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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1902
Page
2
The readable fragment mentions a pledge and payment terms with a reference to Sout and Hird. Details are unclear but imply a financial obligation over ten months. Names and exact actions uncertain due to garbled OCR.
A verbose sale list highlights ladies skirts at 1.50, waists from 99c to 1.25, silklined laminates, flannelette nightgowns and shirts, handkerchiefs for ladies and children, menswear, and carpet warp. Many lines show low prices and bulk offers as “Big B’s” invites shoppers to come and see.
A Philadelphia judge reportedly refused a Christian Science church charter, alleging the denomination is a business. The writer argues churches have financial affairs, cites Mrs Eddy and Science and Health, and defends church funding and clergy pay. A tale of a Christian Science Sunday school helping a crippled boy is recounted to critique charter objections.
An old Texas advertisement claims Hall's Great Discovery cures kidney and bladder troubles for men and women and can be mailed for one dollar. It promises two months of treatment per bottle and includes testimonials from Neosho Missouri dated July 23, 1901, praising its effectiveness for kidney disease and enabling the user to work again.
J M Barks former editor of the Ideese Oracle sold his interest in that paper and with his brother, Lought, acquired the Sweet Springs Herald.
The docket listsState v. Carroll Crempley burglary and larceny paroleState v. Roy Sowers burglary and larceny paroleState v. Wm Morris grand larceny paroleState v. Robert Bartoo breaking jailState v. F Moeller forgery time to file bill of exceptionsState v. Millard Price burglary and larceny paroleState v. Henry Carter time to file bill of exceptionsThursday October 16State v. Jesse Thorp and Forest Liewellyn burglary and larcenyState v. Frits Kirchoff assault and battery appealState v. Charles Salyers and Harry Gates murder first degreeFriday October 17State v. Wm C Barnett seductionState v. F F Moeller forgerySaturday October 18State v. F E Hishop sailing manor without expensesTen more cases same as aboveMonday October 20State v. Sterling Blakely disturbing peace appealGrand jury meets Monday October 15Cases awaiting actionState v. Robert Howe assault to hellState v. John Alford rapeState v. Joe Bell burglary and larcenyState v. Charles Wolf burglary and larcenyState v. Joseph Previtt moarder in second degreeState v. W S and Elaie Heaton abandoning childState v. Arthur Griffith forgery
Sudden weather changes distress health as scrofula and consumption rise. Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised for radical cures, eradicating scrofula and nearly rivaling the feared consumption in many homes across cities and towns.
A Missouri project aims to establish a national reservation in Camden County. The area features mountains rivers valleys caves and abundant wildlife. Osage and Niangua rivers traverse the county with scenic views along their banks. Caves measure up to 400 feet long and 120 feet high in places. A vast cave spans 900 feet in width. A spring forms at mountain bases, ten feet wide and eighteen feet deep, creating a sizeable lake over several acres. Waterfalls are common in the region.
An OCR scribble promotes Black-Dry soak and Poultry Medicine for livestock ills and torpid liver. It urges feeding fake stock foods, unloading bowels, and medicinals to cure poultry and animals. Mentions Biwek-Drangit Stok and Toney senresenss with exaggerated promises and nonsensical wording.
Mrs Hetty Grean, Averlos’s wealthiest woman, dismissed luck and urged effort and sound health. Russell Sage, a Troy grocer turned mogul, credited self discipline and understanding causes, not chance, for his wealth. He strictl y avoided luck and relied on analyzing underlying factors before investing.
An 19th century ad claims deafness results from blocked Eustachian tubes and that only constitutional remedies cure it. It asserts most cases arise from catarrh and offers $100 for an unsolved case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, promoting circulars and pills sold by F.J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, with druggist endorsements.
The United States holds fourth among naval powers with nineteen first class battleships. Britain, France, and Russia lead. Germany’s naval program could raise Germany to third within years. Twenty years ago Chile’s navy was larger. many nations now have only a few first class battleships. Japan rises as a major naval power in Asia, aided by the British alliance and U S support.
A letter from Nixon Tennessee dated August 6 1900 praises Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin for a daughter named Kay in bed five years with abdominal digestive troubles. After using one fifty cent bottle she could walk a mile and, yesterday, 844 miles. The letter claims doctors had said permanent relief was unlikely and urges purchase of the syrup at 80 cents to 1.00 by Leroy Farmer.
A women's reform group in Minneola presents annual poems for new presidents. This year the president is a widow, opening with lines about shared sorrow and rapture for future harvests. The prose then shifts to a medical blurb praising a malaria fever remedy, including testimonial language from J A Hopkins of Magohester Kansas and a closing sign-off.
A group led by Mrs Way Antl and Mrs A B Asbury plans a national effort to erect a monument at the Confederate Home in Higginsville. The promoters seek support from local residents and organizations to fund and place the memorial.
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