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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1903
Page
5
Local items report visits and business across Lexington Napoleon and surrounding towns. Notables include Dr F Munn and wife in Kansas City and Mayor W J Carpenter weighing future plans. A school fundraiser netted 14 75 for library, and Epworth League named six officers for six months.
A stream of short notices records visits and moves of residents and visitors to Lexington, Higginsville, and nearby towns. Names include A. B. Reynolds, Alma Items, Harwood, Cox, Pile, Marshball, Wino, Dysart, the Cox and Becker families, pistuenburg, Vette, Nolling, Fine, Lena Stageman, Mamie Marshall, Hinesley, the Hitts, and others. Activities cover shopping, travel to Kansas City, business, nursing, and entertainment, with references to a medical move, an implement dealers convention, and a Woodmen ball in Dover plus a Ben Hor sighting.
A dusty clearance sale advertises discounts on white and red wool blankets, bed comforts, heavy lap robes, rainy day skirts, gray dress skirts, sofa pillows, Shetland floss, stocking yarn, and various hosiery. Many prices are garbled but show bulk quantity discounts and mixed per item and per dozen rates. The ad lists dozens of items with multiple price points, including gloves, handkerchiefs, bandanas, and union suits, though several figures are unclear.
Mr and Mrs J G Goodwin attended the Bee Hut at Kansas City. Saturday night John Moke of Cale County was here a few days ago and sold the house and lot to Dr L W Homer.
Forrest Roberts of Aullville and Mrs Jobo Prince of Odessa were in town Monday. Many corn coming in and fair hogs. Miss Kate Chamblin married C A Morris of Odessa. The Fletcher area reports several visits from Kansas City and Lexington residents. Baptists issue resolutions on Dr Charles Manly’s departure, praising his four years as pastor and praying for his family.
Transfers show multiple property deals across Corder Odessa Higgingville and Lexington with varying sums. Names include Joe T Caves Maggie Brown F R Howe Royal Brown Wa Livesay Mary Hulse ex Johus D Blusher J D Gates Jane Blacher Henry Ruckel Sarah McCormick Mary Whitsett Geo Campbell Jno H Kesterson Jas P Eagan Alfred King Geo Hagener Eva Joy Steven Gates Geo M B Frye Thos Blucher Kyra Rowe Fred Stark H G Smith H G South Fritz Langkraeb Wm Piper and others. A help wanted notice seeks a map and wife for farm work near Lexington with dairy and cooking duties.
Congressman Shackleford of Cooper County introduces in Congress a bill to authorize the secretary of agriculture to acquire up to fifty thousand acres in Camden County Missouri by purchase or condemnation for a national park. The site would include Ha Ha Tonaksa mountains and features such as Big Spring lakes caves cataract and forest, praised by Bayard Taylor as the world’s most beautiful spot.
Ruskin College of Trenton Missouri faces abandonment as socialists plan to convert the site into a tolitary school, marking a shift in local education and political alignment.
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