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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1907
Page
5
Fragmented note promotes concrete services with emphasis on heat resistant granitoid steps and concrete walls and footings. Mentions a phone number and business identifiers but readability is low and unclear.
A London Express note describes a new wave of women smoking attire and accessories. The trend includes tailored cigarettes with silk casings and tiny taf feta silk cylinders to match gowns, plus brocaded silk cases scented with perfume and silver electric cigarette lighters. A west end firm introduces a slip smoking gown in colored tussore silk for summer and velveteen for winter, designed to be worn over the head with matching quilted satin slippers.
Irvington Hoothlette says he will perform at the Old Homestead next week in contrast to playing in a barn. Manson Jefferfield expresses pleasure at the change, noting the upcoming shift from barn venues to a proper stage setting.
Two high school girls discuss a difficult essay topic assigned by their teacher about the difference between bridge whist and gambling. The exchange captures classroom humor and stress in Somerville.
The London Chronicle notes a rising trend of children using informal nicknames for their parents, with sons addressing fathers as "George" and daughters calling mothers "Peter." The piece argues this reflects broader changes in elder respect within traditional English families.
The narrator recalls a Dijon dining scene where a waiter impresses with table setting. A waiter wearing carpet clippers sits on the tablecloth and slides backward along the table to arrange items during a seven o'clock breakfast in near darkness.
A humorous local remark quotes Sam and Ro de Land about wealth. The judge notes Sam has waited two years to get married, while Ro wonders what he would do with two dollars. The exchange highlights idle chatter on money and marriage.
Joshua Rice, famed for amassing a fortune from bass catches along the river, died in delirium at Gove Pennsylvania after years of claiming vast hauls. He reportedly kept secret fishing spots and believed he was fighting off millions of imaginary bass as family relations woke to screams before his death near Shapiagvitye-Ehilalelpi in North Americah.
A northern tourist resting in western Georgia asks about Col. Jeffreys big Renfrew plantation. An old enslaved man recalls being born there and explains the name came from the previous owner who ran free before the Civil War, per a cottage conversation.
The sun's brilliance may come from incandescent carbon particles. A thin carbon layer in the lower atmosphere forms a luminous shell about 500 miles above the surface. Eruptions cause disruption and dispersal of this carbon layer under solar agitation.
A writer notes that today’s educated women favor listening to good music over practice. A St. Petersburg head teacher once told Rubinstein that pupils should not practice at all. The piece laments a shift toward virtuosi and mechanical instruments and a public loss of patience for certain piano works.
A Sporting Times item notes a French town Comines praising a customs officer who rescued a dog from a railway van and burned the wretch in the engine furnace. It mentions the 8. P. A. prosecution and a municipal petition to the French prime minister for a reward.
A detailed description of the private Windsor Castle chapel, lavishly decorated in cream and red with an oak dado, theater-like royal boxes, a lantern roof, and a large east window. Notable features include bronze bas reliefs, a terra cotta angel by Dalow, Holbein paintings, and gifts linked to Henry VII and Anne Boleyn.
Dr Stanley Wall notes that among 48 children 20 think sun, moon and stars live, 15 believe dolls feel pain if burnt, and 1 fears flowers will fall. Most see the sky as the chief field for thought, with many imagining the world as a bowl with heaven above and the sun’s movements as waking, sleeping, or being taken by God.
George asks if Paul was nervous about kissing Miss Petit. Paul confirms, noting black spots in his eyes. George jokes about her veil, suggesting the kiss might have been guarded by a veil.
A mother pressures her daughter to marry the wealthy De Scada, praising him as an only son with a rich widowed father. The daughter protests lack of love and concern that the father may remarry, prompting the anxious suggestion that she marry the father instead.
At the breakfast table a letter from a distant law firm bursts on the head of a matrimonial combine, declaring he has fallen heir to $500,000. His wife coolly remarks that they can now begin to ice, noting the sudden fortune changes their life.
The Washington Herald quotes a terse reply about idle talk with a sharp denial of gossip. The exchange centers on the claim that there is no idle chatter and a rebuttal stating that the assertion is incorrect.
A string of brief items records visits and travels in Dover and nearby towns. E Vaughn finished cutting wheat Friday. Liggon Vaughn was in Higginaville Sunday. Henry Corbin Jr. was in Lexington Tuesday. Dr Kenely and Dr Kennerly of St Louis visit Dover. Numerous residents shopped, visited or held gatherings in Lexington Higginsville Waverly Oak Grove Sheldon and Balliovalle. A Sunday school picnic, a lawn social, and a cottage prayer meeting are noted along with teaching plans and family visits.
A Dover Baptist revival described as the town’s best in years closed after Rev. Morris and Rev. Martins led a determined effort. Converts were adults, sin was addressed firmly, and Morris’s cosmopolitan background from war to travel provided vivid illustrations.
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