The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-09-14
MISSOURI NEwsPAPERDoM
To Move 4,OQOOeO Tons Of Iron anu
Steel Products.

It Monroe CITY. Cox Is an all-around 81
man and has the best p
wishes OF the INrELLIGENcER for K
success. y
H~iggiusville Advance; smallpox Is !,
again rsgiug 10 Howard county. The :,
disease has been prevalent there Tor :
the past Two years, but it was thought
to have been stamped out. Two deaths
have occurred recently, Daniel Morris
aud daughter, Lulu. /,
Jefferson City Press: Senator Vests
recent interview on the political situa-
tion in the country is receiving wide
circulation and much comment, but 10
Missouri, Just az present, his famous
dog speech is also keeping pace WIN
his famous interview. The story told
about how Senator Vest and the speech
he once made before q jury about a
dog has been worked many times u
the country papers, but it IS good Tor
some time yet.
Paris Mercury: The picture habit Is
running modern ~newspaperdom ana
the St. Louis papers are surprising all
in the matter of grotesque excuses
Each day their readers are treated TO
fresh poses of the Francis worlds la'r
crowd-the same faces, the same
whiskers and the same expression oil
pcmpous self consciousness. The Re
public is particularly caddish. There
i. is no immediate prospect for relief.
Glasgow Mlssourian: The news OF
! Cant. L%esueur's contemplated removal
to Antlers, /. T., for the purpose Of
q engaging in the banking business, was
/. somewhat of a surprise to his many
friends throughout the state, who 0
ed for him to take an important part IN
q Missouri politics in the years to come.
"a Capt. Lesueur stands deservedly high
in the estimation Of the people OF this
"a state, where he won popularity oy his
ability as a newspaper man, and MS
valuable services as a public Official.
: We trust that he may find his new
home pleasant and his business ven
j., ture profitable.
, Editor Lamkiu, OF the Lees Summit
N Journal, is evidently a little out oil
a patience with the manner in which
~ that town is run. He says: oaS
). Grove is one OF the best towns OF its
=, size 10 the state. Its citizens art
pushers from the word go. and wheI
they want any Improvement they q
and get it and it doesn't take all sum
= mer to do It, either. 1t was decided
the place needed telephones and thu
decision was hardly made before it
enterprisiug citizens were talking I
each other over a nice little exchange
lct NJ.
- Now they propose to connect H'ck
CITY. Sni Mills and other little town
In that vicinity. Lees Summit hs
i. been talking telephone exchange an
:, country lines for two years and is si
waiting for some one to come in an
build them and then take all II
profits.
Says Editor Tatlow, of the Holdt
Enterprise: Luther Hickman,
Warrensburg, state supervisor of bull
ing and loan associations and memb
80 Of the state democratic committee, is
80, prosperous merchant, but he was on
on,. engaged in a business that he disllk
to discuss even with his intims
:. friends. A few years ago Hickm
decided to branch out in business,
d. he organized a company for manuf'
.,,S turing a patent hair oil that was gu
H. anteed to straighten out the kinks
the colored folks hair. A Ware
burg physician, now a resident
"pp' Kansas City, was responsible for
patent, and Hickman and 9th
organized the company. A hustl
salesman was started down the T,
and gave free exhibitions on the str,
Negroes would swarm around
salesman and would have their !
gain ..~-u..a -, ,.a,..,..u.
The kinks would remain out Of
hair for two or three days and by
time the salesman would be in p
unknown. The salesman got the II
have c. -....I.-
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