Fraternal Orders Meet in Mockbridge and Odd Fellows Halls
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Mockbridge Lodge No. 58 and Leo Jackson Vonnell No. 83 gathering schedules at Odd Fellows venues. Details are incomplete but indicate regular Friday night meetings and related fraternal associations.
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Mockbridge Lodge
Tor Tanya Oda Fei
Iowa
Rebekah
Mountain Tats Lodge
Ancient York
Leo Jackson Vonnell
Junior Order American Mechanica
Odd Fellows
Gems In Verse Cupid at the Door
Poem fragment by Frank Dempster Sherman about Cupid knocking at the door. The speaker urges awakening to welcome Cupid with love and devotion amid cold winds and tears.
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Cupid
Mita
Frank Dempster Sherman
Reminiscences of Lincoln and Greeley from Friendly Neighbors
In an 1800 Illinois stump speech scene at Springfield Carl Sehura recalls dining with Abraham Lincoln and witnessing his rustic humor and simple dignity. The account contrasts Lincoln’s quiet manners with a public rise, as neighbors cheer from sidewalks during a procession with the Wide Awakes. Horace Greeley’s anecdote features his absentminded meal, finishing cake and cheese in one sitting.
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Ilinois
Carl Sehurz
Capitol Grounds
Springfield
Lincoln
Mr. Sehura
United States
Wide Awakes
Bras
Dan
Horace Greeley
Mr. Greeley
Prostate and Kidney Ailments Featured in Cure Ads and Notes
An array of advertisements notes dangers of enlarged prostate and kidney issues among older men, praising Foley's Kidney Cure and Pineules for relief and claims of renewed health. It also sells Man Zan Pile Remedy and Rings products, with testimonials and general health advice, including arsenals loans and a bird nest incident in Alaska.
Father asks suitor if heart or money matters
A fond father gently tests a suitor to his daughter asking whether he loves her heart or her money. The young man blushes and proclaims he already has her heart in his keeping, prompting a warm response from the father.
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Leslie
Scold’s Bit Instrument Gifted to Walton Church
A 1682 “scold’s bit” bridle, a gag device for a talkative lad, is described as a preserved church relic. Inscribed with a couplet about Chester presenting Walton a bridle to silence idle women's tongues, the instrument was given by a gentleman who lost an estate due to a woman’s loquacity.
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Walton
Chester
Henry We
The English Way. Biscuits and Rolls and Everyday Terms
A glossary of British and American terms showing different meanings for common items and phrases. It lists translations from English to British usage such as vest waistcoat and pants trou sers, and describes various objects with alternative names across eras and regions.
The Emigration Office Ticket Tale and Early Eyeglasses
A father at an emigration office jokes that his child's profession is bachelor as he counts passengers, while a London Graphic note traces the origin of spectacles from Roger Bacon to the London Spectacle Makers’ Company and the evolution from hand held to nose worn glasses.
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London Graphic
Roger Bacon
Count de Lesseps Breaks Cups In Jestful Quarrel
The Enraged Count of Lesseps, famed for severity, snapped two Sevres cups to mock his wife’s superstition after a priceless cup shattered at a luncheon. Mme. de Lesseps, superstitious, feared more misfortune would follow.
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Count Merdinand de Lesseps
Mme. de Lesseps
Count de Lesseps
Ron Vivant
Barrister Defends Burglar in Court and He Is Notified
An eloquent barrister wins a full acquittal for a burglar at the as sizes. Later he finds the office safe open and a note on the desk. The note says the thief visited to thank him and admits taking two or three items. London Express.
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William Siken
London Express
Breadfruit Tree A Tropical Resource And Food Source
The breadfruit tree, native to southern Asia and the Pacific, grows to forty to fifty feet with large deeply lobed leaves. The fruit, nearly spherical and yellow when ripe, is a staple for South Sea islanders and can be roasted, baked, or stored as dried pulp. Breadfruit also yields cement, cloth, tinder, and lumber, with a milky sap usable as cement and fiber from bark for cloth. The tree provides towels from big leaves and tinder from dried blossoms, in a wide range of uses noted by the Baltimore Sun.
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Asia
West Indies
Pacifé Islands
Indian Archipelago
Baltimore Sun
Optical afterimage experiment with candle light visuals
A Baltimore Sun note describes an at home optical illusion. Stare at a candle flame then extinguish it in a dark room to see a colored afterimage that appears red then purple then blue and drifts to the right while eyes are fixed. The image may last five minutes or longer and.fade when looking away.
