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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1909
Page
4
A sample of editorials and briefs from The Intelligencer discusses public reaction to local and statewide issues. Mentions Missouri Pacific telephone installations, criticism of local crime talk, gas fear from Talley’s comet, and road conditions. Notes Marshall editor JC Patterson’s death and MU football coach authority shifts. Includes reflections on dress, journalism, and highway hopes in Lafayette County.
Lexington's Geyer theatre shifts strategy to high merit stock productions at low prices. Watkin Stock Company now plays nightly for 1 and 20 cent admissions to near full houses with standard acts and audience applause. The plan aims to please a broad audience while drawing steady profits for the era.
Higginsville officials faced criticism from the Higginsville paper over claims of rough play and biased calls. The Jeffersonian defends the match as one of the nicest and cleanest of the season with only two questionable decisions, both by Higginsville officials, and commends Wentworth Ville for conduct on and off the field. The piece notes a cultural shift toward fair treatment of visiting teams in Lexington over the past four years.
Local notes report charity at a recent event, with a door collection and a carload of provisions sent to the Christian's orphan home in St. Louis. Mentions many residents visiting nearby towns, travel to Kansas City and Columbia, and community figures like J. H. Smith improving after surgery and the death of K. M. Board.
Insurance for Fire and Tornado coverage plus hay and grain at right prices. W. V. Currin and L Kinney advertise various feeds and staples. Prompt delivery and a phone contact. Try a pound of fine swine cheese and brick cheese at Cash Grocer.
Notice to all creditors and interested persons that the executrix and executor will apply for final settlement of the estate at the November term 1909 of the Probate Court of Lafayette County Missouri to be begun in the Probate Court room Lexington on the second Monday in November 1909. Sarah B. MacDonald Executrix George W MacDonald Executor.
The Administratrix Lizzie Thomas will apply at the November 1900 Probate Court term in Lafayette County Missouri for a final settlement of the estate of Joseph D. Thomas deceased. The hearing will begin on the second Monday in November at the Probate Court room in Lexington.
Notices hereby given to all creditors and other persons interested in the estate of Leopold Schmidt, deceased, that the undersigned executors will apply to make a final settlement of said estate at the November term 1906 of the Probate Court in Lexington, on the second Monday in November. Executors: Andrew T. Schmidt and John G. Schmidt.
Interested parties observe that the administrator will apply for a final settlement of the estate of Ann V. Oliver deceased at the November term 1909 of the Probate Court in Lexington. The hearing will be held on the second Monday in November 102 Street.
Notice to creditors and interested parties that the administrator will apply for no final settlement of the estate of John Oliver deceased. Proceedings begin at the Probate Court in Lexington Lafayette County Missouri on the second Monday in November.
Guardian J W Horner announces resignation as guardian of Thomas F Jackson estate in Lafayette County Missouri at the November term starting November 8 1909 or soon after. He seeks leave from the probate court to resign as guardian of person and estate for the incapacitated individual.
Letters of Administration on the estate of Ann E Stevenson were granted to Charles Lyons on October 11, 1909, by the Probate Court of Lafayette County Missouri. All creditors must exhibit claims within one year for allowance. if not exhibited within two years from publication, claims are barred.
Court records show a publication order in Lafayette County Missouri dated December 1806. The petition names an unnamed plaintiff and attorney with a defendant described as non citizen of Missouri and Missouri is the jurisdiction. The notice instructs the defendant to answer by a specified date else judgment will be entered. The proceedings are overseen by Clerk J. W. Sypwon and attorney J. M. Prior.
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