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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1908
Page
4
Daniel Fisher of Baltimore Maryland reports a year long battle with eczema affecting all joints and severe itching. After two months of using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Re Solvent regularly, all signs of eczema disappeared and he writes praise for the remedies.
Suffering infants with skin humors are claimed to be relieved rapidly by Cuticura and Cuticura Ointment. The ad touts cures for infantile eczema rashes and scalp troubles, claims purity under the U S Food and Drugs Act, and lists product variants and global sales by Potter Drug & Chen Co.
Judge Willis and a defendant clash over grain supply debt. The judge notes a letter offering half a crown a month, predicting six years to clear it. Laughter follows as the terms spark humor about a man who buys on credit by misrepresentation, described as a duck shover or swanker. An order for five shillings monthly is issued.
A clergyman reads an ancient papyrus guide for husbands praising harmony at home. It advises furnishing the house, nourishing the wife, dressing her well, and rewarding her with praise. In a companion anecdote a couple plans a theater visit, the wife excited by whispered promises and a string worn as a token.
The exchange ponders who first manufactured and advertised products, noting no surviving data on the subject. A farmer suggests that the benefactor mentioned in history may be the person sought, per the New Orleans Times-Democrat cited dialogue.
The excerpt contrasts praise for a brilliant artist with the paradox that true genius may be revealed only after death. It notes that public adulation often intensifies before or after the artist’s end, while the world keeps advancing and people debate lasting impact.
The London Mail notes two chief golfing superstitions: two up and five to play never win a match and it is unlucky to win the first hole. The article calls it hard to say which superstition is sillier.
The lesson centers on Jesus restoring Lazarus to life, proving the glory of God and the Son of God. It emphasizes belief in God and in Jesus, the divine power over death, and the call to spiritual freedom through the Word and Spirit. Believers should endure suffering for faith, awaiting resurrection glory.
A brief saying highlights that insuring health safeguards both the man and his family, praising health coverage as a smart choice for personal and familial well being.
The New York Tribune quotes a long-time execution official lamenting the end of hanging and recounting superstitions about rope. He notes people requesting rope bits for supposed cancer cures and describes hemp rope used in Maine to “protect” against mumps.
A collection of famous last words prompts debate over attribution. The Berliner Post notes many sayings may be misattributed while highlighting a line from a plain man: I am an old man who has lived a good and full life. With his last breath he said it is not yet time I want to stay.
A galleon once a peaceful merchant ship became a center of fierce fighting, described as square rigged with towering sterns and clumsy stems. An unrelated note details iodide of nitrogen explosions triggered by specific vibration rates in bass strings, with a sixty pulses per second resonance causing the blast.
A discussion on fish appearing in newly cut dams along the Macquarie River in New South Wales. The tale of spontaneous production spread until a Sydney professor found fish eggs on a wild duck, debunking the myth.
The article describes a simple two-plate tester using sterilized cotton strips to test germination for seeds such as clover and alfalfa. It also details a second, more scalable method by Dr Volney Spaulding using a deep granite pan, suspended moist cotton loops, and numbered seed counts, with temperature ranges and procedural notes.
A Southern Cultivator writer promotes the Spanish peanut as a year round soil occupier after early barley or Dwarf Essex rape. Diversification is urged to protect farmers from cotton price swings and prevent losses from neglecting home crops.
In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rockbridge County Virginia a suit by W v Burket Guardian of Virginia Argyle Burkit seeks to sell 9114 acres of land near Lexington to satisfy a life estate held by Virginia Argyle Burkit with the life estate of her father W A Burkit. The defendants Virginia Argyle Burkit and others are non residents and must appear within fifteen days of publication to protect their interests. A copy Teste Deputy Clerk Witt April 1084
Plaintiffs E A Johnston and others seek relief against defendants heirs at law of Ino W Johnston deceased, charge to all creditors to contribute to costs, in the Circuit Court of Rockbridge County March 1908.
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