The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-08-01
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relatives and friends.
Mrs c. c. Slusher and two daugh-
tiers, Misses Ethel and Flossie, left
for Colorado Springs, Colo, Sunday
morning where they win remain for
about three weeks.
Miss Edna Corder returned from
Cass County the first of the week
where she has been visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Ike Terrell, of this place.
Miss Lizzie Dean is filling Miss Flos-
sic S~lusher's position as s%tenographer
in the Higginsville Milling Oompany's
Office while Miss slusher is away on a
visit.
An old time red un.a-bout auto
mobile came through here Monday
evening and as the machine was
leaving town it ran up behind s. F..
Giesendorpher's buggy which con-
tanned his little girl and let out
steam. The horse ran between a
telephone pole and a hedge fence and
broke the shaft out of the buggy. No
one was hurt to the Corder peoples
great surprise.
Mrs. w. Fl. Dean, Mrs. Stormer
Saunders and little daughter, Mil
dred, returned from Columbia, Mo-,
Saturday, where they have been
visiting Mrs. Mollie Lewis. Mrs.
Lewis two sons, Charley and Vim
cient, came home with their COM
pany.
Miss A. G.. Helms and family spent
Friday in Blackburn with her brother,
Ed Frerking.
%%iiss1s Eva HHSSli=az and ella Smith
who are attending the Warrensburg
Normal school, are here on a visit
with parents and friends
The members of the Masonic fra.
ternity gave a moonlight picnic
Thursday night in honor of the
ladies of the Eastern Star, at the
home of c. L. Wilson.
AT an early hour the guests began
to arrive with well filed baskets con.
sisting of o.d ham, chicken, salads of
different kinds and the finest yarities
of cakes too numerous to name, ice
: cream and hot coffee.
: At nine O'Clock supper was aut
%noupced, the guests assembled
: around the table. Rev. W. B. Cobt
: returned thanks and then all ate tc
! their entire satisfaction with NJ
one exception.
Z The Corder band by the request o
the Order, furnished music unde
the leadership Of Chas. Holdenwaul
and it cannot be excelled in the stat
by any band of Usage.
Among the guests present were
VIM. Groves and family, DR.. Lewis
Carthrae and family, James Corder
: and family, Bud Corder and family
Geo. Bell and family, Geo. Amour
front and family, L. M. Reynolds an
family, Nathan Corder and family
John Wilson and wife, Walter SyC
Il nor, Neal Lewis and wife, l.. n
Barley and family, w. H, Dean an
daughters, Lloyd Slusher and wife
Misses Jodie and Hannah Grove.
: Stormer Saunders, Julius Frerking
VIM. Wilson and family, Thad Cor
der and family and J. L. Reddicl
All repor. a good time.
Monday night robbers broke int
the kitchen of James Talent and tn
10 following articles were missing: on
e dozen Of eggs, some bread mot know
n how much,) one pair of old shoes ar
% cents worth of sugar. 1t is NJ
> known who the robbers were or the
IA intentions. But it is thought that
n was someone who was hungry.
le The seventh annual picnic OF Co
T. der took place on the usual dat,
i'd July Goth, and it is estimated thi
there we're between three and fol
n thousand people here. At 1920 a. l
ct the comical parade left the startir
n place and made its way through Il
de crowded streets to the great delig.
lie of everyone. After the parade Il
wv crowd began to move off to Schmidt
st grove where they ate their Dime
lie The Corder band then ente
as tanned the people until t
nv speaking of Seward A. Haseltil
n and other speakers, After this
vs. ball game between the Higginsvil
ly Eagles and Blackburn team to,
nd place and ended in a victory I
en- Blackburn. 1t was getting late
the evening and the mass Of people
nv gan to fill up the main street on
lot more in order that they could get
ty. good view Of the fireworks viii
ire were shot from the tower of t
ed public we'll. Before the ire-wol
began the band gave a concert viii
he did its part in entertaining t