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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
1
The document itemizes resources as of September 1 1909 including Bills Receivable Bonds Securities and other assets totaling 544 024 05 with figures for cash due from banks overdrafts and real estate. It notes deposits certificates of deposit issued bearing 3 percent interest after sixty days and payable on demand.
A Lexington resident cited relief from longstanding kidney trouble after using Dean's Kidney Pills, claiming a marble-sized stone passage and full recovery. The testimonial notes purchase at Gorrell's drug store and Foster Milburn Co. as U S sole agents, price five cents, urging others to try the remedy.
The ad column promotes Blood Balm Company products for blood and skin diseases including eczema, scrofula, ulcers and rheumatism. It also touts Foley remedies for coughs and kidney trouble, Lollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea as a cleanser, and Doan’s ointment for piles. Additional notes encourage poultry care and digestion aids.
A reflective verse on life’s swift passage and aging. The speaker notes youth’s passions fading, time’s quickening approach, and the ache of friends departing as the river of life flows toward death. The fragment attributes the lines to Thouwas Campbell and mentions Raven.
A long, reflective piece catalogs wolves, wildcats, raccoons, foxes, mink, red squirrels, house cats, shrews, goshawks, and birds killing hens, ducks, fish, and other prey for pleasure rather than need. It notes numerous anecdotes from Maine to Mount Desert Island and ends with Li Hung Chang receiving gift toy dogs in London.
A survey of famously long English words and linguistic quirks traced to Sir Walter Scott, Dante, Rabelais, and Welsh place names. The piece notes ultrantidisestablishmentarianism and Llanfair pwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndro bwill hang dy siliogogoch as examples, with jokes on longest terms and the word longer.
A witness in a will case testified he had a brother who died 150 years ago. The court reviewed documentary evidence showing the witness’s father, who married young, sired a son who died in infancy and, after a second marriage at seventy five, had another son who reached ninety four and made the remarkable assertion.
A tense scene unfolds as Young Smith declares love to Nellie and asks to wed. Nellie refuses, a brother is hidden under the sofa, and a sister is ushered away. Smith presses, but Nellie rejects him and the moment ends with his collapse.
During a Donizetti performance Mme. Patti received a tiny dog hidden in a basket of roses. An usher nearly blocked the gift but the manager allowed it. Patti kissed the flowers and declared the dog lovely, eliciting a wild ovation as she staged Flame Sweet Home to end the moment.
A north country collier tries to propose to Jenny by mentioning life insurance. He figures the policy would pay his wife if he dies, but she objects that he has not yet married her. After a playful exchange she accepts the idea, and they embrace.
A witty exchange follows a woman’s refusal to marry. She offers to attend the wedding of another man and toss shoes as a sign of goodwill. The man replies with a quip about borrowing shoes to avoid rice noise leading to a playful compromise. The New York Times notes the manipulation and reversal as flattery wins.
A man named Little in Dublin pursues his daughter after she elopes with a forbidden lover. The puzzle asks what time it was when the event occurred, with the punchline that it was “a Little after two.”
A report notes Irish inventors have perfected embroidery machines rivaling skilled handwork at far lower cost. The item appears amid a roundup of regional news on industry, politics, and local events.
An advertisement promotes PASO OINTMENT with a six to fourteen day trial period and a refund offer if it fails to cure piles. The copy targets sufferers of itching bleeding and protruding hemorrhoids and names a druggist authorized to issue refunds.
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