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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1912
Page
8
The article extols the chautauqua idea as a non Denominational educational force bringing top talent to communities at low cost. It highlights its role in awakening public conscience, fueling reforms, and offering entertaining yet uplifting programs for all ages, urging patronage to sustain a permanent assembly.
C Li Wilson and Mrs J F Winn traveled to Kansas City on Tuesday for the day’s business. Rev W P Clark returned Monday from Oklahoma City where he attended a Southern Baptist convention. J R Moorehead left Tuesday morning for Chicago on business. Mrs Richard Field came back Monday from Independence after visiting friends and relatives. J T Majors went to Aull Ville Friday on business.
A historical note explains that bacteria are not solely harmful. Some bacteria produce useful acids and enable soil and plants to access nitrogen. One group converts soil ammonia to nitrous acid, another yields nitric acid plants can use, and root bacteria help plants assimilate atmospheric nitrogen, enriching the soil.
A Washington Post opinion contrasts male and female duties at home. It argues husbands bear less visible effort while wives manage endless evening labor. The piece suggests husbands try housework to gain perspective.
The Camembert cheese derives its name from the Camembert commune near Viabot orne, with the town of Caen supplying the principal market. Cheese from the northeastern Seine area is shipped unripe to Havre and other French cities, often at only two to four weeks old, rarely older than four weeks.
Rice is grown in large quantities in Mexico with minimal irrigation. Land is cleared by felling and burning, soil left unplowed, and planting occurs from June to August. Seeds are dropped into holes with stakes, placed in one-foot rows, and weed control is done only with a machete or hoe.
Mrs Jel lus accuses Mr Jellus of staring at pretty women as they pass. He defends by saying he eyed gowns to buy the handsome one she wears. The pair banter about attire and propriety in a playful street-side exchange.
An old darky recounts a parable of a sermon about twelve mud figures drying, some waiting for brains from God while others walk off. The tale, told at a Sunday school association banquet, likens a walker to a man who declines to wait for transformation.
An old Frenchman named De Tonhant reportedly gave a worn granil piano bought for 85 francs to a Patagonian chief. Days later the chief slept inside the piano with his wife, after the instrument’s internal components were removed, creating an unusual improvised bedstead.
Being tolerant means solving problems through inner reflection and overcoming prejudices. It urges permitting others to enjoy their own pleasures and ideas while minding your own business. Tolerance fosters conscience, friendship, and steady influence without chasing every trend.
A seventy three year old man in Los Angeles claims nitroglycerin tablets sustain his youth and longevity. He jokes that if he died the undertaker would not dare prepare him, yet notes such a diet is unsuitable for working men or football teams.
A fragmentary exchange references a summer flirtation and asks where the daughter is now. The brief snippet shows casual dialogue about a game and a preliminary practice, with no clear event or proper nouns to anchor a full report.
In a terse dialogue the speaker questions the authenticity of the tale about the Flirty's eyebrows being darker than claimed. The remark suggests doubt about how the eyebrows are described versus their actual appearance.
Mrs. Leroy English arrived from St. Louis Wednesday to visit Mrs. John Morrison. Dr. C. T. Ryland attended the State Medical Association in Sedalia. Col. Sandford Sellers spent the day in Kansas City on business. Mr. and Mrs. EB Martindale traveled to Kansas City Friday. B J McGrew went to Kansas City on business. Walters Bo Waddell returned Friday from St. Louis on business. Mrs M L Belt came from Higginsville to visit her daughter Mrs Chas Hoefer. Calendars available in town samples shown. call for a viewing. Thus. HW Kempfer offers granitoid concrete sid walls and curbing. phone 621. Curtain service: laundry, curtains washed and tailored to hang straight. Crayford's Laundry and Dry Cleaners, Elk City, phone 130.
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