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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1903
Page
5
The ad presents price appeal and complete fresh stock. It promises prompt attention to all orders and invites customers to verify statements by calling. It emphasizes a continued customer relationship and a variety of fresh meats including oxen.
The Wellington area notes visitors from Fayette Missouri and Kansas City as well as Lincoln County residents while flood events dominate headlines. Ferry crew heroism, rescue efforts, and livestock saving follow the rising river with praise for workers and volunteers. A stirring political reflection on old Republic senators contrasts with modern finance and growth.
A military revolution in Servia on June 11 killed the royal palace inhabitants, including King Alexander and Queen Draga, their relatives, and multiple ministers. The new dynasty shows closeness to Russia, raising concerns of European interference as the populace expresses satisfaction with the overthrow.
Miss Laura Frerking daughter of Mr and Mrs J Frerking and Mr John Smith wed at Corder on Wednesday afternoon June 3 in a Lutheran church with Rev Jesse officiating Ada Price maid of honor and Arthur Frerking as best man. Bridesmaids Ida Smith Elia Smith Alga Frerking Groomsmen Frank Tugs Fred Smith Wm Frerking. After ceremony the party returned to the bride’s home for supper then the newlyweds departed for Odessa and Kansas City with Marie Price and Richard Vanmeter in attendance.
The Los Angeles Herald reports on the Robert E. Lee chapter memorial services at the M C A auditorium and grave decorations across several cemeteries. Noted participants include Rev. E B Ryland Captain Franky M Thomas and Mrs W R Gosewisch, chapter president. Gesner Williams delivered the oration.
Spring offers a large stock of carpets rugs mattings linoleums shades lace curtains portier curtains and accessories for homes. New room rugs in 9 by 12 feet priced 10 to 25 dollars plus a range of small rugs matting and three quarter Bombay mattings. Window shades lace curtains and curtain poles also featured at various prices. Come see the large display and test our promise of satisfaction.
A brisk snapshot notes Lord Strathcona Donald Smith’s ascent from Scotch village dreamer to Hudson Bay clerk, chief factor, Governor of the home company, and Canadian peer in a romance of improbable triumph. Also cited are a June Cosmopolitan series excerpt and a Kansas City livestock market report with prices and market notes.
The eighth chapter in Miss Tarbell's history of Standard Oil appears in Jane McCure's The Great Consummation. It vividly recounts the failed 1879 independent challenge against Rockefeller and the rise of the first great modern trust, praised as popular history.
Criminal court convened Monday with little business. John Alford and Robert Burton received continuances. James Rowe pled guilty to breaking into Louis Gillee's hardware store and shooting Sam Dulap, sentenced to seven years in prison. Next term will convene Monday with several major murder cases slated for trial.
An old Lexington Missouri advertises high market prices for country hog jowls side pork hams shoulders lard and cash or trade options. It touts the largest cheapest stock in the city including butter eggs and preserves with phone contact 143. R. EB.
Brazil to spend 600000 in gold at the fair after the president’s recommendation. Washington state horicultural society to display celery four feet high and rhubarb five inches thick. Canada to show inland fish from Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes as well as the seas. About 35 miles of roadways built within the grounds, much of it mephaic and well landscaped. Alabama forms a World’s Fair exhibit association to fund state products display next year, legislature not providing funds. Two pike concessions, Magic Whirlpool and Spanish Concession, set. Inter will re produce a Typhlo Spanish scene from Liangg Alhambra and Triana market. Wisconsin Outing Club plans 1904 world fair visit, 10 hotel wars, cars for 20 persons each, and its own spur track for lodging near the exposition.
James B Dill told the Minnesota University graduating class that wideawake corporation managers fear too many relatives in their employ. He argued they discriminate against official relatives in favor of men without means and independence who can make their own way, claiming self interest drives appointment practices.
The text lists claims about farming in the Great Southwest and references to proaperta for money making tied to the M. K. T. Ry and an address in St. Louis. It includes birth and death notices near Concordia and Albany Missouri, and notes several family events. It mentions street improvements in Missouri and scheduled memorial services by the Woodmen of the World at the Christian church with a cemetery visit and a monument unveiling for BE. F. Robinson buried in Concordia.
An exploration of street slang among newsboys and Arabs of the pavement. Rubber as verb captures a bold, expressive term born in Rochester and spreading across cities, with many phrases fading weekly while others travel from San Francisco to New York and take root elsewhere.
Francis Tierney a 45 year old laborer in Montreal earned a unique jail record by receiving his forty ninth and fiftieth sentences in recent court action. Judge Lafontaine sentenced him to two six month terms for thefts, marking a long history of short terms since his first sentencing on October 10, 1876. He has served 23 years for drunkenness and multiple other offenses, never yet sent to the penitentiary.
Archaeologists at Abusir, Egypt uncover a 43 inch papyrus roll near a buried man. Five columns of Greek text reveal the concluding verses of Timotheus the poet and musician, aligning with The Persians. The find includes a leather purse, sponge, iron fragment, and wood.
Rev Dr Goodman spotted smoke in a church gallery and closed his manuscript as he urged support for Bulgarian missionary work. The service ended quickly with the congregation evacuating safely before a collection could be taken for the cause.
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