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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1900
Page
1
A rural advice column covers storing apples in water near freezing, improving yields with wheel hoes, and the economics of farming. It notes wheel-hoed crops outperform horse-powered plots, discusses land use and crop choice, dairing profits, seed selection, and strawberry bed management.
A brief, witty reflection on love and gender roles contrasts how men and women perceive affection. It satirically notes distrust and curiosity in romantic exchanges, suggesting love is a solitary game and hearts carry unseen marks.
A terse reflection on vice and refinement. The author contrasts habitual blasphemy with a coarse will, noting how language exposes underlying character in a moral frame.
Cost estimates show national committees spending around 5 million dollars with state committees adding up to 20 million. Campaign orators, printing, and house-to-house canvassing explain major shares of the bill. Phonographs and opticons are touted as novel methods for the forthcoming campaign.
A letter from Susan Wymar of Richmond school Chicago and Margaretha Dauben Racine City Wisconsin praises Pe-ru-na as a lifesaving remedy for female ailments and pelvic catarrh. They urge others to consult Dr Hartman in Columbus for a free booklet.
A compilation of aphorisms attributed to Haunington the dead railroad baker and shiplander. The quotes counsel thrift honesty, self-reliance, and practical work over grand study. They urge personal integrity, frugality, and pursuing one’s own destiny without idle social obligations.
From an St Louis orphan asylum a millionaire and his wife visit the nursery. A pretty boy wakes, smiles at the wife, and says Take baby while the couple, childless, decide to adopt. They leave with the golden haired boy to fill their home.
A vintage advertisement touts Allen’s Foot-Enase powder for feet claiming cooling relief, reducing pain from corns bunions swollen feet and sweating. It promises cure while you walk with over 30 000 testimonials and a sample offer, 25 cents at all druggists and shoe stores.
A collage of proverbs suggests money, wisdom, and fate interact with human lives. It notes that fortune blames luck for misfortunes and that wise people allow others to have their say, highlighting social dynamics and ironic humor.
The passage argues that from 1896 to 1900s prices and costs have surged for grain, plows, grain to buy tools, and supplies, with increases in rope, wheels, wire, sugar, and oil. It laments freight rates and blames trusts for amplifying costs in daily life and stages a warning of a “Coffin Trust” central to the critique.
Mrs J B Hunt of Lime Bluff Wisconsin faced a dangerous liver trouble with a grim prognosis. Doctors said surgery was her only hope but she found relief with seven bottles of Electric Bitters avoiding the surgeon and now reports improved health. The tonic is urged as a guaranteed remedy for liver and kidney woes at 60 cents a bottle.
The Atlanta Constitution contrasts factions defending empire and those serving the republic. It warns that surplus and political interests burden citizens while urging the people to rally for individual opportunity and home toil against imperial excess.
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