Winchester Store to showcase new Winchester products
The Winchester Repeating Arms Company appoints Albert Gillen to sell in Lexington as an exclusive local representative for the new Winchester hardware and sporting goods line. The move signals broad expansion into tools catlery fishing tackle flashlights and skates reflecting fifty three years of Winchester rifle heritage and a planned direct presentation by the manufacturer to local customers. A Democratic mass meeting is called for Lafayette County Missouri on March 27 1920 to elect delegates to a county convention and state affairs. Local residents Jack Wright Mrs Wright John Erickson Corder Steele G D Hall and Charles Shewalter are noted in past and present local business and social roundups.
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Albert Gillen
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Ami
Winchester
Winchester Repeating
New Haven
Conn Ty
Tte
Great West
Winchester Company
Gars
Ener
Jie
Winchuter
Alber Gillen
Lafayette County
Democratic Central Committee
Missouri
Higginsville
Joplin
Bates City
Napoleon
North Odessa Wellington
Hickory Grove
Schoolingville
South
Confederate Home
Corder
Dover ‘Edwards North Higginsville
Borland
Studio Closure Notice For Miss Spencer’s Studio
Miss Spencer's Studio will close Monday to Thursday March 15 to 18 while Miss Spencer attends a photographer's school in Kansas City. The studio will reopen Friday morning.
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Miss Spencer
Pmarch
Kansas City
Iu Photogopher’s School
Marriage license issued list of applicants
A marriage license was issued to a list of applicants including Q Rankin and Odease Ora M Ainsworth of Odessa and Bonnie W Johnson of Odessa Waneta C Mueller of Higginsville Louis C Gillibert of Lexington Marie F Vaughan of Lexington Harry Fortner of Wellington and Pearl Booker of Wellington.
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Shas Ben
Dames Q. Rankin
Odease Ora
Bonnie W. Johnson
Odessa Waneta C. Mueller
Higginsville
Louis C. Gillibert
Lexington
Marie F. Vaughan
Leexington
Harry
Fortner
Wellington
Pearl Booker
Wentworth Cadet Wade Doster Remembered as Leader
Captain Wade Doster of the U S Army medical corps was killed last Monday in Columbus New Mexico by his wife. A Wentworth Military Academy class of 1902 graduate he was the exemplary cadet of nine years association with the school admired for honor dependability and leadership He starred as a football center and remained a trusted figure among cadets and authorities after graduation
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Wade Doster
U. S. Army
Columbus
N. M
Wentworth Military Academy
Wentworth
Desert Bloom Promise Amid Wild Horses In Desert Few
Travelers through the Great American desert encounter wild horses that pause to survey motorists then race away northward as civilization margins the free life of the herd. Even at Buckeye Eagle the desert shows signs of renewal with a windmill reclaiming soil and a line of houses drawing water from springs and treeless ravines.
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Great American Desert
Alrely
Bue Eagle
Domestic spat cited by Boston Transcript
A brief exchange quotes Mrs B asking why the other woman cannot get along with her husband and Mrs A replying that the cook cannot. The note appears in a Boston Transcript item reflecting domestic dispute chatter.
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Boston Transcript
Booster or Boomer Echoes Through Public Life
In a reflective survey the Louisville Herald notes the booster or boomer archetype as a political fixer with varied roles. It laments excessive writing on authors and public utilities, counting word types and syllable patterns while critiquing public discourse and the empty rhetoric surrounding everyday institutions.
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Louisville Herald
Auto-ignoring drinker faces auto-intoxication verdict
In a striped exchange a man who claimed desire for alcohol for his radiator reveals the danger of misused liquor. The garage proprietor asks what ails him, while Mr Chuggins labels the incident auto intoxication as a biting remark about the man’s rash act.
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Mr. Chuggins
Bashfulness of Prince of Wales and poker quip
A humorous exchange notes the prince of Wales bashfulness and jokes that he should have become a poker player. The remark suggests he would have commanded a royal flush, linking bashfulness to gaming skill in a witty line.
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Prince of Wales
Kim
Women keep Champagne wine trade thriving during war
Champagne wine makers left to army duty but women sustained production. By 1915 exports reached 10 million bottles and by 1917 rose to 20 million as the industry adapted and continued wartime supply.
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Champagne
France
Roasting of Bagge on the Gridiron Echoed by Crowd
In the crowd’s banter the name Bagge is roasted as a poor football player. A comical line suggests such roasting is fitting on the gridiron, underscoring a lighthearted sports moment.
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Bagge
Danish Physician Makes Paper Feet Novelty
A Danish physician formerly creating artificial legs from papier mache now crafts artistic feet. The unusual work blends medical craft with sculpture, reflecting ongoing experimentation in prosthetic and decorative forms.
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Artyfeia
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Gillen Hardware Store
Attention Democrats
Jack Wright
Salina
Kansas
John Erickson
Corder Steele
Oscar Thomas
G. D. Hall
RB L
Charles Shewalter
Waverly
Mrs. A
Boomer
Natural Resources
Turin
Stephens
A. J. Stephens Rubber CO
Palmer Garage & Machine Shop
Main
Broadway
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