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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-01-19
Ready to Take Subscriptions.

at a business meeting OF the pur-
chasers Of the suburban addition site
Monday afternoon a temporary orgar-
ization was effected by electlng DR..
G. W. Fredendall president, and ]. R.
Moorehe9d secretary and treasurer.
A form was adopted for subscriptions
to the capital stock of the Suburban
Addition aud Motor Line Company.
The president was authorized to
appoint committees to solicit subscrip.
tions to the enterprise, and the work
OF securing these subscriptions is to
commence at once. When the re.
quisite amount has been subscribed
the subscribing stockholders will, OF
course, effect permanent organlza-
tion and proceed with the work. A
preliminary survey OF the proposed
addition will be made as soon as the
deeds have been delivered
This enterprise appears to have met
with very general favor. 1t appeals
to the public because of the prospect
of immediate beneficial results, be
cause of its feasibility, and of iti
being easily within the means Of the
community. 1t is expected to result
in Increased population, increased
local trade, and not lar in the future
ia connection with the G. & A.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-01-19
Silver Wedding

Friday evening Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H
Hall ln celebration Of the twenty.fiith
anniversary Of their wedding enter,
taIned at dinner some TWENTY-FIVE Of
their most intimate friends. The
dinner consisted Of eight courses,
and more than sustained the reputa
tion Of the Ghost and hostess fol
hospitality. Mr.. and Mrs. Hall were
the recipients Of many handsome
presents.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-01-19
The Little Homestead

The depths to which an unscrup.
ulOus man will sink in a base and all,
absorbing desire for revenge is shown
in the character of tue villain in 1.-The
Little Homestead. He seeks to
wreak his revenge for an imaginary
wrong upon his former college chum
through striking at the sanctity Of
bis home and in moment Of weak
ness the wife succumbs to the wiles
and assists in wrecking her own
home and happiness The bitterness
Of her life thereafter is punishment
indeed, Retribution befalls the villain
as he is planning even more wicked
ness The unfortunate woman
wrecked In health aud all that make.
life worth the living, creeps hack t;
the little homestead to atone as best
she can to the man she has wronged
In pity the husband opens the door tt
her, folds her in his arms In sorrow
and brings the smile of peace to the
dying face with his words Of forgive
ness. This delightful story calls fer
some fine bits Of acting which II
admirably executed py clever COM
pany, headed by William Macauley
At the New Grand Monday night.
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ID Honor Of M. and Mrs. OIIkerson.

Mr.. and Mrs. E. ]. McGrew
entertained Friday evening In honor
Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Gilkerson.
High five was one Of the features Of
the evening There we're seven
tables, the numbers marked with
red hearts Mrs. Paul Rankin won
the lady's prize and Mr.. Gilkerson
the gentlemen's prize. A course
luncheon was served. Coffee, mints
and salted nuts we're served in the
dining room, which was beautifully
decorated with pink and white
BRIDES roses in cut glass holders.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-01-19
Lee Memorial Services.

The Sterling Price Chapter U D @.
will hold It's annual memorial services
in honor OF General Robert e. Lee at
the Court House Saturnay nig t.,
Jan. 10, at 1880 O'Clock This is a
centennial as well as a memorial
OCCASION being the hundredth ami
versary OF the birth CT one Of the
greatest of Virginians, The pro
gramme IS as follows:
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-01-19

Died Tuesday Jan. l6, at the resi-
dence Of her SON in St. Louis, Mrs.
Mary Morrison, nee O'Mslley, widow
Of the late Thomas O'MalleY and
mother Of Harry, John, Patrick and
Thomas Morrison, lnterment today
IN Mount Olive cemetery, 81, Louis.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-01-19

