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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1909
Page
7
Sealed Brown clocked a winning 2:13.1 in straight heats and posted 2:14.25 and 2:18.5 times at Ashbrook meets. Other notable marks include 2:14.3 with 15 2-4 hands, described as very handsome in the meet notes.
A sequence of property transfers is reported with buyers and sellers including D H Hancock to L D Barley for 4000 dollars, L G Stanfield to Louis Zully for 1000, Sarah Haygood to J H Holmes for 350, James Calvin to Wm Baycom for 1, R W Ayres to W H Smith for 3500, J W Mathews to Abigail Jackson for 650, Ww H Smith to J H Barley for 7000, J W Price to O B Price for 4500, L Watson to D C Morris for 96.34, R J Groves to J H Groves for 2000, James Riley to Win Niemann for 2850, Anna Beeker to F H Hartwig for 2000, Paul Reinhard to Florida Flora for 725, J C Caffee to Daniel Hoefer for 3100, Thomas Olden to L W Scott for 100, B Richardson to Ellen Coyler for 1100, E B Campbell to J W Sydnor for 1000, L B Gordon to GC W Johnson for 3350, J H Wilson to M E Wilson for 1, and C L Parcher to J W Sydnor for 1. M B Serat et al to L E Whitsett for 1.
Excerpt summarizing Guglielmo Ferrero in May McClure's on ancient Rome. It notes long water drinking norms, limited wine for women, and tales of wives punished for wine use. It mentions Polibius era restrictions, myths of abuses, and Dionysus as judge in marital wine incidents.
A House appointed special committee investigates alleged mismanagement at Missouri State University with sworn witnesses and closed hearings. Public access is barred, drawing opposition from many House members who demand fuller information for Missourians.
An Alabama official gauges stream water by counting bucketfuls in 24 hours. A lone ox cart passes as laborers work. An old man asks if the task is a fact and concludes it may be constitutional or not.
A customer orders four pounds of honey but backs off upon learning it is California honey. The grocer’s boy rues the error, then the tale ends with a moral about always telling the truth. The humorous anecdote highlights perception and taste.
A brief, garbled exchange centers on a character asking how another is getting by and mentioning a banker's. The lines are incomplete and lack clear action or setting.
Consul General Denby reports that feathers are a commercial commodity in China and mainly export trade. Pekin ducks supply feathers from Tientsin northward, while bustard heron eagle and osprey feathers come from southern China via Shanghai. Germany is the top importer. the United States bought under two percent in 1906.
A terse dialogue recalls a chiropodist named in a social exchange. Mrs Gaswell asks who the man is and Mrs Highsome confirms he does professional work for her. The exchange ends with a remark on foreordination.
A brief exchange reveals a joking dispute over whether a relationship is romantic or purely platonic. One party notes a third person began to call, prompting the other to admit affection existed but with ambiguity about its nature.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a woman declares to marry a man "a little lower than the angels" only to pivot when he appears on his knees. The scene plays on witty social flirtation and the comic reversal of fortune in a brief Tit Bits item.
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