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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1902
Page
1
A Washington Star verse notes a cultured neighbor girl who pursues piano painting embroidery and literature. Her refined talents charm some yet intimidate suitors who fear revealing ignorance. The piece playful yokes timidity with admiration for a traditional ideal of suitors and courtship.
A London Daily News editor recalls Archibald Forbes who slept amid chaos as he filed the epic account of Paris during the Commune. Forbes guided crowds with dispatches, escaped danger, and reached England with his vivid narrative. The anecdote sits alongside a Kingston Canada asylum tale of a visitor mistaking Dr. Clark for a patient.
The earliest cannon known as a bombard was cast in Venice and used by General Pisani in a Genoese war. The 1580 device fired a 100 pound stone. Francisco Barde later improved it to hurl 3000 pound rocks, but during Zara's siege he was killed when the weapon hurled him over the walls.
The Lipari Islands, once the mythic home of Tolus and the setting of Ulysses meeting, now lack hotels and see few visitors. With about 13,000 inhabitants living in quasi primitive conditions, locals serve as volunteer guides without payment, treating guests as guests, while donkeys are the sole transport and horses are unknown.
A competent authori ty debunks the idea of foods for specific parts and urges a balanced diet. Indigestion ruins nutrition, so regular use of Green's August is recommended to aid digestion, stimulate the liver, purify the blood, and boost vigor. Available at B. H. Gorrell's Drug Store with Green's Special Almanac.
A physician recounts Eben Roach and Chauncey Drew as patients illustrating how fear and courage may be seen as brain driven. Eben’s acts of bravery shift after trauma, while Chauncey’s steadiness contrasts with Eben’s self doubt. Lucy Inslay rejects both, and the tale ends with a caution on courage as a cerebral function.
Jupe J.T. Parros in the Lexington Gazette 1873 portrays William Lusk as a self made craftsman and magistrate central to Rockbridge County history. Lusk linked to pioneer families, valued practical learning, and earned trust as a public works inspector and presiding magistrate until his death.
Norfolk and Western telegraph operators gain a ten percent wage increase, shorter hours, and overtime pay starting January 1. Lynchburg banks report five million dollars total in certificates and open accounts. Mecklenburg County distributes funds to disabled soldiers and widows of Confederate soldiers funded by Colonel Goode.
A vintage health ad touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for blood poison cancer ulcers and skin diseases. It claims relief for aches, ulcers and swelling and offers free samples and medical advice by mail from Atlanta Georgia.
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