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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1921
Page
2
The Lexington Intelligencer announces weekly Friday publication edited by A W Allen. Subscription costs 1.50 per year payable in advance. Mail entries to the newspaper’s post office box as second class matter. Communications intended for print must meet editorial guidelines.
Editorial items urge Lexington to participate in Clean-up week with emphasis on use of rakes and shovels and a call to action on clean-up day. The column also critiques Palmer's wine as medicine ruling, comments on postwar budgets, graduation humor, and a note that G C Marquis visited Lexington on business.
Two men riding from Myrick into town observe a car shimmying along Highland avenue as it dodges numerous round holes. The visitor asks about Lexington and its status while the native explains the street is Lexington’s thoroughfare from Myrick.
Oxford scholar David George Hogarth spoke at the University Museum in Philadelphia about revisions to Hittite history. He noted Carchemish has seen eight seasons of excavation and progress in decoding cuneiform archives. Hogarth said Hittite culture connected diverse peoples across western Asia and challenged previous views of centralized rule from Cappadocia.
The 1920 Johannesburg chamber of commerce year book shows South African mines used nearly 9.92 million pounds of paraffin candles in the prior 11 months. Most were consumed by Rand gold mines. US coal mines avoid candles due to dust explosions, while metal mines still use many candles though carbide lamps and battery powered electric lamps grow, with batteries carried at the back and a cord to the lamp on the head.
The London Chronicle notes that as not a rich man, a French president faces financial anxiety. The salary and allowances total about 210,000 a year, yet many presidents used private funds. Faure spent his fortune and died in debt, while Carnot’s Elysee drew ire. Fallieres spent little of his allowance, Grevy was known for economy, yet both fell in popularity.
A London inventor patents a teapot that shows universal time. The lid dial divides 15 degrees of longitude or hours to four, while the lid edge lists counties and cities by their Greenwich distance. Setting local time reveals the time elsewhere.
This Means You! Central College Girls Club raised funds and purchased forty of the forty three shares in the College Park Association to preserve the beauty spot in Lexington and keep it accessible to the public. Men of the town will run the last lap of the race as a token of appreciation. Col Edward Aull announces a cake auction Saturday May 14 at 3 pm in front of the courthouse to benefit the event inviting baker volunteers and cake donors through Hubert Bates. One hundred fifty cakes and some home made candy are sought, with contributions to be coordinated by Bates.
A river barge carrying 12,000 feet of lumber was stolen from a wharf on the Alabama river one night recently. The unusual theft disrupted river traffic and prompted local police to launch an investigation.
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