hoon Hall and Lavinia Warren spent Mayday in Kansas City. Miss Opal Webb and Inez Shelby both of Lexington have taken up work in the College. Miss Mary Winston Hammett of Salisbury a former student re-entered in January. Miss Sadie Holmes who left due to rheumatism has recovered and is back with us. Students are back in their places and mid year examinations are in progress. A few pupils did not resume but some entered finds the holiday.
An ad style item notes Harriet Howard of New York used Backlen's Arnica for skin trouble after others failed. It promotes the product as a quick healer for pits, burns and sores priced 25c at a local druggist. The piece also includes garbled canal distance figures and historic notes on a canal project.
Fire and Torgate Insurance promotes farm property coverage in Lexington Missouri. The text mentions owner Jon Tavanan and Haostle Biz and references large values like 7,200,000 regan and 600,000 does noima, with unclear notes about eggs, storage, and New York. The damaged OCR yields with limited coherent details.
A fragmented report highlights Southern economic gains across cotton mills coal lumber and manufacturing from 1880 to 1908. It cites investments in mills, rising cotton crop values and output, growing coal production, and manufactured goods value alongside a personal notice about Ges Born and Collevalla.
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