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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1908
Page
5
Guidance from the September Farm Journal on preparing fowl for fall and winter. Tips cover chick care, housing, and seasonable remedies. It advises sensitive handling of roosters, prevention of leg scales with gastar, and sowing duck yards to rye for green feed and soil disinfection. It notes molting hens will boost egg supply in the ensuing months.
Mire kL Mack returned from Kansas City Wednesday evening. Moorehead went to Kansas City Thursday. Mise Trene Shaw left for Dallas after visiting here. William Sacklett and daughter Helen returned from Colorado Springs. Richard Brightwell returned to Parkville after visiting his brother. Mrs W G Thomphles returned to Kansas City after visiting her father. Margaret Ward left for St Joseph after weeks here. Eva Golen returned to Kansas City after a few days here. Kate Reynolds and Lisa Wilkins left for Chicago after two weeks here. Katharine Journey returned to Higginsville. Mrs T A Walker and Mrs F J Garter spent the day at Page City. Mrs T B Grimes and Jetule Grimes returned home from Breckenridge. L Fred Evans returned to Independence after visiting her parents.
G Loomis Book Store announces stock B00 volumes praised as latest action reads. They offer payment terms of 10, 15 and 3 cents per week.
Consul Will L. Lowrie reports on how dolls are manufactured in the German city. Only assembly painting and wigging occur at the factory while about 20 hands touch each figure. Materials include paper and leather, Angora wool for hair, and rubber for joints. Dolls range from inches to over three feet and suppliers update yearly to keep pace with fashion.
A Lady's Pictorial note extols vegetables as carriers of physical moral and intellectual qualities. Potatoes aid reasoning and calm focus but excess can dull the mind while carrots improve temper and bilious folks, French beans and haricot vert spark daydreams. Authors and journalists are praised for this dietary counsel.
A grieved buyer confronts a bookseller about a Shakespeare set weighing 14 pounds last year and 18 pounds nine ounces for a duplicate edition yesterday. Alleging a city ordinance against short weights, the seller compensates with seven ounces of miscellany.
A patient and doctor discuss an odd musical sensation felt near the shoulder blade. The exchange hints at a peculiar location where the music seems to reside, with the patient suggesting the flat above as the likely source.
Mr. Gilbert told summer school students at Harvar College that the waltz is the typical American dance though all dancing has worsened recently. He praises dancing as the best exercise when other activities tire, notes music makes it pleasant, and remarks hygiene benefits are strong though dancing should not be excessive.
A Kansas City Journal item records a wry exchange where a preacher jokes his humor is rotten, and a friend replies his “modesty” hides common sense. The quip highlights self awareness and humor in public discourse.
A six foot blacksnake with two inch girth hunted pigeons on rocks above the Birmingham Panhandle railroad station. Police Capt. Kemp fired, the serpent toppled and rolled down the hill toward the tunnel rocks while workers attempted to capture it.
President Fallieres arrived in Stockholm to meet King Haakon and presented Prince Olaf with a miniature electric railway featuring a Gare du Nord model. The 25-yard line includes points, signal boxes, bridges, a dining car, and a sleeping car with dolls. A carpeted scene shows Dunkirk harbor. In Reval he also gave the czarowita a similar gift.
A man recounts meeting a young woman with mismatched brows one black and one blonde. He recalls staring and noting the striking, deliberate contrast and speculates she uses dye to avoid conspicuousness. The anecdote highlights vanity and fashion curiosity.
Guests in Hotel Astor rooms see a small bulb light when a letter is placed in their mailbox. A copper flap in each mailbox completes a circuit, powering the lamp in the room. The device is linked to Fred A. Muschenheim, brother of the hotel proprietor.
George B Temple, a brother of Mr N B Payne and Mrs Chandler of this city, died at Dr Paynes home after a long heart disease. He had been in decline for three months and relatives said the death was expected. A widow and daughter survive. Funeral from Dr Paynes residence Wednesday afternoon with burial rites at the grave.
A dialogue shows Mrs Fortystone challenging assumptions while Mr Fortystone replies with a sharp retort about not being treated as a microbe. The exchange hints at a tense social or domestic confrontation.
A London debate and satire describe the “lady cook” as a fizzle amid weary matrons who resent the pretensions of “gentlemen” in the kitchen. The servant girl, though vexing, is praised for competence and for knowing her place in the home.
A compact dialogue fragment shows a teacher and pupil in a terse exchange. The pupil asserts events must occur elsewhere, while the teacher challenges the location or priority of action, set against a Cleveland context.
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