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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1900
Page
1
A lyrical rural scene describes bells tolling and cows moving along a meadow bank, evoking an old fashioned farm life. It blends pastoral imagery with practical farming notes on crop planting, seed selection, and livestock care for a robust autumn and winter season.
Farm News urges attention to plant sports as chance discoveries leading to profitable new varieties. It notes potatoes sometimes sport from a single tuber and strawberries from odd locations, with caution to test offshoots for another season. Also advises on sowing oats for hay and pasture management to protect grass and feed cattle during fall, warning against overgrazing and yellowing peach trees.
Pension Commissioner Byars notes the Civil War pension list of about a million names has grown and will lengthen with the Spanish Filipino and Chinese wars. He argues treasury funds are filled by taxpayers and Congress will spend it to gain votes for the Republican Party.
A quirky note notes that luck can arrive in a worn vehicle, bringing unexpected opportunities and a hint of optimism amid humble appearances.
Ex governor Myron H. McCord writes from Washington to Dr Hartman endorsing Pe-ru-na for catarrh after a single bottle improved his cold, sore throat and cough. He urges others with chronic catarrh to begin treatment now, claims no substitutes, and offers a free medical book from Columbus Ohio.
The July Bulletin of the Board of Health stresses typhoid fever arises from contaminated water milk ice and food not the air. It urges treating the patient rather than the disease and lists digesti ble diet stages including milk beef juice cream and simple cream flavored with vanilla or lemon plus abundant pure water to refresh the mouth and aid kidneys.
A suburban resident argues against credit for groceries. He claims a money stash in the house is checked by a man and that women should not need to ask husbands for funds. He questions wives’ earnings and calls for all purchases to be paid in cash to prevent leaks.
A Western jury returns a guilty verdict but declines belief that the arrested man is the correct suspect, declaring the prisoner guilty as charged yet doubting his identity.
A collection of wry maxims and social commentary on marriage, money, debt, and ambition. It satirizes bonds of matrimony, women’s role as coupons of interest, and the idea of enterprise versus loafing, with quips on courtship and success.
Fragmented maxims offer guidance on fear poverty truth and virtue. The text discusses inner light guiding choices and the aim to develop higher nature. It asserts peace as a virtue and links learning to a good death.
Mrs Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin faced a grim prognosis for stomach trouble and jaundice. After seven bottles of Electric Bitters she fully recovered, avoiding surgery and regaining health and weight. The remedy is guaranteed to cure stomach liver and kidney woes and is sold for 50 cents by druggists.
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