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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1906
Page
1
An advertisement claims kidney and bladder trouble affect both women and men. It touts Swamp-Root by Dr. Kilmer as a remedy with quick effects, available in 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes, with a free sample bottle and pamphlet upon request from Binghamton New York.
A British government shovel contract story recounts a Waterloo battlefield encounter. Jones, a Brussels-born shovel salesman, delivered a critical message to Wellington, saving two regiments. Later Wellington praises him. Jones partners in Smith Jenkins Jones, ensuring the firm supplies all shovels for Britain's army and navy from then on.
The excerpt surveys women from various regions and traditions, noting practices such as gilding teeth in Japan, red staining in Arabia, blue facial paint in Greenland, blackened teeth in India, saffron greasing, hair dyeing in Borneo, shell-mace scar patterns in New Holland, and front-teeth gaps in some South American tribes as ornaments.
A Springfield Republican note recounts a bishop visiting a rural church pillar where beefsteak was served. The guest sawed the tender meat with effort while the host defended hospitality by saying knives must stay dull for the children, a remark that publicized the incident.
A French merchant lent Paganini his violin to play at a Leghorn concert. After the performance Paganini returned the instrument and the owner warned that it would never again profane the strings touched by their fingers.
Poem by William Goldsmith Brown reflecting on the future a hundred years hence. Questions about where birds flowers love and people will be, who will press for good and toil in crowded streets, while generations sleep and new ones till the land and fill the streets.
A collection of curiosities on sleep from Harper's Weekly notes sleep deprivation in a Chinese man condemned to halt his sleep and guards kept hourly watch. It cites studies on sleep depth in Chicago and Rome, shows that talking in sleep is common, and ends with a joke about a New York editor mistaking crape for a towel.
A London lodging house tale notes a roomer keeps strict records of possessions. An actor, after his landlady weighs a theft, shouts from the attic for No 8 cube sugar and is left unmolested, with provisions in his cupboard no longer touched.
A rare vellum volume belongs to the De Ligne family of Vrance. Its letters are cut out and interleaved with blue paper, making it readable with ease. Rudolphus I of Germany offered 11,000 ducats, but the book remained unsold. it bears royal English arms yet seems never to have been in England.
An account from Glasgow tells of a renowned man whose jealous, unstable wife interrupts a quiet visit by two old friends. She drenches him, he changes clothes, and resumes the discussion with calm dignity. He offers no explanation, keeps the moment private, and returns to light conversation to ease his guests.
The article notes fruit growing as a leading industry with new varieties from abroad and improved native fruits. It highlights demand for apples pears plums and berries, mentions cultivation methods affecting disease, and urges careful care, pruning, and pest control to maximize quality and profits.
Northern Minnewete forests blaze as Stanley county in North Carolina buzzes over oil and gas finds. King Edward meets William in Germany while Jamestown to host a $50 000 monument and a $100 000 Negro exhibit. Moroccos capital shifts from Fez to Morocco City. Persia enacts reforms and national assembly talk. San Francisco earthquake insurance case opens. Kansas winter wheat tops 91 million bushels and may exceed 100 million. A. McCartney in Los Angeles survives a rare cherry stone operation. a Massachusetts cherry stone sprouts a plant. Baltimore logs 50 self inflicted deaths and 42 suicide attempts this year. Sharks appear in Urbanna Creek prompting shoots. Bertillon system adopted at Virginia penitentiary. Chicago records 2000 divorces yearly. Bryan calls for Sullivan resignation in Paris. Berkeley county peach yellows threaten crops. Norfolk rain drowns hundreds of birds. West Virginia storms kill tomatoes via lightning. Chicago–New York Electric Air Line promises 10 hour, 100 mph rail link with hourly service.
A Derby area farmer, disliked by neighbors for quarrelsome habits, is tricked by a group of farmers who shout that his horse is stolen. At midnight he rushes out, asking direction. They reply Towari H. He borrows a rival horse all night, then discovers at dawn he is back on his own mount.
A studio recounts a single order for a photo of a child kissing a mirror on the forehead to avoid germs. A mechanics exam answer jokes that a pin cannot stand on a point since a point has no parts or magnitude, and adds a quip about sticking it in hard enough.
Fragmented dialogue shows a boy and father debating a shooting claim about an eagle in flight. The exchange reveals playful mishearing and the idea of an eagle “soaring” in the air as they joke about the miscommunication and the child’s questions.
A new classification lowers foreign mail rates to twelve cents per pound with a maximum four pound weight and value up to fifty dollars. Previously a four pound package cost $1.60. the new rate is forty eight cents.
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