Local Masonic and Allied Lodges Schedule
Rockbridge Lodge No 63 I O O B meets Thursday at Odd Fellows Hall Lexington Lodge No 66 KB of P meets Tuesday at Odd Fellows Hall Unionty Lodge No 2 Daughters of Rebekah meets Monday at Odd Fellows Hall Mountain City Lodge No 67 Ancient York Masons meets 1st and 3rd Monday at Masonic Hall Natural Bridge Council No 1920 Royal Arcanum meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday at Odd Fellows Hall Lex Council No 179 Junior Order United American Mechanics meets Friday at Old Fellows Hall
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Rockbridge Lodge
I. O
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Lexington Lodge
KB. of P
Uinerty Lodge
Lex. Council
United American Mechanics
Old Fellows Hall
Resources and Investments Totals Displayed
A financial log shows amounts for loans and investments totaling 540 583 06 and 540 589 66 in a summary of resources 425 070 81 and 36 356 18 alongside a 625 00 line item.
Doan's Kidney Pills Advised by Lexington Resident
Lexington resident William S. Hileman touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a remedy for uric acid buildup and back weakness. He praises its relief after use, notes local availability at Gorrell's drug store, and urges others to buy the product from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo as sole US agents.
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Hale
Lexington
Wm. S. Hileman
Main St
Doan
Gorrell’s
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Nonsensical 1907- era Patent Remedies and Warship Paint Plans
An OCR fragment shows multiple patent medicine claims for Botanic Blood Balm and Dr Shoop products with promises of cures for blood and skin diseases and nerve weakness, plus ads for Restorative and Health Coffee. It references warship repaint plans and Dr Shoop health items, along with notices of teething syrup and cholera infantum remedies.
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Atlanta
Gems In Verse A Hundred Years From Now
A poem reflects curiosity about future children in a century hence. It imagines future fashion, meals, education, and reading while pondering whether future kids can surpass present beauty. The narrator, identified as Nicholas, speculates on attire, hairstyles, foods, milk, and books in a whimsical, hopeful tone.
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Nicholas
Remorse Over a Five Dollar Coin in a Senator's Wife Story
A Washington supper tale recounts a senator’s wife seeking repayment for a five dollar debt after mistaking a five dollar coin for a nickel. A helpful young man swapped coins and left the scene, later the wife confessed the mix up and the husband mocked the incident as a curious skin-game tale.
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United States
Washington
Capitol
Sener
Chesterfield
New York Press
Points d Angleterre Lace Origin and French Rise
The text recounts Louis XIV promoting lace making in France aided by Colbert, notes Venetian restrictions, and explains how English laces were smuggled branded as points d Angle terre after 1662 laws limited foreign imports during Charles II's reign.
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Louis XIV
Colbert
France
Republic
Angleterre
England
Charles II
Brussels
Tenant skims rent while watching cricket in London street
A London property owner confronts a tenant who is behind on rent yet attends a cricket match, claiming he would not have attended if he had not sold the back door for firewood. The item ends with a quip on speaking plain mother tongue over fine but empty terminology.
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London
Fane
The Giant Ant Eater of Venezuela
A detailed note on the giant anteater of Venezuela describing its size two and a half feet tall seven feet long with a long snout a foot or more, its edentate classification and unique body coverings, feeding on termites in South American forests, and its peculiar gait using backward claws to walk on the outer wrists.
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Venezuéla
Transvaal
South America
Tropical America
Obscure Portrait of Blackmore as Lover of Nature and Mirth
An old friend recalls Blackmore’s kindness to animals and birds. Dogs loved him and a blackbird nesting in his garden prompted him to place a protective plank ladder for escape. The Devonshire writer appears shy, with a strong, outspoken affection for women and girls evident in his work.
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of Blackmore
Christowell
Mr. Ruskin
Lorna
Daniel
A Rain Proverb and Its Stubborn Weather Truths
A reader recalls the proverb Rain before seven and Fine before eleven and adds confession of personal proof. He notes three instances when rain persisted from about 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. during river punting days, leaving the saying indelibly stamped on his mind.
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London
Witty old quips and curious questions from a bygone era
A collection of jokes and anecdotes features Richard Brinsley Sheridan and his son Tom debating politics with witty exchanges. Another installment shows Miss Flypp inspecting a watch for water damage and Mr Hunker’s habit of soaking watches.
Bryan's treatment of 95 year old visitor wows Lincoln crowd
Lincoln reports show Mr. Bryan warmly hosting Pitcairn Morrison a 95 year old veteran who voted for Jackson in 1832. Morrison recalls Jacksons tall iron will and the Hermitage cane Bryan gave him. The scene highlights Bryan's courteous reception of a historic admirer.
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Bryan
Fairview
Mr. Bryan
Pitcairn
Simon Morrison
Andrew Jackson
Lincoln
Nomines
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Jackson
Morrison
Ohio
Western Reserve
Mr. Morrison
Waaehington
Washington
Scotland
America
The
Hermitage
Price hikes loom for wheat and bread in fall
Minneapolis reports warn higher wheat and bread prices this fall while politics and industry stir. Bryan secures a trick mule from Minnesota Agricultural Society as Dems gear for the campaign. Virginia fares rise. railroad safety and typhoid concerns surface in cities. hospital plans expand for female TB patients. tax levies and assessments in Fairmont rise. Virginia Tech faculty dispute reaches the board.
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Minneapolis
William Jennings Bryan
Minnesota State Agricultural Society
Indiana
State Railroad Commission
Chicago
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Newport News
Hampon
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Taft
Shergan
Hie
Bryan
Central State Hospital
Dinwiddie County
Petersburg
Fairmont
W. Va
Taffie
Virginia
Greenbrier
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Druggists Refund Promise
An advertisement touts PAZO OINTMENT as a guaranteed cure for piles including itching bleeding and protruding forms. It claims druggists will refund money if the product fails to cure in six to seven days.
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Prenlee D. Letcher
Lexington, VA
Pees M. Penick, Artorszy
At Law
Sxarsaton, Virginia
Notary Public
Frank Moour
J. Puraron Moore
Oore & Moore
Attorneys At Law
Franc T. Glasgow Co & White
Hucn
A. Waite
Attorneys-at-Law
Houston
R. R.witt & CO. General Fire Insurance
Old Line Companies
M. J. Hess
Agnor’s
Baltimore & Ohio R. R
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harper's Ferry
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Hagerstown
A. B. Beckwith
A. B. Beckwith & CO. Opp
Bank Rockbridge
R. S. Anderson
First National Bank
Banking House
Treasur U.8
Pr.ct
S.ceee
Bickford & Huffman
Syracuse
Lexington, Virginia
L. G. Jahnke and Company
Hamilton-Brown
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co
Hopkins
W. Harry Agnor
Main Street
Presbyterian
James E. Heck
OPP
Baptist Church
London Times
Berlin
Germany
Shoop
Gorrell
Sydney
Dr. Shoop
Walt
Racine
Wie
Dey Street
Dr. Fahrnon
Points d'Angleterre Lace
the Giant Ant Eater
Venezuela
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Thomas Sheridan
Tom
Walter J. Quick
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Richard E. Byrd
House of Delegates
Suffolk Evening Herald
Baltimore Sun
Roosevelt
Spotteylvania County
J.L. Powell
Richmond Capitalist
Howe Tract
Association of Southern Democrats of
John R. Dunlap
Mack
Conners
Georgia
Christian Moerlen Brewing Company of
Cincinnati
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