Christmas Advertisements in The Che Gazette
Wade Masters & Co offers nuts fruit candies and raijelus for Christmas while M J Hesa promotes gold and silver gifts and toilet articles Irwin & Co advertise Christmas presents all in good value Agner & Sheridan present ladies desks tables and book cases Richlands Oil Co notes stock withdrawal and stockholders meeting January 15th
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Masters & Co
M. J. Hesa
Irwin & Co
Agner & Sheridan
Richlands Oil Co
Cadet Willis Refuses to Sign Breach of Discipline at VMI
A VMI third class cadet, W. T. Willis, declined to join peers in a Tuesday night disturbance. He explained his parents’ sacrifice and a state cadet appointment justify his conduct, and he would not sign the disruptive paper. Willis is the son of John Willis of Gordonsville, Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Military Institute
W. T. Willis
Board of Visitors
Cadet Willis
John Willis
Gordonsville
Gazzetth
Shipp
Sapskatensens
Smith Academia
Ford
General Shipp
R. Gy
Devoe
Seattle
Wash
A. B
Kinsale
R.A. Cawthorne
Tappahannock
TD. Hoskins
Summit
Miss
Y. Buckman
Monongah
W. Va
J. P. Gray
Franklin
Lexington
Board of Visitors Area
Emetric Bitters Praised by Rev C J Budlong Ashaway RI
Rev C J Budlong of Ashaway Rhode Island extols Emetric Bitters as a genuine cure for jaundice and long standing liver troubles. The ad claims Electric Bitters also aid liver kidney and stomach issues with over fifty cent price and druggist B H Gorrell offering satisfaction guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
C.J. Budlong
Ashaway, R. I
B. H. Gorrell
Barbourville Editor Weds Local Bride Quietly at Home
E. H. Bobbitt editor of the Barbourville News married Miss Belle Tiller of Barbourville at the bride's parents home in the city. Rev. Baker of the Baptist church performed the ceremony. Bobbitt known in Lexington and once a writer at The Gazette office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Times
Barbourville
E. H. Bobbitt
Belle Tiller
Baker
Baptist Church
Bobbitt
North Carolina
Mies Tiller
James A. Tiller
Interstate Petroleum Company
Atlantic and Pacific Oil Company
Mr. Bobbitt
Lexington
M. L. Bobutt
Gazette Office
New Life Pills Claim Quick Relief for Digestive Ailments
W P Whitehead of Kennedale Texas reports distressing head and stomach pains eased by Dr Kings New Life Pills claiming a new man like feeling. Infallible for stomach and vet troubles with price only 25 cents at B H Gorrells drug store.
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Dr. King
W. P. Whitehead
Kennedale
Texas
B. H. Gorrell
Missionary Messages Highlight Local Churches and Y M C A
Rev E C Root preached at the Baptist church Sunday morning with no evening service. Dr W B Currell led Trinity Methodist Sunday morning. J E Hubbard spoke at Washington and Lee University and VMI on Y M C A foreign mission work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.C. Root
Baptist Church
Currell
Trinity Methodist Church
St. Paul
J. E. Hubbard
Richmond
Washington and Lee University
Virginia Military Institute
Young Men's Christian Association
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Praised For Piles And Burns
A McConnellsville Ohio resident recounts three years of treatment by doctors for piles and fistula without relief until Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him in two weeks. It promises cures for burns, bruises, cuts, sores and eruptions with a 25 cent price at B H Gorrell's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VW. A. Greer
McConnellsville
Bucklen
B. H. Gorrell
Mid-Winter Excursions to Washington by B and O Rail
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers two popular mid winter excursions to Washington on January 23 and February 19 1904 at very low round trip rates with a ten day return limit. Tickets and full details available from T E Jarrett Lexington Va. Mother Grays Powders promoted with widespread testimonials and a sample offered free at Allen S Olusted Le Roy NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio R. R
Washington
T. E. Jarrett
Ent
Lexington
Mother Gray
New York
Allen
le Roy
N.Y
Railroad Tourist Tickets Offer Low Fares to South and Cuba
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad advertises Winter Tourist Tickets at reduced rates to points east of the Ohio River including Alabama Florida Louisiana Mississippi New Mexico North Carolina Texas Havana Cuba and Nassau N P For details contact Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Agent K.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ohio River
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
Miselesippi
New Mexico
North Carolina
Texas
Havana
Cuba
Nassau
N. P
Baltimore & Ohlo RK. K
To Cure a Cold in One Day Cure All Tabs Ad
An old advertisement claims a single day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It states druggists refund the money if it fails and features K. W. Grove's signature on each box, priced at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. W. Grove
Roll of honor at Temperance Hall Public School
The roll of honor for the month ending November 28 lists students from Temperance Hall near Wesley Chapel. Second grade Maud Hartsook, Third grade Sadie Hartsook, and Fifth grade Viola Ballard cited for their achievements under Miss Edna Slough the teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temperance Hall
Wesley Chapel
Edna Slough
Maud Hartsook
Sadie Hartsook
Viola Ballard
Allan's Foot-Ease Powder Keeps Feet Warm and Dry
A historical ad promotes Allan's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for chilblains swelling sweating sore and damp feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores with the price listed as 250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan
Largest Hog Slaughtered This Season Records Buffalo Mills Breed
Mr. Lyle Donald of Buffalo Mills slaughtered a Poland China hog 18 months old weighing 620 pounds net, described as the largest hog of the season in available accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Donald
Buffalo Mills
Lexington and area notices span weddings, arrests and cadet discipline
Local items list visits by Miss Mamie Lynn and Miss Virginia Thompson. marriage news includes Miss Lois Wallace Thorn and Mr. Frank Moore. Virginia Military Institute dismisses fourteen cadets for disorderly conduct. court and bank disputes over Lexington alley conditions conclude with a $15 fine and removal order. multiple real estate transfers recorded in Rockbridge county.
