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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1904
Page
5
The Street Pair fair drew strong attendance with first class free and paid attractions. Highlights included awards at the stock show with multiple premiums across many horse and mule classes. Kansas City reports stock market shifts, with cattle, hogs, and feeder prices noted amid persistent market strength.
A列 compilation from September 1904 lists multiple property transfers in Lexington including Geo W Parker to Thos V Foster for 30 acres at 1400, Henry F Rorklage to Geo Witaon for 8600, Annie K McKean to Benj Vorat for 81050, and Winston Terrell to Wesley Terrell for 40 acres. Also dated notices for Cons H Reester to Samuel A Stanfield at 8000 and miscellaneous deeds, plus discussions on a Missouri Pacific World’s Fair special train to St. Louis with dates and price details.
A cablegram to the University of Missouri reports four Ngyetin students imprisoned in Naples under emigration laws have been released thanks to Secretary Hay's intervention. They are now en route to Colombia.
The Thrice-Weekly World proclaims coverage of the presidential race as Parker and Davis or Roosevelt and Fairbanks vie for victory. It promises prompt, truthful movement reports with four correspondents in the field and a yearly subscription price of ten dollars for 146 papers.
The list of uncalled letters at the Lexington Missouri post office dated September 30 1904 includes Misa Viol Belle J Brooks Mian Mary T Byrum Benedict Buscene A L Downs Mins Mary Da vig Jack Edwards and others Names show multiple spellings and titles with several entries marked as Mrs or Miss Also noted is a reminder that recipients were advertised when called for and requests to call for them.
Industrious man or woman sought as permanent representative to manage business in the county and surrounding territory. Company offers $20 per week and expenses, weekly payment from home office. No experience required. Enclose self addressed envelope to General Manager, Como Biol, Chicago, 8287.
Train schedule advertisement proclaims frequent service between Higginsville Missouri and St Louis with departures and arrivals listed roughly around morning and evening hours. It promises no changing of cars and urges contacting A Versinion in Higginaville for timetables and details.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be celebrated next Sunday morning at the Presbyterian Church. A preparatory service is set for tonight in the lecture room at 7 30. Communicants and others interested are invited to attend.
Mary Neill eldest daughter of John T Neill of Higginsville died after a lingering illness Sunday. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Miss Neill was a nurse of Mrs Up ton Wilson of this city.
Friday night September 22 the city council as a board of equalization heard few claims. The city assessor’s rolls were reviewed and approved. An ordinance to levy the regular and municipal taxes for the year was passed. The next council meeting is scheduled for December 10.
An antique ad from May 81, 1901, touts a tonic named THerbice allegedly helping constipation and indigestion. It lists scattered names and places including Athens Mississippi Stroud Midiothlen Texas and CreosLaw & Young at 9 Sad as sellers.
An advertisement invites attendees to meet Dr Geo W Hell at the Commercial Hotel in Lexington from September 27 to October 1. It promises home cure options and free examinations, referencing a "Hell trust" and the Rupors care while noting a Kanva City Missouri address for related offices.
World’s Fair in St Louis 1904 announces round trip fares 6.75 via Chicago and Alton with sale dates April 23 to November 20 1904 and a 50 day limit. Another fare 10.40 round trip with sale dates April 15 to November 16 1904 and a December 16 1904 limit. For full particulars apply to A Vermillion agent Higginville Mo.
A recently rented and furnished boarding house occupies the former Beard residence on Eleventh Street. The property offers new carpets furniture and curtains. Regular boarders accepted at reasonable rates, owner Mus W. D. Brack invites inquiries.
Fragmented notice lists sale of thoroughbred Berkshire pigs matting and female ready for services by October with reduced prices. Includes Missouri Pacific low roundtrip fare and a writer about unpaid papers. Mentions Higginville and Arch Kelly family note with a son in 1904.
The author cites a claim that a man may be intelligent without formal schooling, echoing the Saturday Evening Post. It argues that natural knowledge and practical sense rival book learning, noting many educated donors and officials lack deep literacy yet possess broad understanding.
A new welding material thermite is touted as enabling automatic joints without expert supervision. The method has been adopted abroad with about 20,000 rail joints united in 40 European cities. The process cleans and warms ends, fits a mold, heats thermite above it, and lets molten metal flow to weld.
In Mexico candles are widely used as a cheaper lighting source due to petroleum costs. A bookkeeper notes ledgers by candlelight while a printer uses a candle stuck in a box. Two tailors share a single candle in small shops, illustrating reduced lighting and higher prices.
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