Fraternal Orders Meet Across Local Lodges
Fragmented lines list several lodges and meeting nights including Rockhridge Lodge No 58 I O O B Lexington Lodge No 66 RK of P Ussetsey Daughters of telekah Mountain City Lodge No 67 Ancient York Masons and Natural Bridge Council No 1990 Noval Arcanum with meetings on various Fridays Mondays and Thursdays at Odd Fellows or Masonic Halls with some garbled place names and misspellings.
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Lexington Lodge
Pusetsey
van Felkiavwa
Inberry Lodge
Daughters Oftelekah
Fellows” Hall
Mountain City
Ancient York Masons
Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge Council
Noval Arcanum
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Prostate and kidney remedies featured in medical notices
A long column of health ads notes Foley's Kidney Cure for enlarged prostate and kidney trouble, Pineules for kidneys and bladder, Man Zan Pile Remedy for piles, Rings Dyspepsia Tablets for indigestion, and Rings Little Liver Pills for headaches and constipation. Also mentions Japanese immigration to Canada, railroad work, and a plan to repurpose Bank of England land.
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Foley
Rodney Burnett
Rockport
BH Jerreft
B. H. Gorrell
The Curious Man
A humorous sketch about a timid man annoyed by intrusive strangers. He recalls a polite yet nosy elevator encounter and a pushy car lot salesperson, both intruding on private life. The piece highlights everyday annoyances from persistent inquisitiveness.
The Fullness of Country Life Reflection by John Ripabers
The passage extols rural life with daily nature shifts and moral lessons. It links spring and fall to duties, prudence, and hopeful risks, praising laborers, domestic companionship, animal care, and guiding divine seedtime and winter laws shaping steadfast, humble virtue.
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Earth
John RipAbers
Dinner of a New York Millionaire Guest List
Edward Everett Hale attended a New York millionaire's dinner where the host boasted of costly dishes. He detailed the price of each course from terrapin to grapes, penny by penny, prompting reactions at the table. Hale finally asked to be cut off about 1.87 dollars more.
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Edward Everett Hale
New York
Baltimore
Dr. Hale
Good Voice
Oak Creek
Meyer County
South Dakota
Washington
London
A. F. Winnington-Ingram
D. D
England
America
Holy Trinity Church
Richmond
Gibsom
Naval Academy
Fourth Clase
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Rev. Myers
Mr. Myers
Hiu
Forest Hil
Elate
Arvenia
Bucking County
Richmont
Department of Agriculture
Olive oil lime juice remedy for yellow fever claimed
A London correspondent claims a tumbler of olive oil with lime juice taken at onset of yellow fever symptoms can stop the disease. He asserts repeated doses cause vomiting and purging, and that oil neutralizes virulence, with rapid recovery observed in Cuba and South America.
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London
Cuba
South America
Wasteful eating habits across English and French families
A statistician notes that English middle class waste could feed a French family of similar status, while an epicure observes the French would not eat the cooked English leftovers, implying less waste in practice.
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France
Young Fishhawks Learn Feats of Feasting and Flight
The young fishhawks grow rapidly feeding on three and a half to four pounds of fish daily. They tear whole fish, pick eyes first, and handle prey with skilled beaks. They clean bills on nesting material and later eject bones as pellets. Wing exercise and storm feather-drying routines accompany growth. Ernest Harold Baynes in Scribner's.
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Ernest Harold Baynes
Scribner's
Starry talk under night sky sparks a space debate
A bashful youth and Misa Georgiana discuss Jupiter and Mars while stargazing. They weigh whether distant planets could host inhabitants, noting Jupiter at about 400 million miles and Mars around 40 million, and wonder if beings could see Earth on a dark evening.
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Misa Georgiana
Jupiter
Mars
George
Hindu Twinsand Triplets Births Stir Indian Superstition
A Dundee Advertiser note describes a widespread Indian prejudice against twins and triplets, with reports of historical child killings or placement with wandering fakirs. It cites the sixth day after birth as dangerous, linked to Shashti worship, and contrasts this with medical advice on infantile lockjaw risk due to poor care. A fire and iron surrounds the infant’s bed to ward off spirits.
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India
Fear and saliva used in crime detection in India
The article explains that fear halts salivary flow during court rice chewing, a test used to expose guilt. Guilty suspects reportedly show no saliva, stopping mastication, while innocent individuals secrete saliva, softening the rice.
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India
Painter Napoleon L dorms in kitchen inquiry
Mrs Cartwright seeks a painter for kitchen walls and asks Napoleon La mere if he can paint wide walls. He doubts the job, citing limits on high ceilings and steep roofs and complains of his own shaky hands and a broken leg.
