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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1905
Page
4
The note reports Keeley like items including a 1.00 Pee Juan Is ADVANceE, Lexington post office second class mail, and editor credits. It mentions oversubscribed Korean dollar logo, Senator Pratt on life value, Jerowe jokes cipher, Kaw River navigability, Missouri abandonment, and Fulton agitating cold storage plant profitability.
Governor Vardamao of Mississippi runs for Senator Money's U.S. Senate seat promoting repeal of the 16th amendment, seeking to shift tax policy and constitutional authority.
Tom Lawson proposes John A. Johnson, governor of Minnesota, as a presidential possibility. The recommendation aligns with Nerissa’s praise of Bassanto and signals interest in a broader political path.
Thomas F. Ryan, who recently bought the Equitable Life Assurance Society, is seeking possession of the Virginia legislature and aims to fill Daniels' senate seat. The move signals a bid to control the chamber through expanded political influence.
The statehooders of the twin territories, after a show of unity at Guthrie last month, are displaying division at Muskogee. The latest convention calls for separate statehood, signaling a split in their efforts.
The August number of Everybody's Magazine is at hand with another installment of Lawson's Frenzied Finance but up to this time the Standard Oil Company has shown no signs of going into the hands of a real ver.
Bob White of the Mexico Ledger promotes an old fashioned county fair to Mexico inhabitants saying the plan is sound and that Kentucky counties sticking to the traditional agricultural show reap rewards, while demand for races remains limited.
The Springfield Herald notes A. Haseltine is a candidate for congress in the district. With four candidates already in the field and Mr. Welborn having taken his oath, the campaign will soon open with many more willing entrants.
A Nantasket lobster fisherman reports sighting a sea serpent a few days ago at about one hundred yards. The tale is deemed suitable for a newspaper column during the dog days.
The International Reform Bureau was found guilty of perpetrating a fraud to obtain franking privileges, defrauding the government of $18,600 in postage. Reformers are described as as likely to be grafters as others, with crusaders and pirates offering more in ends than in means.
Federal probe into the harvester trust reveals a harvesting machine costs 3857 to manufacture and deliver, with a retail price of 8124. The public criticizes the high cost and notes linotype machines as an alternative, while total costs for production and sale are cited as 83500.
The Houstable Investigation shows Chauncey M. Depew on the payroll as Adviser. He reportedly advised a $250,000 loan using his own property later bid in at auction for $850,000. He also urged raising Jimmy Hyde to $100,000 and covering Hyde’s Paris ball expenses. If New York voters see him as rotten they should demand his resignation from the Senate.
The letter argues President Roosevelt reversed course on curbing corporate lawlessness, criticizes inaction to enforce existing laws against the Standard Oil monopoly steel trust and beef trust, and warns that only federal penalties for corporate crimes will curb abuses and restore justice to producers and consumers. It urges treating corporate crimes as crimes against society and deterring millionaires with prison terms.
J Hill of the Northern Pacific argues the nation needs a moral and commercial revival before becoming a world power. He warns tariff and Panama Canal policies threaten trade, notes Americans live off each other, and cites cotton market swings from ten to thirteen million bales with price collapses.
The Kansas City Star and St Louis Republic echo Tom Crittenden’s critique of Missouri and Missourians. He says soil and climate are fine yet people are slow, and compares Missouri unfavorably to Iowa Wisconsin and Oklahoma, noting delays in progress and modern amenities. He questions critics who stay put.
A newspaper column argues that civilization and gentility are linked to modern improvements like electric lights. The piece contends Theodore Roosevelt ranks with Jefferson Lincoln and Folk as a natural successor, framing Roosevelt as the logical heir to those precedents.
The approaching National Reciprocity Convention in Chicago confronts Standpatters who oppose tariff grafts. The growing movement educates on tariff graft claiming it blocks foreign markets for agricultural exports while protecting a ten percent edge. The piece argues protective tariff is a criminal graft, not economic policy.
The writer argues Roosevelt erred by whitewashing Paul Morton and punishing corporate outlawry without holding corporate officials responsible. They contend this logic would extend to municipalities and deem officers blameless for legislators' and executives' misdeeds. They suggest abolishing corporations or incorporation statutes to avoid such moral ambiguity. A corporation cannot be jailed or hanged, complicating accountability.
