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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1908
Page
8
A local retailer boasts spring and summer stock, claiming winter goods offer no value in summer and pledges an aggressive price blitz. The ad emphasizes immense purchases and limited space, urging customers to act now or lose the chance at bargain prices.
Readable remnants indicate a sale offering boys overcoats priced from 2.40 to 8.00 dollars. Items described include 810 all wool coats and several 4.00 and 5.00 options, with miscellaneous sizes and discounts evident in the clipped listing.
Wool pants advertised with all wool material. Listing appears in a fragmented fashion with unclear branding and product lines.
Readable ad fragment shows underwear pricing with items labeled men’s briefs and boxers. Prices appear as two tiers around 2.00 dollars and a sale or discount at 1.40 dollars, with unclear product names and possible vendor marks.
Readable fragments show men’s suits priced at 18 dollars and 12 dollars, along with 15 and 10 dollar options. Also mentioned are 75 cent and 40 cent shirts as part of the sale. The ad references multiple generic sale terms and garbled text.
William James came back Tuesday evening from a Dig Springs trip. Mrs. W. T. Tompkins returned to Kansas City Tuesday evening after weeks with her mother Mrs. M. L. Chandler. Rev. E. P. Ryland of Los Angeles left Wednesday for a trip to New York and Philadelphia. Miss Sadie Triplett returned home to Buckner Tuesday evening after a short city visit. Miss Myme Stewart accompanied her home for a visit.
A brief card notes Thoroughbred RC offering Rhode Taland yearling hens and cockerels. The entry cites DW I MryEr and a street address at 235 North Lith Street. No further context or dates provided.
Noted medical professional J L Peak operates as a surgeon dentist in Lexington Missouri establishing a local dental surgery practice and serving the community with oral health care and dental procedures.
Piano tuner Norvell in town advertised with contact options at phone numbers 214. Also wood chunk for sale in any quantity with call options at phones 67 or 37.
Advertisement note offering Chase land Sanborns high grade teas and coffees from E. B. Vaughan dated 8 19 asks if you have hogs to butcher with a phone contact 67 for a Cal.
The official report on England's juvenile population notes many young offenders aged 16 to 20 were employed when crimes occurred and have had little schooling. In London prisons, many boys in this age group were illiterate, often from neighborhoods where deterrence officers are evaded. These juvenile adults, similar in build to rural laborers, are described as under the average for artisans.
Sioux chief Hollow Horn Bear sought a $5 loan from Judge Witten after visiting Senator Gamble at Yankton. The judge kept the bill bearing the chief's likeness, noting the rarity of a living person photographed for currency. Hollow Horn Bear later gave a lengthy speech in Congress in 1889.
A brief scene shows a woman anxious to avoid reading the sporting news in her morning paper. She asks the elevator boy to return the paper to the first page and later avoids getting the paper entirely on many mornings.
In a lively exchange, Bessie Blueblood questions Freddie Fourflush about a man they hired to trace their ancestry. Freddie confirms he was the “Man We engaged” and Bessie notes the resemblance to a detective.
A political candidate says enemy circulated cartoons are hideous while his wife suggests looking at friends’ campaign bankers posters. The exchange highlights tensions in campaigns and public perception of a candidate.
Hamburg stands as the sole among the three leading northern European ports to report higher business for the first eight months of the year compared with 1907, signaling a notable uptick in activity amid regional port competition.
In a chemistry exam scene a student and professor debate the combination that causes gold to release meat quickly while a marriage reference appears alongside Fliegende Blätter in the dialogue.
In a fragmentary exchange, Maud asks Belle Yee if a proposal was made and comments on how unsettling events caused the suitor to act, noting his own tremor and final admission that he took some action himself.
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