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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1907
Page
2
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a powerful, highly concentrated nourishment for convalescents. It claims to build bone, blood and muscle without taxing digestion and notes availability at druggists for 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Louis Mueller won the contract to build the new school house at Sweet Springs for 18 760 with heating and plumbing by Louis & Kitchen of Kansas City 2 750 and total cost 22 105 including architect fees. The project closes the old building salvage value of 1 000 and promises a first class structure by year end.
Sedalia hosts The State Pair and Missouri Mate Pair on October 5 opening the best mile track in the Mississippi valley. A high class speed program is planned with added purses and more money for horsemen. Gov. N J Colman heads the Speed department with Hon A. in charge.
Discussion centers on James A Reed possibly staying out while ex congressman Cowherd emerges as a strong Democratic candidate. Reed’s stance, Vandiver support, and Hadley’s hesitations frame a contest seen as favorable to Cowherd, whose clean record and Bryan-era Dem virtues boost late summer prospects.
In Amarilla Texas a baby girl narrowly escaped severe injury when a fire department hose wagon with a team of horses rolled past the child in the street. The infant, soothed by a minor forehead bruise, was unharmed and resumed play, while her mother and family adjust after the terrifying moment reported by the Amarilla Texas News.
Dr. Woods Hutchinson, in McClure's September issue, argues against food reformers by noting world staples. He cites flesh and milk from domesticated animals, eggs, three grains wheat rice and snakes, butter, fish, milk and sugar, challenging the attempt to elevate subsidiary foods as staples. He claims laboratory tests show some foods carry high nutrition alongside accompanying substances that hinder reform.
Dr Hutchinson explores varieties of poisonous foods and their effects, offering comforting facts for readers whose eccentric beliefs about diet, such as seasickness being imaginary, have colored public opinion.
Nine year old Paddy Monacco warns friends after a hat game on Twenty seventh street near Tenth Avenue ends with burns. Tommy Glynn leaps over Paddy delivering a hard impact, causing Paddy to catch fire and burn others. Paddy and two other boys, Glynn and Rooney, receive treatment at Roosevelt Hospital. Paddy later returns home to 545 West Twenty seventh Street.
The Westminster Gazette records feats of lineage from Dr Plot to Horace Walpole and beyond. It notes Mary Cooper living to the sixth generation, Mrs Codfrey with many descendants, and Brent-geat-erand lines including a Spanish migrant with 280 descendants.
The passage argues worry is necessary for wellbeing and spiritual health, acting as a gymnastic exercise for the soul. It claims worry keeps the spirit from stagnation and maintains freshness and sweetness in life.
Among staircases worldwide none match the 700 plus steps of Jacob's Ladder at St Helena. The meritorious ascent rises at a uniform 45 degree angle and forms the most direct route to the hill’s summit. Despite its length, travelers climb it daily.
A brief reading captures a domestic scene where a mother scolds a child for traveling and laments Europe visits. The dialogue hints at class and language whimsy as a bust of Shakespeare provokes playful exclamations amid travel talk.
Baltimore American notes Cholly Dashaway’s flashy rings drawing attention as he parades with bold brass adornments while walking through the city.
A ship nears Prospect Harbor with a foreign visitor proclaiming free America where everyone has an equal chance. He seeks landing and a friendly American to help him locate opportunities and engage in the new land’s promise.
A brief item notes a boy named Frank spilling a bottle of toxin on his grandmother s carpet. He apologizes and offers his tiny savings as compensation, mentioning another bottle and promising to repair the damage.
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