Ex President Cleveland Mr Weat leghoune and Judge O'Brien became directors with the understanding mutualization. They resisted the proposition while Ryan shares were transferred to the society. Belief grows that the Equitable will soon be in a stronger condition than for years.
Chicago republic bulletin reports Thomas W Lawson endorses John A Johnson of Minnesota as the United States presidential timber for the next election. Lawson praises Johnson as a forward looking statesman and potential president three years from now.
The seventy fifth August meeting of Dover Christian church will be conducted this year by Rev. J. My Blalock of Marshall Missouri. The meeting will begin the first Friday after the second Sunday in the month, that is August 18.
The eighteenth annual Pink Hill picnic will be held on the old ground three and one half miles northwest of Oak Grove this Saturday August 6. Speakers include W S Cowherd Frank Walsh and J T Dryden. Special rates on the OG A.
Died in Higginsville on July 15, the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Willard. The brief notice records the loss of a young child, noting parental names and place of death without additional details.
Kansas City markets showed broad declines across cattle hogs and sheep as heavy surplus demand faded. Top prices slipped with lighter demand for heavy beef use while grass cattle and calves held modest value. Yard activity was dull with buyers selective and stock calves slow. Utah sheep opened at $5.00 and western sheep at $8.40, lamb demand strong with limited offerings.
Charles Edward Russell reveals in Every body's Magazine August installment that Chicago city water was secretly siphoned to large packing companies. Investigations found pipes taps tunnels and pumps diverting city supply to packers who paid nothing for the water.
Dr John D Ward a former Lafayette Countian died last Saturday July 15 in Independence Missouri He was born in Chapel Hill in 1842 to Istsc H Ward and Mary Satterfeld Ward who came from Tennessee in 1887 He studied medicine at St Laws practiced at Mount Hope and Ping Hills later moving to Independence where he organized the Bank of Independence in 1887 and served as its president at his death
Vague OCR fragment mentions Wile east of old Silver place on Columbus road and Lexington one rorking chair. Pinder please notify porwasier or B, D. Brock at May view.
A United States consul cites high divorce rates in Australia, noting Victoria and New South Wales lead the nation. Since the 1890 Shiels act, Victorian desertion grounds have yielded over 1,250 divorces from 1891 to 1908, peaking at 131 in 1902, with NSW showing even higher figures after 1892 and averaging about 268 per 10,000 marriages in 1896–1902.
A Chautauquan favors the American elm as the most graceful, urging planting in moist, well drained soil with space. Maples receive praise for sugar and Norway varieties, with the silver maple noted for rapid growth but weak branches. Ash trees are praised for form but lauded as slow to show new growth and shed leaves early.
Prussian architect Ostav Ebe celebrated his seventieth birthday. Beginning in 1874, his Berlin constructions marked a new era in German capital architecture. He pioneered sandstone use, interior decoration styles, and infused artistic spirit into building.
The article discusses Joby Parkinson born 1567, noted by Harper's Magazine as defending flower gardens and advocating four horticultural categories. It describes garden borders in Long Acre, edging practices with thrift and germander, and later shifts to perfumed plants like lavender and thyme. It also mentions Parkinson’s influence on edging and the 17th century trend toward pebble borders in Paradise in Sole.
In Thornhill Scotland excise officer Robert Burns detects suspected adulteration at old Jean Davidson’s whisky shop. Jean delays with a king seal marked test, the barrel is tampered then rechecked, Burns finds the sample correct and wonders what went wrong. Jean compliments Burns on his tester and keeps his stout crowd.
The Sublime Porte weary of ongoing clashes with Albanians allegedly weeds out chiefs. Osman Pasha, a leading Albanian chief, arrived at Scutari supposedly on a provincial visit but is said to be in gilded exile. Other chiefs are believed to face similar measures.
A Chicago Sun quote notes that the average woman would prefer marrying a reforming husband to remaining unable to pose as a reformer herself. The remark reflects attitudes toward gender roles and social reform in the era.
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