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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1906
Page
8
A letter criticizes Democrats for backing a joint statehood plan with New Mexico. It alleges threats against Arizonans, notes Arizona voters are largely American and oppose Mexican influence, and accuses federal office-holders of campaigning for statehood with New Mexico.
Warrensburg Star reports 701 students attend the Normal in midsummer, breaking attendance records. Represented counties total 68 in Missouri with 22 students from other states. Of the body, 67 engage in postgraduate work, 53 are superintendents, 6 principals, 34 hold other high school positions, and 502 are rural teachers. Teaching experience: 45 over 10 years, 94 five years or more, 348 under five years. August 11 graduates include 25 PhB, 6 PhM, 76 Regents certificate candidates. Five Normal schools anticipate 2,000 summer attendees statewide.
E L Saunders of Carlton Dry Goods Co and other St Louis executives met John P Gordon of Buxton Skinner Printing Co to map plans for the association for the coming year. They propose enrolling every Grummer who travels in Central Northern Missouri.
The Republican College Convention nominated Hondito Welborn by acclamation in Sedalia after renominating President Roosevelt Senator Warner and Herbert Hadley. James of Higginsville gave the nominating speech. C G Phatzing chaired the order of business. W B Taggart joined credential committee. Local vendors Crenshaw & Young promote Kennedy’s Laxative and DeWitt’s Early Risers. Waugh family from New York visiting Sioux City plans.
Governor Folk addressed retail merchants in Jefferson City urging support for local business. He praised honest shopkeepers, urged them to advertise locally to help towns prosper, and dismissed fears that exposure of wrongdoing in commerce would harm legitimate merchants.
A fragment notes a claim about a druggist refusing payment after unsatisfied results from one battle. It mentions Creaghan and Young and Timothy Hanson, a farmer, with garbled notes about timothy grass and its naming across England and Europe.
Notice begins July Sth promising regular meals with times for breakfast lunch and supper. Claims first class cooks and solicits patronage with tickets and wares. Then shifts to promotional text about Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar sold by Crenshaw & Young and a jumble of unrelated lines about hogs, machinery, and a salary ad from Lexlopton Miss.
An 1862 storm toppled the Wie conain church spire wrecking a nearby house and prompting an injunction against rebuilding the steeple. The long standing order against constructing another spire remains in force. Bush fires in Australia linked to phosphorus paste used to kill rabbits ignite in sunlit heat across rabbit-infested districts.
J B Marshall by deed of trust dated June 30 1906 seeks payment of debts with a public sale on July 31 1908 of the photography gallery assets in Edward Meyer’s building on Main Street Lexington Missouri. Trustee Haanse Waptaen notes sale proceeds to satisfy the deed of trust.
The fragmentary OCR shows a Lafayette County certification with names Walter B. Waddell and signatures, but the text is garbled and not a coherent report of a news event. No clear date, action, or outcome is readable to summarize.
In the Tos Angelea Herald a playful exchange centers on a supposed motto of Jupiter Prnvius and a character named Winke. The dialogue hints at a humorous ritual or catchphrase with a line about soaking. The report preserves the light, comic tone of the exchange without graphic detail.
Sir Charles Wyndham and his company announce a major tour across the country scheduled for next year. The cast and dates are to be confirmed as plans firm up, with theater venues nationwide expected to host the troupe.
State of Missouri Lafayette County a8 In the Circuit Court of Lafayette Missouri September Term appears fragmentary. The text seems to reference court proceedings in Lafayette County Missouri with missing details.
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