Lost, a woman s good name, hus-
bands honor, and the place Of a
happy home through one mans
perHdy, How it all happened is told
in the story Of "The Little Home.
stead" which will appear at the
New Grand January 81. William
Macauley, an actor Of excellent ability,
is at the head Of the company.
W. V. Curtis returned from Kansas
City Wednesday morning. He had
started to Western Kansas with a
party Of land buyers, but learned
that the whole country was covered
with snow. So the trip was postponed.
Mr.. and Mrs G. P. Warren and
little son, Frank, Of HigginsvIlle,
arrived Thursday evening for visit
with Mrs. Warren's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Stewart.
Mrs. W. H. Silver returned to her
home In 81. Louis Friday morning,
after three weeks visit here with
her mother, Mrs. &. Winsor.
Master Bennett Wolfe, Of Gillian,
returned home Friday morning, after
visit here with his grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. h. B. runstall.
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]. L. Long went to st. Louis Wed.
nesday evening for few days visit.
Judge Alexander Graves returned
from Jefferson City Tuesday evening
]. G. Crenshaw went to Kansas
City Thursday morning on business.
Rev. T. NJ. Cobb returned TO
Bolton Wednesday after a stay here
Of few days. 4
R. A. Hicklln went to Pineviy
Mcdonald county, Tuesday eve,
on business.
President Alfred f. Smy
Wednesday morning for
trip to ST. Louis.
Mrs. U. d. Mitchell
Kansas City Tuesday g
visit with relatives &
Marriage license
day to Seymour NJ D.
and Miss Agneg o..
County, nllnO
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Run Over By a Train.

Coroner Mann came down from
wellington Wednesday to view the
body OF }. R. Mcdonald, who was run
over by a train on the River Route
near Glen Oak Tuesday night,
Mcdonald was a railroad laboreI
working on the Northrup section he
was in Lexington Tuesday and left
Myrlck Tuesday night 10 an intoxi.
Gated condition. 1t IS supposed that
he was run over by the east bound
passenger train.
The body will be taken to Cordel
this evening for burial.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-01-19
Commercial Bank Election.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders Ct the Commercial Bank Of
this city was held Monday at the
at the bank Office aud resulted in the
re election OF the old board, as
follows; E. M. Taubman, R. M
Taubman, Wn. H. Chiles, James f
Catron, V. j. Q. Bour, Charles Lyons
and J. R. MOorehead. The board was
organized by electing E. M Taubnan
President; WIN a. Ohiles, Vice
President; j. R. Moorehead, Secretary,
W. ]. Bandon, Cashier; John Taub
man and Hubert Bates Bookkeepers
The usual annual dividend Of pei
cent was declared last week at the
last meeting Of the old board.
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Are you tired, tagged out, nervous,
sleepless, feel meanP HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea strengthens
your nerves, aids digestion, brings
refreshing sleep. S6 cents, tea or
tablets, Leroy Farmer.
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Frank MCGOWAN, Jr., and Miss
Mary Collins, daughter OF Mr., and
Mrs. Jack ColliDs, were married at
the home Of the bride in Lexington
Thursday evening, Judge T. A.
Walker ofIiciating. ouly the mem.
bers Of the two families and a few
intimate friends we're present.
Wv. Curtis sold Wednesday to
Bell s. Greer ten acres Of land SOUTH
east Of town, belonging to Herman
Marks, consideration s1,76O.
Mrs. ]. H. Campbell went to Hlg-
ginsville Tuesday evening for few
days visit with her mother, Mrs
Virginia Whiting.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

n English woman has thrown down the
gauntlet to her American sisters. She
wants to be the champion motor wom-
an of the world. She has won her
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BUILT HER OWN MACHINE.
Diary Of an English "N1illionairette

His nap over, baby goes for a ride in his 100
guinea baby carriage. Two nurses escort him,
one TO push the carriage, and one to be ready
at hand to anticipate the slightest wish 4 de-
tective accompanies him when he travels mot
otherwise), in case of any attempt TO moest,
waylay, kidnap, or otherwise imperil the life or
nerves of his heirship; for, of course, he never
takes bis ride in the street exposed to the thou
sand dangers of the public thoroughfare.
Occasionally he takes the air of a private por-
tion of Hyde Park; but he is seldom in town; the
air is not quite rich enough for him. He prefers
a seaside or country mansion standing in broad
acres wherein he may safely inhale more in.
vigorating air. He never rides in carriage for
fear the horses should bolt, nor does he risk life
in a motor car.
In the afternoon baby takes second nap,
either in out of doors, after which his parents
may be permitted to assist at his ablutions, or
watch him partake of bis evening bottle The
night nurses having scientifically adjusted the
temperature of his sleeping apartment, he is
consigned to their care, and the day staff, tenn
pOranly relieved of their arduous duties, gather
strength for the cares of the morrow.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06
the Jaws Of Death

