The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-07-17
cORpER ITEMS

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his building on Main street this week.
Lem Burke and wife visited in
Odessa last Monday.
Charley Lane of Kansas City spent
Sunday in this city.
Doctor Lindall is visiting in Inde,
pendence this week.
Miss Bazel Beattie Of Dover spent
several days of last week as the
guest of Miss Helen Groves.
Mrs. DR.. Agin of Kansas City came
down last Friday morning to spend
day visiting friends in corder.
W. H. Norvell, the piano tuner,
was here tuning pianos last Satur-
day.
Miss Edna Frerking attended a
house party in Odessa Wednesday.
Miss Helen Lunbeck of Malta Bend
is visiting relatives in corder this
week.
DR.. Ramsey of Odessa spent Sun
day in Corder with friends.
Bert Rose OF Kansas City, who has
been visiting his cousin, Clarence
Peoples OF this city, for several
weeks returned home last Sunday.
Born, to the wife of Tom Price,
July 10 girl.
Prof. Hughes arrived here last
Friday for a few days visit with
friends and was water bound. he
returned to Columbia by way of St.
Louis.
The Corder ball team played Hig-
ginsville last Sunday at the Fair
grounds and defeated them by a
score of 5 tol. A hot game was
seen.
G. L. Wilson and family spent Sun
day as the guests Of S. W. Saunders
and family at their country home.
R. Kiersty and Miss Ida Smith,
who have been visiting here, return
ed to their home in Leavenworth,
Kansas, last Monday.
Hugh Kidd has accepted job on
the q. & A. as brakeman. he will
: begin about August l.
Mayor Dan Peoples has resigned
his position as Mayor of the city Of
Corder and new one win have to be
found.
DR.. Martin has secured some new
lock boxes for the pootoffice. They
are opened by a combination and
are in great demand.
The Masonic Order of Corder in.
itiated two candidates last Thursday
to the lst and Srd degree. A number
. of Masons from Lexington and Hig-
ginsville we're down and after the de.
grees we're conferred upon the can.
dldates refreshments were served in
their hall. The candidates were as
follows: To the lst degree, ]. S. Will
son and G. M. Lewis and TO the 3rd
degree, Harris Bray. The A. F. and
A. NJ. order is in bigh standing at
this place and has a larger member
ship than any other secret order
Mrs. H. Anna Bruner, temper
ance lecturer and worker of N. Y
. City. lectured to the citizens OF Cor
J der at the Methodist church last
J Tuesday night A good sized audi
! ence was in attendance and some
/ we're kept at home on account of tht
heat. The lecture was instructive
! to both the young and old and was
one that no one should have missed
{ Tom Jones got bad fall last Fri
day night while watching the Gin
ton Remedy company's show from
a the top Of box car Tom INTENDED
to get down and accidently walked of
Y the foot board, believing II to bt
0 longer than it was. He was stunned
after the fall aud had to be carried
home Outside of several bruises he
was not hurt and was out on tn,
a street the next day.
; Thee. & A. did an immense bust
e ness last Thursday, Friday and sat
e urday as three other railroads wer,
: running trains over this track. Thel
we're the Burlington, Wabash ant
d Santa Fe. All regular trains wer'
e most Of the time delayed and train
8 passed at times every ten minutes
o But Sunday the water was 80 higl
e at Glasgow ttat all trains we're
stopped except the plug and the mai
which each made the round tril
from Slater to Kansas City.
: The base ball program for mex
= Sunday will be Corder vs.. Marshal
e Merchants at Kierstead's park a
Z Corder. Marshall has a good team
e and you can depend on fast gam
? when the two meet. Everyone coml
> out and see the Corder boys play