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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
4
A classic advertisement notes kidney and bladder troubles affect both women and men, claiming Swamp Root by Dr. Kilmer cures many. It offers sample bottles by mail and lists sizes, with address in Binghamton New York.
In the Bible study the shepherd David defeats Goliath with a sling and stone, proving faith in the Lord. The narrative contrasts Saul’s fear with David’s courage as he declares the battle is God’s and wins renown for Israel. The page also weaves a domestic tale of Bertha and two suitors, Tom Manning and Henry, and a family clash over marriage.
A New York importer clarifies mohair and alpaca come from different animals. Alpaca wool comes from the Andean species native to Peru and Chile, while mohair comes from the Angora goat raised mainly in Asia Minor.
An 18th century scene on Boston Common features spinning wheels and a public display. In 1720 Boston planned mill schools for the poor with premiums for linen. by 1747 a society for spinning encouraged the craft and drew hundreds of young spinsters and weavers to the common for a public celebration.
A New York Press note muses on the unreliable gossip of sizes for figures like Julius Caesar, Hannibal, Caesar’s height, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Washington, and other luminaries. It highlights the wide range of claimed statures and the difficulty historians face in confirming physical measurements.
A Boston Herald reflection calls public opinion a will o the wisp that shifts daily and has repeatedly punished moral ideals from religious figures to societal norms, noting centuries of blunders and unwisdom across times and places.
A witty exchange notes two common classes in society. Briggs argues two classes emerge around borrowing and lending, while Griggs counters that four groups predominate: those who want to borrow and those who wont lend, highlighting differing views on credit and generosity.
A quip from the Chicago Record Herald contrasts rhyme with poem in playful terms. It notes that a person making a rhyme may gain print even if limited to a simple card in a streetcar setting.
A brief excerpt quotes the Chicago Record-Herald on candor and its role as first aid to enmitty. The piece notes that good deeds are not lost despite challenges and missteps.
A Catholic Standard and Times exchange questions whether hunting is expensive and whether gun use fits a farmer’s view of his cow value. The discussion centers on land use and the cost of pursuing game.
A fragmented instruction describes salvaging decayed fenceposts by trimming and smoothing ends, inserting a segment of wooden stake, and mounting spikes. It advises reversing the post so the patched end sits atop and continuing the repair with several posts.
A writer notes repeated disappearances of domestic dogs in Japan amid a demand for dog skins. He recalls careful watering to protect his animals, yet another dog vanished this morning. He mentions even a sea captain ashore for three days lost his dog to poisoning.
An advertisement claims Wine of Cardus cures irregular and painful female disorders and related symptoms by purifying the blood and clearing inflammation. It offers free, confidential advice from the Ladies' Advisory Dept. at The Chattanooga Medicine Co. in Chattanooga Tennessee.
Cornelius Cole recalls the arrival of the first Grat express rider to Sacramento. The city halted business and courts closed as citizens on fast horses met the rider. A wild, cheering cavalcade pursued the mail carrier through Sacramento streets.
A Tasmanian debtor’s creditors refused tin shares as payment for a debt a shoemaker accepted them instead. Five years later the Mount Birschoff mine yielded wealth, shares rose, a French syndicate cornered tin, and the shoemaker retired with a substantial income from the $3 shoes.
A Philadelphia Ledger quip shows a father’s reaction to children debating if a man can be absolutely good bad or fat. The Boston Record notes a doctor’s tale where a wife improves her husband’s appetite then wins praise for meals. The New York American surveys property rights as originally communal before private ownership.
In a brief exchange the speaker argues he has no right to all his opinions while Brightly dismisses them as stale and musty. The Philadelphia Press notes the sharp back and forth with a wry tone. A German proverb cautions practice not your art and 'tw. soon report.
Frank Hitchcock, a longtime political aide from Ohio, rose from a Washington clerk to assistant secretary of the Republican National Committee and later to a key post under Cortelyou. A Paderewski anecdote notes his sharp, polished nature at St. Petersburg. Senator Tillman quips about political inhouse support as a "working minority."
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