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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
1
Lex. Council No. 179 Junior Order United American Mechanics meets Friday night at Od Fellows.
Lexington VA Mrs Jennie M Smith of Main St says Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her back ache headaches and dizziness after a fall started kidney trouble. She praises the remedy as effective and urges others to use Doan's, sold by Quorrell's drug store with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.
An assortment of patent medicine claims and health advisories cites Botanic Blood Balm for skin and blood diseases, Foley’s Kidney Remedy for kidney issues, Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea for general tonics, and Dr Thomas Electrical Oil for pain. It touts sample offers, prices, and endorsements, with various testimonials and notes on public works and irrigation projects.
A poem reflects on unopened rosebuds opening with sunrise and closing at eventide. It contrasts transient beauty with lasting memory and notes the rose’s stately grandeur as a symbol of life’s brief bloom.
A diary of Fred erick Warde’s early career with Booth, his family’s struggles, and how he learned Othello by study and homemade costumes. A clergyman’s wife questions actors prayers while a Paris uprising anecdote highlights Desaugiers’ resourceful misdirection. Also notes a Berlin Prometheus letter on a dangerous Nile balloon fish.
A travel sketch notes the groundhog as a key resource for the Siwash in British Columbia. It describes the whistler alarm, traps and meat storage, pelts used for quilts, and the animal’s place in local lore versus white hunting trends. The piece blends anecdotes with cultural observation and snippets from other readings.
A reminiscence of the Rockbridge Agricultural Fair and Maryland hospitality notes its crowds, races, jams, candy, and prize stock. It praises county fairs as unifying, democratic gatherings and urges reviving historic courthouse shrines as memorial spaces like Charlotte County’s old courthouse linked to Patrick Henry and John Randolph of Roanoke.
A wave of brief items covers a Georgia law restricting near beer sales to communities with at least 2,500 residents, a missing pedestal for the Robert E. Lee statue in Washington, Taft's Texas visit and Diaz meeting, and local Virginia political moves. It notes A H Snyder's candidacy, Cuban lottery concerns, and potential congressional challenges in the Tenth district.
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