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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
2
An editorial argues the primary should reflect voters will not be dictated by professional politicians. It warns against the practice of naming tickets in advance and urges Democrats to trust the people to choose nominees. The piece endorses unity for August and November elections.
Fifty years after their May 15 1858 wedding Rev. Voelker united Grandfather Fritz Ehlers and Marie Oetting. They celebrated their fiftieth anniversary in good health with around eighty relatives friends and neighbors at their home where Mary Mrs John Kolster and sons Martin and Louis and others gathered to offer congratulations. Concordian notes the wish for many happy returns.
A weekly board listings note from Mas. L. BE Mark Tet invites readers to enjoy a good meal any time. The entry emphasizes continuous service and broad meal options available throughout the week.
The Platt City Landmark denounces the Post Dispatch and the Kansas City Star for printing claims that Mr. Bryan called Gov Johnson entering the contest for the presidency an impertinence. Bryan denied the charge, and a Washington correspondent later exposed the remark as false. The Landmark says papers failed to publish the denial or admit the error.
The Polk papers praise their candidate with an independent St Joseph News-Press, while metro papers Globe-Democrat Post Dispatch Kansas City Star and St Joe News-Press back the nominee. Democrats question such backing as loyalists rally to Stone who seeks Democratic support. The St Joseph Observer remains the city’s sole Democratic paper backing Stone-Butler Fimes.
A chain of transfers shows Evaline B Beatie and others leasing to Prank Hoover Coa Lease and many property sales. Items include John C. Shackelford to Geo B Gordon for Machpelah lot at $40, Eunice Smith to U S A for $1, and multiple U S A or individual purchases ranging from $1 to $10,500 with numerous 60 acre and city lots, stock and associations recorded in Lexington region titles.
County Engineer Rhodes leads a campaign to improve Richmond Junction road. Contractor Marshall M Keel starts work under a yearlong contract. Citizens mobilize private and public subscriptions to lower the grade on four miles, the most traveled road in Ray County. Local residents respond generously.
The piece criticizes General Hadley, called the freak Attorney General who moved from Kansas, for accepting the Republican nomination for governor. It accuses him of wasting tax money, pursuing sensational publicity, and avoiding substantive work, asserting his career has been costly yet unproductive. It also notes contrarian views from John Hotair of Oklahoma and Fuller Wind of Georgia.
A short, fragmentary item notes a baseball related scene at Yor Base near Prairie church with names and local place hints. Details are sparse but indicate a possible game or activity involving Gro and Youns in a rural setting.
The text traces whisky’s spread from Highland to Lowland Scotland after 1745 as Highland migrants introduced their drink to the lowlands. It contrasts Lowland tastes with ale among the poor and claret among the wealthier, noting wine carts in Edinburgh and limited Whisky mentions in earlier Highland tales. Brandy remains favored by gentry and yeomen like Dandie Dinmont.
The article cites extreme ages from diverse places claiming individuals living beyond a century. It mentions Hadji Raouf of Constantinople at 133, a Peruvian baptismal record of 142, an Indian born 143, Hilario Pari felled at 143, Noah Baby in New Jersey at 120 to 128, and Vilencia’s centenarian mason adil hale reaching 130, noting remarkable longevity sightings.
A plow tip at Bret Knox’s farm yielded over 1 million dollars in Confederate currency and about 4000 dollars in gold. Believed to belong to Samuel H. Thompson, the notes are mildewed and fragmented. Knox will keep the find unless a claim is filed by heirs.
Miss Spurgeon of Bedford College heard in Suffolk about six oclock terms. A Suffolk gardener’s wife was called a six oclock person meaning early riser, while a six oclock gentleman meant someone who rises on the clock hands at six. The phrase living up right denotes Independent means.
Spiritualist and sportsman Sir Oliver Lodge, scientist and author, is described as an elite golfer of 30 years. At St. Andrew’s he learned the game, rumored to have been told you don’t play golf with minds but with morals, a quip he recalls hoping his morals are not seen as bad as his golf.
A garbled OCR fragment shows dialogue praising a writer’s success and a remark about advertising for a hired girl. Names and clear context are unreadable, with stray words like fall down squibob and a dog gagged ons. The text appears to be an incoherent social note or pasted dialogue from an old newspaper page.
Capt A E Gove returns aboard the steel tug B G Reynolds from New York via the Straits of Magellan and Panama. Patagonians in skin canoes pelting coal at the ship as sailors avoid the projectiles. The Reynolds made the voyage in 50 days and 19 hours, a claimed record for a small steam tug, and was turned over to U S authorities for canal construction work in Panama.
Ohio designer Herman Patrick Tappe runs a Fortieth street hat shop. A wealthy New York widow brings her pampered dog Pompon asking for a linen hat. Tappe quips he makes bats for Jadica, not dogs, and refuses to tailor to luxury dog fashion.
A Russian custom opens new buildings with a religious dedication. Builders, even for small cottages, plant a wooden cross on the top of scaffolding and seek blessing as completion nears, symbolizing a public appeal for protection and favor.
A religious opening marked the government liquor monopoly rollout at Kishineff as vodka shops opened with a ceremony. The Tessarabian Life mocked the event, prompting the proprietors editor to be sentenced to four months imprisonment for scoffing remarks.
Senator Patton recalls a story from Astoria about a fisherman who regularly tipped him a splendid salmon. One morning Patton forgot the tip after thanking the fisherman, who then urged him to record in writing that no tip was given, lest his wife think he spent it on rum.
Senator James A. Hemenway recalled a tale of a widow mortgaged farm paying off debt in one wheat year. After the talk a farmer asked who the widow was, remarking she’s the kind of woman he’s looking for, highlighting the story’s impact on the audience.
Edward W Bok states in New Broadway Magazine that poverty is the finest stimulant for a young man. He recalls growing up with little, stealing wood, finding coal scraps, and wearing patched clothes, arguing poverty spurred hard work and growth.
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