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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1907
Page
7
A Kansas man, Jason Waltman, used uncut government dollars from the National Bank of Sabetha to purchase an arm in Missouri. He tried to pass cut sheets as currency, prompting a farmer to reject the fake notes and accept real payment instead.
In a heated session the Connecticut Assembly debated woman suffrage after a committee backed a favorable report. A member’s glance at his wife in the gallery sparked a tense moment before the vote, ending with a member declaring he would vote against the bill amid a raucous gallery response.
The state seeks to engage public school pupils in forestry. State forester F. W. Raine has sent a circular to all school superintendents urging more education on tree care. He offers seedlings and fees for white pine, white ash, red spruce, beech, chestnut and acorn trees at actual digging and express costs.
A casual exchange reveals a hoodie bearing the phrase Presented , Mr John Reheat. The speakers discuss the gift scene and acknowledge the inscription while noting uncertainty about the giver.
Sour stomach and indigestion blamed for loss of appetite weakness headaches and other symptoms. Kodol claims to relieve indigestion by using natural digestive juices and tonics to cleanse strengthen and sweeten the stomach lining. Prepared by E G DeWitt & Co and sold by Leroy Farmer.
Mounted at this office, a cleaw gasilling coxine underwent a charge power assessment. Officials list fiquire as the acting authority and note the procedural steps completed.
In Mexico about 250 miles from El Paso H P Murdock portrays a fanatical group whose youths undergo a 15 day trance earning the name reorganized. Upon return they are said to kill at first inanimate targets then animals and finally people, with no punishment imposed.
Residents scramble from upper floors of a multi unit building after smoke appears from a floor above. A calm father on the second flat reassures neighbors with the quip that their stewed tomatoes were burned, while valuables and canaries are hurried to safety.
An English colony judge on leave recounts a trial where a Christian colored witness asked to swear Christianly, but was demanded to take the native oath as well. He protested, saying he was a Christian, not native, yet faced the conflicting oath ritual in the local court tradition.
The Washington Times notes that modern conveniences fail to ease farm life as getting reliable help becomes the enduring obstacle. Farmers grow wealthier yet increasingly isolated, compelled to handle work themselves day and night without sufficient staff.
A quoted exchange questions why residents should care about Finland while many local troubles persist. The speaker muses on how to keep the women in the diet from talking at once, highlighting humorous concern over distant matters vs nearby issues.
A British Columbia border campaign sees ranchers, timber cruisers, and prospectors chase bands of wild horses branded pirates by the province’s last assembly. The herd, claiming over 2000 animals, traces to 1850s exploration and Cariboo gold rush pack animals. Ranchers fear for their livestock and wage a campaign to capture or shoot the wild horses roaming the hills.
Signor Puccini recalls his early years writing Le Villia living on credit in a Milan slum. He describes a four month stay at a cheap restaurant named the Aida, eating meager meals and chalking bills, while sharing a humble lodging and a government charity pension. He notes pawning umbrellas and coats to meet urgent needs.
John Morgan and other fishermen found an antique flintlock gun in their net near Totiskaint Creek, west of the state rifle range. The English-made weapon appears ready to fire with flint set and hammer cocked, and its silver plate shines as if new. It is in remarkably good condition after long submersion, suggesting colonial or Revolutionary War origins.
A metropolitan daily faced a high profile internal dispute as a famed criminal lawyer stayed late at the office and drafted an editorial. The public felt betrayed by inside information about newsroom workings amid a broader claim of forthcoming literary exposes and dramatic industry tension.
The Washington Post recounts Ernest Moore describing London as a true bohemia for artists and cosmopolitan men. He notes that visitors mingle with congenial spirits, enjoy a rattling time, and recall famous figures like Tenry Irving.
A dialogue captures a playful exchange where a speaker praises walking as exercise and expresses interest in watching Miss Weerle walk, signaling light social chatter about strolling and personal fitness.
Sherlock Holmes notes his own crooked tie after a bystander straightens his own tie, revealing the observer’s glance as the clue to the detail. The moment highlights Holmes’s observational skill and the puzzling lapse in habit as Watson questions the lack of a mirror.
The rural habitant population embodies a blend of old French stock and New World influence. A correspondent praises Drummond's patois poetry, noting the habitant remains largely untouched by modern civilization living in a self-sufficient, solitary cadence.
A Home Magazine item warns readers about a man who pretends kindness, then exploits others. The hoax figure is described as a physician who betrays peers after gaining trust, urging caution for anyone who meets him.
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