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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1900
Page
4
A reflective saying on truth and memory notes how words pry and truth-tellers reveal themselves. It mentions how corkscrews extract confessions and that most writers imitate type rather than craft fiction. It argues life stories attract curiosity and women press for reassurance in love. It also marks the pride of a first photograph on display.
Mrs. I. B. Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin faced a dire prognosis for stomach trouble and yellow jaundice. After seven bottles of Electric Bitters she was wholly cured, avoided surgery, and now works vigorously with improved health. The remedy is guaranteed to cure stomach liver and kidney troubles. Price 50 cents at druggists.
Authorities on dietetics declare ice cream a nutritious summer choice when paired with bread and butter or cake. It is mainly made from milk or cream and eggs, and remains wholesome even when frozen. By the time it reaches the stomach it is warmer than cold milk or iced water.
A frightful blunder will cause pain and wounds, but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is advertised as the best in the world to kill pain and heal injuries. It claims to cure old sores fever sores ulcers boils felons corns and skin irritations with a 25 cent price and guaranteed results from all druggists.
Attorney Henry Baer received a note from Freddy Hill, a former office boy of Company F Thirty first Infantry in the Philippines. He wrote a humorous measure about living on pork and beans and cramps and asked for two cents to cover postage. Baer paid the postage and sent the letter on Uncle Sam’s mail.
A vintage ad claims a monster devil fish represents a corrupt medical condition and promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as a safe cure. The copy touts benefits for stomach liver kidneys and bowels and markets the product at 25 cents in drugstores.
A reflective piece extols virtue over envy and the struggle with passion. It argues truth, good sense, good humor, and wit should guide conversation. It cautions against excessive hopes and hypocrisy in public vice and private flaw.
The document notes Field of Labor in Chicago having 4118 attorneys while Havara employs 1000 policemen. It lists diverse items including a Filipino horse valued at 13 dollars, Japan opening petroleum fields, and broader world notes on labor, industry, and transport.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and related remedies for motherhood and postnatal health. It claims the products strengthen the body, ease childbirth, and promote a healthy mind, with testimonial notes from a Beechwood, Mor. customer praising weight gain and well being after use.
A reflective piece notes that knowledge can be power with or without effort, dignity is lonely, and happiness seeks a lap. It warns against many acts with one error, defines luck as securing desired aims, and claims a woman loves a man more for his indifference than other attentions.
A Chicago News excerpt presents aphorisms on lovesickness, childhood, womanhood, and thrift. It critiques fools and wisdom, notes excuses of the pregnant and absent, and remarks on leisure, charitable work, and the perils of pursuing the ideal partner through marriage.
A collection of wry lines on life, debt, morals, and society. Quirky observations touch on sin's cost, homemade goods, daughters and fathers, horses, thieves, singing, love as disease, the pickpocket, and a hog fond of a square root.
The Fertilizer Law 15 cents per ton tax collected through June totalled 15 959 10 on 126 494 tons sold since January. Officials project about 30 000 in annual revenue and plan to use funds to support the Department of Agriculture and fertilizer inspection. Inspectors earn 50 a month for four to five months with higher expenses.
Swephy mountain breezes and 2800 feet sea level frame the Dela Park Hotel on the main Baltimore and Ohio site. Rooms en suite with bath electric lights and baths Turkish baths two pools golf tennis bowling and complete livery. Cottages furnished for housekeeping ready June 1 occupancy and hotel open June 23 to September 30. For rates and info contact W E Borwell manager B and O Building Baltimore Md until June 10 then Deer Park Garrett county Md.
An advertisement for Botanic Blood Balm promises a permanent remedy for eczema pimples blotches skin eruptions boils and rheumatic symptoms by cleansing poisons from the blood. It offers trial bottles free with full treatment priced at 5 dollars and cites thirty years of testing with thousands cured. It also argues advertising benefits merchants.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad expands electric automobile service to Washington Philadelphia and Chicago after trials in Washington DC The system offers latest electric cars with deep seats and lights and trains will wire ahead for ready automobiles at destination.
Dr Jno H Hartaian announces a new dental office on Washington Street in the former Dr J T Wilson space. He previously served as Assistant Demonstrator of Prosthetic Dentistry at University College of Medicine and Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry at Medical College of Virginia. He also held the role of Dental Surgeon to the Virginian Home for Tremibles in Richmond Va.
An offer touts El Progreso Copper Mining Co at 63 Wall Street New York claiming copper ore yields of 12 percent copper and 12 02 silver with high value ore in six mines. It cites Calumet and Meola and others, compares past and present stock values, and promises a modern 40 ton concentrating plant yielding $1,520 daily from 40 tons. Prospective investors are urged to buy shares, with prospectus by David B. Russell, president.
Delinquent tax notices issued for land parcels on Walker's Creek Street Goshen Virginia including lot 7 block 05 and lot 80 block 88 in Goshen Land and Improvement Company. Notices require appear four months from date to protect interests as applications for purchase proceed by Commonwealth of Virginia.
A timetable fragment describes bus and train times and routes serving New York New Orleans Washington and Memphis with convenient passage options via Lexington and local stops. Officials Buena Vista and Rounce Virginia indicate service details and contact points for schedule info.
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