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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1906
Page
4
A Virginia reader details a crippling ankle sore lasting eleven months. After trying doctors and various remedies with no success she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, bathed the ankle, wrapped it, and saw healing in two weeks, full walking in six weeks, and regained health.
Complete treatment of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills offered for one dollar. Promises relief from itching burning and scaly skin conditions from infancy to age with hair loss when other remedies fail. Claims efficacy for eczema rashes and irritations.
A Fantasized tale of Nishma Japan features a pyramidal fortress topped by gold dolphins guarding a salted water mine. The structure, linked to Marco Polo, has attracted relic hunters and damage. Once sent to Vienna for a world’s fair, one dolphin survived vandalism and relocation. The castle serves as imperial headquarters during reviews and state balls.
The article notes whales rely on hearing rather than sight or smell, suggesting their underwater navigation depends on advanced auditory perception. It mentions a London Field view on their sense development and includes a humorous Norfolk digression about indigestion cures and 18th century earthquake gowns, with brief dialogue fragments.
In a magazine office a young editor recounts losing Miss Mildred Eaton’s story What's It All About? and nearly wrecking her literary reputation. He improvises a rush ending, faces the author’s tears, and promises help. the piece ends with the author finding success and fortune, while the editor reflects on luck and responsibility.
A brief urging readers to sow sorghum now for fall feed, noting that a small area can yield many tons of excellent roughage. The fragment includes a conversational aside about appearances and a motherly admonition.
A Presbyterian style sermon outline on Luke chapter fifteen frames the prodigal as a symbol of sinners and the elder son as self righteousness. It stresses God’s unfailing love, human sinfulness, and the Father’s welcoming mercy toward returning sinners, urging knowledge of God and true repentance.
A discussion explains that fulminate of mercury shocks all substances and that its value as an explosive lies in this effect and in detonating other explosives. It notes the need for rapid heat generation and oxygen, using gunpowder and saltpeter as an example of imprisoned oxygen releasing immense heat to cause rapid expansion and explosion.
The readable text presents a fragmented, humorous complaint about why people seek reasons and questions of cost and satisfaction. It lacks coherent names, dates, or locations to establish a distinct news item.
The article outlines pest control for apple and pear orchards including codling moth, tussock moth, caterpillars, and borers with seasonal sprays. It covers trimming Bartlett pears to balance trees, galactic wind considerations, and advises on rearing boys around farm animals to promote thrift and responsibility.
The article provides July guidance for Winn beans cabbage and turnips sowing winter radishes and late crops. It recommends wire netting for pea and tomato vines staking and preserving strawberry beds after two harvests. It warns of the melon bug and advises tobacco dust around plants and pinching terminal blackberry shoots in July to encourage laterals.
Use a soft rag mop folded several times and dipped in hot water apply to the affected area for three to four minutes. Do not rub touch gently and repeat often. After cooling apply a small amount of cold cream to soothe the skin and stop itching.
A small tale says a tiny elf applies a rub to the pen’s stub end, guarding the wood and metal from rust inside the handle. The vignette blends whimsy with a craftfolk belief about preserving writing tools.
A discussion traces hundreds of English words to body parts and actions, linking terms like audience and cordial to mouth and breath. It explains how head, hand, foot, and other body references appear across vocabulary and idioms.
An English visitor in Monte Carlo wired for help after losing all his money. A counterfeit five pound note led him to spend and win at Ciro's and the Casino, then to share champagne with the restaurateur. The note’s fake origin tied to a Drury Lane pantomime advert, exposing a jokester friend. A second incident involved 1,000 francs exchanged for plaques due to a misunderstood cue.
The piece argues that ignorance is not bliss but contentment and that people face daily troubles without solutions. It critiques the urge to prove being right in costly, draining pursuits and condemns schemes that profit only from others' efforts after hard work and savings.
In a humorous exchange, a wife confronts her husband about talking in his sleep and questions why he persists. The husband defends sleep talk as a normal habit and asserts a man should be allowed to talk sometimes.
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