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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1909
Page
1
The department expanded and reorganized to help buyers prepare for winter indoors. Large rug and linoleum selections dominate the display with eight rug sizes priced from 6.50 to 387.50 and linoleums offered in twelve patterns.
Mrs J M Peak and her daughter Miss Alice B Peak spent Thursday in Kansas City. Miss Annie Weis returned Tuesday evening from a visit in Atchison Kansas and Kansas City.
Miss Addie Givens Wynne delivered a demanding and wide ranging piano recital in Murrell auditorium as part of Central College for Women faculty series. The event drew appreciative crowds and showcased precision, clarity, and expressive playing across Bach Mendelssohn and Chopin pieces. The same day Joseph V Perrie and Miss May Meierer wed quietly at the bride’s grandfather's home in Lexington with Rev. Biiney officiating.
Contracts totaling 109045 dollars for Missouri river dikes and revetment were awarded by the United States engineering office in Kansas City under Maj. E T H Schulz. A W Fearney secured contracts totaling 42500 dollars for works on the north side of the river at the same site. Four dike sections will extend about 2000 feet.
Firefighters were called Wednesday afternoon to a blaze in the rear of Capt. B. T. Wiley’s residence at 1505 South street. The pantry fire was spotted by Mrs. Wiley, quickly contained by the fire company, with damage estimated near $500.
Mr and Mrs W J Bandon departed Wednesday for St Joseph to attend a session of the State Chapter of the Eastern Star arranging travel details and participation in the event.
Alfred Bardet and Clara Denton of Wellington married here last Tuesday afternoon in an elopement. Denton had been traveling weekly for music lessons at Lexington College, with no suspicion about her trip. Reverend R. T. Mansfield performed the ceremony after Bardet procured a license in Independence.
William H. Sherwood of Chicago, visiting director of the Lexington college conservatory of music, will make his first visit of the school year on Thursday October 7 with likely public recital. Also reports of a dance at the Elks club, the Arizona Earl troupe at Geyer’s theater, and a Christian Church recital by Hans Feil and Miss Mattie Lou Catron, raising about $50 for the Ladies' Aid.
Reverend Bohn reports his wife’s death in Marshall with sympathy from parishioners and community. No services scheduled at the Episcopal church. Also notes visits and travels of local residents, including Wyatts to San Francisco, Silver to St. Louis, Moorehead to Fulton, Taubman to Kansas City, Barnes back to work, and the Earl Wallace death bringing relatives home.
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