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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1908
Page
4
Mrs M L Harris of Alton Kansas reports her baby’s eczema cleared after three months of previous treatment and Cuticura regimen. She used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, noting no relapse and praising the soap for family use.
The piece recounts Thomas Godfrey a glazier whose observation of sunlight and water led to the double reflecting sea quadrant. It traces his work, self education, and effort to gain English recognition, noting Hadley of London ultimately claimed the invention. It also comments on witchcraft notions and a London Post tale about a rural witch.
A Flora avenue officer responds to a call about a mad dog. A negro claims the dog is enraged and fires at it after the dog allegedly grabs the officer's revolver. The dog flees with the revolver, while the man disappears around a corner. The officer buys a new revolver. The piece notes the dog may have been trained.
A devotional lesson portrays Jesus as the Good Shepherd and Door, guiding and protecting His flock, and contrasts true shepherds with thieves. The article shifts to agricultural guidance urging testing and selecting seed corn, detailing a practical germination test and stressing early, careful planting for a profitable crop.
The clipping surveys farming advice on sowing oats in fall, sowing area expansion due to rains, and profits from sowing oats followed by peas for hay. It also covers glanders control for horses, cornstalk litter as cow bedding, and a Western poker tale from the Washington Star about a tenderfoot and a four aces deal.
Scribble My new novel titled What I Tell My Wife sparks a witty exchange with Ruyter about What I Didn’t Tell My Wife. Scribbler Publishers limits to a single volume.
The article describes hasheesh as a narcotic drug from a Peloponnesian plant. It explains how the plant is grown dried and milled to produce a powder that induces sleep and vivid dreams. Prolonged use damages mind and body, leading to government bans and international export controls.
A collection of witticisms and retorts from historical figures including the sultan of Turkey and Fuad Pasha, an Englishwoman, Robert Lowe, and Frederick the Great as cited in Rambling Reminiscences. The dialogue showcases clever replies and social quips from bygone eras.
An Glasgow University lecture recalls Lord Rosebery speculating that Pitt could have kept the thirteen colonies by American representation, altering empire history. Justice Maule jokes about a witness’s credibility asking how long she has been divorced, quipping she knows more than I do.
A boxing student recalculates lessons after deciding not to pursue the manly art to lick an opponent. Canon MacColl cites research that the brain often grows with age, noting Gladstone’s head was repeatedly measured during the Midlothian campaign as proof of continual brain growth contributing to perceived youthful vigor.
In Kingston New York Dutch settlers built a small church by 1059 and dedicated it next year. A minister arriving from Holland found a six teen member flock and wheat pay. A 1694 bell marked meals and church hours as sexton cried Chapel time. Notices flowed via clerk to bamboo pole posts. Deacons collected with velvet bags on poles.
A merchant in India sells an old elephant at a fair after a silent bystander inspects the animal. The buyer overpays, and the merchant rewards the bystander, who reveals he has never seen an elephant and confuses head with tail.
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