Odd Fellows and Related Lodges Meet Weekly at Hall
Listings show Stockbridge Lodge No 58 I Y F meets Thursdays at Odd Fellows Hall Lexington Lodge No 66 K of P gathers Tuesdays at the same hall Daughters of Rebekah Lodge No 2 meets Mondays Mountain City Lodge No 67 meets first and third Mondays Natural Bridge Council No 1920 Royal Arcanum meets first and third Wednesdays Junior Order United American Mechanics Lex Woundo No 179 meets Fridays at Odd Fellows Hall.
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Stockbridge Lodge
I. Y
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Lexington
Odd
Agyp
Lodge
Daughters O Rebekah
Odd Fellows
Mountain City
Ancient York Masons
Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge Council
Royal Arcanum
United American Mechanics
Odd Fellows Hall
Loans and Investment Report Totals and Banking Figures
A financial snapshot shows loans and investments amounting to 425,076.81 with banking house entries recorded at 0.36 856.18 and a total sum of 540,588.00 across institutions. The data reflect balance figures and assets across the bank ledger for the period reported.
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Efficacious Claims Claim
A Lexington man, T B Dulaney, testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved severe kidney pain and back suffering after a bout of illness. He details weeks of agony, then rapid improvement after using the pills and urges others to use the product. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
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T. B. Dulaney
Jefferson St
Lexington
Wag
Dean
Inet
Gorrell’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Ad Pitch and Almanac of Quack Remedies and Odds
An array of patent medicines and health ads flood the page touting Botanic Blood Balm for blood and skin diseases, Dr Shoop restoratives for nerves and pains, Health Coffee substitutes, Teething Syrup for babies, and promotional notes on Darwinism, Chinese students abroad, and railway earnings. The clutter mixes health cures with social observations and small notices from Gorrell's Drug Store.
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Express
Im Co
Auanya
Cost of Living Reflections in Gem Like Verse
A fragmentary poem montage contemplates love as the true cost of living. Vivid images of landscapes, nature, and devotion mix with meditations on daily life, debt, and aspiration, ending with an unnamed late night note.
Trifles Wander in Lord Tennyson Poem Fragments
Fragmentary lines reflect on nature and joy from a cowslip and the works of the Lord. The brief verse hints at simple beauty and spiritual reflection, with a rural image of a cowslip amidst field imagery.
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Lord Tennyson
Art Glass Windows and Leading Techniques Described
William Schroeder explains the craft of making art glass windows detailing design sketches, full size cartoons, and the use of came and glazier's lead. The process covers cutting, leading, cementing, and adding saddle bars to weatherproof and stabilize panels.
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William Schroeder
Western Journal of Education
Doctors Duty vs Patient Secrecy in a Railway Case
A London Mail discussion examines a doctor who knew a railway signalman may have caused an accident. The piece weighs whether doctors should disclose patient secrets to employers or preserve confidentiality. It notes legal uncertainty in England and cites counsel opinions and a contrast with a judge’s view on serious crime.
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England
Royal College of Physicians
Edward Clarke
Horace Avery
Justice Trawkins
Lord Brampton
London Mail
Spider predicted frost delaying Dutch during 1794 attack
A French prisoner in Trecht observed spiders on his cell wall to forecast rain and frost. He warned that frost would return, enabling escape and aiding Dutch resistance. The forecast helped delay the French and contributed to a notable military outcome in the Netherlands.
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Holland
France
Trecht
Neethell
Dissonval
Baroness Invites Cellist Ser Vus De We To Banquet
A Belgian baroness invites the famed cellist Sir Servais to a Brussels banquet reception and ball next Thursday. He replies that pressing engagements require him to leave Brussels and he must decline the invitation, though with regret.
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M. de Z
Baroness
Brussels
Servais
Dull Dinner Guests Defy Sleepy Family Patience
A New York Proas note tells of a family bracing for socially dull visitors deemed “worthy.” One member vows sleep but cannot rest until the guests arrive, prompting comic, weary exchanges as mother suggests a nap to stay alert.
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Mother
New York
The Volley at the Grave
The article recounts military funeral rites with volley fire and taps, noting the practice's origins in ancient beliefs that noise curses spirits and bell sounds once defended the dead until gunfire replaced it as the bell diminished danger from spirits.
Nine Points of the Law
Jimmy runs to his mother shouting Georgie can’t use this hand. Robbie steps aside as the playful dispute ends with the claim that the hand belongs to Jimmy, prompting surprise and a quick, humorous resolution.
