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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1905
Page
4
A Bridgeport Connecticut mother reports her six week old baby treated for eczema on the scalp with Cuticura Soap Ointment and water. After washing and combing away scales the condition did not return and the hair grew back. The letter is dated February 21 1898 from Iranistan Avenue Bridgeport Conn.
Mrs Burges writes of a six year old recovering from severe eczema on the head after using Cuticura Remedies. She praises Cuticura Soap and Ointment for relief, rest for mothers, and claims permanent, economical skin cure when other treatments fail.
A survey of betel nut chewing as a widespread Siamese habit with social trimming and tooth staining contrasts, plus notes on betel trees and royal perceptions. Also glimpses of the Sierra Nevada auroras and a brief Ancient Theatrical Programme history, ending with a domestic anecdote on spousal decision making.
Narration recalls Margaret of Austria serving as governor of the Netherlands under Charles V. She kept a long black beard and trained it to enhance her regal presence, believing it added majesty to her appearance.
The article traces Abraham Lincoln’s role in establishing Thanksgiving as a national observance from 1863. It notes multiple proclamations, including March 30 1863 for fasting and prayer, and August 6 1863 for a day of national thanksgiving, culminating in the regular November proclamation.
A quoted letter from Dr Mann in an English volume argues pythons show more character and emotion than commonly believed. He describes feeding, handling, and the bonds formed with his snakes, noting their timidity and need for gentle care.
The article notes oriental customs of keeping valuable fiabhs as pets, with Japan housing jars of fine specimens and nobles maintaining large aquaria. It cites cultivated species bred over 500 years, and highlights the paradise fish from China as exceptionally colorful and unique in the wildless lineage, alongside the Chinese comet goldfish with its enormous caudal fins.
George 8. Merriam urges individuals to adopt a pace that suits their inherent power. Do less to match personal capacity, avoid envy of others, and perform work within natural limits. He compares human effort to an engine with a fixed horsepower needing proper fuel and handling.
A St. Nicholas essay extols elder siblings gifting good books to younger children, stressing the ease and lasting benefit of guiding a child's reading. A puff ball shaped by a bowdoinham store is shown as an aspired curiosity in Bowdoinham, Maine.
An alagie year would yield seventy eight matches each long enough to reach the moon. Each match would burn for years and emit heat equal to three freight locomotives per day. Forty safety matches, twenty three with sulphur tips, one strike anywhere match, and a wax match about 700 ralles long.
A comic snippet from the New York Tribune shows Bee the bride puzzled and Bee the matron puzzled as Hobby forgets to kiss before business. The playful exchange underscores marital expectations in a lighthearted, old newspaper humor item.
The article discusses planting to shade poultry yards with plums and Kieffer pears, noting San Jose scale resistance and overbearing tendencies. It suggests silver thorn Elaeagnus parviflora as a dense, hardy shrub to provide wind and hawk cover, plus regular berry crops for fowls, and describes plant sizes, planting density, and benefits. It also covers lightweight versus heavyweight grain nutrition, squash pest control, and dairy herd bookkeeping with milk scales and Babcock testing.
A large Washington wheat grower accuses Washington millers and Northwest exporters of price suppressing. He urges farmers to pool interests and ship heavy wheat to San Francisco in cargo lots to secure better prices and defeat the alleged agreement. Millennia grapes praised for quality in California. Apple prices favor growers.
A banker urges a young man to save with compound interest, stating that one cent invested at the start of the Christian era would be worth over 200000 today. He contrasts this with simple interest, where the same sum would total only 1.15, highlighting the power of compound growth.
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt shows a client crying out over high charges for handling thin salt and the lawyer offering a partial relief by drafting the mortgage at half rate, phrased as a wheezy bargain.
A. M. Ten Eyek argues in Kansas Farmer that leaving grain stubble unplowed in fall may boost soil moisture, with advantages if spring is wet or cold. He notes fall plowing can yield earlier workable ground, but favors spring plowing when conditions are favorable, using a harrow or packer to firm the seed bed.
An old note discusses western experiment outcomes on fattening steers with ear corn and cornmeal, noting profits and the uncertain value of grinding corn for two year olds in winter. It references Fuller and a lingering servant. the text reflects period language.
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