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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1908
Page
2
A vintage advertisement touts Arbuckles Ariosa Coffee as scientifically roasted in a Setee revolving cylinder with repeated heat exposure. It claims it outsells all other packaged coffees combined and offers lower costs and better value through its unique process.
A critique of enforcing Sunday restrictions and Puritan influence in law. It argues laws rely on popular support, not mere enforcement, and criticizes Judge Wallace for literalism in concrete conditions. The piece also contrasts Cowherd and Hadley, noting environment shapes character and Missouri politics.
A Warrensburg Journal-Democrat opinion teases Kansas influence, arguing government should not curb capital, praising some Kansas men but preferring Missouri ways. The piece portrays Kansas as windy, Missouri as preferred, highlighting interstate bias.
Deputy Mel Hulse pursued two thieves from Oak Grove who ordered a halt, rode off firing shots that hit one man in the neck. The posse surrounded a house, but the suspects escaped before capture, neighbors glad to be rid of them.
Farmers near a southwest locality report corn and wheat losses. Suspicion falls on Albert Medeoff, a Kansas City transplant and carpenter, who with a stepson allegedly loaded corn from Sam Borland’s field one Monday night while being watched by nearby farmers.
Mrs F L Caples of Galena Kansas collapsed while preparing to close Central Christian church services on September 7. Doctors labeled nervous prostration with a minor heart attack. she is a former Central College music teacher and wife of F S Caples once in Lexington drug trade. Republican politics note Filley seeks US Senate seat after criticisms. Jeffersonian Higginsville highlights Crossley for speaker race.
At Tuesday’s meeting of the H. G. S. Club an engagement was announced. Miss Lizzie Neal Anderson will marry Mr. Earl Wilkening on September 29.
A fragment warns health hinges on digestion and liver function. It mentions Billard’a Herbine as a remedy for the liver stomach and bowels and claims it sustains the entire system. Sold by Le Roy Farmer in Lexington with unclear details.
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