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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1909
Page
6
Will Groves and many others visited Kansas City over the weekend. Advertised remedies include Pine salve, DeWitt's Little Liver Pills, Dr Shoop's Pain Tablets, Bees Laxative Cough Syrup, and Pineules for the kidney. Social visits span Lean on Dr Shoop coupons, health books, and coffee substitutes.
A humorous piece notes that while live chickens have enough legs for battle, once cooked the dish lacks legs to meet demand. It contrasts preferences for drumstick and leg meat, and ends with families and guests contending for the limited drumstick while others go legless.
A wife calls her husband conceited while he disputes the claim, arguing another man with similar talents would be proud. The exchange reveals a humorous domestic moment about self perception and pride.
An immature ad claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures cuts corns burns bruises sores eczema salt rheum and sore eyes cold sores chapped hands. The advertisement notes price two cents and lists Crenshaw and Young as sellers.
A rosebush in the palace garden, raised by Gordon's hands, survived enemy malice and bloomed with spring. An old Sudanese sergeant, once one of Gordon's men, tends it in an earthly paradise. The tree stood near Gordon's ruin and bloomed as British troops prepared to bury him after the war.
A quirky exchange unfolds as a character teases about a prune pie that travels from Maine to California, claiming the pie is history. The respondent, Truthful Tim, jokes about expecting another pie to let history repeat itself, adding a humorous note on appetite and memory.
Attorney General Wickersham is described as a Spanish scholar in Taft’s cabinet. He reads Cervantes Lope de Vega Calderon Valera and Galdos in the original, having mastered Spanish before his law exams. He also speaks fluent French and Italian.
A classroom exchange defines an ocean as a body of water with a rating of ships present. a teacher and student debate the nature of seas and naval power in a compact, instructional snippet.
A sailor recalls a harsh bear hunting tale involving a whalebone trick learned from an Eskimo near Baiffin's Bay. He describes freezing blubber balls with 12 inch whale bone, luring a bear as seals, and the bear dying after the bone restraints emerged. The tale ends with the bear skinned and a joke about lime juice and scurvy cure.
William Mathes in Phoenix precinct surveys oak rails salvaged from fifty six years of weathered fences. Since settling in Rogue River Valley he built the rails that still stand, now hauled to Ashland for firewood, paying for the fence and providing top quality fuel.
Three Pomeranian dogs attended the funeral of Mrs Harris in Blackburn, placed in the leading coach beside the coffin and driven home after the cortege reached the cemetery. The pets named Tottie, Dot, and Florrie aged 14, 3, and 2 years attracted much attention as their male attendant accompanied them.
George Arnold of Bosham Sus sex has been a member of Holy Trinity church choir at Bonham for 80 years. Despite his ninety years, he attended both Sunday services and said singing benefits his health and helps him enjoy meals after long practice.
American tourists returning from abroad notice a patriotic inscription on the ship stating America expects every citizen to do his duty. The Americans smile but privately mutter that they will do the duty and a nagging dispute arises, likened to a tariff bill turning sick.
Trustee's sale to clear a trust deed on a parcel in Lafayette County Kentucky. The trustee will offer the property at the courthouse front door in Lexington at 9 o clock A M on the sale day to the highest bidder for cash as authorized by a deed of trust dated June 2 1400 and recorded in Lafayette County. The action is to satisfy principal and interest on the note secured by the trust. The owner and holder of the note requests sale to recover debt and costs. May find details in the recorder's office.
Order of publication in Lafayette County Circuit Court states James Riley Turley Riley and Beulah Riley minor must answer a tax foreclosure petition. It covers Lot 12 Block D Hates City Lafayette County and taxes for specified years totaling 14.41 dollars plus penalties and costs. If not answered by the next term, the petition may proceed, with the property sold to satisfy the judgment and costs. Publication to run in Lafayette County records.
The Circuit Court of Lafayette County Missouri August term II at Lexington. Ethel Baker files a petition for divorce from Geo. Baker alleging abandonment and separation, with service required by the clerk. The case sets a hearing date next of kin and requests a decree. otherwise the court may proceed in the defendant's absence.
A brief exchange contrasts youth and wisdom as a rounder urges bold risk taking while a cautious youth predicts the high flyer often faces the hardest fall. The quip emphasizes caution over reckless ascent and ends with a warning from experience.
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