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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1909
Page
3
An advertisement touts Pierce's Favorite Prescription as the best medicine for curing diseases and safe in any condition. It emphasizes alcohol free formula, full ingredient disclosure, and urges buyers to insist on genuine product, warning against substitutes or counterfeits.
Local brief notices describe Sunday visits by Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Long and others in Higginsville, and extended visits from Kansas City. Advertisements praise Bucklen's Arnica Salve, Electric Bitters, and Kodol for digestion, with druggists Crenshaw and Young promoting sales. Illinois to Montana travel notes and cautionary remarks about morphine in baby medicines appear among the items.
Dr F L Carter spent Sunday in Higginsville with Miss Maude Hagood and Miss Emma Hix also spending Sunday in Higginsville reflecting small town social routine.
Mrs T B Ramsey and Helen Graves visit in Kansas City. Misses Mamie and Florence Frazier also go to Kansas City for a few days. Dr Shoop Health Coffee advertised. Various residents travel to Kansas City Independence and Wellington. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup touted. Local legal and court travel to Higginsville. Public notices warn about subscriptions and promotions for the Weekly Journal.
A rural ad copy touts Ballards Herbine as a remedy to improve mood and health, urging purchase at Crenshaw and Young for 50 cents a bottle. The notice mixes product pitches with local social notes about families visiting Napoleon and Wellington for community missions and a Gladys Wright among attendees. It also promotes Preventics and Dr Shoops Cough Remedy as cold and cough cures with child friendly claims.
Lexington residents suffer kidney and back trouble seeking a reliable remedy. C. B. Mitchell, a Lexington farmer, testifies the Doan’s Kidney Pills from Crenshaw & Young’s drug store relieved his kidney and bladder issues and backache, praising the remedy in 1906 and again in 1909.
George Dodge died Sunday at age 44 at the county farm near Wellington after a yearlong illness. Born in Iowa, he moved to Lexington in youth and worked as a horse and bus driver for various firms. He was later cared for as a county charge before his funeral Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev. R. T. Mansfield, with burial in Wellington cemetery.
The Ladies Aid society has secured Hans C Feil of Kansas City for a pipe organ revival at the Christian church on September 28. Feil dedicated the organ about eighteen months ago and delighted the audience. He is assisted by contralto Miss Mattie Lou Catron who helped at the dedication. Admission is 35 cents.
On Labor Day rain spoiled the planned picnic and ball game. The Lexington band and a colored band played from the porch after dinner and speeches at the courthouse while crowds sought shelter in stores. A few free-for-alls occurred in Block 42 near the hitching rack and private animal processions were noted.
Public schools in Lexington started the new year with higher attendance and optimism for improved work. The town sees a steady rise in school age children, requiring occasional new buildings, while citizens welcome the scene of students heading to lessons, brightening the town.
Coulter and Coulter's Dog and Pony show, billed as the best traction act of the season, traveled overland from Wellington after a Friday display. The performance featured clean acts with animals and acrobats, drawing a large audience of both new and returning customers. Mr Dopan and R Hogin were noted observers, with Hogin visiting St. Mary’s Academy to see Miss Lillian Hogin.
An advertisement asserts DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills cure ailments from back pain to nervous irritability by removing the disease cause. It promises prompt effects, regulation and healing of kidneys, bladder, and liver, with sale through Cre.
Miss Clara Zuuierman visits relatives in Napoleon. Mrs Ela Wolfe returns to Independence after visiting the Keenes. Rostoe Kist of Kansas City returns home after vacation. Visitors and travels abound with Mrs Prammell Mrs Moefer Mrs Frazier and others seen in Kansas City Fort Scott and Sweet Springs. Ads note Pinesalve Carbolized and Begs Laxative Cough Syrup sold locally.
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