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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1906
Page
4
A doctor from Big Pook, dated May 24, 1905, testifies to eczema relief from Cuticura Remedies. He says Cuticura Resolvent and Cuticura Soap cured his own and patients’ cases where other formulas failed. He applies his sixteen years of practice to praise the products and allows publication of the letter.
Public notices advertise Cuticura Set as complete treatment for pimples, scrofula, and skin humors. The package includes Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent Pills claimed to cleanse skin, soothe irritation, and purify blood from infancy to old age.
Observers with the national biological survey report twenty eight bird species eat the cotton boll weevil. Orioles lead summer destruction, while blackbirds and meadowlarks dominate in winter. Some blackbirds injure grain, but most birds aid crops, and protection is urged for all weevil eaters including the night hawk.
A historical note discusses Roman horse gear gilding and gold bits used by dignitaries, then shifts to palmistry claims about the life line on the foot. It asserts longevity readings from the big toe base and recounts Jules Simon and Grevy during tariff talks observed over billiards.
The excerpt discusses how the language of the heart is simple graceful and powerful yet cannot be taught by rhetoric. It asserts the language is easy yet difficult requiring a heart to speak it and notes its periods are harmonious though unadorned.
A private supper gathering is interrupted by a mysterious guest who calls himself a burglar. He critiques each man’s profession, tests their nerve, pockets their money, then leaves after declaring the group is all in the same boat. The lawyer and guests finish the poker game with uneasy resolve.
The lesson recalls Jesus passing Jericho as a blind beggar cries for mercy and gains sight after Jesus asks what he desires. Zacchaeus, bold to see Jesus, climbs a tree and Jesus invites himself to his house, prompting salvation and public transformation.
The piece notes Henry VIII’s pursuit of wives and a witty Duchess of Milan who refused him saying she had only one head to lose. It cites Measure For Measure and a humorous cartoonish line about royalty and courtly life.
The excerpt recounts Hiram the Phoenician king constructing a grand fortress with seven vast chambers and precious- stone chambers, each larger than the last, and a golden bed set with pearls forming a thunderous display. Ezekiel questions the monarch’s boastful claims while a parable warns pride leads to ruin as in Solomon’s temple. The piece ends with a travel note from Copenhagen praising polite, orderly street life and punctual conductors.
A writer argues Scotland’s national drink is misperceived. He says whisky and the kilt are Highland or Celtic ideas, not fixed national symbols for all Scots. Lowlanders favored ale before Highland settlement after 1745, with strong beer drawing cheers instead.
The piece reflects on the three Fates who spin and cut life threads to determine human fortunes. It suggests that people on earth resemble the Fates, shaping their own destinies through actions and choices, implying moral responsibility for outcomes.
A diner debates kitchen tech with a waiter who insists the cafe uses electric cooking. The guest asks for a second shock to the beefsteak as proof of the method. Detroit Free Press style flavor noted.
A garbled excerpt features a quirky dialogue about an old hen and eggs, with phrases like by the event omelet and this test is made of excelsior. Watson's Manxine The Hero and Senator Badger are referenced, reflecting a chaotic newspaper clipping style.
Instructions emphasize keeping the stack center high and round, with the base starting round, the heart centered to ensure even settling. Bundles lie on rollers at the bottom so grain does not shift to the sides during settling.
Instructions describe stacking bundles with a fork to form a center heavy, solid pile with a twenty degree outer slope. Emphasis on keeping the center tight, adding inner rows, and using a pointed rod to pin top wind. Also notes topping out stacks and safe wind protection.
A chicken farmer claims an egg’s shape signals sex hatch outcome with smooth ends for hens and wrinkled ends for roosters. The scene shifts to a circus-like crowd forming a cub as a wild man of Borneo nominates a treasurer, calling for a legless wonder.
A humorous guide from the New York Press uses pencil sharpening as a test of a man's character. It links point direction, grip, and sharpened length to traits from secretiveness and impulsivity to imagination, steadiness, or temper, offering quirky verdicts on suitability for marriage.
The 1870 conflict pits France against Germany while African tribes, led by Mokrani, remain loyal to a pledge to Algeria. Tribes abstain from revolt as Paris fights, only rising after Paris capitulates. The French later honor Mokrani’s memory, and a paradoxical health anecdote from a prison inmate is included.
Dialogue reveals a generous wife who refused marriage when poor to avoid burden, then accepted once wealth arrived. Percy's craving for danger clashes with expectations of stability as he urges a bold life, while a character named Ian ponders the change.
A fragment references a heated exchange with a person nicknamed She-Henry and a claim about someone named Td having it all, attributed to the New York Press.
A brief dialogue where a woman explains that something was done without care and George answers with a marriage proposal promising only care from then on. The exchange centers on love and diligence in intentions.
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