ting posture plumb into the very centre of
bushel-basket that stood thought ready to
ceve him. Silent and dazed he sat for no
ment, then rose to his feet and, finding himself
save for a few bruises unhurt, went on his way
home.
Sixty feet, too, is the perpendicular distance
through which the last man who attempted to
escape from Newgate travelled Scarcely, perhaps,
does this aerial flight pertain to the present arti-
Gle, as it was, strictly speaking, jump from the
roof of one of the old wards on to a distant
wall with drop of sixty feet between The
matter, which was not made public at the time,
is fully related by Major Arthur Grifiths in his
CHRONICLES OF Newgate
Miraculous often are the escapes of children
from what would seem certain death Some
years back in Paris child two or three years
old, the daughter OF the famous swimmer, Peter
Johnson, fell from the upstairs window of a
house on to the hard flags beneath, without suf
fering injury; while at Liverpool boy, who fell
from t.e roof Of house into yard thirty feet
below had similar good fortune. In this ease
however, the chd's escape was due to his hav-
ing beneath his Jacket several thick slices of
bread for his own and others boys dinners
which broke the force Of the fall.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

parents, With the approach OF breakfast time
a box of specially prepared food arrives from
a West End shop, where a qualified dispenser is
retained solely to minister to the daily needs OF
the millionaren-arm The most elaborate pre-
cautions are taken to insure baby's diet being
the freshest, safest, purest and most nutritious
the world can supply. Wherever he is, at sea-
side or country house, his box of food is dis
patched every morning.
After breakfast nap is INDUCED in During
this period comes the doctor specially retained
at several thousand year to devote himself ex-
clusivoly 10 making his round-eyed, wondering
charge stronger every minute he lives. He holds
consultation with the nurses cons the diary,
suggests any notifications Of diet, change Of
garments, or alteration in the days program. He
may advise a change Of air believing that baby's
little lungs would be strengthened by sea air
or pinewooded locality, in which case off baby
goes and his anxious father and mother visit
him when their social or business duties allow.
But they are acquainted by telegram or tele-
phone thrice daily with their small sons precise
condition OF fitness.
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New York, when she overbaanced and fell out
From height of six stories she came, struck
clothes-lne % feet below, bounced up like
ball, fell with thud to the ground, and got up
as if nothing unusual had happened, She was
quite uninjured
An extraordinary incident occurred four years
back at Bologna. A bell-rnger was at his duty
in the campanile of one of the churches when he
was struck on the chest by the great bell and
hurled from the window on to the roof of the
church. fifty feet below. All thought him dead,
and general was the stupefaction when he got
up and-amd cries of "A miraclel A rniracle!''
made his descent
Wonderful indeed was the escape of a man who,
CHANGING to lean too far out of window on the
fifth boor of house in the Rue St. Jacques,
Paris, lost his balance and came crashing down
on to the pavement. The passersby for a mo.
ment stood aghast, then rushed forward to rem
der assistance, But none was needed. The man
whom all thought fatally injured if not dead
got up, shook himself opened the door of the
house from which he had made so summary an
exit, and nonehalantly walked upstairs.
| During the building of the London Law Courts
workman fell from height of sixty feet But
luck was with him, for he came down in sit
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road and after the edge OF that road there was
nothing but sheer precipice 400 feet deep. At
the last Blackpool speed trials, while going at
fully 96 miles an hour-it standing start
-one of the straps on the bonnet broke. and the
wind got under the big steel envelope and blew
it back Miss Levitt put the brakes on-sowly
at first and then iammed them down hard
The car was stopped just the last screw
gave way, and the bonnet flew back If it had
cone back while at the furious pace of 9G miles
the hour the heavy steel coverings would either
have crushed TO death the woman driver or else
cut her head off.
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Miss Levitt has had plenty of narrow escapes.
At Blackpool for instance, during the speed trials,
two dogs, three children. and finally three more
dog came ont on the tracl; and tried to cross
over. Miss Levitt spoiled her t"als but managed
with splendid work TO save the children. His
tory does not tell what happened to the dogs
Again, at Worcester. hin climbing. her. car was
the ouiy without non-skid wheels. Going
round one sharp bend her car began skiddng
Miss levitt, though the crowd lanticaly shrek.
ed to her to jump. held tight TO her steering
wheel and stayed in her seat. Yet her outside
wheels went half an inch from the edge of the
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EsSGGl an of the world. She has won her
claim to the title as far as Europe is
concerned, but she wants to complete her con-
quest on an American track. This lady is Miss
Dorothy Levitt, of London, and she has made a
reputation abroad for her daring and skfu
driving She is the holder of many valuable
prizes won both on land and sea, for in the sum-
mer time she indulges in motor boating
pastime. At the end of the last she ecp-
sed all women's records at Blackpool by twice
doing the flying kilometre in exactly the same
time-24 So seconds, which nearly approaches
100 miles an hour.
II want to arrange a match for the worlds
championship with an American woman automo-
bilist," she said recently. 81 am willing to race
either here or at Ormond Beach, Florida or
elsewhere in the United States. The conditions
need be of the simplest | am keen to race an
American woman for the worlds championship
l must look to America for race There is
no one left in Europe with whom to compete
l have beaten them ALL and badly, too. Madame
du Cast, the French motorist, does not drive
a highpower machine. There are only two
real racing here-the 2O0-H P. Dar-
racq, now the property of Hon. D. Guinness, and
my 9OH. z. Napier, which has Just been sold to
a South American millionaire. 1t goes to Brazil
in few days. But if my challenge is accepted
in America, I vii go to work and build new
racer 1t will be 80 horse power, for think
l handle that the best
WOMANLY WOMAN
To read Miss Dorothy Levitt's own words or
to look at her records one would at once mic.
ture an Amazon. But she is far from that. She
is very womanly woman-fairly tall with will
lowly figure, large and velvetv brown eve. hronzo
colored hair, well-shaped features with la,5e
but laughter-lit mouth Her muscles are like
steel She is the picture of health. and per.
feet example of the well-groomed fashionable Eng
lishwoman.
Miss Levitt's is romantic history. In five voars
she has reached the top of the tree in her unioue
profession. While this girl of TWENTY-FIVE is tbe
most daring of women automobile drivers in tbe
world, outside OF her car she would scream at
mouse, and is nervous and afraid when trlndlinu
around town in hanson cab.
WORKING IN OVERALLS.
The Levitts an old English family. Miss
Dorothy was born there. Her father. who was
in the government service. ha, retired on nen.
sion to his country house, When DOROTHY was
twenty, she was introduced to s. F. Edpo tbe
motorboat racer and automobilst. Mr.. Edro
told the little tale Of woe, and suggested she
carve out career for herself. 50 he arranged
her apprenticeship to a firm Of French autonIo.
bile makers on the outskirts OF Paris and there
Dorothy Levitt went for SIX months
While her parents searched everywhere for
her. although they knew she was we'll and bappy
Dorothy was learning the automobile business.
She began at the bottom as a wiper, or cleaner,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

