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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1910
Page
3
Wentworth cadets ended a week at White's Island and traveled by river train back to the academy. They started the march from the island to Waverly Saturday afternoon but rain forced an abandoning of the full trek. The battalion, marching in ranks with the band playing, reached the academy tired yet happy to be back.
A series of brief items records local residents traveling to Wellington St Louis Lexington and Kansas City over the weekend and visiting relatives in Springfield Higginsville and Miriamsville. Names include Winkler Rhodes Moorman Belt Hoofer Mollenkamp Meng Swartz Peacock Payne Kennedy Horn Todhunter and others.
In a closely fought Friday game Lexington II edged Commercial Club 5 to 4. Kenney pitched seven innings for Commercial Club with 11 strikeouts and few hits before Tuve left with a finger injury. Mann and Wallace held late rallying efforts by Lexington II produced three runs in the ninth to seal the victory for L. H. 8.
A clerk overhears a stylish young woman leaving while she asks to see men’s shirts. The proprietor joins and recalls she bought no shirts to surprise her husband, saying she wants to help him pick summer shirts. The scene ends with a light joke about married women. Local notices list poultry supplies, lice remedies, and a mission society convention.
State Experiment Station tests in Missouri show bone meal phosphate dramatically improves clover and wheat on upland soils. Yields of clover doubled in some trials, with best results on Southwest Missouri lands where wheat and clover have long grown. Recommend applying 125 to 150 pounds per acre with wheat sowing and using phosphate-rich fertilizer for poorer soils.
Fredericktown Missouri May 14 A fisherman Fred Sehwane returning from the Narrows used a gold charm on his line when minnows failed to bite Within minutes a two pound bass hooked itself prompting another angler to try a silver buckle without success The tale claims fish in the area favor gold standard The report also lists several residents with travel or court notes including Dr N B Payne to Kansas City G C Branch from St Louis and Mrs Ryland Todhunter traveling to Lynchburg Virginia for a graduation event
Numerous residents including Joe Neal Mrs Nathan Parker Karl Lyons and Earl Lyons transact business in Higginsville over the weekend and Monday. Visits extend to Lexington Wigginsville and Berlin with Miss Nannie Willette, Miss Dolly Neal, and Miss Virgie Shouse amid family and social calls.
Monday in History recalls Andrew Johnson's Senate acquittal on May 16 1868 amid party clashes and impeachment trials. It also notes a new animal experiment at a Maryland station blending Abyssinian zebra and Texas donkey, producing promising yearlings with docility strength and beauty.
Tuesday in History notes the Mexican army abandoning its Rio Grande frontier fort near Montamoras during the early phase of the Mexican American War. General Taylor’s forces moved to fortify opposite Montamoras, prompting Mexican withdrawal and preventing a Texas invasion. The retreat followed the Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma actions, signaling rising U S advantage.
Gustav Drumm traveled to Kansas City on Saturday for business matters.
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