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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1908
Page
5
A health ad warns that kidney related illness leads to heart and vital organ failure. It promotes Swamp Root by Dr. Kilmer as a remedy and urges readers to request a free sample bottle and a discovery book by mail from Binghamton New York.
In a diary excerpt Dr Edward Vaughan Keebealy notes Bulwer Lytton’s diluted public persona. He recalls a dinner with Lord Chief Justice and others detailing Lytton as silent and slovenly with a scraggly beard and notable self doubt. The writer questions his authorship of famed works.
After Sunday night church they sit on the sofa. Mary asks Tom to perform a heroic act by asking her to marry him. Tom confidently repeats his vow to help, and she presses for a proposal.
A year among Arabian people reveals no dolls with girls nor any play at keeping house nor boys playing marbles. A grave sheik contends Western youths are odd for permitting children to soil hands with sport as he emphasizes duty and learning. Louisv ille Con ner Journal.
A London Sketch notes the bachelor as a cautious man who fears paying bills twice due to missing receipts while a poetic line lampoons a married man. A Boston Transcript dialogue then shows a playful classroom exchange where a teacher is surprised by a student’s bad lesson and a pupil retorts with a father’s saying about the unexpected.
A clipped exchange mocks slow service and extreme realism in theatrical dialogue. A critic from the Louisville Courier-Journal comments on an actor exaggerating realism with post act bulletins, while another dismisses a writer’s work as sickening.
In this lesson David evades Saul who hunts him with 3 000 men after the priestly massacre at Nob. A deep sleep from the Lord guards Saul’s camp as David and Abishai take Sauls spear and water, sparing Saul’s life and leaving judgment to God. The narrative urges trust in divine guidance and obedience to the Lord’s anointed.
Advice on lawn preparation grading soil and slope to shed water. Use well rotted manure or bone meal fertilizer and pure seed mixtures of Kentucky blue grass with white clover or redtop alternatives. Sow five bushels per acre, reseed weak patches, and favor blue grass in shady areas.
Brussels sprouts grow as multiple small heads along the stem. Plant as cabbage relatives with early sowing, transplanting, and spacing. In cold regions, store by pits, frames, or glass beds. sprouts boil well with cream.
The Liver pool Mercury cites a boy’s joke on Moses pitching the tabernacle in the wilderness. The boy answered he “chucked It away” but the verse notes Moses pitched the tabernacle afar from the camp, prompting amusement.
The Boston Transcript reports hotelier Hicks offers Welsh rarebit free for guests at night and charges for use of one horse during the nightly scheme. The novelty aims to lure patrons with a curious added cost.
Practical guidance on preparing cream for churning, choosing a churn, and avoiding white specks in butter. Includes notes on butter granule size, ensuring even salt distribution, and the role of churn design in butter appearance. Also covers farm accounting, feeding strategies, breeding, and home equipment upgrades for efficiency.
The article describes an outdoor ring toss game where players swing a ring to catch a hook on a tree or post. Points are awarded by the hook number hit, with multiple hooks on a board possible, and the highest total after agreed rounds wins.
A string of light quips asks why a poultry dealer earns his living by fow means and why clergymen resemble brakemen due to coupling. It jokes that American soldiers stay in a standing army and a weather beaten tramp’s coat has not had a nap to years, playing on puns about wear and sleep.
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