Local Fraternal Lodges Meet at Odd Fellows Hall
Fraternal organizations including Lextigton Lodge No 66 K of P and Mountain City Lodge No 67 Ancient York Masons hold meetings on specified Monday and Wednesday nights at Odd Fellows Hall in the area. The Daughters of Rebekah and Lex Council No 179 United American Mechanics also meet on regular weekly schedules at the same venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lextigton Lodge
K. of P
Hamatad
Odd Felows
Hal Liberty Lodge
Daughters O Rebekah
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Mountain City Lodge
Ancient York Masons
Masonic Hall
American Girl Not to Blame for International Marriage Failure
Boastful critique argues American mothers push daughters into high status international marriages with foreign nobles. It warns such unions often fail, blaming social ambitions over love and noting the unequal dynamic between American wealth and aristocratic titles.
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement from Lexington Resident
A Lexington man, David Layne of Jackson Avenue, reports recovering from chronic back pain and rheumatic symptoms after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He describes relief from persistent kidney trouble and urges others to try the remedy, noting it is sold nationwide by FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo NY as Doan's.
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Neys
Dean
Lexington Citzens
David
Layne
Jackson Ave
Lexington
Garreil
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Cures for Blood and Skin Diseases and Poultry Health Remedies
Advertisements promoting Botanic Blood Balm for blood and skin diseases including eczema, with price and supplier details. Also promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and Doan's Ointment for poultry and public health, plus dietary and health tips with various products and prices.
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Avani
Hollister
B. H. Gorrell
Breakfast table astronomy lesson spins egg on rim
A playful demonstration uses a moistened breakfast plate rim and a half eggshell cup to show an egg spinning around the rim while also revolving about its own axis. The motion imitates the Earth traveling around the Sun, offering a simple astronomy lesson at breakfast.
Odd Anecdotes and Beetle Mass in Essays of 19th Century
A collection of quirky 19th century remarks including a tale about Colonel James Kck and a woman recalling his father’s days as a pediller with a yard of calico for a joke, plus a Brattleboro fence debate from the Fisk family. An entomologist notes a black water beetle weighing 4.2 grains carrying 8.14 ounces in a small bag, scaling to a 45 ton locomotive at five miles per hour if a man of 150 pounds could match the proportion.
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James Kck
Fisk
Brattleboro
Fisks
Argonaut
Farmer life in Japan seen as more advantageous by Japanese
The farmer’s lot in Japan is not enviable to foreigners yet Japanese view it as more advantageous than many classes. Farmers are more independent, though satisfaction often stems from ignorance of better conditions. Their life is healthier than sedentary workers and agriculturists as a class live the longest.
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Japan
Kobe
Australian Tales of Sharks and Crocodiles in Aboriginal Lore
The excerpt discusses Aboriginal beliefs about sharks and crocodiles, noting a fear of crocodiles but perceived indifference to sharks. It recounts a tragic incident where a cutter captain’s paddleboarder boy was mauled by an unseen animal, implying a crocodile. It also mentions a tribal man with a skin disease who dived for a hook and was attacked, and a youth taunting a horse after a gate jump.
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Dunk Island
Jimmy
Clump Point
Glasgow lawyer’s trap collaring workmen ends
A Glasgow lawyer known for setting traps by leaving money for workmen hid a half crown on a floor. A wary worker drilled the coin and fixed it with a screw nail, revealing the ruse and prompting the lawyer to stop future traps.
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Glasgow
Explorer’s Tale About a Trunkless Body
A traveler recounts entering a thicket and finding a trunkless body, prompting a skeptical critic to doubt the vision. The explorer explains the body belonged to an elephant and continues his narrative.
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London Globe
Mont Blanc Seen From Dijon 188 Miles Away At Sea Levels
The New York Sun notes Mont Blanc appeared to passengers on a Paris to Marseilles train near Dijon, 136 miles distant, on a rain cleansed day. It explains visibility limits from Lyons Macon Chalon sur Saone and lists other distant peaks seen from sea level horizons including Vesuvius Ventoux Etna Chimborazo and Aconcagua with distances.
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Paris
Marseilles
Dijon
Mont Blanc
Jura
France
Lyons
Macon
Chalon-sur-Saone
Puy de Dome
Verez
Europe
Vesuvius
Ventoux
Vanige
Etna
Tenerife
Ujiyama
Kamerun
Chimborazo
Aconcagua
Andean
Cordillera
New York Sun
Veneer Making and Odd Garden Pests Highlight 19th Century Notes
Veneer is sliced from steamed logs in a lathe like process yielding thin sheets while cores remain for pulp wood and fuel. Historical notes recount Jack Robinson’s name origin from a Sheridan anecdote and describe Ceylon land leeches that cling to clothing, prompting lemon applications to remove them.
Intercet Brief Notes From The Era Of Reform Debates
A collage of early 1900s items covers capital punishment vote in France, a Bristol Virginia diamond find, Virginia oyster stock, Staunton Military Academy bond issues, school funding boosts, and various local legal and civic notes. Also noted are census marriage and divorce data, a Virginia anti crime rebuke, Sabbath observance efforts in Norfolk, seaweed disappearance near Atlanta, and the decay of Chancellor House at Chancellorsville with calls for preservation.
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George E. Wiley
Bristol
Virginia
Virginia Deeke
Staunton Military Academy
Augusta National Berk
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Product Claims Refund Policy
The ad promotes a guaranteed cure for piles with PAZO unitment claiming relief of itching bleeding and protruding symptoms. It states druggists will refund money if the treatment fails to cure in 14 days.
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Lexington, VA
Padt M. Penick
Atrorney At Law
Laataton, Virginia
Frank Moors
Preston Moors
Court Core & Moore
Arroaneys At Law
Lextnetos
Faane T. Glascow
Glascow & White
Attorneys-At-Law
W. P. Houston
R. R. Witt & CO. General Fire Insurance
Old Line Companies
Louis K. Walz
Sonth Main Street
H. M1. Quisenberry
North Main Street
Jahnke
J. W. Maclung
Fire and Life Insurance
M. J. Hess
Agner’s Store
Main Street
Mee
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harper's Fees
Chicago
Pittsburg
Washington & Baltimore
Ore
Hagerstown & Frederick
A. B. Beckwith & CO
Syracuse Plows
Syracuse
Lexington, Virginia
J. Gassman & Son Hardware Company
L.G. Jahnke & Company
Cot
Florida
N. B
W. Harry Agnor
Booth Tarrington
Rocky Mountain
B. H. Gorreil
America
Butdock
Poe Goewe
King’s Windsor
James E. Heck
OPP
Baptist Church
Jack Robinson
Ana
Dorothy Nevill
John Robinson
George III
Harwich
Sheridan
Robinson
Treasury Bench
Ceylon
Chamber of Deputie
Michael McKenna
York Hartor
Thoman
Rern
Jobo
Arther
McKenna
The
Baptist Times
Roanoke
W. 5. Royall
Richmond
W. Fletcher
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Blacksburg
Justice Simmons
Fred M. Guinee
Norfolk
Biewife
Wirchcin
Kizer
Tidewater Ministerial Association
Atlanta
James Waltera
Hornby Castle
Hydrographic Office
Washington
Chancellor House
Chancelloreville
Shot
Ehell
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