19 Apr 1905
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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1905
Page
1
Rockbridge Lodge No. 58 I O O F holds weekly meetings each Thursday night at the Odd Fellows Hall.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for lame back and kidney bladder liver troubles claiming success in hospitals and private practice. It offers a free sample bottle by mail and a book on kidney and bladder health, with product and address details for Binghamton New York.
A New York Press excerpt discusses how clerks favor customers with accounts over cash buyers. It argues cash customers are seen as mere single sales, while account holders secure ongoing attention and better service. The dialogue highlights gendered attitudes in retail, noting women with accounts can complain more readily.
A child bursts in during dinner with a dead cat found in the ash barrel while another relative imitates the scene by presenting a fly from the butter. The household reacts with general consternation as the two mischiefs unfold in a light domestic moment reported by the New Orleans Times Democrat.
A Virginia town recalls a beloved pastor whose illness drew a steady stream of anxious visitors. A Black nurse issued handwritten updates pinned to the door, reading progressively that Rev. Blank grew sicker and finally sank. The tale sits among 19th century vignettes and moral reflections on beauty and money.
An article extols the apple from myth and lore to practical use. It traces its sacred, symbolic roles in various cultures, notes its spread in America, and highlights culinary versatility and health benefits including cooling, laxative effects, and suitability for sauces pies jellies and roasts.
Poem excerpt by N. P. Willis exploring love as a universal law. It speaks of heavenly law, pure affection, and the sacred aim of compassion, contrasting holy love with human pride and profane uses. Observes nature’s creatures and beauty as manifestations of love’s divine order.
Several species undergo extended torpor during winter or summer sleep with metabolic slowdown and fat or food stores. Bears accumulate fat to sustain respiration. mouse lemurs fatten before aestivation. Some animals, like bats and lungfish, neither fatten nor stockpile and endure prolonged torpor in sealed nests or caves.
A Baltimore woman recounts a village tale where Aunt Sally, famed for borrowing and repaying with interest, kept careful records. A nutmeg loan leads to a humorous moment as a niece returns the nutmeg with a bite taken, noting the original was larger.
An English magazine asked women to reveal pet aversions and cows drew laughs. A tale follows of a woman suddenly confronted by a gentleman she mistook for a cow, prompting a lengthy apology and a bemused reaction. The anecdote ends with Iris’s amused wonder at whether she had bettered matters.
Mrs Hendricks with Bobby visits Mrs De Hobson and agrees to stay for lunch after urging. Bobby admires shop windows and excitedly recalls their hurry to Tapeh minutes earlier.
A New Yorker at the Palace hotel recalls Drayton, Farragut’s civil war chief of staff, famed for shellbacks and a fine dinner. A committee of old sea lawyers thanks him for the meal and samples the ship’s cook’s hash and terrapin stew.
A Columbus shopper recounts a downtown store scene where a floorwalker directs her to the muslin counter. A young, apparently intoxicated attendant cuts a bolt, quips that Dick sold both ends, and using the end he cut, he measures out the required quantity for the customer.
A cyclist in southern France aided a peas ant guiding a donkey cart uphill. By steadying the cart with his left hand and steering with the right, he gave the donkey new courage and the pair reached the top. The grateful peasant thanked him, saying he could not have made the climb with one donkey.
In London Punch a note shows Miss Smythe pleading for Mr Brown to attend a subscription dance. Brown resists dancing but agrees to visit at supper time to help fill the event.
A child explains a tale about a boy who cried wolf to warn against lying. The mother questions the meaning, and the daughter answers that it means never be a teller but once. The exchange hints at childhood moral teaching on honesty.
The annual State Agriculture Department report praises fertilizer inspection funded by a 15 cent per ton tax, notes increased fertilizer sales, and emphasizes benefits to farmers. It cites collaboration with Virginia Polytechnic Institute on a geological survey, pure food law enforcement, and push for immigration to alleviate farm labor shortages. It urges a larger appropriation to expand advertising, exhibitions, and resource development for Virginia’s agriculture. It closes with a strange pig story from New York.
Reports cover religious services in Petersburg, political moves in Staunton Richmond and Fairfax, and a $100000 state display bill for Jamestown Fair. Panama Canal labor plans include Japanese and Chinese workers. Venezuela dispute noted. Roosevelt hunted in Oklahoma with races. Chicago swindle case leads to jail. Leeburg temperance victory 118 to 100. Loudoun liquor ban two years. Confederate cemetery purchase considered. Madison county death of Stuart Yowell aged 84. Record bluefish shipment at Old Point. Staunton streetcar sale for 20600 to Spotts group. Lynchburg Presbyterians plan 100000 building spree with 15000 already spent. Two burials mislisted at Richmond Evergreen. Lynchburg aldermen balk over 10000 college grant. Lynch law origin credited to Charles Lynch. Winchester dispatch on Elsie Snapp marriage postponed after fainting episodes.
Many men and women suffer from continual strain caused by financial or family troubles. The text claims this wears nerves and provokes liver and kidney ailments, constipation, loss of appetite, sleep loss, and despondency. It promotes Green's August Flower as a remedy to restore liver and kidney function and vitality, with a trial bottle offered by a local drugstore.
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