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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1908
Page
2
Jefferson City November 20 1908 Wa J Stone expresses gratitude to friends and supporters across the state for campaign backing. He urges goodwill toward all Democrats and hopes asperities are forgotten, noting national defeats emphasize unity for future success. The Richmond Conservator comment is cited.
Real estate transfers include unknown heirs of Thomas Holleran to Miles Jacob Jot for 4.20 dollars. Eugene Diekhaus to Wm T Lackey land for 1 dollar. US Campbell to Ernest Campbell acres for 1,220 dollars. AW Milster to H T Sommiey Jot for 700 dollars. Dietrick Roepe to Henry Drope lot for 1,400 dollars. Ansheiser Busch Brewing Co to Gustav Haeke lot for 1,000 dollars. Heirs of Stephen Tell to Herbert Gassen lot for 1,000 dollars. ME Weedin to Elizabeth Boel Jot for 8,?2 dollars. Gustav Sherle to O O Crawford Jot for 1,750 dollars. SG ONeel to Boel lot for 1,500 dollars. Dorothea Barrer to Albert Barrer land for 2,001 dollars. Dorothea Barrer to Rosa Owens land for 1009 dollars.
The passage notes early Democratic abuse of Grover Cleveland during his final term and argues the Democracy retrograded afterward. It claims the party then controlled national affairs and suggests that with better judgment it could have maintained strong entrenched power today.
A United States Department of Agriculture seed testing lab, built with Missouri Experiment Station cooperation, offers free quality and germination tests on samples from Missouri farmers. Two tablespoon samples with name and options are sent to Columbia, tests return within days, enabling farmers to compare seed quality with quotations from seed houses.
A satirical Jeremiad attacks Kansas Republicans and Missouri brewers at a St Louis banquet. The piece lampoons Otto Stifel and calls for harsh action against beer interests, urging prohibition as a political weapon and accusing brewers of buying votes and corrupting politics. It warns Democrats to back such measures and labels the stance from a "Motherly Democrat."
The article describes a belief that a olive colored complexion results from consuming olive oil and butter. It claims a preferred epidermal tint across social classes and notes a habit of drinking butter in Arabian culture. It mentions traditional sources of butter from sheep, goats, cows and other animals and contrasts regional practices.
Col Clyde who would later command the Secon cavalry brigade of eastern Ontario rode east from Calgary to open the first furrow in a buffalo range. Thirty years ago he trekked through the plains with Maj French and had such faith in the land that he plowed a furrow on the prairie. The exact site remains unrecorded but a monument might honor the pioneer effort.
A humorous exchange from the Atlanta Constitution ponders crop prospects and sheriff levies. A growler jokes that cotton and corn will suffice for taxes while noting good health but fear of rheumatism returning this winter.
A Louisville Courier-Journal item records a street car street interview with a boy graduate who predicts greatness but questions his class prophet. The exchange ends with a cautious reply about running a street car and ambivalence toward the prophecy.
A brief quotation from Punch contrasts a cautious mother asking a professor if his lectures are suitable for her daughter. The exchange features a Latinized scholar name Maissi and a witty reply, illustrating Magazine humor on propriety and education.
In a clipped street exchange, a speaker mocks Congress for decades of inaction. A second voice retorts that Congress remains in tune with power, dismissing reform as unattainable. The dialogue hints at entrenched political fault lines and public weariness.
A Kansas City Times line notes the attorney Sharpe made his wealth by breaking wills and now fears how his heirs will contest his fortune, reflecting a potential twist in succession plans and family legal fights.
A brief remark from the Kansas City Journal questions the logic of forcing brickmaking into cigars with the line You can't make bricks without alrow. Maybe not. But is that any reason for putting it into cigars.
Mrs Gaswell reads aloud and asks how the Sphinx earned its fame for wisdom. Gaswell jokes that it kept its mouth shut for eight thousand years, a quip reflecting ancient mystery and quiet restraint.
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