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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1905
Page
2
Lexinary Virginia December 6 1905 advertising rates moderate furnished on application Local notices ten cents a line per insertion six cents a line for each subsequent insertion Obituaries exceeding ten lines require payment at ten cents per line Cards of thanks etc must be paid at same rate Office telephone number eight Long Distance Metallic connects with town and county lines
The first session of the Fifty ninth Congress opened with no major incidents. Speaker Cannon was re elected without opposition. Highlights include debates on interstate corporate control, election finance reform, Panama Canal, statehood for remaining territories, immigration policy, and tariffs. A Virginia education convention in Lynchburg urged a $200000 fund for local schools and a state higher learning institution. Roosevelt's message to Congress emphasized against plutocracy and mob rule. The Harrisonburg Spirit of the Valley published an industrial edition praising local firms.
President Roosevelt expresses strong support for the Jamestown Tercentennial in a message to Congress. He urges sustained national effort, endorsements by states and Congress, and invites international participation in the 1907 Hampton Roads celebration to honor the Jamestown settlement. Also reports a Thanksgiving football game recap between Washington and Lee and George Washington University with W&L winning 17–0. Moomaw, Anderson score and lead the Virginians. detailed lineups follow.
The Washington and Lee Dramatic Club will present two one act comedies in the university gymnasium on Thursday evening December 7. The plays My Lord in Livery and Je on Par le Francais are directed by Miss Annie R White. Tickets cost 35 cents general admission and 50 cents for reserved seats with sales at McCrums.
Deeds of bargain and sale entered in Rockbridge County clerk’s office for the week ending December. Listings include H. E. Bolen to Joseph T. L. Bolen 61 acres 87 poles near Lexington to Brownsburg valued at 1400 dollars and J. D. Crist to T. A. Crist for half of 22 acres 111 poles valued at 3200 dollars. Other transfers involve T. L. Jones, Mrs. Edmond J. Wilbourm, Horace H. Bell, Mrs. Mary H. Shields, Gardner P. Kerr, J. W. McFaddin, and John J. Shaw with various parcels and sums. Includes an advertisement for Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup and Dean’s Ointment.
Order of Publication to James K Harris informs that Lot No 13 Block 20 Bee tion No 5 in Buena Vista Virginia was sold January 14 1896 for delinquent taxes and a purchase application filed. Harris must appear within four months to protect interest. D H Rucker Clerk December 2 1905.
Special Commissioners W. T. Shields G. D. Letcher offer for sale at public auction a house and lot No. 8 in the Wm G White land subdivision on Diamond or Freedmans Hill Lexington Virginia. Sale is set for January 6 1906 at 12 oclock before the Courthouse within terms of one third cash and balance in three equal payments with bonds waiving homestead exemption and interest from sale date.
A vintage retail pitch touts quality over price across groceries shoes dry goods and wearables. It exaggerates candy value claiming 10 cent treats and 20 cent items cheaper elsewhere, guarantees pure products and backs satisfaction with money back on certain goods.
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