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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1902
Page
7
Insurance notice states farm property insured whether occupied by tenant or owner with risks written in any town in the county. Company will personally inspect and name rate upon application. Write or call VWI at the Lexington office.
New train paces Kansas City to Fort Scott Moran Iola Piqua Yates Center and more. Leaves Kansas City 0 55 A M daily returning leaves Water Center 845 A M daily with through chair car service. Tickets read via Missouri Pacific Ry. For information see Local Agent Kansas City Mo G P T A Townsend St Louis Mo.
Burlington announces California excursions conducted by special conductors every Thursday from Kansas City and St Joseph. Tours travel via Denver Scenic Colorado Salt Lake City to Puget Sound and Portland with chair cars sleepers and dining cars. Rates and printed matter available from agents in Kansas City St Louis Omaha St Paul Denver San Francisco Butte Spokane and Puget Sound area.
A fragmentary rail notice mentions Traine leave Rigaliveville with confusion over times and agents. References to Lyons, ticket agent, and damaged names suggest a disrupted schedule and unclear details for travelers.
Consul General Charles L. Cole reports from Dresden on Saxony's artificial flower sector led by Sebnitz. The town hosts about 330 firms with 10,000 workers, mostly women, producing leaves and blooms by hand. Exports to the United States rose from 1891 to 1900 and show growth, aided by wartime demand and a large home industry with many home workshops.
A London photographer with vast royal experience recalls photographing Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. He says she was charming and cooperative, even joking about smiling vs a regal expression while noting she had once endured tight boots during a prior session. The queen later praised the successful portrait.
Dr. Butler, newly named president of Columbia, reportedly turned down fourteen college presidencies before receiving the offer he preferred.
The piece notes railroads and hotels attribute reduced patronage to long distance telephone use, citing St Louis to Chicago travel as an example. It contrasts telegraph and mail deterrents and envisions future high speed electric travel restoring travel demand, arguing people prefer mobility and experiencing things firsthand.
A Milnickhew Sentinel item describes Jeanette, a precocious child idolized by indulgent parents, who carves bread crust from a slice while mother admonishes waste. Jeanette retorts she never "caive frames," prompting a humorous family moment.
The article notes that over 30,000,000 artificial teeth are made annually in America and exported to match national fashion. It observes England and Europe favor dull white teeth while Italy and Spain prefer a bright china white hue.
A fragment from a Chicago Daily News item notes women write him and speaks of love. The text is garbled but suggests social reactions to a man admired by women and framed as a moral or romantic theme in a local column.
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