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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
4
A sympathetic health ad explains kidney function and the impact of overwork on heart and blood, promoting Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy. It claims kidneys purify blood, treats widespread ailments, and offers free sample bottles and pamphlets by mail from Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
J W McClung collector and notary public announces an office on Washington Street next to Dr Reid White and Dr Davidson offering practical accounting including books and trial balances and partnership settlements. He represents United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore and Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York offering bonds and life rates. August 12 1908 Lexington Virginia.
The thirtieth annual meeting of Rockbridge Mutual Insurance Company stockholders will be held at the Count House. A majority of shares must be represented. otherwise a second call with added expense will be required. Proxies will be mailed to stockholders and may be sent via a director or attendee. One or more stockholders may sign the same proxy. R C Walker secretary treasurer.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg lists 56 instructors, vast labs, a 1100 acre farm, library of 10 000 volumes, steam heat and electric lighting in dorms, and degree courses in multiple engineering fields plus agriculture and veterinary prep. Nine month session total cost for state students is 226.60. next session begins Wednesday September 1908. Imo President Paut B Barringer M D LL D July 2908
Trustee Funkhouger will sell at public auction the G T Alphin interest in the Lewis Alphin farm of about 183 acres in Rockbridge County Virginia. The property adjoins J N Selby and Morrison heirs and is described in the Lewis Alphin will record. The sale is at the Rockbridge County Courthouse steps on Saturday August 2 1908 at 11 am with terms cash.
The notice describes Virginia Military Institute Lexington offering thorough courses in chemistry electrical and civil engineering with graduate and bachelor degrees. All expenses including clothing and incidentals provided at 365 dollars per year on average for four years, excluding outfit. For information address E. W. Nichols Supt.
The lesson traces Jonathan and David’s bond against Saul’s plot to kill David, parallels to Jesus’ path, and the believer’s trust that God’s plan prevails. It urges living in God’s peace, embracing selfless love like Jonathan, and obeying God’s purpose with steadfast faith.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt extols instruments like photographic plates, telescopes, microphones, barometers, galvanometers, and coherers as far more sensitive than human senses. It argues instruments reveal millions of stars, detect minute temperature differences, sense electrical currents, and measure imperceptible stimuli, enlarging our understanding of the world.
The excerpt shows Mrs. Carlyle’s view of her husband Charles Carlyle focusing on his constant need for fault finding. She recalls a time when she prepared the home for his return only for him to demand the wedge for the window, insisting that without it the window would rattle and spoil.
A teacher asks what anthracite means and Wille explains it as hard coal, while bituminous is soft coal. The exchange leads to a sentence using both terms, ending with a humorous line about a mother asking for money and reacting with an anthracite look.
Elsie hides the origin of a silver mounted walking stick from her sister who questions her father. Elsie admits she found it floating like a schooner, then reveals the stick sank when her sister tried to float it in the bath seeking the owner’s name.
A note on the proverb to know a hawk from a hernshaw traces origins to falconry and the heron prey, with a Hamlet variant handsaw. A separate anecdote recalls a ventilation lecture where heat provoked a witty audience response about opening windows.
A short, humorous dialogue shows a man boasting of a green automobile to impress a woman, while another speaker jokes about not having a green horse to drive her. The quip appears in a Bt Louis Republic item.
The article describes an efficient spraying setup for fields under an acre using a small knapsack sprayer. It notes mounting a barrel on a one-horse cart with a three-quarter inch pipe and nozzles to cover four rows, allowing a single person to spray unassisted for fruits and potatoes.
The field reports Slagle may move from the Cubs to a minor league berth. Slagle began with Clarion in 1888, played across leagues, joined Philadelphia after a Pittsburg-Washington deal, then Boston, Chicago, and became a long-time Cubs outfielder. Also notes Frank Smith quitting the White Sox, Washington Americans new first baseman Charley Staley, Keene sending horses to England, a three year West Point Annapolis Penn football pact, Harvard crew captain Severance, May Sutton's Coast challenge, and Wainscott’s Hungarian appointment.
An Auburn woman recalls a tale from Nettle Maine about Aunt Betsy who knitted in front of the church during a sermon. The minister grew tense yet Betsy calmly claimed she was not wasting time and kept knitting until the service began.
A cynical remark in Sporting Times notes he fears the jaws of life more than death and mentions that he is married.
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