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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
2
Lexington Intelligencer notes editor A W Allen publisher weekly Friday issue with subscription 1 50 per year payable in advance and entered as second class mail matter at Lexington Missouri post office.
Policy notes require that all submissions to The Intelligencer be timely accurate and suitable for publication. Clear attribution and proper formatting should accompany each item and guard against libel or fabrication.
The message urges readers to purchase Liberty Bonds to support the war, noting any amount from $50 upward helps strike the Kaiser and that bonds are worth more than cash and yield greater impact with larger sums. It frames giving as a personal duty, with emphasis on civic participation beyond direct military involvement.
If the Liberty Loan fails the money you held out of it will belong to the German conqueror of the world. It will be doing the goose step at the Kaiser's bidding. So will you. Don’t hold out. Invest your cash and save it and help save civilization. The bonds are worth more in cash than the cash you pay for them. The Liberty Loan is almost providential. It affords an opportunity for those who have seared their souls with false affidavits to make partial atonement. The bonds are non assessable and bear 314 percent interest. Buy a bond.
D. T. Nance and T. L. Fletcher traveled to Kansas City on Wednesday for business, heading to the city for unspecified engagements.
BH. M. Taubman traveled to Kansas City Wednesday on business obligations.
Mr and Mrs J H Hall report their son Pendleton Hall aboard the steamship Mongolia, safe in Falmouth England. Pendleton, of Hospital Unit No 12, heads to serve on the France front. The Mongolia evaded a submarine attack 175 miles from Falmouth as three torpedoes missed and an English destroyer escorted the ship to port.
Clarence Vivion declares the Prosecuting Attorney has no control over which Justice of the Peace handles a complaint. He pledges impartial treatment of all law officers. Miss Reena E. Shaner of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will lecture at the Christian Church on Friday June 8 at 8 pm. Admission is free with a voluntary offering.
Lexington residents recount long term relief from kidney troubles after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Mr Mitchell, a farmer and ex sheriff, praised the remedy in 1906 and again in 1916, crediting permanent results and pain relief. Sold for 50 cents at Crenshaw Young's Drug Store and other dealers.
Dozens of towns from Eskridge to Olathe report destruction as tornadoes sweep the Midwest. At least nine killed, including two women and a baby near Richmond Missouri, and injuries in Johnson and Leavenworth counties. Widespread damage to homes, barns, and crops. floods expected as waters rise.
After one prisoner was killed eight severely injured and several others hurt 1000 convicts clashed with guards at Joliet state prison to protest new rules enforced by Warden Bowen A rainstorm drove the last 200 rioters to the cell house as bayonets quelled the outbreak Fires inside destroyed the curio room office building chapel foundry lumber store rattan shop and chair shop totaling about 20000 The riot included three distinct outbreaks and the day was nearly continuous with all offenders locked in cells and discipline pledged.
Six men died after a deadly blast at the Moon Gasoline Company plant near Bixby Oklahoma. The victims named are John M. Pitzgerald Ira Steiger Bennett Boyd W Frank Frederick Kevin Frederick and J F Crow. They lingered for hours in agony from severe burns.
William C. Simpson, a Mexican War veteran and resident of the Federal Soldiers' Home at St James, Missouri, is believed to be the state's oldest citizen. He came from Lebanon, served with Company F of the Third Illinois Infantry, witnessed Chapultepec, and has lived mostly in the home since 1904. Disabled by a hip injury two years ago, his sight and hearing have declined and he prays for life’s end.
A 14 month old boy, Lloyd Keet, son of J Keet, wealthy Springfield capitalist, was abducted from the family home while parents attended a dance. Bloodhounds tracked to a mini car. two kidnappers suspected. A ransom threat letter was found in the post office. Other items untouched.
John Barrett, director general of the Pan American Union, told a Liberty Loan mass meeting in Baltimore that all the Americas will soon be at war with Germany. Also reports nine dead from a Herrin, Illinois mine explosion with two injured joiners rescued in Cairo, Michigan.
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