The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-08-31
WELLINGTON AND VICINITY.
News Notes From that Thriv-
ing Lafayette County Town.
(BY LEALMA.)

FRED Druvel and wife spent Sunday
in Levasy.
Turner Smith of Waterloo transact
ed business here Monday.
Godfred Roedel and daughter, Miss
Katie, Sundayed with friends in Hig-
giusville.
w. b. Emison shipped GA head of
cattle and 50 head of hogs to Kansas
City Monday.
A, J. Kirchoffer and Weilman Crut-
singer tranacted business in Kansas
City Monday.
Henry Kemner of Lexington town
ship was meeting old friends in We'll
lington Tuesday.
Il. W Wright of Kansas was here for
a day or two this week looking after
his family interests.
James NJ. Callahan and George Gin
ton of Inde pendence. Mo. were here
for a short time Saturday.
Pearl Workman came down from In
dependence Monday and will remain
on his fathers farm for awhile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hardin are
both on the sick liso and have been
confined to their room for several days.
Bad Ashcraft started Monday norm
ing for a visit to his father, Simpson
(Chuo) Ashcraft, neal Falls City, Neb,
Miss Olynda Hol!ae who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. A, f. Oberhel
man, returned to her home in Napoleon
Monday.
Miss Myrtle Willfred of W~oodbine,
Kansas, who has been visiting here
, left for Kansas City Wednesday morn.
ing enroute home.
| Fred Kreitz, Sr., went to Kansas
City Tuesday to purchase a new and
longer press for use in his vineyard
, southwest of town.
Thos. c. Lauderdale and wife Tues
day sold to Robert j. Rankin the 81
acre farm situated five miles southwes'
of here. Consideration, 81, 200.
Rev. E. j. Sebold left Tuesday morn
ing to attend a meeting of ministers o
the German Evangelical church a
E Blackburn this week,
The Wellington mills are running t,
full capacity every day in the weel
now, only one-half day being taker
, for the purpose of cleaning up.
Miss Mable Jarvis who has beef
e visiting numerous friends here for tn
past six weeks returned to her HON,
! in Kansas City Saturday morning.
e Mrs. Hammer of Odessa was her,
Tuesday looking after the locating o
= a beautiful and costly monument nov
being placed at the grave of her lat
husband in Mount Olivet cemetery.
e For the first six months in the yea,
l 1901 the aggregate shipments and re
ceipts from Wellington were NOR
, than double by several hundred dol
I lars the business done during sam
period of 1900.
: The FIVE or six men who have beer
engaged in moving telegraph pole
over to the new r~ight-of-way iron
Carter's to the Exchange mine west o
the line completed the work and lief
Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ii. f. Wills of Inde
pendence, Mo S~undayed with hi
brother, IL. &. Wills of this city
Misses Julia and Minnie L1rkin of ST
t Louis who are visiting Mrs. Mills, a
independence, accompanied them.
y Mayor w. j. Carpenter wentJ t
Toronto, Kansas, SUNDAY evening for
: few days stay with the family of hi
brother-in-law, T. NJ. Samuels. return
e ing Wednesday, accompanied by hi
little daughter, Annie, who has beel
out there for several weeks.
City butcher, John Larkin, was dc
!, ing more talking than was pruden
while cutting a steak for one of hi
female customers Saturday evening
y and as a result is nursing a finger tina
was almost severed, taking part of tn
g nail. John won't say whether his vii
{ is sorry or not.
Officials of the Mo. Pac. W%ednesda.
closed a contract with the yelling
ton Mill Company for all of their lam
lying south of the railroad, thereb,
practically assuring the building of
new depot to the profound JOY of al
most every man, woman and child i
the whole neighborhood.
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