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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
4
An item from The Intelligencer noting a seller advertisement appears in the Lexington Post Office second class mail section. The readable fragment references a seller and an advance entry, with postal matter designation indicated.
A set of notices names GEO. SCHAWE, T. THOMAS WALTON, JACOB FEGERT, JOSEPH G. CHLIN, ALBERT J. JAMES, W. S CAMPBELL, ALBERT WALK, JAMES N PRICE, JOE TRIBBLE, JAMES DRUMMOND, JOHN M. PRICE, JERRY SHINN, A. W. ALLEN, and DAVID L MOUNTAIN as candidates for Lexington city offices including Mayor, City Treasurer, Police Judge, Collector, Marshal, City Marshal, City Assessor, City Attorney, and Council seats, all to be decided at the city election on Tuesday, April 7.
A jumbled column notes the Taft boom’s decline, Champ Clark may enter the Senate race, Harriman’s grip on Illinois Central, and the Kaw River’s widening. It mentions a fire’s costly wake and a thunderstorm rattling Winter’s frame, while Kansas City papers display daily crime accounts.
A terse commentary questions the fate of Johnson Gray and other Democrats. It notes Hetty Green's daughter may marry an American, and mentions the Kansas City Times favoring the Dane in a Britt Nelson bout, implying name value affects judgment.
The Chicago attack on Chief Shippy ended with the chief his wife and daughter and his son and driver surviving while the assassin died. Lexington braces for a strenuous season of music pupil graduation recitals.
A reflective line about warm spring days inspires thoughts on past outcomes and what could have been, inviting a moment of contemplation and current mood.
The National Bank of Commerce plans to open for business at month end but warns unforeseen complications may delay. The new endorsement stamp reads W. A. Rule, Cashier, and may be missing if delays occur.
In a rare disclosure after two years, a Russian naval secrets scare surfaces with the admiral linked to the leak. The piece notes the phrase fall guy meaning easy mark, once common in New York and Chicago sporting columns.
A disturbance erupted at the state university after a young lady refused a cold bath post game. The incident underscores tensions around team routines and disciplining players at Columbia.
The local Lafayette Telephone Company branch managed the crisis by contacting every business owner at risk and coordinating repairs. They brought in Kansas City experts to fix downed wires and cables, restoring service quickly with minimal disruption.
Statistics show counties with county school supervision outperform those without. Non supervision counties list 667,166 enumerations and 428,833 enrollment, 61 percent enrollment. Supervision counties total 156,531 enumerations and 112,159 enrollment, 72 percent enrollment. Daily attendance sits at 61 percent of enrollment in non supervision counties and 70 percent in supervision counties.
A discussion notes that non supervision counties averaged 28 graduates and supervision counties 71, totaling 278.40 dollars, suggesting La Fayette County would benefit from county supervision based on higher graduation counts and financial figures.
Siberian traveler George Kennan lauds an Indiana institution he calls unique and inspiring. Started small, it grew into a flourishing university offering room, board, and higher education for thirty eight cents daily. Kennan notes it has no endowment yet sustains itself through smart management. He contrasts it with a Wall Street banker’s expectation of funds, praising the brains behind its efficient operations.
At a Sedalia Missouri meeting of the Ministerial Alliance on Monday February 1908 temperance and church leaders voted to call a mass conference of state temperance forces in Sedalia on March 17 and 18 1908. The gathering aims to unite temperance efforts and push for a Prohibition constitutional amendment at the next state legislature session. Delegates seats and privileges will be granted to all sympathizers. Signed by J M Rudy Clark Baker James Parsons.
The Central Baptist laments that pastors should feel throughout the week the weight of their sermon as listeners fill the pews. They seek real religious truth and the best possible guidance, not wind or refined imagination. If the preacher neglects this, empty pews will follow.
A local ad touts Ballard's Snow Liniment as a cure for swollen jaws, neuralgia, toothache, and injuries, claiming it reduces swelling and relieves pain. Sold by Leroy Farmer. Also promoting bulk apple butter and evaporated fruits at Jos. L. Long, Cash Grocer.
Court-ordered sale of land in Lafayette County Missouri to settle a partition decree from 1907. The sale, set for the April term at the courthouse in Lexington, will offer the parcel described as half the northeast quarter and related tracts in a specified section, with purchaser to pay all costs and take subject to notes and encumbrances.
The sermon should invite and press people to attend church through every legitimate argument. Even when preaching is below par, worship at God’s house benefits believers, and even small gains from the sermon matter.
Fragmentary OCR text from a Lafayette County court docket September term references Puckett Dive and Santinger with unclear decree and parties. Content is garbled and lacks discernible actions, dates, or outcomes.
Advertisement page lists fine sweet cider by the gallon at Jos L Long Cash Grocer, fresh garden seed in bulk, rain coats at half price with an east window display by H Sinauer, and a Lexington Brewing Co beer noted as a local favorite. Also mentions spring millinery showings March 7 and 9, 1.00 shirts at wy Gee display, candles and confections, reduced hot springs fares via AL S Loomis, boarding options with Mrs L E Mark, Dr Wood’s Sarsaparilla advertised at Crenshaw & Young, 35 cents per bottle or 3 for 1.00.
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