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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1900
Page
3
Whiskey merchants based in Staunton Virginia remain in limbo as authorities evaluate recent trade and regulatory developments affecting their business operations.
Mr Townsend of Washington City spent the summer at Rockbridge Baths and fainted several times from intense heat while crossing Goshen Pass Saturday before reaching assistance.
Fraye J. Creney swears as senior partner of F. J. Cuzxuy & Co. that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Affidavit dated December 6 1886 signed by A W Gleason Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Send for testimonials free F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by Druggists Hall's Family Pills advertised as the best.
Editor observes Lexington's court day contrast with last year as no whiskey drank men crowd shops and merchants profit from dry goods sales. Old drinkers linger near taverns, signs for Cool Book Beer remain, prompting irritation and a call to remove beer signs from prominent buildings.
Young man E W Wilkerson son of W W Wilkerson Esq died at his father’s home after a lingering consumption. He was 22 and a Presbyterian church member. Funeral held Sunday at 5:30 in the Presbyterian church with Rev Thornton Whaling officiating. Burial followed in Lexington Cemetery.
Multiple marriage notices from Virginia in August 1900 list couples including Bonnett Hawpe and Ada Hawpe in Brooklyn Staunton Rockbridge area. Lora Thorn to Eddie Lee Hickman. William Edward Yew to Carrie Gertrude Thorn. W Kahle to Katie Elizabeth Hartigan. Names include Rev J A Thompson and Rev John H Harris.
Mr Agelasto of Norfolk Virginia caught two brook trout near the hotel one weighing one pound fifteen ounces and seventeen and a half inches long and the other one pound fourteen inches. The resort hosts 213 guests at Lexington Gazette notes and 203 at Sweet Chalybeate Springs one mile apart across Virginia and West Virginia with Professor Krouges Band providing music.
Dr. Jnc H Hartman announced to Lexington and Rockbridge County the opening of his Dental Office in the former J T Wilson space on Washington Street and offers his professional services. He previously served as Assistant Demonstrator of Prosthetic Dentistry at University College of Medicine and Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry at the Medical College of Virginia and as Dental Surgeon to the Virginia Home for Incurables in Richmond.
A $30,000 fire yesterday hit Woodstock destroying the Burner Opera House block, Geary's hotel and the Episcopal church. Officials blame inadequate fire equipment for the heavy losses and damage across the district.
A religious meeting led by Rev. A. P. Bonde will open next Saturday morning at the Greaver grove on the Collierstown turnpike nine miles west of Lexington and run through Sunday night with four services daily. Nearby residents prepare to entertain the Oxford Musical Convention on the 16th and 17th instant, and several locals join the State Council of Friends of Temperance sessions in Raphine.
The Castoria manufacturer warns against pirates forging the Chas. H. Fletcher signature. Parents should check that Castoria bottles bear the genuine facsimile signature and wrapper, asserting over thirty years of supervised production.
London dispatch cites Shanghai and Ube Foo reports that on August 11 allies were within twenty miles of Pekin with a general advance from Tien Tam beginning August 8. Pekin’s gates could open within days as censors limit detail on plans and movements.
The Richmond Times reports an extra session in November to set time and place for a Constitutional Convention and determine representation. The convention will meet next winter, seek voter approval in a May election, and may allow the Governor two consecutive terms, potentially enabling Governor Tyler to succeed himself. The Democratic convention to nominate a candidate is planned for August.
Henry Marinorec of 1506 Chartres St asks readers in Hovstox Texas to locate heirs of Barkley Townsend and T R Edmonson who were in Texas in 1840. August 1 1900. The letter seeks any information and acknowledges help.
A seller advertises Muslin curtains including a 212 yard by 36 inch piece at $1.00 and a better quality 3 yard by 42 inch piece at $1.50. Patterns are described as attractive and material quality noted.
The advertiser lists two quilts in white, priced at 75 cents and one dollar. They claim excellent value for the money.
The seller notes more than a hundred dozen linen napkins sold in the past year. The product is all linen, good size, priced at 1.00 dollars, and considered real good value. Due to advances, continuing sales at this price is unlikely for much longer.
The advertisement promotes the Roller Tray Trunk as a reliable and convenient storage solution. It emphasizes easy access to contents for a user, especially highlighting that a lady can reach items without disturbing other contents or lifting heavy trays.
C P Huntington president of the Southern Pacific Railroad died at his Adirondack camp Pine Knot near Racquette Lake New York around midnight. Heart disease cited as the direct cause of death.
A Botetourt grand jury, after testimony from Detective Cald win and Miss Nellie Keister and Miss Bessie Linkenhofer, returns a true bill against Paul Wallace for attempted assault. Initial belief blamed a runaway accident, but later developments led to Wallace's arrest near Cloverdale.
A merchant touts a broad selection in Dry Goods White Goods Mattings and Carpets promising full customer satisfaction. The note invites readers to bring trades for sale and promises to consider every offer seriously.
Local store advertises handmade Oxford Ties from J R Richardson Co Elmira and Pennant Stribling Show Co St Louis with prices from 95 cents. It lists large stock of No 24 No 8 No 4 shoes and calf skin options plus wide range of white goods fabrics and trimmings with various yard prices.
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