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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1902
Page
4
Disjointed notes report W B Belin Greene Onuirtz and various townships, patent claims by Pat Crowe, labor demand rises from migration, Carnegie pseudonym rumor, a mob drive of Blackwell Oklahoma negroes, a veteran Indiana senator called a boy conversationalist, and other scattered items including a Sunday law tobacco ruling and a looming county and state fair exhibit.
The president vents strenuous threats to bust the trusts but offers no explanation for delay. This pledge is treated as a campaign stunt likely to be dropped after the election, with the trusts expected to fund the Republican campaign and no further action anticipated.
Lexington residents should speak up for schools as they bring distinction to the city and help advertise Lexington as a desirable place to live. Paul Morton forecasts a crop of two and a half billion bushels, at forty cents a bushel, potentially covering last session appropriations. Tax and police costs cited reflect government estimates of expenses to be paid by crop proceeds.
The article discusses Republican and Independent papers backing a trust restraint bill to be introduced by Maine's Congressman Littlefield. It mentions two drafted bills, aims for publicity and federal incorporation, and argues about implications for state vs federal control, tariff allies, and political calculations.
An excerpt from Hon. M. 8. Benton's last congress speech condemns Republican extravagance. It argues appropriations exceed any prior year and threaten national debt reduction. The piece links tariff protection to surplus revenue and accuses federal education and irrigation bills of aiding organized interests over the unorganized public.
The St Joseph convention highlights the state Democratic Party's unity and purpose, rejecting bitterness toward critics and those who sought to spotlight themselves. It emphasizes that the party knows what it wants and can achieve ends without the presence of officers.
The readable fragments describe a person named Ruth with training for a committee in a district and mention Lefrevere county and Tongereugh-Mir. The passage is garbled and lacks coherent events or outcomes.
A Lexington editorial condemns concealed weapons use after two fatal shootings in Missouri towns. It argues young men, white and black, arm themselves widely and urges officers to aggressively search suspects and enforce laws to deter further killings. It stresses fist over pistol as true defense and warns against delay in enforcing prohibitions.
A Carthage Republican convention nominated Theodore Lacaff for Congress to challenge Democratic incumbent E Benton. Lacaff joked about being drafted, joked about kissing his wife, and criticized party photo habits, while reflecting on portraits of Roosevelt and media optics.
The census office reports 1000 Missouri farm land value 895,470,213 and buildings 145,508,490. Farm implements 25,002,686 live stock 160,440,004, total 1,095,121,807. The data note a slight dip from prior congress appropriations and express a political reflection on keeping the Philippines.
A garbled account describes Uoole Russel Sage being knocked down and drugged at a New York street bar. The subject refused to sue the company and would not allow a photo to be taken, with interviewers noting the odd conduct.
The Missouri Democratic platform denounces Roosevelt trusts and Republican waste while praising Governor Dockery, Missouri progress, and expanded school funding. It endorses reduced state debt, boosted public education funding, and a larger state university and normal schools budget. It calls for strict trust regulation, tariff revision, ban on corporate political contributions, and aggressive anti lobbying measures. Municipal ownership of public utilities is favored with local control over utilities.
Cyrus Osborn died at his Bates City home on Sunday night July 20 at age 90 years 9 months 24 days after a brief illness. He leaves a wife aged 75 two sons George and Walker and two daughters Biles wife of Dr I H Wooldridge of Boonville and Lula wife of Dr J D Hitebook of Indian Territory. Funeral held in the city at noon Tuesday July 2 conducted by the Masonic fraternity. Born January 26 1812 in Greenbriar County Virginia he moved to Missouri 1837 near Lexington later to Clay Township 1851 and to Bates City 1894. He was a longtime Methodist and a devoted Christian man. He and James Clowdsley arranged that if one died the other would conduct the funeral. Osborn fulfilled that pact and requested burial by Masonic ritual. He is remembered as kind and loved by all who knew him.
The Kentuckian Citizen reports the death of Mrs Elizabeth Jameson Reid of Kentucky. She lived with her husband Judge Richard Reid, who died by his own hand after a long career as a Kentucky superior court judge. The notice recalls Reid's conscience and the governor Proctor Knott's controversial telegram offering pardon. The piece also includes an obituary fragment for Mrs William Purcell, highlighting her birth in 1834 and death in 1902 and praising her as a devoted wife and mother.
Obituary note records Mrs Puree of Independence Missouri passing after a long life. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church with the minister conducting the General Service. Flowers and condolences were placed by friends. The piece reflects on faith and submission to God’s will.
In a Wednesday field meet at Lexington, D. O. Heathman won the gold medal for the next month while Horace Blackwell earned the leather medal. Scores of fifteen shots each: Welborn five, Thomas seven, Ludwigs six, Blackwell two, Schwartz four, Long eight, Wilmot ten, Heathman twelve, Rameau six, Gillen six, Long seven, Fi Wels six, James five, James zero, Lawson four, Taubman six, Vivian six, Hammer ten, Brew three, MeEnaugh eight, Schawe six, Loomis nine.
Campbell Brothers, Nebraska natives from Fairbury, presented two well patronized performances in South Omaha yesterday. The tour is praised for honest showmanship and scarcity of grafters. last night’s crowd filled the big tent to capacity. Campbell Bros. circus will exhibit in Lexington Wednesday, August 6.
An advertisement promotes Smiths Sure Kidney Cure for kidney troubles priced at fifty cents. A obituary notes Mrs. A Taylor wife of Engineer Taylor of the Missouri Pacific died Monday afternoon from pneumonia. She was born in Springfield Illinois and lived here for years. The funeral was at her East Lexington home under Knights Templar auspices with Dr Manly and Dr Given presiding. Burial followed in Springfield.
The piece extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as more than a blood purifier. It argues the tonic aids those with weak systems, claiming it sustains daily life, eases heat, improves sleep, and prevents illnesses, framing the remedy as a sustaining diet.
A historic ad promotes Texas Wonder Halls Great Discovery a bottle claimed to cure kidney bladder and related ailments. It asserts effects from removing gravel to diabetes and covers adults and children with various urinary and rheumatic conditions.
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