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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1908
Page
4
An advertisement asserts kidney and bladder trouble affect both women and men, causing mood, ambition, and health decline. It promotes Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer in various bottle sizes, offers samples by mail, and urges writing to Binghamton New York for information and testimonials.
A Northwestern avenue car incident ends with a duel of wits and a muddy splash as an athletic rider shames a hurried conductor. The tale shifts to travelers in Asia as Hans Doring recounts an earthquake in the Gobi desert and its rattling, wooden home resistance. A Brooklyn Citizen note adds a cautionary tale of a typewriter’s moral influence on a drinking habit.
The piece discusses Norwegian superstition and belief in spirits and demons shaping daily life across sailors farmers and country folk. It cites the Draug as a sea demon portending death and notes Finn magical influence and a pervasive supernatural worldview.
Sunday School lesson on John Chapter 12 recalls Mary’s costly anointing of Jesus as a sign of devotion. It contrasts Mary and Martha with Lazarus as witnesses to the risen life, urging believers to serve like Jesus and seek His approval over men’s praise.
A collage of humorous vignettes from a 19th century era, including a Kansas City attorney praised for an alibi, a tale of a truthful exchange altering a feud, a temperance quip, a czar and queen in a witty proposal, and comic mishaps with a train passenger and a playful horse. The pieces showcase social wit, moral tones, and light irony across varied settings.
A reconstructed reminiscence notes a pioneer who moved from New England to the Missouri plains and sometimes complained in rhymes. A surviving verse reflects lonesome, feverish frontiers and harsh landscapes as settlers faced hardship in early westward settlement.
A collage of short items recounts the Christmas mince pie origin in England with Puritan banishment then repeal, a tale of Confederate soldier Dave Saddler in Richmond, a boy’s witty take on death, a boy’s gift gone awry, and a joke about a wife blamed for undercooked meals.
The Rockbridge Division announces a two day teachers examination in Lexington on April and May 2nd for white and colored teachers. Applicants must bring writing supplies and wear formal attire. Regulations will govern certificate renewal with limited exceptions, and teachers should read them carefully.
Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Rockbridge County on March 20, 108 records a filing or notice. The fragment indicates a formal court action or docket entry dated in Rockbridge County.
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