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Napoleon
Beginnings of the Broom Corn Industry in Hadley
The Hadley Hadley Hadley story traces broom corn to Levi Dickinson who in 1798 began selling homegrown brooms from his garden after scraping seed with a knife. By 1810 Hampshire County produced 70,000 brooms and by 1843 Dickinson had popularized Hadley brooms nationwide.
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Mohawk River
Amsterdam
Johnstown
Middle West
Spraker
Connecticut Meadows
Hadley
Dickingon
Wethersfield
England
Levi Dickinson
Williamsburg
Ashfield
Conway
Pittsfield
New London
Whately
Hatfield
Albany
Hampshire County
Knute Nelson’s Early Camp Language Provoked Mules
A National Magazine profile recalls Senator Knute Nelson in a logging camp where em phatic speech was needed to move the mules. Diverse languages filled the camp, but a strapping Irishman’s expletives proved more effective, proving “a language all males understand.”
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Knute Nelson
Laborer’s Death Spurs Fraternal Aid Efforts
A neighboring city laborer’s death prompts his fraternal order to offer support to his widow. They arrange funeral plans and seek the deceased’s church affiliation, only to learn with surprise that he never belonged to a church.
Bedtime Etiquette Prompted By Tommy and Sister
A mother explains polite conduct to her children as Tommy asks if a gentleman should lead a lady in single file. She answers that the lady should lead, prompting Tommy to quip about Sue moving ahead.
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Tommy
Sue
Angello Boros and the elusive ideal wife in sport and life
The passage muses on the mismatch between men’s fantasies of a future wife and the plain reality of everyday women. It contrasts visions of athletic pursuits with a domestic image of a wife, suggesting a tension between romantic dreams and practical daily roles.
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Angello Boros
Adam
Una Daily Com
Shipbuilding plant eyed at Norfolk site
Cramp Shipbuilding Company in Philadelphia founder Edward Cramp buys a large tract of land near Norfolk for a new shipyard. Norfolk boosts plans to incorporate Ocean View and Willoughby Beach to spur growth and water access.
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Edward 5. Cramp
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Ocean View
Willoughby Beach
PAZO OINTMENT Promise and Refund Clause
Druggists are not to refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure in six to ten days. The notice warns customers about the refund policy and sets expectations for treatment results.
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AB. H. Gorrell’s
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Rockhridge Lodge
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O. B
Low Jackson Council
American Mechaonics
Ord Fellows All
Reenleed
Letcher, Arrorner
At Law
Lexington, VA
Pacn M. Penick Atrorney
Snaixaton
Virginia
Frank Moore
Preston Moore
Clark
CourtooRe & Moore
Arrorneys
Leclator
Hone No
Heane T. Gnascow
Hutch A. White At
Sgow & White
Attorneys-at-Law
Houston
Lexington
John H. Hartman
Lexington, Virginia
Nelson Street
Near
Gorrell's Drug Store
Ground Flyer
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Qamael Bh, Walker, Jn. A
Rr.witt & Co
vVicTok
Columbia Talking Machines
M. J. Hess
Baltimore & Ohio
R. KR. Oonknole
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harper’s
Dapeng Co An
Chicago
Pittsburg
Hagerstown & Frederick
White Mountain Freezers
Majestic
R.S. Anderson
Ariosa
Profi
Los Angeles
Arbuckles
Ariosa Coffee
Arbuckie Bros
Cit
Syracuse
McCormick
Roanoke Fair
Roanoke, Virginia
Louis A. Sholtz
Jas. P. Woods
Hamilton-Brown
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co
James E. Heck
OPP
Baptist Church
the Gazette Job Office
Canada
Expresa
Japan
Vancouver
Bank of England
Whlere
B. H. Gaerrell
Philippines
Jslands
United States
New England
4. H. Gorell
Australia
Gilgandis
Druy
Arkansas
Stoesgel
Port Arthur
H. Gorrell
Piace
Tere
Kansas City Star
Her
Huey
Reid
Salisbury Cathedral
Shenaddeah
Berryville
Ciaterne
Grand Camp of
Confederate Veterans of Virginia
Bonaparte
Aal
Supreme Court
Buck” Glover
Portsmouth
William Astor Chandler
John Jacob Astor
W. A. Metager
Leesburg
W. F. Lewis
Lew Camp
John A. Curtis
Taylor
Georgia
Grace Memorial Episcopal Church
Lynchburg
E. R. Carter
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