all its traditions, historical and otherwise, can
lead ordinary baby existence. Indeed, no.
says an English home paper. He must be nursed
and nurtured with all the rigorous care of a
Derby winner or worlds champion wrestler. For
he must grow up strong and healthy, so that he
can properly take care of his millions, Every
second of his sleeping and waking time, every
particle of food he takes, every breath he draws
into his small system, be carefully measured,
selected and purified, Nothing may he left to
chance in the budding life of the mhonarette.
Baby's day begins at $50 to 4. NJ, when
his Majesty evinces a disposition to shake off
the drowsy charms of sleep. This is the signal
for the day nurse TO continue filing in baby
diary where the night nurse left off Every par
tcular, however minute, concerning his health,
temperature and general state Is entered up,
so that a complete record of his life, hour by
hour, exists for the inspection OF his anxious
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

vseSAxyj down the almost vertical face Of the
rock for 1000 feet, until her fall was
abruptly arrested by an earth bank.
Upon going to her assistance some members of
the Zurich Alpine Club found that, although un-
conscious, she had escaped without serious in
jury.
few years since two ladies, while the
Alps, near Zermatt, fell from height of 1900
feet, the first 30 feet of which was perpendicular
and the remainder down almost sheer slope
Though one was killed, the other got off with
but little injury.
More wonderful still the good fortune Of
an East Indian who, walking on the edge of a
cliff in the Island of Oghin, slipped and was pre-
cipitated from a height OF 1000 feet into denss
growth of bushes below To this, which broke
the awful violence of the shock, he undoubtedly
owed his escape, not only from death, but from
any injury other than a severe shaking
Equally marvellous escapes in everyday life are
on record Antonette Ambrose, little girl of
six, was playing at the window OF house in
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

