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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
4
University of Missouri advises conserving scarce seeds this year to raise food. Surplus garden seeds can aid neighbors, with storage tips to keep vitality. Use dry storage, air circulation, and careful weevil prevention. caution with carbon bisulphide and seek medical remedies for poisoning risks.
Mr and Mrs M H Uphaus with Miss Clara Zimmerman and Miss Amanda Marcks attended a quarterly meeting of the German M E Church at Napoleon on Sunday.
The article explains sour stomach as mild indigestion caused by fast eating or overeating. It advises eating slowly and lightly, avoiding meat at supper, and masticating thoroughly to prevent symptoms. It also recommends Chamberlain's Tablets to aid digestion when symptoms occur.
Mrs Thomas Smith and Mrs Walter Burke and daughter Mary Ellen return to Kansas City after a short visit with Mrs E B Campbell.
I B Tressey of Richmond Kentucky praises Chamberlains Tablets saying they are a wonder and unbeatable for indigestion or constipation. The column notes Susie McDowell returning home to Lee's Summit after visiting, and Mr and Mrs G W Courson returning to Kansas City after visiting their son G H Courson.
Mrs P H Martin of Peru Indiana reports two daughters with whooping cough were treated with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and the cough loosened and expectoration became easy, working like a charm according to the testimonial.
Mr and Mrs J B Young left Sunday morning for a visit with Mrs Youngs parents Mr and Mrs James Y Kelly in James town Kentucky.
An Intelligencer City Journal promotion touts combined daily and Sunday rates at four dollars seventy cents, with a garbled price line hinting at a six dollar reference. The readable portion emphasizes value offers for newspaper subscriptions.
Springfield officials report Claude Piersol Cletus Adams and five others remain jailed in Kansas City Stockton after a mob threatened to lynch the prisoners and attempted to seize them from Greene County Sheriff Will Webb amid the Lloyd Keet baby murder case. The public square vigil ended with the posse retreating and no apparent lynching of the Springfield captives.
Washington reports revised selective service registration will total about 9.5 million, down by more than a million from census estimates. Officials cited 600,000 volunteers already serving in the regular forces and halted wartime immigration as key corrections, leaving slackers few and the total lower than initial projections.
Kansas City dispatch reports federal investigators pressing a German sabotage ring linked to the Kee Carter murder case. Authorities anticipate multiple arrests daily as D A Sam Hargis names two suspects in custody and extends the hunt for Dick Carter, amid broader nationwide German agent activity. A related note from Joliet describes inmates hoarding edged tools for months, while Washington approves four new Army cantonment site locations including Little Rock and Louisville for the war effort.
Week ending June 9 1917 records include deeds from Wm M Long to Edward and Nellie Long in Lexington for 2000 dollars Lot 12 13 Block 95. A Dick Johnson to George G Graham Curator Dean 2220 dollars 11 A pt SE NE 10 SW NW 11-49-28. Lee C Johnson to Graham WD 2245 dollars 1 int in 11 A pt SE NE 10 SW NW 11-49-28. Stephen J Worley and wife to Martha L Benning WD 50 dollars part Lot 2 Block 20 Odessa. Wm Lieser to Minnie E Holman WD 275 dollars Lots 15 16 Block A Frank Meier ands Add Corder. John W Wiley and wife to James R Wiley and Josephine K Wiley WD 1600 dollars Lot 32 Grand Ave Zentmyer Add Higginsville. Sallie E Duvall to Maggie A Emma J Jeffries WD 2000 dollars Lot 19 Block 5 Patterson and Smiths Add Odessa. Thus B Hammer to Geo W Bowman WD 1450 dollars Lots 9 10 Block 6 South Side Add Lexington. Maggie A Emma J Jeffries to Sally E Duvall and Lucy D Jennings WD 4250 dollars Part E NE 2-48-28. Georgia Smith et al to Joseph Perry et al WD 8000 dollars Coal under WNE & W SE 8-50-27.
A business touts a new up to date concrete mixing method with a superior mixer and claims lower costs than traditional methods. The message emphasizes efficiency and quality, signed by JOHN I. ASHURST.
An old advertisement fragment urges young women to join banks and offices during war, promising training and pay only after employment. It also promotes Sanol remedies for kidney bladder skin ailments with guaranteed relief and 24 hour promises, plus local social notes about visits in Kansas City and Sedalia.
A fragmented timetable dated October 15 1916 lists eastbound and westbound passenger routes with numbers and destinations including St Louis Kansas City and Phoenix. Several entries are garbled but indicate a Missouri State Ex and Night Hawk lines along with Nightingale and Humme services and a note about a Hiawatha route exception.
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