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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1916
Page
3
The rural credit amortized plan offers a definite fixed annual payment for a set number of years, after which the debt is canceled without further payments. It includes full details on loan cost and any prepayment privileges.
It claims a root solution by cleansing the system with Dr Kings New Life Pills. Gentle and mild in action, they relieve the liver by their action on the bowels. Suitable for young and old, 25 cents at druggists. Miss Viola Sipe and Mr T J Talley of Kansas City visited Miss Sipe's parents Sunday. Mrs Mary Ayres and Miss Dora Neet spent Sunday in Kansas City.
A vintage drug ad touts Dr. King's New Discovery as the best answer for children's coughs and colds. It promotes a pleasant syrup with proven medicines, guarantees satisfaction, and offers a money back option if not satisfied.
Mrs W R Windle and daughter Belma return to Kansas City Sunday after visiting the Roach family. Miss Nellie Roach accompanies them home for a visit.
A 25 cent bottle of Sloan's Liniment is endorsed by a user who says it cured years of rheumatism and eased neuralgia backache soreness and stiffness. The ad promises warming soothing relief for sore stiff painful places and urges buying at any drug store. Also notes local visits by Eugene Hatton and Henry Dankers to Moberly and Kansas City.
An old advertisement touts Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as a remedy for colds. It claims to reduce inflammation soothe the cough loosen mucus and ease breathing immediately with a laxative tar syrup and pine tar balsam. Available at druggists with a guarantee to help.
Mrs J M Chaney returned to Kansas City after visiting Mrs W B Wilson. Mr and Mrs A W Allegaire returned to Lincoln Missouri after visiting relatives here.
University of Missouri at Columbia offers an August field geography trip along the Mississippi River and Great Lakes. The itinerary spans St Louis to Chicago with stops such as St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Detroit and Toronto. Five-credit program welcomes men and women not enrolled, cost 185 including fare meals hotel and berth under A. E. Parkins.
By order of Colonel McNeely the Columbia Machine Gun Company of the Missouri National Guard left St. Joseph for Nevada Missouri to receive equipment and then proceed to the Mexican border. The unit is largely students and business men with E E Major a University graduate serving as first lieutenant and commanding officer.
An advertisement from John I. Ashurst promotes up to date concrete mixing, boasting superior results and efficiency with the best mixer on the market. It emphasizes that modern mixing costs less than earlier methods and claims the concrete is fully prepared when mixed.
A bakery offers cakes for Sunday dinners and special occasions with delivery. Menu includes Angel Food, Cream Puffs, Jarmel Roll, Marshmallow Roll, Jelly Roll, doughnuts and pies, plus Snow Flake wrapped and various breads. The wagon runs daily to town. John Palmer traveled to Kansas City on business Saturday.
Katherine Pullerton Gerould argues in Scribner's that the Hawaiian monarchy's end and aristocratic decline reduce attraction for interracial alliances. She notes Anglos and Americans now rarely wed natives, while Hawaiian language knowledge fades as American children miss learning it. The Kanaka language shifts toward pidgin and native speech loses prestige.
Professor P M Brandt of the University of Missouri urges teaching dairying in rural schools to engage students with the study of dairy efficiency. He argues schools should include a Babcock tester and milk scales to measure butter fat and dairy output, enriching statewide dairy interests.
In Redlands California a freshman named Herbert Hill at Redlands University bet a group of peers to catch a blackbird. The bird stole the dollar from his hand after circling back and vanished into a tree, leaving Hill unable to pay. The bill may be found later in a blackbird nest or under a tree.
Paris reports military stores out of small boots forcing soldiers to use overlarge footwear with extra socks. They are advised to wear served hay as padding, then fill the boot to fit the foot. The joke notes hay substitutes show absurd improvisation in supply shortages.
Five years ago he was a struggling clerk now he travels in a seventy hundred dollar automobile. I don’t suppose he struggles any more. Oh yes he does he has the dickens of a time getting pocket change from his wealthy wife.
The Cape Girardeau Beef Cattle Breeders Association, over a year old with more than twenty members, reports rising demand for breeding stock in southeast Missouri. Members plan to expand herds, keep cattle local, and boost future trade with reasonable prices, aided by Missouri College of Agriculture and USDA cooperation.
Miss Grace Gaither returned to the Confederate Home Friday after visiting relatives here. Mrs J F Potts left Tuesday for Denver after visiting Mr and Mrs J R Potts. C Gruber with Ernest Gruber went to Kansas City Tuesday to spend the day. Mrs J J Lewis went to Kansas City Friday to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Caldwell. Mr and Mrs Floyd Davis went to Kansas City Tuesday for a visit.
dialogue hints at matrimonial stakes as a daughter avoids engagement chatter, replying she cannot discuss anything beyond baseball with Mr Fanleigh, signaling a comic or domestic subplot. The line captures a witty domestic moment likely from a serialized column or play excerpt.
A brief exchange questions whether marriage is a failure for Paw's little son. The response counters with optimism, stating there is always a fighting chance.
A courtroom style exchange notes excess water in the stock and the judge remarks on the tears of the unfortunate investor as part of a satirical or fragmented dialogue about financial distress.
A brief exchange discusses potential summer availability, noting willingness to participate if any innings occur during the spring season. No concrete commitments or dates are provided.
Deeds filed in Lafayette County Recorder listings show transfers to multiple buyers including Mindrup Emke Seward Barnhart West and Bandermann. Properties span Lexington Higginsville Odessa and Pomeroy additions with prices from 1 to 28500 dollars and parcels in towns and country sectors.
Misses Elsie Weber Grace Gaffin and Wilfred Potter traveled to Sedalia on Friday to attend the Christian Endeavor Convention held there Friday and Saturday. Dr Z M Williams went to Rushville Illinois Friday on business.
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