| asked Miss Levitt what her sensations were
in going at this awful pace
"Wonderful,' she answered. "One can hardly
describe ones sensations. There is feeling
of flying through space | never think OF the
danger. That sort of thing won't do. But |
know it is omnipresent. The slightest touch of
the hand and the swerves. and swerves are
usually fatal But | am good gambler. and
always willing to take the chance. In going that
pace, the hardest thing is to keep in the car
Half the time the wheels don't touch the ground
at all, and when they do touch you must be pre-
pared to take the shock and lurch, else out
YOU will CO. 1t is far harder work to sit in
car than to ride galloping horse over the jumps
in steeplechase. When | made the records
was in the car alone. | prefer it."
FISHES AND PLAYS POKER.
Miss Levitt told me that she made up for the
fearful excitement of automobile racing by quiet
" going fishing She is splendid rod, and trout
fishing is her favorite sport. As it takes wonder.
full nerve to play poker. her favorte game, well,
Miss Levitt has proved star at the American
national card gamble. She is also an expert at
roulette. and has most wonderful secret system
to break the bank at Monte Carlo, She will
take with her "Dodo,'' tiny black Pomeranian
dog ''Dodo" was the property of Mile. Marie
Corneille and given to Miss Levitt in Paris
three or four years ago There is very strict
law against admitting dogs into England. So
''Dodo" was smuggled. He first drugged,
and then packed in some waste in the repair box
of an automobile which came through without
much examination. 'Dodo" went to sleep in
Paris. and came safely out of his trance in Lon
don lie goes everywhere with his mistress, and
Miss Levitt declares he has travelled more miles
in an automobile than any other dog in the world.
Miss Levitt has travelled much in the last few
years-in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and
Morocco. Now she wants tc visit the United
States
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

and finished as a machnst and chauffeur. She
took an interest in her work. and daily wore
her blue overalls and worked alongside the others
at the factory.
Then she returned to England, and immedi-
ately began learning the ins and outs of London
traffic Mr.. Edge was astonished at her quickly
gathered proficiency and at her nerve. She was
soon earning a good salary teaching women how
to handle a car. She taught host of people,
from the Queen and Royal Princesses down
through Duchesses and Countesses to plain, every
day American visitors.
THIRTEEN HER MASCOT.
There happened about this time to be re
liability run from Edinburgh to London. Miss
Levitt was one of the $50 competitors. She
reached London thirteenth, and won her first
prize and medal thereby She did all her own
repairs on the road, and was not bit dsmayed
at the ill-omended number.
Thirteen is my lucky number and Friday
my lucky day" she says,
Once in the public eye Miss Levitt went up
with rush. She was a competitor in the motor
boat race at Cowes. Isle Of Wight the first CON
test of the kind held anywhere. Miss Levitt won
this big and exciting race, and was afterwards
taken on board the ROYAL yacht and presented
TO King Edward, who congratulated her on her
pluck and skill \ few days later She raced again
1T Trouvle against all the worlds cracks and
won the fye-mile worlds championship OF the sea
and the SlI5O.
She tried racing on land after that, and in cars
of increasing power won trophy after trophy
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

Her biggest race was last Jug in the Brighton
Handicap, She drove an 80 ii. p. Napier. Mad
anne du Casts car was 80 horse power, and the
French champion had a very big allowance, but
Miss Levitt wore down all her opponents, the
cracks Of Europe. and by her superb nerve won
by block
BUILT HER OWN MACHINE.
She has cups and shield, and medals galore,
and has received dozens OF prize checks for hill
climbing endurance, and reliability trials. Only
the other day She won small car trial at Here
ford with her pet machine, Il baby horse power,
which she built herself in Paris.
This /, one of the ddintiest cars in London.
1t has most graceful curves and lines such a,
are seldom seen on automobiles. The colorin2
is white picked out with green.
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s n a t c h ed from

RACCLOUS was the escape of won'
an who, on September II, was precipi-
tated from the summit of the Saints
down the almost vertical face Of the
rock for 1000 feet, until her fall was
ahrnntlr arrested hV an earth bank.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

NEWBORN heir to millions invests his
proud parents with tremendous respon-
sibilities. The tiny pink slip Of hu-
manity, into whose control will eyentu-
ally come the vast family fortune with