Political notices announce Lafayette County and state candidates
The Intelligencer prints weekly notices announcing Mney for County Assessor and Leslie Mitchell, J B Hereford, and J C Shelton as candidates for Lafayette County offices and state Senate, all subject to Democratic primary on August 3, 1920. Additional notices list sheriff and treasurer candidates with similar primary dependencies in Lafayette County.
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Mney
Lafayette County
J. B. Hereford
Odessa
Leslie Mitchell
Sherif
J. C. Shelton
The Five Million Dollar Candidate
The piece critiques the Republican nomination of Warren G Harding and Calvin Coolidge as a costly affair. It notes slush funds and extravagant spending feared by the nation while predicting the vast sums likely to be spent to win the so named Republican year. It questions whether the nominees are worth the money and condemns the party’s platform as empty and evasive.
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Warren H. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Republican
Chicago
Republican Party Disarray Seen After Chicago Convention
The text lambasts the Republican structure highlighting absence of party unity and leadership as the Chicago convention failed to draft a platform or pick standard bearers. It condemns the 66th Congress for inaction on peace and reconstruction, claiming the Old Guard remains obstinate despite Harding’s renomination prospects and Senator Reed's loyalties.
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Chicago
Relief of Rheumatic Pains with Chamberlains Ointment
A health column urges masses to massage affected parts with Chamberlains Ointment for rheumatic stiffness pain and sleep relief. It notes Mrs John Sturg and Mrs I H Noyes drove to Kansas City Friday morning. A separate testimonial from Wm B Wisler of Douglassville PA credits Chamberlains Tablets with curing indigestion after a free sample and a lasting improvement.
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Chamberlain
John Sturg
I. H. Noyes
Kansas City
Mr. Wisler
Wm. B. Wisler
Douglassville
Lexington notice proposes gas rate increases in Missouri
Lexington Missouri gas customers are informed that Missouri Gas and Electric Service Company seeks Public Service Commission approval to raise rates for general gas service. The notice lists current and proposed rates, penalties for late payment, and minimum bills. It invites objections in writing to Jefferson City ten days before the effective date, with a request to present facts in person if protested, signed by Worth Bates, manager.
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Ag Lst
Public Service Commission
Jefferson City
Missouri Gas & Electric Service Company
Worth Bates
Progress petition seeks electric rate increases and discounts
The Pee designed Missouri Gas & Electric Service Co petitions the Public Service Commission of Missouri to raise rates for general lighting, power and wholesale AC service citing higher labor and material costs. The filing details stepped KWH charges, prompt payment and discount scales, minimum charges, and demand-based and energy-based components across multiple rate classes.
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Missouri Gas & E Service Company
Public Service Commission of Missouri
Egular Pwer
Proposed Energy Rates and Discounts From Missouri Gas & Electric
A historic document outlines monthly net energy charges tied to coal costs with adjustments of 65 ten thousandths of a cent per kilowatt hour per one cent coal cost change. It details lighting rates 14 cents per KWH for the first 200 kWh and 13 cents for the next 200, plus penalties and prompt payment discounts.
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Cor
Missouri Gas & Electric Service Company
Public Commission
Jefferson City
Missouri Gas & Electric Service Company Worth Rates
Castoria notice and society travel notes
Children cry for Fletcher's Castoria. Mrs. Albert G Young, with daughter Elizabeth, recently graduated Randolph Macon College, returned Thursday night from Virginia visits. Mrs. Fanny Weber and daughter Mrs. Gustav Haerle, with Miss Fanny Elizabeth, left Monday for Kansas and Colorado. Misses Mary and Grace Lockhart and cousin Miss Lucile Lockhart left for Los Angeles to establish a home.
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Albert G. Young
Elizabeth
Randolph-Macon College
Points
Virginia
Fanny Weber
Gustav Haerle
Fanny Elizabeth
Kansas
Colorado
Mary
Grace Lockhart
Lucile, Lockhart
Los Angeles
California
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Lexington Intelligencer
A. W. Allen
Pridaya
Lexington
Missour
Harding
Judson A. Harmon
Ohio
Reed
Missouri
McCausland
H. P
Fletcher
Castoria
Landis
Treasury
Lexington, Missouri
Rumley Threshing Machinery
Carl Bertz
Mayview
John Deere
Farmers Co-operative Ass'n
Lexington, Mo
C. W. Johnson
Hix Building
Edsa A
William Woons
Felten
J. L. Peak
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