Old Lexington home and Civil War memories vivid
A sprawling Lexington residence fronts on Thiewind Avenue with ivy on walls and vast grounds. The piece recalls Confederate flags, a famous brass cannon named Old Sacramento, and local figures including Mrs McCausland and Col. Mulligan. It recounts Marion College’s Masonic origins and notable alumni like Stephen Elkins and Gov Marmaduke.
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Palmore
St. Tonle
Christuin Advocate
Lexington
Missouri
Missouri River
Solomon
Cauchpbed County
Lemehhive
Virginia
McCausland
Leyington
Liberty
Claybarn Jackson
Sterling Price
Neosho
Col. Doniphon
Bledsoe
Sacramento
Tie
Marion County
Palmyra
David Nelson
Nelson
Fidelity
Willy Mulrrow
Mark Twain
Col. Sellers
Marion College
Tienperance
Coat House
A. Th. Stushuack
Aldaza Shighack
St. Lows
Stephen Elkins
John S. Marmaduke
Mark ‘Twain
Clemens
Samuel Ruffner
William Ruffner
James A. Mulligan
Charles A. Lantheume
Bat Woman's College
Mississippi River
Sige
FREIGHT LAW UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT
The 1907 maximum freight and two cent passenger rate laws were upheld by the U S Supreme Court. The measures, authored by James C McGrew and Ton A Graves, apply to most state railroads. Exemptions include several lines such as the St Louis & Hannibal and Kansas City Great Western. Local society notes list visits and travel of several residents and a wedding in Kansas City.
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General Assembly
United States Supreme Court
James C. McGrew
Ton. Ales. Graves
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Santa Fe
Kanway City Southern
Katy
Rock Island
Frisco
St. Laws Southwestern
Missouri Pacific
Lexington
Iron Mountain
Wabash
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Alton
St. Louis
Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City
St. Joseph
Grand Island
Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA
Rev C Tewis Fowler left Tuesday on a trip through Colorado Mrs L F Evans and three children from Independence Mo arrived Tuesday to visit Judge and Mrs Richard Field A Groves went to Excel ator Springs for a few days before returning home to Santa Fe New Mexico
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C. Tewis Fowler
Colorado
L. F. Evans
Independence
Richard Field
A. Groves
Excelator Springs
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Missouri Gas and Electric Offers Free Fan Service
The Missouri Gas and Electric Co informs physicians that it will provide electric fan service at no charge for sick residents unable to pay. Homes will be wired or upgraded as needed, with the loan of fans for as long as required, upon certification of financial need and benefit to the patient.
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Missouri Gas & Electric Co
Sumner
Missourius & Electric Service Company
Ice cream and Ices for town delivery by C H Neer
C H Neer offers vanilla cream one dollar per gallon chocolate cream one dollar twenty and fruit cream one dollar thirty per gallon brick cream fourty cents per brick. Five gallons or more lowers price per gallon. Wagon service and belt sound to signal in town nearly daily. If not satisfied, Neer asks for trade. Phone 694 for wants and also offers good pasture for stock.
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C. H. Neer
We Certainly Do Love Work and Better Concrete Mixing
A compact ad style piece promotes superior concrete mixing. It touts a modern mixer, claims lower costs than old methods, and asserts a hundred percent better result. The message emphasizes efficiency and quality in modern concrete preparation.
Water Supply Alert as New Boilers Installed
Lexington Water Company's plant will install two new boilers. During the installation one old boiler will serve the city. Patrons are urged to conserve water until the new boilers become operational.
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Lexington Water Company
Haerlen
Made to measure Spirella Corsets advertised locally
Mrs A B Tomlin, corsetiere, promotes Parisian and American styles at Nickell's Home with satisfaction guaranteed. Call or phone for orders.
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Nickell
A. B. Tomlin
Ice Cream Social Promises Fun For Epworth League
The Epworth League hosts an ice cream social on Saturday June 21 at an unidentified venue. Several local residents made short trips and returns this week including Angela Kohres to Parl Greece Mrs M F Cockrell to Kansas City and Mrs J and Moorehead from Independence. Miss Nell Ross and Miss Floyd and Isabel Green also travelled to nearby cities for visits and returned home Friday.
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Epworth League
Angela Kohres
Parl
Greece
M. F. Cockrell
Kansas City
Nannie
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Edward Windsor
Maryland
Bishop Hendrix
Masonic College
Price
Mulligan
Prine
Genarah
Mal- Hien
Lotte
Acropolis
Lantheume
Helen Patton
Joplin
A. S. Loomis
T. Stier
Worth Bates
Hubert Bates
Norma Comer
Leslie Mitchell
Wellington
J. W. Shouse
Anna Phetzing
Fletcher
Ice Cream Social
Winkler Furniture Co
Houge Bain
ST. Louig.u
Henshaw & Young
Drageist
Lowsummer
Boston
New York
New Jersey
Detroit
Canada
New England
America
Broadway
Coney Island
White Mountains
Bar Harbor
Atlantic City
Asbury Park
Muskoka Lakes
Highlands
Ontario
S. A. Vermillian
R. R. Higginsville
Santa Fe Cafe
N. C. Reynolds
Mgr
Main
E. J. Kampf
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