Local briefs of residents traveling to cities this week
Miss Maude Bundon and many others leave for Kansas City Des Moines Higginsville and St Louis for visits and ceremonies. Individuals travel for family gatherings church events and dedication ceremonies asks and meetings documented with frequent return dates to Kansas City St Louis and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Bundon
Kansas City
Br. J. Frazer
Des Moines
J. O. Campbell
Higginsville
H. L. Davis
Woverly
Joe Kemble
St. Louis
Advance in Tomatoes and Farm Enterprise Report
Silver returns from Arkansas to raise cannery profits offering 87.00 per ton for tomatoes, up 82.00 from prior years, 820.00 per acre overall. Crenshaw & Young's handles contracts. Missouri National Guard unit offers fifty non tiles soon. Concordis mining company formed and to open near town. Mayor James A Reed to deliver high school commencement address May 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P Silver
Arkansas
Crenshaw & Young's
Various items from early 20th century notices and facts
A collage of short items notes births in April to several couples, a death near Odessa in 1908, and assorted statistics on petroleum use, cotton consumption in British mills, Canada trade, and a projected transcontinental railway in Australia. It mentions the Peary Arctic Club planning another polar expedition and timber treated by galvanization in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gun Club
A .B. James
Frank Weia
Charles Eye
sao @ Beir Hunb
Arkansas
Sportsmen Park
Tueday
Ian
Pattenburg
Offeo Porte Room
Tevis
Thad Corder
The
Peary Arctic Club
New Bank Cashier Takes Post in Lexington
Mr. George B. Gordon of Higginsville succeeds Capt 8 J Andrew as cashier of the Michigan Wentworth bank. He began Wednesday morning and will move his family to Lexington after Higginsville schools close. Gordon is well known in Lafayette county for his devotion to duty and has earned wide respect. The bank expects to gain a valued citizen in Gordon and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Gordon
Higginsville
J. Andrew
Micrigan- Wentworth Bank
Claye
Lexington
Lafayette County
Hts
Gorden
Left Lexington Captain S J Andrew Resigns Kent Bank Move
Capt S J Andrew and wife departed Tuesday for Pueblo Colorado. He has resigned to cartiership of Morrison-Wentworth bank and will locate elsewhere in Colorado. A respected Lexing tor citizen for thirty years, the move is due to family health concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Andrew
Morrison-Wentworth Bank
Two births in Higginsville mentioned in April 1903 records
A birth record notes a son born April 22 1903 to Mrs Frank A Hoeter in Higginsville and a boy born April 9 1903 to Mrs Herman Hoepner in Higginsville. The text also includes unrelated ads and notes on assurance statistics and a food product name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Slusher
Canada
United States
Olesen
H K. Hannan
Sligginaville
John Alers
Higginsville
Frank A. Hoeter
Herman Hoepner
Specialty Farmers Clubbing Offer For 5 Papers
Our subscribers may obtain InvEeLifeEn cer The Live Stock Indicator Special Farmers Institute Edision and the Poultry Farmer for 1.25 cash in advance. We now add Western Fruit Grower the best horticulture paper for 1.40 for five or INTELLIGENCER and Western Fruit Grower for 1.25. This combines farm local news agriculture stock poultry and horticulture from INTELLIGENCER Purrive Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ts Special Farmers Institute Edivion
Western Fruit Grower
Intelligencer
Reappointment of County Board Member Mr. Phillips
The state board of education and officials reappointed Mr. C. G. A. Phillips of this city to the county board of education. Phillips has served two years in this capacity and his reappointment reflects duty well performed. Board members listed are Joseph Kübls, J. W. Tompkins, and A. Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
CG. A. Phillips
County Board of Education
Phillips
Joseph Kuebls
J. W. Tompkins
A. Phillips
Engagement Made Between Lisi Cipriant and John M Manly
Announcement of the engagement between Miss Lisi Cecilia Cipriant and Professor John M. Manly both teachers in Chicago University. Cipriant Italian romance language instructor and Manly head of the English department. Ad seeks representatives to advertise a wealthy business with salary 2100 weekly plus expenses, cash payments, and provided horse and carriage on demand. References and self-addressed envelope requested to Colonial Co. Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisi Cecilia Cipriant
John M. Manly
Chicago University
Cipriant
Tialian
Manly
Charles Manly
Charverur
Colonial Co
Dearborn &T
Chicago
Farmers urged to visit Commercial Hotel for best owner service
Notice appeals to Lafayette county farmers and nearby villagers to seek the best owner for 45 at the Commercial Hotel. It promises good parlors, a waiting room, and courteous treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette County
Free disinfectant for horses and stock from Dr Geo I Surra
Sample offered to farmers and stock owners to treat horses mules and similar animals for parasites. Free bottle with full directions for use and cure of related diseases available at the giver's place. Recipient Dr Geo I Surra in Lextreron Mo.
