Deeds Filed in Lexington Recorder Office 1921
Deeds filed in the Lexington Missouri recorder office for the week ending June 18 1921 show transfers by Geo H O Dell to Riley L Os born W D 200 dollars and other parcel notes including lots and tracts in Lexington and Higginsville. Several name transfers involve Elvira Sipe Lou Ella Jones Bettie Dinwiddie Jay Dinwiddie and others with various parcels and stock increases noted. Also entries include conveyances in Concordia Wellington and Odessa plus a few minor notices and local notices of interest. Catherine Penn Allen returns from St Louis with grandmother Mrs Thompson Penn for the summer while Booze Is Not a Good Cure is cited in an Ames Iowa piece about whiskey and a doctor. Frank Stevens of Nowata Okla visits friends.
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Recorder's
Lexington
Lafayette County Abstract Co
Geo. H. O'Dell
Riley L. Osborn
Jos
Peter Wagner
Jung’s
Higginsville
Lex
F. R. Hearle
Maurice Dubiniski
Harvey M. Ellison
Don C. Kasner
Dover
Leonard H. Steffens
Southside
Henry Larkin
Bertha C. Larkin
Waverly
Belle Carey
Lou Brown
Wellington
Brown
Edward Elson
Cut This Out and Take It With You
A reader recalls using a cutout to ensure obtaining Chamberlain's Tablets for indigestion. The note emphasizes the cutout method as a reliable reminder to purchase the correct article. The piece highlights the common disappointment of forgetting exact names and settling for substitutes.
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Chamberlain
West Side Rouge Debate in Uptown Cafe
A New York Sun cartoon depicts a self made man and his wife discussing a cafe patron they suspect is from the West. The wife explains the woman’s rouge technique to fake a more full complexion and warns against men being fooled by appearances.
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West
Broadway
New York Sun
Venus of the Stone Age Drawn on Mammoth Bone
A 20 000 year old drawing from the Lombriere caves in Ain France depicts a slender and graceful prehistoric woman with Greek-like lines and prominent hips. Dr Lucien Mayet of Lyons University describes the image as showing a map and a headless torso alongside the figure, contrasting with the hairy prehistoric man.
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Colombiere
Ain
France
Lucied Mayet
Lyons University
Mayet
Man haunts loss of cow and wife in village tale
A Pennsylvania man laments losing his cow then his wife dies of grief. After the burial, neighbors offer daughters and relatives as wives, prompting the man to note it is easier to lose a wife than a cow here since a cow death drew no offers.
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Pennsylvania
Finger print method using X rays devised by French
The French devise a method to create fingerprints by dusting the finger with a fine bismuth powder and taking an X-ray image. The resulting picture reveals skin ridges and the terminal bones, which differ in every person, making identification easier.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Overworked clothesline in New York joke exchange
In a Bensonhurst strip, a line jokes about missing a party due to no shirt. The exchange notes the shirt sent to the washerwoman and a busy line when phoned, reflecting local humor.
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Flatbush
Bensonhurst
After the Cold Facts in a Curious Exchange
A fragment from a late issue shows a sympathetic woman remarking on a poorly dressed person while a passerby questions the situation. The exchange hints at social attitudes and misunderstandings during a harsh spell.
Civil Service Examination For City Clerks And Carriers
An examination for post office clerks and carriers will be held at the post office in this city on July 16 1921. Age limit 18 to 45. Married women not admitted. Applicants must be physically sound and male applicants must be at least 1 feet 4 inches in height and weigh 125 pounds without overcoat or hat. For blanks and full information contact Secretary Board of Civil Service Examiners Lexington Mo.
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Board of Civil Service Examiners
Lexington
Dont Shed Your Dignity Shirt Care Ad
A vintage ad urges readers to keep dignity while shedding coats and promoting clean neat shirts. It touts laundering starching and ironing services with special equipment and invites customers to send shirts and collars for proper care.
Lenine Finds Theories Mirror His Own Doubts
Lenine discovers his theories fail to offer new insight and reflect his own uncertainties, suggesting a self mirror in ideological limits and personal doubt.
Old-Time Buggy Fueling Ties To Steady Old Horse
The old-time buggy didn’t require a spark plug yet many from earlier generations recall that in a steady old horse one was supplied. The remark contrasts early mechanical needs with equine powered conveyances and hints at evolving tech.
Children Cry For Fletcher's Castoria Ady Circulars Mail
The Chillicothe Business College begins addressing 60 000 summer circulars to high school graduates in eleven states as part of a forthcoming mailing campaign.
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Chillicothe Business College
Ady
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Catherine Penn Allen
St. Louis
Thompson Penn
Ames Iowa Intelligencer
Frank Stevens
Nowata
Oklahoma
Edward Tutt
Palace of Sweets
Bell Flats
Joe Graddy
C. L. Smith Co
South Bend
Indiana
J. R. Watkins
J. R. Watkins Co
Winona, Minn
Joe C. Graddy
Lexington, Missouri
Timothy Riley
Veterinary Sergeon
Peak’s Barn
Sherwin & Williams
W. F. Weis
J.C. Kimbroughly
T’m
Camels
B. J. Reynolds Tobacw Co
Winston-Salem, N
C.E. Kratz
C.B. Kingery
Osteopathic Physicians ‘Traders Bank
Franklin St
Lenine
Cali
Fletcher
Castoria
Cord Tires
Eee Saar Fabric
Otto Alleman
Lexington, Mo
Kansas. City
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