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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1903
Page
2
The advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla strengthens the digestive system and prevents dyspepsia. It asserts that digestive unease, headaches, sour stomach, and belching worsen as the stomach weakens, and that early treatment with the tonic cures this misery.
A 1903 Washington letter praises Missouri Democrat Benton of Neosho as a principled orator on the House floor, notes his anti-extravagance report from the first billion dollar Congress, and recalls his 1886 removal as U.S. attorney before reinstatement. It also critiques Roosevelt ally Littauer amid glove contracts, and comments on educated youth and college culture. Burglary attempts in Higginsville target O. A. Kerb and Dr. W. A. Blakely homes with mixed success.
Charis A. Epwarns raises questions about President Roosevelt and his aide Littauer in the Lyon contracts matter. The letter asks if Roosevelt will direct an attorney general inquiry into the waiter and whether his devotion to official purity will guide action. It questions potential conflicts of interest as Lyon secured contracts via Roosevelt’s intimate adviser, noting a possible profit of about ninety thousand dollars and urging decisive oversight.
Walter Williams leads Missouri history and commerce volume prepared for the World’s Fair to educate visitors on state industries agriculture mining and transportation. An edition of 300 000 copies is planned with thorough coverage of social church literacy and state evolution.
The article urges young men to pursue engineering noting railroads to be built in South America and Africa and major projects in Panama Puerto Rico Cuba and the Philippines. It cites graduates from the State University at Colombia entering well paid positions and predicts limitless opportunity as engineering enrollment rises and global development accelerates.
The forty first general assembly of Musour appropriated 40000 for an engineering laboratory at Columbian and 816000 for apparatus for modern commercial methods in generation and distribution of mechanical power. Building is nearly finished and more work lies ahead in engineering. The message urges youths to pursue engineering as a broad future with vast opportunities.
The piece extols life as robust vitality and frames Hood's Sarsaparilla as a medicine that strengthens the body and improves daily living. It urges debilitated readers to try the tonic to build up the system and feel life bounding in the veins.
An old advertisement touts a bottle of Hall's Great Discovery as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder troubles, diabetes, and related issues in men, women, and children. It claims two months of treatment per bottle, mail order availability, and testimonials from W. Whitsett, a lawyer, with distribution at Crenshaw & Young and a 1901 date.
Mayette County Fiscal Court approves a one mile test of macadam road treatment on Newton pike using Phaltoi style method from California. Home Construction Company to lay the test with machinery costing 300 dollars. county will pay 325 dollars if successful, else company bears cost.
J L Warren of Higginsville reports mining near Warsaw yields copper silver and gold beyond lead and zinc. At four feet deeper a trace of gold is noted by a Kansas City agonyist, with ore valued at about 9 cents per ton. rock formation suggests richer ore ahead. A company organized with about 140 shares at 85 each.
The Mexican government has bought a controlling interest in several railroads including the Mexican National and the Inter Oceanic to prevent Standard Oil and other trusts from gaining possession. The move is described as resisting brutal concentration of capital against the defenseless. The piece discusses eye health with references to aging and opacity in the lens, noting gradual deterioration.
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