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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1902
Page
6
A stables offer 4 miles east of Lexington on Dover road at the extreme low price of 10 dollars with breeding privilege. Ashbrook, a brown horse 5 gear high and 15% hands, praised as a first class trotter with a 2 1/4 record and long line of pedigrees from Wilkes lineage. Colts show promise. catalog available for pedigrees and breeding opportunities.
A note on Onward Silver and Onward Sillver a fine jack with 16 hands height tied by Mousess World’s Premium Jack. The writer saw several of his colts and deemed them first class and promising.
Albert Allison, chestnut stallion bred in Missouri, paced a 2:10 mile as a young horse and posted a 2:04 mark in heats. He will stand at Higgins near Higginsville and later near Miller’s mile track in Missouri, with an advertised stud fee of $20 payable when mares foal.
An advert claims Botanic By Pouren erases malignant blood illness and offers a cure for pimples ulcers and pain using Forte and ecules. It mentions Dr. Gillam of Mitchell BE endorsing a 'Clovere Testelesa' remedy and warns there is no cure, urging avoidance of certain ailments.
A profile of Dr Presley M. Rixey, named surgeon general of the Navy by President Roosevelt, noted for gentleness and broad friendships among cabinet officers and judges. Anecdotes recount his reticence, close ties to McKinley, and a White House dinner remark about cream and the cream of society.
A Washington street car conductor nicknamed Fatty grew tired of fare-dobbing riders. He used ten dollars in pennies from the cashier to claim a counterfeit ten via a planned exchange. After a rider handed him a ten, Fatty kept five pennies and gave back the rest, later confessing to coworkers. The cashier revealed the note was counterfeit.
The piece notes a rising London trade in rove butterflies with clever deception. It describes catching and killing butterflies then girls applying thin foil and metallic powder to wings, enabling collectors to obtain stunning specimens quickly. The commentary ends with a remark that men seldom spend beyond their means.
Jackson a jovial shorthand clerk, replied to a daily ad for a smart young man. The principal confronted him about applying for his own cure, then offered the position if he promised punctuality, a lesson Jackson accepted.
A clash among English sparrows on Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge ended when a circuit on the third rail electrocuted four birds. Spectators witnessed a flash as sparrows attacked one another, two burned to a creep, one dead without a mark, others stunned and flew away.
A prominent patent attorney quotes a New York chemical firm president who encourages investigating any claimed improvements in their specialties. He recalls supporting crank inventors, believing undiscovered geniuses may hold a million dollar prize and cites Herbert Spencer on scattered vital knowledge.
March and April rates to Portland Tacoma Seattle and Puget Sound 25.00 to Spokane and vicinity 25 50 to East districts 20.00 consult nearest agents for intermediate routes Burlington Northern Express offers through coaches chairs sleepers to Butte Helena Spokane and Portland Denver service via Burlington Northern Express trains Kansas City to Denver 835 p m and 1040 a m to St Paul Minneapolis via Omaha Sioux City through double daily chair cars sleepers dining cars contact R H Grotima L W Wakely T E P A 83 Main St Kan-sas City MO Howard Ennorr general agent
The Frisco System unveils The Meteor and The World’s Fair Special, running from Sapulpa through Denison Sherman Fort Worth to Dallas with new equipment, electric lighting, and air cooling. Managed by Fred Harvey, trains offer Palace Day Candhen, reclining chairs, dining and library services, observation saloon, and modern conveniences aimed at attracting travelers to a developing southwest.
A catalog style notice lists numerous fruit and berry varieties under peaches, berries, grapes, and pears with cultivars such as Elberta Heath Moore’s Barry Concordia and Abundance. The proprietor Charles Thurner is identified as the person behind the listing.
Lew M oir aera is referenced in a garbled local notice. The readable fragments suggest an address or street names but lack clear event, date, or action.
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