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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
2
Classified notice summary notes advertising and obituary billing rules. Mentions 5 line insertions cost 10c, longer obituaries over 10 lines at 6 per line, and advertising rates upon application. Also references office telephone number and long distance metallic connections.
Virginia educators in Newport News celebrate upgrades to the state system including rural consolidation and district high schools. Legislatures are praised for liberal funding, with realty spending rising from 1720.30 to 430,902.72 and teacher salaries up 39 percent, as high schools grow from 219 to 229 and transport wagons increase to support attendance.
A four week winter program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg will teach farmers improved husbandry methods across general agriculture animal husbandry dairying and horticulture. Lectures demonstrations and night lectures accompany weekly topics with a $1 matriculation fee and $4 25 weekly board charge.
Washington and Lee University will start basketball after Christmas under coach Pat Krebs with a favorable outlook. The schedule lists games at Lexington, Roanoke, Staunton, Charlottesville, Baltimore, Washington and several colleges from January 15 to February 26, with venues including the University of Virginia and Georgetown.
Deeds filed in Rockbridge County clerk office include George D Tyree to Joseph C Tyree for one fifth interest in 116 acres on Big Flat Mt Nettle $30. 30.83 acres from George A Baine to Charles R Mitchell $50. A Day to Frank W Shaw 7d acres Smoky Row $1 000. Frank Reed to Walter Campbell West Enderly lots $1 100. E T Chittum to John T Reed Tate McCormick McCurdy tract Mt Atlas South River $186. Nettie Mackey to William Flood 1 7 acres north of Buena Vista $165. J N Cunningham to Richard Montgomery 41 54 acres Kerrs Creek $300. J P Ford to Lucian A West 84 40 and 4 acres Kerrs Creek $1 500. Melissa C Harlow to Georgie A Graves house and lot 1 acre north of Decatur station $260. Miss Templeton building lot near Washington Street opposite University Dormitory Lexington. R G Paxton to J W Wilen 12 75 acres Natural Bridge district.
A Guilford Maine resident touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as healthful for three years. The ad claims benefits and lists price at a local drug store. Separately a state education note cites $406,432 fund for teachers and district apportionments for Augusta County Staunton Rockbridge Rockingham Highland Albemarle. A Kansas court division proposes segregated schooling below high school.
A collage of old ads tout Foley remedies Beley's Honey and Tar and Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil alongside Beverages and Beery. The piece notes a local option result in Sufffolk with a dry town by seven votes and a change from two years prior. It also mentions Virginia fire insurers facing a tax and a thermometer dropping after a springlike yesterday.
A reader suggests a banana cream dessert using five teaspoons sugar five bananas beaten sweet cream and lemon Jell O dissolved in hot water. Pour into mold with candied cherries garnish with whipped cream and serve with dessert sauce. Jell O sold by grocers for ten cents per package.
Naval Observatory authorities announce four eclipses next year two solar and two lunar. The first solar eclipse June 17 will be visible across a large portion of North America while the December 12 eclipse will be invisible in the United States. Lunar eclipses occur June 3 and November 2 with visibility across ten percent of North America and across the continent respectively.
The literary society of Paimer Academy near Oxford Church presents The Valley Farm in four acts on Tuesday night December 22 at 7 30. Admission for adults two cents, children 15 cents. Proceeds support the school library.
A Rural Route 2 Empire Georgia farmer praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for curing two severe sores on his hand and leg. He declares it worth more than its weight in gold and says he would mortgage the farm to obtain it. Available for 25 cents at B. H. Gorrill’s drug store.
A grocery department ad calls attention to a wide stock of candies and fruits for Christmas. It boasts pure quality and attractive packaging with Belle Mead Sweets as a premium agency, urging customers to try once and secure repeat trade.
Dey Goods Department advertises a wide assortment with prices on ladies and men's handkerchiefs, fabrics, gloves, umbrellas, silk modifers, linen napkins, damask, table covers, fur pieces, shawls, bags, muffis, scarfs, coats, skirts, and suits. Substantial discounts and a broad stock emphasize value across categories.
Banking House shows a outstanding balance due from Panks totaling 49 342 61 and 77 525 07 within the ledgers.
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