Fraternal Orders Meet In Mountain City And Nearby Lodges
Mountain City Lodge No. 67 Ancient York Masons meets twice monthly at Masonic Hall led by W M A T Shields as secretary J V Gr instead. Rockbridge Lodge No 58 IOF holds Thursdays at Odd Fellows Hall with N G W B Quisenberry and secretary J V Gr instead. Lexington Lodge No 66 K of P convenes every Thursday night at Odd Fellows Hall led by L C Houser and J W Gr instead. Royal Arcanum meets on the 1st and 3rd Fridays monthly under Regent A W Mauspile with James Withrow as secretary. Lee Jackson Council No 82 Junior Order American Mechanics meets 2nd and 4th Fridays at Odd Fellows Hall with D B Radford as secretary. Daughters of Rebekah Liberty Lodge No 2 meets Mondays at Odd Fellows Hall with N G Miss Anna Bevton and secretary E N Boogher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain City Lodge
Ancient York Masons
Masonic Hall
J. Will Moore
W. M
Councslor
D. B. Radford
See
Liberty Lodge
No. 2
Daughters of Rebekah
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Anna —. Bevton
N. G
E. N. Boogher
Swamp Root Promises Kidney Life Cure
A newspaper ad touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder troubles claiming it prevents sudden deaths from kidney disease and supports urinary comfort It notes sample bottles and a free book offer and urges readers to mention the paper when writing to Kilmer s company in Binghamton New York
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N.Y
Hogarths Tail Piece End of All Things Displayed
The Tail Piece by Hogarth, painted just before his death, depicts the end of all things. The scene includes a broken bottle a worn stump of a brown an unstrung bow a cracked bell a crumbling crown ruins of a tower a waning moon the globe burning dying god of day Phobus a wrecked vessel Father Time with broken scythe and hourglass and a bankrupted nature motif. The final touch shows a broken palette with Vinis. Hogarth died a month after completing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogarth
Efert
Phobus
Father Time
Driving a Bargain at a Maine Church
A Boston Herald excerpt recalls a summer incident at a Maine coast resort where a hymn book exchange led to a cheeky barter for black gloves. The tale contrasts Yankee thrift with hospitality, ending as the visitor recites the hymn book’s use in return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
Maine
Universalist Church
Portsmouth
The Roomer's Inning in Verse
A Baltimore American poem contrasts roomers with homeowners during moving time. It playfully depicts homeowners’ comforts like beds and pianos while roomers endure the challenge of packing and shifting belongings, ending with a lighthearted nod to the joys of renting and moving into a new room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fincastle
Baltimore American
A Literary Man Pingwill Sniffs At Books And Scrapes
A literary snob named Pingwill, married to a maturely respectable woman, bores friends with pretensions of literary stature. Heydinger and the narrator nudge him toward real judgment, revealing Pingwill’s pedantry, vanity, and fixation on critics while he fumbles for Wendle Hooper and Kipling references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pingwill
Heydinger
Beneat
Dickens
Jerome
Mark Twain
Kipling
Kenneth Graham
Meydinger
Wendle Hooper
Bellows
Pingwill and Alvarados Echo in Literary Debate
In the roundabout dialogue Pingwill struggles with obscure references while Heydinger and I tease his pretensions about Lant, Leigh Hunt, and Browning. The scene shifts to marriage laws in Europe noting Denmark allows twelve and fourteen year olds to wed, Germany restricts under twenty one, and France imposes earnings obligations on the husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hooper
Graham
Lant
Pingwill
Leigh Hunt
Terdinger
Heydinger
Alvarados
Alvaratos
Europe
Denmark
Germany
France
Ice in London Prompted Aberdeen Banter
A Scottish American recounts overheard London chatter in a railway refreshment room. An Aberdeen man asks for a spoonful of an ice and laments its frostbite like taste. The waiter corrects him, and the man marvels at London ice. He recalls Aberdeen with humor about sliding and skating there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aberdonian
Aberdeen
Typhoid Fever and Public Health Lessons From 1872 Article
Professor R S McCulloch urges farmers to search for filth and clean yards and woodpiles as sources of typhoid. He cites London boarding school outbreaks, Paris privy pipes, and Royal anecdotes to stress excremental fever causes. References include the Prince of Wales, National Hotel illness, and 1872 journalism on sanitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.s.mcculloch
Gazette
R. S. McCulloch
Washington College
London
Paris
McCulloch
Hall
Journal of Health
Prince of Wales
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Render D, Letcher
Lexington
Notary
Arroxsxy
J. Presvos Moor
Frank Moone
Rockbridge
Ooke
Laxixeros, Va
P. Jon TH. Hartman
Main Street
Ati Pam
Hutton Engineering Co., Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineers
Robert E. Hutton
Wexington
Sean B. Walker, Jr, K
Lexington, VA
C. E. Woodward
R.R. Witt &Co
Lalso
N. B
M. J. Hess
Presbyterian Church
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Mexico
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
British Columbia
Botetourt Farm
James G. Dixon
Weinbergs
Just
Owen Hardware Co
W. F. Pierson
The
Valley Tie and Lumber Co
Farmers’ and Merchants
Bank Staunton, VA
Progressive Cash Store
C. A. Lacy & Son
Virginia
Country Produce
Corner Main and
Washington Streets
Yassuh
Des
Lord Alverstone
Alaska Boundary Commission
Temple
GEMS
Rabelais
Gil Blas
Hudibras
British Museum
Browning
Baltimore
House
Cleveland
Hugh Gordon Miller
United States Department of Agriculture
Senator Byers
Washington County
University of Virginia
Woodstock
William Jennings Bryan
African Society
Ambassador Choate
Tibet
Holy Land
England
Caroline Roth
Philadelphia
Winchester
Capitol
Bell
War Department
W. D. Groner
Getline
Merchants’ Sand Miners’ Transportation Company
Norfolk
Sarat Leigh Hospital
Eidscopal
Isthe Methodist
Presbyteria
Baptist
Division of the
Philippines
Davis
B. H. Gorrell
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!