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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1914
Page
2
A partial readable fragment notes an upcoming primary action on a Tuesday in August 1914. It mentions officials or offices and hints at an organized primary process under a Desornin authority, but details are unclear due to the damaged OCR text.
Representative N. M. Houx seeks the state legislature seat and faces the Democratic primary on August 4. Harry D. Durst runs for Congress in the Seventh district with a primary on August 7. Braky Green campaigns for residing Judge of the County Court with a party primary on August 4. W. T. Tutt is a candidate for Circuit Clerk subject to the Democratic primary on August 4, 1914.
Local notices list candidates for county collector and judge positions in the Western District. Wilson and Kinkbad run under the Democratic banner in the August 4 1914 primary. D G Wade seeks the judge post, subject to party action.
In Green County the Democratic committee backs C. W. Hamlin for Congress, then endorses Harry D. Durst amid accusations of fraud. The group’s meetings and statements aim to show Durst as the committee’s choice while critics call the process the dirtiest deal on record. Nearby notes include Virginia Windle’s Kansas City visit and locals’ ten day outings at Spirit Lake with mentions of Waddell and Stalling social events.
The letter discusses campaign loyalties and accusations of disloyalty within the Seventh District Democratic race. It defends the author’s record as a Democrat, contrasts support for opponents, and mentions party rotation and endorsements by Greene County Committee. The text also notes local visits and departures of several residents including Miss Rena Worland and Mrs. Fred Wilmot.
Wavarly Notes records Miss Louise Davis visiting Kansas City for weeks and returning home Wednesday while many acquaintances travel for visits, harvest work, and family events. Names include Miss Alice Looney Carroll County Mrs Chas Jimnson, George Allbright Kansas City, Mrs Kate Weber, Miss Zora Niederjohn Nelson, Horace Isreal death notice, Frank Coslet John Pettie harvest trips, Marion Frances Groves, Fannie Walton, I O West, Buck Horn mine, Flossie Walton, Clifford Bennett, Warren Groves, Henry Burnette, Claude Capps, J B Wheeler Collin Davis Ouida Abbott family, Walter Hackett Blosser, Dr Johnston, Wm Pettie, Mrs White, B T Evans Paradise Kansas, Henry Vanderlin Nelson, Ben Niederjohn, Leo Allison Otterville, Mrs Decker, Barrett Warsaw, Ed Brinkman Karl Weber, Frank Beek family.
Rev R N Allen will preach at Maple Glen School House Sunday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Community members are urged to attend the service.
Miss Elizathe returned to her Osage City home after visiting here with friends Misses Estelle and Eva Planchett. Dri JL Peak with his mother and sister Miss May left for a motor trip to Colorado, met in Kansas City by Dr and Mrs W Tl Kelly of Pittsburg PA who will join the trip. William Loomis and son Albert went to Kansas City to spend the day and Mrs John Morrison left for a visit there this morning. James Shearer of Greenville is visiting with L B Bullard.
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