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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1920
Page
2
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A garbled OCR fragment references a March confrontation involving divisions, aviation, and violence. Names and places are unclear, with multiple broken phrases about gun fire, protection, and a village event. The text hints at a military or security operation and a fatal or violent outcome, but key facts remain unreadable.
The Lexington Intelligencer is issued weekly on Fridays with a $1.50 annual subscription payable in advance. Communications must be signed and mailed to the Postoffice in Lexington, Missouri, where the paper is entered as second class mail.
The Missouri political scene welcomes Frank Farris as a gubernatorial candidate while a well connected Admiral is noted for wartime service in Europe. A new Knights of Columbus student home at the University of Missouri in Columbia, costing 125000, is set for dedication Sunday January 18 and will provide housing for seventy five men with shared baths and an auditorium. A Missouri Year Book note promotes a mole control method using carbon disulphide with practical steps.
Heavier than air gas kills moles and is highly explosive when exposed to fire or spark. Repeated applications clean up scattered runways. The method is suited for lawns but costly for large areas. Also notes several personal visits: Mrs A W Allen and children leave for Southern Texas, Miss Carrie Nagel returns from St. Louis, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy praised by a Ky druggist, and visits by J B Jones, Wingate Moorehead, and James R Moorehead Jr.
Mrs W F McGowan and her daughter Miss Sylvia spent Sunday in Kansas City with relatives.
An advertiser claims Chamberlain’s Tablets function to move the bowels improve appetite and strengthen digestion without pepsin or other digestive ferment. They are said to support natural stomach function.
Deeds filed in Lexington and surrounding towns show numerous transfers. Items include Hannah Dalton to William Dalton for 400 dollars. John Marchetti to Edwin Bell for 2250 dollars. Robi Lines to Fred Nadler for 500 dollars. and many others across Lexington Odessa Higginsville and Concordia. Notable totals include George Williams to Caleb Proctor for 8000 dollars and Saml Bear to Henry Voigt for 13000 dollars. A Carder Savings and Loan incorporation with 200000 capital is recorded.
Pierre Mavel and wife to Wm Sartain and wife WD 1700 60 ft Send Jot 4 Elk 1 Houx s Add Lexington Mrs Herschel Lewis and child returned to their Blackburn home after visiting relatives Arnold accompanied her home for a Visit BE T Stier to Wellington on business Francis Murphy of Chicago arrived for a few days with relatives John Chamberlain to Chicago on business returned Monday Mrs John K Vaughan to Kansas City for a few days visit Mrs Luther Marshall to Kansas City for a few days visit J R Moorehead Jr to Kansas City on business Joe Schaal Jr to Kansas City on business Mrs James Catron Marshall arrived for a few days visit with relatives
Classified notice announces 40 or 60 acres of land for sale eight miles southwest of Lexington Missouri. Interested buyers should apply to M V Helm in Lexington Missouri. The ad is dated December 24 in memoriam style.
Deputy Sheriff W P Kelly returned from Claremore Oklahoma with Clarence Dyer of Odessa arrested on a seduction charge Stewart Cully visited Kansas City then returned to his parents Mrs B P Cully and Mrs F R Neet went to Kansas City for a few days Corder Steel also traveled to Kansas City for a short visit
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