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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1913
Page
5
A Missouri legislative note column reviews dozens of measures: county unit changes, road funding, tax on incomes, and alcohol control shifts. It highlights proposals for a state road fund, a time and fish preserve in Camden County, jail labor reforms, school aid, and shifts in legislative salaries. The piece admires some progress while urging restraint on expanding state payrolls and warns that many bills will die in committee.
Rep Houx introduced the Blue Sky bill to ban sale of fake bonds and stocks in Missouri and to prohibit publication of advertising by suspect companies. The measure aims to deter fake promoters and protect investors by restricting business in the state.
Prof. Joan T. Worth, English feather at W. M. A. last year, is chief of the stenographic force of the House. An honor most worthily bestowed on an energetic and efficient gentleman.
A large tract of 132 acres of Lafayette County land, rich and productive, will be sold at the courthouse door in Lexington Missouri on Wednesday February 12 1913. The sale is by the Sheriff in partition of the estate of Capt Withers. The property lies about 144 miles south of Mayview and represents a valuable agricultural holding likely to attract buyers seeking parcels in a partition action.
De. 0 Allen of Wilmington North Carolina is the guest of Mr and Mrs B J Kampf during a local social visit.
Li Hung Chang arrived late and, after mistaking a house for his destination, apologized for the mix up. He confessed he had done something stupid and decided not to repeat the visit, sparing the hostess any embarrassment.
A lively newsboy in Illinois Street hawked papers shouting about a horrible discovery and many dead bodies found. A man bought a paper to see the grain of truth, then left without hard feelings.
James Bryce, the retiring British ambassador, will be missed in Washington where his epigrams made him a famous diner out. His latest quip concerns a Washington belle who made an illumed marriage noting she "couldn't be bought with gold" but "won with a little brass."
A debtor meets his creditor on the street and, after admitting a six dollar debt, quips for a loan of one more dollar to make seven. The exchange blends humor with a hinted financial tension in a brief street-side moment.
Hoax questions Dr. Quackleigh’s popularity by noting his unusual method. He learns which foods patients dislike and then forbids him to eat them, a quip from London Opinion.
A brief humorous dialogue sees one character lament coal running out and another reply that the coal differs from them. The punchline lands as the other declares being “all in” rather than “all out,” flipping the sentiment into a playful paradox.
Health hints and questions and answers note a common query on curing constipation. Dr Caldwell promotes Syrup Pepsin as a lasting remedy trained to restore natural bowel movement and nerve support. Free sample offer via Dr W B Caldwell, Monticello Ill, with bottles priced at fifty cents to one dollar.
Mr and Mrs G M Philpott and two children of Litchfield Illinois who have been visiting relatives in the city left Wednesday for Los Angeles to locate Mera Philpott sister and Miss Alma Ashurst accompanied them to Kansas City for a few days visit
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