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Baltimore Sun
Balloon plant seeds carried by airborne fruits
The balloon plant produces yellow egg sized fruits that resemble empty bags. Inside is a watery gel that dries as the fruit matures. Gas inside lifts the fruit 75 to 100 feet, sending it adrift in the wind to disperse seeds over distant areas.
Dull preacher shuts wife from church night talks
Richard avoids his wife Susan's request to attend Sunday church with her citing a dull revivalist preacher. Susan pleads as their quarrel centers on fidelity and the preacher, noted for awakenings, remains a source of conflict in their marriage.
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Richard
Susan
Pearson
Disraeli’s blend of politics and literature explored
The article reflects on Benjamin Disraeli’s enduring love of literature amid political obsession. It cites Lady Dorothy Nevill’s Reminiscences noting his deep contempt for frivolity, his humor, and his melancholy isolation. The piece emphasizes the tension between public life and private wit.
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Disraeli
Mmost
Dorothy Nevill
Brief Notes scattered across politics and trade
A dip into varied items notes that Remesee II may be a fraud per Egyptologists, 20,000 West Virginia miners needed per State Mine Inspector Paul, and Governor candidates from A Beirne Blair to Judge Loving in Virginia. Rail, wheat, and horse topics mix with railroad mortgage, Canadian rail policy, and a Chesapeake and Ohio stockholder meeting.
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Rappahannock
Potomac Rivera
R. ‘Yw
Duke
Charlottesville
Virginia
Maryland
LWOU
Railway Commission of Canada
Grand Trank Railway
Canada
Supreme Court
Corporation Commission
Bridgewater Development Company
Bridgwater
Rockingham County
Bridgewater
Richmond
Florida
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Stork
Blair & Co
New York
Andrew Carnegie Paleen of
Zorgvilet
Nelson Coenty
Lovingels ci
Wilbur G
Theodore Fetes
Elizabett
Twatn
Autrey
Judge Loving
Allur
PAZO OINTMENT Guarantee For Faster Skin Healing
A claim states that Bind Bleeding Pretroliog Piles and Droggiste will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure in six to fourteen days. The notice emphasizes a money back guarantee and the product promise of rapid relief from skin issues.
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Letcher, Atrorskyy At Law
Lexington, VA
Pac M. Penice
Liamaror, Urrainta
Notary Public
Vuxivos Moore
Frank Moore
Ark Co
Court Notary Public
Ooke & Woore
Arrokneye
At Law
Jeximaton
Frank T, Glascow Hugch
A. White Eres & White
Attorneys-At-Law
WWW
P. Houston
Lexington, Virginia
Snos
John H. Hartman
Nelson Street
Near
Ain
Gorrell's Drug Store
B. Walker, Jr
R.r.witt & Co
Victor and Columbia Talking Machines
M. J. Hess
Jeweler
Baltimore & Ohio R. R
Lexington
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harper's Bay
Papas
Chicago
Pittsburg
Washington
Baltimore
Hagerstown & Frederick
Dawes A
White Mountain
R.S. Anderson
Hancock Bros. & Co
Lynchburg, Va
Syracuse
Ind
R. A. Patterson Tobacco Co
Richmond, Va
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co
James E. Heck
OPP
Baptist Church
Ariosa
Guieche No
God of Work
Lincoln Waraded
Poley
Rodney Burnett
Rockport
Foley
Alaska
Nome Skagway
Whitehorse
H. Gorrell
Peklog
Kalgan
BH Gerrell
John Watson
Ian Maclarey
Solu
Gupreil
Newport
Las Iwuabie
Pei Ot
Alveriuu
I. MH
Gorrell’s Drug Store
BH. H. Gorrell
Alabama
Union
B. A. Gorrell
Granada
Spain
En. Gorreli
Fahrney Steething
Bert Wedbingth
D. Fobrney & Gon
Great Britain
England
Ironmonger
Draper’s
Cipar
Tobscconist’s
Greengrocer
Slick
Cunnine
Smart
Boston Post
Thes Breakpryit
A. Beirne Blair
State Senate
Richard Killard
House of Delegates
Royal
Field
Blair Johnson
Fauquier County
Robin Adair
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