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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
4
An article urges kidney disease as a hidden cause of many deaths and promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure. It claims the remedy treats kidney liver and bladder issues and offers free samples and a booklet by mail from Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York.
Special Commissioner to sell at public auction in Lexington Virginia the Rockbridge Alum Springs and Jordan Alum Springs properties with hotels cottages and personal property totaling about 150 acres. Sale begins 11 AM with deferred payments over 1 2 and 3 years secured by bonds and deed of trust cost sharing and conditions prescribed by the commissioner. Properties located near Milboro and Goshen depots along the Chesapeake and Ohio line.
Commissioner in chancery lays out a detailed account to be taken in the case of J. A. Houmas and others versus in Rockbridge Virginia. The decree dated November 19 1908 lists questions on land title taxes liens and debts of William Holmes estate and requires a report by December 9 1908. The notice sets December 10 to execute the decree at the commissioner’s office in Lexington Virginia.
A 1908 Sunday School page outlines Luke II lessons from Adam to the birth of Jesus Christ. It traces humanity’s fall, the Messiah’s foretold coming, and the angelic proclamation to shepherds, with Mary’s humble acceptance and the shepherds’ witness, all amid heavenly praise and earthly indifference.
A miscellany of anecdotes includes a yachtsman saved from reefs by a cook’s salad dressing timing and a Paris expo fooled by a new violin posed as a Stradivarius, plus notes on gorilla thumbs and pen signatures.
A collage of brief items covers lifestyle contrasts in hygiene across cultures, a philosophy excerpt arguing against simple Don’t Worry dicta, Jefferson Davis’s wartime ambitions, a yoga training tale from India, a Pennsylvania colonial dress law, a rustic motor metaphor, and a Burma bird that brightens its nest with living fireflies.
A business man dropped a silver mounted fountain pen through a street grating on West Third Street. Two newsboys offered to retrieve it for a nickel’s worth of gum. One boy fetched a yard stick and used melted gum to lift the pen from the grate.
The passage describes Breton coast fishermen at low tide digging sandy trenches to uncover lancons, small silvery fish. They harvest larger lancons at night, using lanterns to spot them as promenaders disturb the sand. A modern boast about an expensive sundial and electric lights is also noted.
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