20 Jul 1889
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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1889
Page
1
Fragmented OCR lists recurring civic meetings and dates. Items include weekly and monthly gatherings with varying ordinals, such as every Tuesday night and every second Friday, plus references to lodges and orders. Names, places, and exact contexts are unclear, but the cadence indicates a calendar of community events and organizational meetups.
The page lists Wabash Railroad schedules with arrival and departure times at main stations, including Lexington branch and Westward routes. It notes connections to Richmond and Moonville, with agent names A. NOKI and A. LAMOMES, and mentions Chicago & Alton RER freight and through baggage checks to principal US and Canadian points.
Furnished weekly to the Interliencer by Copland. Recorder Conner lists abstracts of deeds filed in the county office from July 11, 1880 to July 1, 1888. Entries include Woodford McGrew to Josie Camp Elizabeth Thibalt, and numerous transfers in Alma and nearby additions. All instruments await payment of the filing fee.
The article details tennis and boating outfits for young ladies, featuring plain and striped flannel ensembles, white blouses with blue silk trim, striped skirts, red silk sashes, and two blazer jaquettes per girl. It notes bright ribbons, net dresses with ribbon accents, and pink silk gauze gowns. It mentions summer sportswear, Empire gowns, and fashionable accessories, including perfumes and resort fashion at Saratoga. Lucy Carrer.
Fragmented poem lines about love memory and aging with garbled OCR text. Mentions you and I, memory guiding feeling, and a question of heaviness of heart. Includes stray phrases and odd spellings from a historical source.
Kingston Illinois July 10 1890 excerpt discusses how tariffs have raised costs for farmers and consumers. It argues excessive taxation and imported goods harm domestic trade, while American manufacturers profit, driving up prices and debt for rural households. It notes many farmers mortgage crops and abandon farming due to protectionist policies.
Message from Washington Post notes Phe Marat Phvstead showing improvement and his comatecine fess now directed toward Germany. Antleman of wel mere use bo lis mation indicates broader use of the initiative.
The Docton Advertiser opposes a uniform two cent duty on sugar and urges keeping raw sugar duty low. It warns a one half cent protection for refiners would gift a $1,000,000 yearly subsidy, arguing the trust pockets margins anyway. It notes margins vary by degree, and that price shifts follow supply and demand, with no moral duty driving pricing.
The Missouri State Board of Equalization finalized variations after hearings with railroad, bridge, and telegraph interests. The 1889 assessment totals 59,057,279.19, up from 41,271,162, with a $450,000 bridge adjustment stemming from a Supreme Court decision that the Kansas City bridge is part of the Launibal and St. Joseph railroad superstructure. Locally assessed items like machine shops and roundhouses are not included. Missouri compares railroad values with Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska, noting average per mile.Vendor Choaps Choapil D announces Michigan salt shipments and discounted tarred cowl offers. A. Loomis. June 21.
A large gathering of the Gaar descendants includes a dinner in the grove, a register signed by many, and tears of joy as relatives long apart reunite. Genealogical work by John C Garr traces Andreas Gaar to Franconia, with heraldic crest and records for 3,034 family members.
Mr Charles Joseph Lonsparte reviewed the Harrison administration from a reformer’s civil service perspective at the Baltimore Association. He warned reformers must keep faith, noting past scandals from Grant to Blaine but framed them as progress toward better government and expressed hope for a president like Washington in the future.
Washington reports Horace A. Taylor of Wisconsin to succeed ex confederate Gen Joseph E Johnston as federal commissioner of railways. Taylor edits a Kudson Wisconsin newspaper and was strongly recommended by Senator Lawyer Ted Spooner. The office, once powerful, has struggled with energy and reform amid past abuses. Johnston remains associated with a high standard, but age and vigor have limited action. The new appointee is described as energetic and capable.
In Lenox Iowa July 10 farmers lament tariff effects blaming Republican rhetoric. They note taxes rise from twenty five cents to two dollars per dollar of goods while produce sells for less value. They observe sugar cotton and wool goods now cost more in trade though nominal prices fall. Most other groups remain prosperous including professionals railroad workers and merchants.
Rochester report notes Prof. Lew announced a new comet sighting early today. At 3:14 this morning the object lay near right ascension 22h52m28s and declination 49m20s within Pisces, briefly visible through a three inch telescope.
Washington reports Gen D J Mendelson of Iowa declared ongoing candidacy for speaker amid five contenders five Western rivals Reed McKinley Cannon Burrows and Mendelson himself. He emphasized field status not victory and pledged to run in earnest, noting uncertainty over congressional session timing and a likely post October or early November start after elections.
The Michigan ballot law introduces exclusive state ballots of uniform size and color for general elections, with party vignette distinctions and secret voting via booths. Inspectors seal ballots to detect multiple deposits, with severe fines for influence attempts, aiming for Australian-style secrecy and integrity.
A collage of views on women independence, tobacco and opium dangers, racist slang, and political distrust. The text cites a New York chemist condemning tobacco and opium remedies, notes Uncle Rube's crude remark, references a Texan dialect line, questions farming quotas, and critiques mill and railroad trusts while urging the farmer to oppose corporate power. It ends with a biblical lament about societal woes.
An 1860s style note cites Revelations xxi on heaven’s size and presents a math fantasy by Captain J. B. Sharkey. It converts 12 000 furlongs to feet and calculates space, rooms, and inhabitants, concluding an immense but fanciful figure of over 2.9 quintillion people across worlds.
A Philadelphia Record snippet shows a child asking about angel cake and a mother teasingly replies that girls who eat too much become angels. The child jokes about aging to still enjoy cake, while the mother quips angels never get to eat. The brief exchange captures playful home humor.
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a teacher asking Johnnie about a demagogue who answers with a joke about a demagogue being a liquor vessel. The note then advertises four carloads of fine Michigan salt arriving and offered at 125 per barrel by A. Loomis with a distant call to visit the shop.
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