23 Mar 1889
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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1889
Page
1
The record states the aggregate valuation of the several counties in Missouri as shown by assessors on the first day of January 1845. The document enumerates totals by county and reflects the statewide assessment figures used for tax purposes.
Abbreviated weekly abstract lists conveyances and warranty covenants from several parties including Thos A Ustron, Matilda McCormack, Isaac W Awitt, Henry Durktog, and Geo M Dorman. Entries reference parcels, acres, and auctions with names and locations such as Lafayetteemuity Mo and Willington Coul Comenny.
Two bolle passed in a St Louis convention met last week to address anti trust concerns. The gathering, focused on beet and frost products, aimed to curb monopolistic practices and promote fair competition among producers and buyers. Participants discussed measures to prevent price fixing and market manipulation.
At Delmonico's a March 16 dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick drew prominent Irish figures and other guests. Ex-President Cleveland extolled the United States as a growing, free, welcoming nation and urged fraternity, toleration, and unity to sustain American institutions and the nation’s progress. He contrasted freedom with tyranny and urged citizens to foster harmony across birthplaces and loyalties.
Hon Carroll D Wright US labor commissioner presents a special report on marriage and divorce. He cites national divorce totals from 1867 to 1887 at 128 716 and notes rising divorce rates from 637 in year one to 25 535 in the last year, a 156 percent rise versus 60 percent population growth.
Walter Williams, editor of the Boon ville Advertiser, has been appointed book-keeper at the penitentiary. He is described as a young man of fine temperament and is praised by the press and public across Missouri as an excellent officer.
From the Columbia Herald Walter Williams editor of the Boonville Advertiser has taken a clerkship at Missouri penitentiary for 1500 dollars. The note expresses regret at losing a talented editor and wishes him success and a future return to journalism with renewed energy.
A Boston Traveller writer lauds Irish fidelity, citing divorce statistics showing Ireland with only eleven divorces in its history. The piece contrasts Ireland with European nations and the United States, praising enduring marriage across faiths and noting the union persists until death.
Reading Pa March 16 The Reading iron works employees paid one week wages today as money is being raised for next week. Doors and windows were nailed shut at some plants and 2,000 workers fear extended idleness. Creditors seek a receiver while corporate attorneys expect reorganization may follow.
Mrs Alexander Hanna of Le was born on the Yih of March and married on the th of Mareh before visiting a relative. While crossing a road to reach a train she was struck by the Eastern Express and killed instantly.
The Sioux City and Nebraska Pon toon Bridge Co awarded a contract to Engineer Banks of Omaha to build a 3,500 foot pontoon bridge across the Missouri River between Sioux City and Covington Nebraska. The project costs 41,000 and will run at 12 dollars per foot with work starting March 15 or sooner and completion expected by June 1.
A Grandmamma explains how the sun's gravity holds Earth in orbit, drawing it toward itself while the Earth maintains distance. The Little Girl quips that the sun might get discouraged and let it go, reflecting curious child observations.
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