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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1908
Page
2
An Arbuckles Ariosa Coffee promotional copy claims superior value and price parity in town. The text includes a political jab from the St. Joseph Observer criticizing Hadley and invoking Governor Cowherd, reflecting local partisan rhetoric.
Springfield Missouri September 19. Mr Hadley Republican nominee for governor opened his campaign with a keynote accusing Will Cowherd Democratic nominee of fraud and vote buying in St. Louis and Kansas City backed by testimony from Folk Ball and Wallace. The piece notes indictments of judges, funds spent and questions sources of campaign money.
Nadley criticizes the St Louis police department and a Folk ordered house to house canvass as unreliable for November. He questions whether the investigation will be honest or reveal the true state of affairs, risking political backlash in the gubernatorial race against Cowherd.
In York Pennsylvania a hen laid a peculiarly shaped egg resembling a medal with William Jennings Bryan’s face. The oval marking around the likeness bears what appears to read W. J. Bryan. The egg, about normal size, is seen as a good omen and may be sent to Bryan.
Windsor Democrats form a Folk club to promote Governor Folk for senator while Johnson County clubs push Democratic nominees and Bryan leadership. Warrensburg Journal-Democrat notes David R. Francis may return to back Bryan, a step seen as aligning the big Missourian for a future presidential bid.
The native choke cherry shown in the Arboretum near Forest Hills entrance yields ruby and amber fruit and shines with early spring blossoms. Cultivated plants display a bright foliage season and midsummer pendant clusters of jewel like fruit. The yellow amber variety is especially novel compared with the red fruited type.
A street scene features a passerby urging moderation in pace while a stranger thanks a cake giver and heads toward the doctor. The vignette captures daily life and health concerns in a humorous local dialect.
A New York lawyer comments that John D. Rockefeller’s forthcoming biography could be a masterpiece if infused with humor. He compares Rockefeller’s quiet humor to Twain and Brisbane and recalls a Cleveland summer recollection of New England farmhouse boarders. The farmer’s milk tale involves pails hung in a well with rope.
The Louisiana Press Journal notes St Louis button dealers report selling four Bryan buttons to a single Taft buyer. It states Taft buttons are not used in the game this time and Taft isn’t involved at all.
Georgetown correspondence reports C G Barr of Columbia, a University of South Carolina student, caught a 38 pound bass in Pawleys Island surf. The fish weighed 38 pounds with its head at shoulder height and tail nearly touching the ground after a 15 minute fight.
Sam Sunflower quotes a plan about trading chickens with Pete Green's wife, suggesting boot value. Mailda counters, noting all is tight and wondering how she might gain. The dialogue implies a local barter dispute over insufficient trade value.
A wry exchange contrasts a proverb about oil and water with a Wall Street view, noting markets defy simple chemistry. The remark hints at investor behavior and price movements in volatile times, underscoring how traditional sayings clash with market realities.
A terse exchange unfolds with a character reflecting on a remark as perceived foolish by another, while the respondent insists it was merely the other’s lapse in judgment. The dialogue hints at social tension and miscommunication between unnamed persons.
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