Wood's Bakery Offers Healthful Wheat Bread Deal
Try a loaf of whole wheat bread at Wood's Bakery with a healthful serving for a price of six for 260. This offer emphasizes nourishing bread options from a local bakery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood's Bakery
Old Gorgeon Graham Advises His Harvard Student Son
In a letter from George Horace Lorimer, “Old Gorgeon Graham” tells his son at Harvard to balance study with character. He warns against overemphasis on Latin and praises education as developing judgment, not just scholarship. He compares education to eating, noting the parts that build a man come from beyond the classroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorgeon Graham
Harvard
Pierrepont
George Horace Larinier
Mrs Croesus Ponders The Family Tree Fad
Mrs Croesus worries about genealogy or a family tree as a social fad. John dismisses the topic, suggesting she buy one and display it, while she seeks where to obtain such trees and considers a nurseryman for help. The bitty dialogue imitates a London Tit-Bits tone with playful banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Floriet
London rector starts temperance pledge movement
A London rector inaugurates a temperance movement in which adherents pledge not to drink intoxicating liquor except at midday and evening meals. The pledge bans nipping between meals, a practice doctors deem the most mischievous form of alcoholic excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Inside a Japanese crater town of twenty thousand
In the interior of an extinct crater about 30 miles from Kumamoto, Japan, a community of 20,000 lives and prospers. The vertical crater wall rises 800 feet, and residents rarely venture to the outside world, forming a self contained community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kumamoto
Japan
Gas Meters In New York And Philadelphia Faulty Readings
Consumers report fast gas meters that overstate usage while others run slow and undercount. The Philadelphia Press estimates 20 percent of meters mark 4 to 15 percent more gas than consumed, a pattern said to exist in other cities. State inspectors in New York conduct exams, but electricity meters lack protection and inspection, highlighting a need for meter oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr. Bond
California, Mo
Lyon Buford
Tr. A. M. Kenney
Kansas Ciy
Q Plattenbury
St Louis
S. J. Huston
Nancy
Mattie Keene
Maryville
Virgil Keene
T. C. Sawyer
Independence
August Selling
William
John Dryer
California
Nellie Deal
CFC
Mary Erskine
Ernest Wright
Lee Meog
Eugene Weber
Fannie Keene
Joseph
P. R. Adams
Herbert
Elmer
Sedalia
Otterville
Eugenia Ardinger
W G. Thompkins
William Bachr
W. F. Jarvis
Bernica
Kas
Geo. Wels
B. A. Chinn
Grandy Young
Mr. C. N. Buford
BR. S. Stifler
Robert
Jos. L. Lang
Rev. J. 8. Lang
Elie Smith
P. R. Smith
Waterloo
L. A. Dillard
James
Denver
Cal
Dubuque
Stour City
Iowa
Atlanta
Henry Relothand
SL. Louisy
Jo F. Wing and
Familly
Atewill
Christ Episcopal Church
Mattie Bundon
Estelle Wilker
Anna Worthington
H.C. Chiles
Milton Boyle
Guy Morrison
Hannah Wardell
Fr. S. Groves
Wellsville
A. EB. Antergon
W. T. Hays
Porter Stone
Clinton
Hass
Geo. W. Kerdolff
Frisca
W. F. Kerdolff
Tomatoes
Company E
Iby Misouri National Guard
Concordis
Thet Town
Maiyer James A Reed
Ortessa High School
Thedford
Biack
Nia
Eternoile Ce
Ibood
A.J. Green
Itewara
National Biscuit Company
Aera Waters
Asis
Odessa
Jonathan Standfield
Ireland
County
Saxony
Australia
Adelaide
Port Darwin
England
S. J. Andrew
Qulorado
Lexingtor
Rene
Clem Tyree
Intelligencer Purrive Co
Mr. Phillips
Geo. 1
Surra
Lextreron Mo
Gex
Pe Myak
R. Oalwall
Fouryalt
Frsestuce
Pepsin Strup CO
Monticella
Ayers
Ayer
Mrs. Croesus
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