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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1916
Page
7
An advertising pitch extols Tux tobacco as the right choice for perpetual cheer. It claims a pipeful brings a money in the bank feeling, likening it to finding a ten dollar bill in a suit pocket, and urges readers to buy a tin now for seven days a week of uplift.
May 13, American Indian Day, set for the second Saturday in May, will be observed for the first time this year. The Society of American Indians helped secure the designation after appealing to Congress, noting improved relations and economic progress among tribes.
Sam M Jordan from the University of Missouri and College of Agriculture in Columbia says Missouri commercial clubs are incorporating farmers, uniting town and country to share ideas and solve common problems. He tours the state lecturing on the benefit of farmer town cooperation.
Mrs J W McClure and her young son John returned to Hughesville Sunday morning after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J C Shelton in town.
Journalism students and professionals from across the United States gathered at the University of Missouri in Columbia for the seventh annual Journalism Week. Noted speakers included Arthur Brisbane Ed Howe William Jennings Bryan and Billy Sunday via telephone from Kansas City. State figures J Kelly Pool Lee Shippey J F Hull Arthur Killick Fatty Lewis Breckinridge Ellis and W H Hamby participated, as Sigma Delta Chi hosted a national convention attracting attendees from twenty states and beyond.
Sloan's Liniment claims fast pain relief for rheumatism by stimulating circulation to sore muscles. A testimonial from James Ferguson of Philadelphia praises one application for knee pain. Also notes Captain Day, Mr. Poage, and Miss Long visiting Kansas City and Lees Summit.
Sudden weather shifts bring colds and grippe and spring coughs may become chronic. A pleasant Laxative Tar Syrup Doctor King s New Discovery soothes the cough checks the cold and helps break up grippe. Pre mixed ready to use and tested for over forty years.
Mrs. David Proffit traveled to Kansas City for several days. Douglas Meng, editor of the Missouri Notes of the Kansas City Star, spent time in Lexington visiting friends and relatives.
An old advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as a spring medicine to keep the bowels active and regular. It claims the pills stimulate the liver cleanse the system purify the blood and improve the complexion. Available for 25 cents at druggists.
Mrs G W Fredendall and her daughter Catherine spent Saturday in Kansas City with Miss Kathleen Dunford, taking in activities and returning home in the evening.
A vintage remedy describes Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as a ready made cough syrup in 25 cent bottles. It lists ingredients including Pine Tar Aconite Sugar Hyoscyamus Sassafras Peppermint Ipecac Rhubarb Mandrake Capai cum Muriate Ammonia Honey and Glycerine. The ad promises pleasant soothing relief and urges buyers to demand the labeled formula on the package.
Miss Sarah Stapp of Richmond arrived Saturday for a visit with Miss Marguerite Bates. Major R. P. Palmer went to St. Joseph Friday evening on business.
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