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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1909
Page
4
The Lexington newspaper The Intelligencer announces an annual subscription price of 1.00 dollars. It notes the paper is distributed through the Lexington Post Office as second class mail matter.
The remark suggests mild weather in late season, praising the period as a pleasant and generous Indian summer. It hints at a tolerant, opinionated voice reflecting on seasonal warmth and unofficial forecasts.
The Intelligencer shifts spotlight to electing a Democrat to replace Senator Warner, while avoiding endorsing a specific candidate. Insurgents are not Republicans, and both Speaker Cannon and President Taft agree on that stance.
An occasional fly still marks the presence of slop piles and rubbish heaps that remain havens for breeding insects despite efforts to clear them. The remark underscores ongoing sanitation concerns in the area.
If the government were as fast about building post offices as it is in regard to river improvement it would please Lexington even more.
Dr Cook is said to have earned about $100 000 from his lecture engagements and can likely stay calm under Peary's accusations, a detail reflecting public scrutiny.
A new Tarbell series is announced amid criticism of her ties to Standard Oil, with claims she now works for a living under scrutiny of her investigative stance.
Rumors persist that several members are out after the county committee chairmanship amid bitter internal strife, though the aspirants remain quiet about their plans.
A large steamboat a floating pilot boat barge and houseboat are used by workers to build the north river dike at this location. The daily growth of the dyke is an interesting sight with the project advancing quickly and attracting attention.
The readable phrases describe a strained personal situation with financial pressures and an implied unresolved relationship. Unclear names or places exist, but the voice centers on debt, embarrassment, and emotional tension. The fragmentary text leaves key details unspecified.
A nostalgic tirade imagines debt and hunger, urging a patient to avoid begging and instead sell stocks. It lampoons the gullible and the grasping, warning that the stock game tempts even wary souls. The piece blends rhymed admonition with critiques of financial trickery and human folly.
A collector offers 60 local views to choose from with weekly additions. A Post Card album set makes a suitable Christmas gift. Phone 245 for The Picture Shop run by J. O. Coffin.
We offer sidewalk work and delivery services with a friendly approach. Wilson & Aull advertise rental properties, a six room frame dwelling, and prompt feed delivery. Claude Neer promotes ice cream wagon daily and fresh cream. Owl Drug Store markets window glass and poultry products through C O Willson Co. Prices and specifics provided by brokers in Traders Bank Building.
A local ad urges choosing a Kodak gift with charming child milestones. Coffin, the picture man, promotes Kodak finishes at low prices and invites inquiries to 245 J. D. Coffin, Photographer. The message also notes a 120 acre farm bargain from Wilson & Aull at Traders Bank Building rooms 8 and 10.
For a limited time we offer 10¢ negligee shirts and 13¢ full dress and plaited shirts with no charge for cuffs. These prices let everyone wear properly laundered shirts. All neckties cleaned for 5¢ each. Crawford's Laundry, Phone 130.
Boston studio portraits made from our negatives are described as the finest ever produced for Lexington people. The Picture Shop expects delivery in a few days. Phone 245 for P. C. Coffin, proprietor, contact details.
Thoroughbred Rhode Island Red cockers at 1.00 each listed by Emmet Slusher in Lexington Missouri. Singer sewing machine and reclining Morris chair offered cheap at 1713 Main Street next to the junk yard. Two rooms for rent over Barrons Grocery via R Field. Various furniture including round top dining table, writing desk, twin baby carriage, Waterbath cooking range, and Remington typewriter offered at 1710 Main Street. Red Breeders and cock and cov erers advertised by Edw Meyer at 245 N 16th Lexington Missouri with a note about a quick sale.
Executors Sarah B MacDonald and George W MacDonald announce the final settlement of the James MacDonald estate at the November 1909 term of the Lafayette county Missouri probate court in Lexington. Creditors and interested persons must appear in the probate court room on the second Monday in November 1909.
Administratrix to apply for final settlement at the November 1909 term of the Probate Court of Lafayette County Missouri. Court to be held in Lexington at the Probate Court room on the second Monday in November 1909.
The administrator will apply for a final settlement of the estate at the November term 1909 of the Probate Court in Lexington. The final settlement is to be made on the second Monday in November 1809.
The undersigned Administrator will apply at the November term 1909 of the Probate Court of Lafayette County Missouri to make a final settlement of the estate of John Oliver deceased. The hearing will be held at the Probate Court room in Lexington on the second Monday in November.
Acreage 12, twelve miles south of Lexington by public road, detached from farm by railroad. Sale price $50 per acre below neighboring land across the road. Ideal small home with close town access, fresh cultivated land, spring and brook, timber, near Schoolhouse 14 miles, church 4 miles, general store ¼ mile on the highway. Offered by J L Marshall, R. D. No. 1 Box 1.
For Sale 30000 acres unimproved land in Stone County Missouri offered in tracts to adult purchasers Prices range from 40 cents to 7 dollars per acre. Suitable for farming fruit growing and stock raising with year round horses hogs cattle sheep and oats. Water abundant with top hunting and fishing in the Southwest. Timber sufficient to cover purchase price some tracts have fine timber with potential profits. Located along the White River Division of the Iron Mountain Railway with splendid railroad facilities. Address.
Guardian J W Horner gives notice to all interested in the estate of Thomas F Jackson of Lafayette County Missouri that on November 1 1909 or as soon after that as heard he will apply to the court for leave to resign as Guardian of the person and estate of the said Thomas F Jackson.
Letters of Administration on the estate of Ann BE Stevenson were granted to the administrator on October 14, 1909, by the Probate Court of Lafayette County Missouri. All claimants must exhibit claims for allowance within one year or be barred. if not exhibited within two years from publication, they are forever barred. Charles Lyons, Administrator.
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