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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1908
Page
8
A collage of names towns and events: Oscar Proctor and numerous visitors visit homefolks in Higginsville Odessa Lexington and Dover. Local gatherings include Bryan campaign remarks in Dover and a stock show trip to Kansas City.
A autumn wedding united Miss Willie Hult Hodges of Dover with Mr. Fred Pitman of Kingfisher Oklahoma at the Christian church on Wednesday afternoon. The ceremony featured autumn decor, organ music by Miss Lela Pitman, and a procession to Lohengrin march. Attendants included Mrs. W. B. Harwood as matron of honor and Miss Anna Greenly as bridesmaid. The groom was supported by best man WB Harwood and groomsmen Frank Gordon and S. C. Redd. The bride, youngest Hodges daughter, was praised for her merits and ties to Lafay ette County. The couple planned a home in Kingfisher after November 11. Fire scare at Corder church prompted by chimney blockage ended with a safe, quick response by the local fire crew.
Waverly notes list residents and visitors across Marshall Lexington Kansas City and nearby towns. Names include J C Neff Mra Ba Neiderjohn Tracy Davis Anson Leach Patrick Kelley Miss Mary Etta Pell and many others with brief travel mentions to Marshall Lexington Kansas City Sedalia and San Francisco.
Weekly sickness notes and social items from the town recount Monday Kansas City trip by J P Groves, a birth for a local couple, visits among Willis, Wilson, Curby, and Prerkley families, and a funeral near Concordia. Attendance at a Bryan speech drew a large crowd despite a late train, with stops in Higginsville. A local death in Garden City marks the week’s obituaries.
Examination for clerk and carrier set for October 31 2004 at the post office in this city. Age 18 to 45. married women barred. unmarried women may apply but for appointment only. Applicants must be physically sound. men at least 5 ft 4 in tall and 12 st weight. For application blanks and full details contact immediately.
Mary Henry went to Kansas City on Thursday to spend the day, according to a brief readable note from a local record.
Saturday, October 17, 1008, list of names including Mrs. G. W. Austin, Mrs. Christie Bruster, James Burna, Tom Butler, Charley Dally, Dennie Davis, Mose Tates, Lester Richard, Martin Graves, Walter K. Thompson, Mrs. L. E. Krier, Leeman Parker, Lee Robinson, J. W. Milan, Joe McComb, Wm. Moorehead, Charles O'Daniel, John Welliver, and others. indicate they were advertised when called for. Delia ChowbeEn, Postmaster.
Jack Keifer a Sowth mines worker vanished Sunday with a dirt stained bucket found later prompting a search. He was found Monday hiding in brush violently insane and taken to town for safekeeping likely to be sent to an asylum. W Jote who accompanied his wife’s body from Cato left for Cairo with his daughter Miss Quindara Wednesday evening.
A garbled OCR sample lists names such as Hodges, Cooningham, Birdie Miller and Corder with unclear dates and places. The readable fragments point to a district marriage notice column from an Oklahoma source, mentioning several individuals and surnames in a dated notice style.
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