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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1905
Page
4
Captain W. S. Graham of Wheeling West Virginia writes that Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured long lasting facial and back sores once thought to be blood poison or barbers itch. He credits the products with clear skin like a baby's and gratitude to a recommending friend.
H. J. Spalding of 104 Wrorth Street New York City reports two years of neck sores dermatitis and hair loss. He says after a few applications of Coens the sores disappeared and hair grew back thick and healthy.
A testimonial letter from M. C. Moss of Gainesville Texas says Cuticura cured painful ulcers and an eruption after over thirty years of suffering. The ad promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pile, with Potter Drug & Chem. Corp as distributor and a pamphlet titled How to Cure Every Humour.
A moral tale contrasts a youth's vow to reach greatness with the hollow outcome of wealth power and fame. He ends by finding happiness at an open grave, while on a Paris mission Rosny faces a love triangle and wedlock between Mile de Courtenay and Anne de Courtenay after a pivotal choice at Nogent.
A historical notice highlights John Hopkins, Salisbury parish clerk in the eighteenth century, offering epitaphs of all sorts with prices. The advertisement also boasts other services from the clerk including shaves, dental work, and weekly readings of the Salisbury Journal. It mentions a playful specimen epitaph about his wife and hints at a local school event with a fiddle performance.
A Sunday morning sermon was interrupted by persistent coughing. The clergyman, with a calm smile, noted the crowd’s hush when he stopped speaking and stated that they only cough when he does. The rebuke led to calmer behavior and the sermon continued with better favor.
A new Christmas toy from Germany uses a two inch disk machine hidden inside the doll to enable lengthy conversations and songs beyond the old Hy-dn Ma-ma phrases. A penny-slot operation on the doll’s back starts the talking routine.
A collection of old quotes from Phillips Brooks Thomas a Kempis Washington Irving Henry Drummond and Charles Dickens on Christmas. The extracts urge reverence for humanity and divine birth, peace on earth, charity, and childlike joy during the season.
Harper’s Bazar recounts old Yule fire customs from Druids to southern mountains and Negro cabin practices. It notes choosing hard wood, cleaning the hearth, lighting with cedar or pine kindling, and log ember rituals for Christmas eve.
The term Christmas names a mass honoring Christ's birth traced to Pope Telesphorus who died in 138. It began as a movable feast like Easter and was celebrated in spring before a fourth century reform fixed December 25 as the Nativity date. Traditions placed birth at midnight with night and dawn masses across the church.
The Sonneberg district chamber of commerce reports doll makers earn ten to twelve hours wages with men from 36 to 48 cents an hour and women 24 to 27 cents. Piecework yields $1.60 to $6 for men and $1.92 to $3.00 for women weekly. skilled men up to $7.20 and expert women up to $4.32 per week.
A playful exchange between Johnny Tommy sketches a joint gift idea for their mother. They contemplate a padded slipper as a thoughtful present, capturing a lighthearted family moment from Tesas iftings.
An English magazine George TV notes a roast sucking pig as a former favorite royal dish on Christmas day. It describes the pig’s head split, well seasoned, and deviled, as a favored treat.
Mr Stringfellow announces in Farm and Ranch a claim of a final discovery to prevent pests such as curculio and plum gouger and to protect fruit, cotton, and corn from the boll weevil and bollworm. The remedy remains undisclosed.
A lawyer recalls handling a $50,000 breach of promise case brought by Jack Hamilton against wealthy widow Mrs. Fanny Bissell. Neither side had solid evidence. after a bluff and counteroffers, Hamilton revealed he sought only the punishing drama. The plan backfired as both confessed to past indiscretions, ending in mutual scorn.
A courtroom exchange erupts as the judge interrupts the prisoner who seeks leniency for youth and inexperience. The prisoner’s remark about counsel heightens tension after a sentence is about to be passed.
A farmer reports planting seeded ribbon cane in early April with a four-fifths stand. Despite weather delays, the crop grew well, producing 219 gallons of syrup from one acre, with seven gallons for personal use. The syrup was well colored and body with some acidity, and the cane grew tall and sprouted after cutting. The article compares it favorably to nonseeding ribbon cane and sorghum for syrup quality and yield.
A compilation of farm advice on clean milk and sturdy equipment contrasts with light humor. Notes urge better dairy practices, market focus, and social engagement, ending with a joke about tremolo singing and a child's sore throat gag.
The article details a root cellar built into a slight hill with thick stone walls, a sloped floor, and ventilated roof for potato storage. It outlines timber framing, sills, a 30 by 40 foot footprint, and a front doorway with a sorting area. It also describes ventilated storage for seed potatoes in crates, keeping them near but not at freezing, and a sprouting process to manage sprouts in spring.
An exchange suggests Georgia cotton growers are not only holding cotton for more than 10 cents but are also buying from merchants and storing the crop themselves for future sale. The practice indicates proactive control of price and supply by local farmers.
Quoted line reflects on aging as a sadness not from lost joys but from hopes that end with time. The verse attributes this sentiment to Richter and frames aging as a quiet tragedy of unrealized possibilities.
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