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Jimmy
Georgie
Robbie
The Maligned Barber in Emporia Gazette Opinion
A reflection on barber shops, arguing barbers are quiet, courteous professionals who avoid idle talk. The piece defends the craft against jokes about loquacious barbers and notes while low class shops differ, better shops maintain clean atmosphere and decent patrons.
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Gabriel
The
Gazette
Emporia Gazette
Englishwoman Seeks Terrapin at Washington Luncheon
An English visitor in Washington dined with a senator and later joked that she was disappointed by the absence of terrapin. She had tried everything except a dark fatty dish she misidentified as unappetizing, only to learn it was the very terrapin she sought.
Telephone Desk Confession Turns Prank Into Revenge
A New York Times anecdote recounts a telephone girl recalling a prank on a flirtatious coworker. The prank involved a caller posing as the man’s wife to trap him in a rumored affair with a wealthy factory-owner’s daughter. The tale ends with the girl deflecting inquiries and asserting control over calls.
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Jersey
Mr. Smith
Smith
Miss Limit
New York Times
Tiny ear bone named stapes described as lenticular
The smallest bones in the human body reside in the ear with the stapes as the tiniest. Also called the lenticular bone for its lens like shape, it fits within the ear drum and hardly exceeds the size of a pea.
Brave Irishman Saves Woman From Ferry Fall
A woman fell from a ferry crossing to Camden. a poor Irishman leaped over and rescued her. After she landed safely, her husband, a calm spectator, gave the rescuer a quarter. Bystanders voiced anger, but Pat quipped that the gentleman knows best and who knows what he would have done with a dollar.
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Camden
Arrest items and political notes from the Roanoke region
Brief items report William J. Bryan accused of grafting Democratic planks on the Republican platform and William H. Taft elected to a Steam Shovelers union. Also noted are deaths, business charters, railroad and oil mentions, royal whiskey lore, seed patent sale, farming yields, medical society meetings, and Bryan’s nomination logistics.
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William J. Bryan
Taft
William H. Taft
Steam Shovelers
Dredgmen's Union
William F. Ast
Staunton
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles Claim Prompts Refund Offer
A purposed advertisement asserts PAZO OINTMENT cures piles including itching bleeding and protruding cases with a refund option if unsatisfied. Druggists are authorized to offer money back guarantees through marked terms and conditions.
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Pepenles D. Letcher
Lexington, VA
Pon M. Penick
Atrorney At Law
Laainotos, Vitraria
Notary Public
J. Purston Moore
Frask Moone Tate Clerk Co
Court Notary Public
Ff Oose & Moore
Arrorneys At Law, Lexixeron
T. bLascow
Asgow & White
Huey A. Warn
Attorneys-At-Law
P. Houston
Virginia
R. R.witt & CO. General Fire Insurance
Old Line Companies
M. J. Hess
Agnor’s
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harper's Ferry
Chicago
Pittsburg
Washington
Baltimore
Hagerstown
A. B. Beckwith and Company
A. B. Beckwith & CO. Opp
Bank Rockbridge
Haster
R. S. Anderson
Foley Shoney
First National ‘Bank
Treas
Prof. R
Amvendo Pr. Oy
Csss
Bickford & Huffman
Syracuse
Lexington, Virginia
L. G. Jahnke and Company
Watchmakers
Hamilton-Brown
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co
James E. Heck
Opp. Baptist Church
Tokyo
Fukushima
George E. Palmer
Harvard University
Dr. Shoop
Paraguay
New York Public Library
Jen
Japan
Tudia Railways
Amarch
Bombay
Kashmir
Baroness DE Z
Rooner
Roanoke Traction Company
Richmond
Amoy
Richard E. Byrd
Russia
Volga
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Edward
Harriman
Gould
Seaboard
Northern Neck
W. B. Hardwick
Kinsale
State Medical Society
Augusta County Society
South
Texas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
North Carolina
Alabama
Arkansas
K. B. Stoner
Fincastle
Roanoke
C. Hatcher
State Board of Charities and Corretions
Norfolk
Farmville
Indiana
Bryan
Kern
Hatcher
P. A.irving
State Board
Anderson
Seventy-first Virginia
Jo Lane Stern
Newpoort News
Franklin
Henry D. Clayton
Denver
Denver, Had Announced That the Committee On
Lincoln
Neb
Clayton
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