A Traveller's Impressions of Lexington
A Jamestown Evening Journal summary describes Dr. Albert M. Cook's summer wagon trip through the Valley of Virginia. In Lexington he met Colonel Brooke, designer of the Merrimac and a pioneer of deep sea-soundings, who remains modest and engaging. The group toured Washington and Lee University, founded by General Washington, with General Lee as president at his death, and viewed a famed chapel portrait of General Lee praised as a Virginian labor of love.
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Evening Journal
Jamestown
N. Y
Albert M. Cook
Virginia
Lexington
Cook
Colonel Brooke
Annapolis
Pierson
Washington and Lee University
General Washington
General Lee
Virginian
Leesville Man Traverses 18 Miles for Dr. King’s Discovery
With family around awaiting his death and a son riding for life, W. H. Brown of Leesville Indiana endured asthma agony for 18 miles to obtain Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. He reports instant relief and now sleeps soundly. The medicine is hailed for throat and lung troubles with guaranteed bottles at $1.00 and trial bottles free at B. H. Gorrell’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Gorrell
Lexington Rural Free Delivery Routes Authorized by Post Office
Postmaster McClung Patton reports three new rural free delivery routes from Lexington effective January 1. Routes span Kerrs Creek and surrounding areas serving about 1 700 people with 60 to 215 houses per route and daily 10 am to 4 pm trips. Carriers include OC B Conner and NJ Woodward with designated collection boxes at local sites.
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McClung Patton
Post Office Department
Lexington
Rockbridge
W. A. Barr
Kerr’s Creek
Dunlap Place
D. H. Hart's
Kerr's Creek Road
Miley's Shop
Alum Spring
Ebenezer Church
D. H. Hall’s
Old Monmouth Church
Red Hill Farm
Alum Spring Road
B. Conner
Carlier
Alum Springs Road
McKenny Place
Whistle Creek
J. W. Hostetter
Sugar Creek
Gard Hutton
Covington Pike
Collierstown
Colliers Creek
Marmion
S. W. McCorkle
Old Monmouth Churel
Gard Hutton’s Place
Collierstown Postoffice
Marmion Postoffice
Lexington Postoffice
St. McCorkle
Old Kirkpatrick Place
Pond Run
Collier's Creek Road
J. J. Potter
S.W. McCorkle
J. R. Tardy
Pix Hollow Road
Painter's Mill
Death notices for Henry Hall and Philander Northern
Henry Hall of Mobile Alabama a Washington and Lee University student died after typhoid pneumonia at age about 20. Funeral services were at Grace Memorial Church and his body sent to Mobile with faculty and students accompanying. Philander E Northern 48 died at home in Marianna Arkansas after a life in Rockbridge County and the West with survivors including his second wife and siblings. details note his Westward moves and kin.
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Hall
Henry Hall
Mobile
Ala
Washington and Lee University
Davidson
University
Tranly
Phi Gamma Delta
Archibald
Charles Hall
KR. J. Meffryde
Grace Memorial Church
Balcony Falla
James River
Washington and Lee
Balcony Falls
Sue Davidson
D.C. Humphreys
H. J. Campbell
Robert McCraum
Glasgow
Arthur Tabb
J. C. McPheeters
J. C. Pancake
H. L. Osburn
Withers
N. Campbell
Murit
Mr. Rader
Adam Zollman
Zollman
Remains of Charles H. Little Buried in Bethesda
The body of Charles H. Little, killed while working on a Huntingdon Oregon bridge, arrived last evening and will be laid to rest in Bethesda graveyard this afternoon. Funeral services are to be held at Bethesda church at o'clock. Local notes mention visitors from Newbury Iowa and Ocala Florida, church services next Sunday, and various residents visiting relatives in the Rockbridge area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Little
Huntingdon
Oregon
Bethesda
James W. Mohler
Newbury
Iowa
M. Shewey
N. A. Wilson
George Greiner
Decatur
Reid Henry
Timber Ridge
J. M. Henry
Bethesda Church
L. N. Gireen
Ocala
Florida
A. W. Anderson
Mary Lusk
Old Providence
I. A. Miller
Lynchburg
Charles Friend
High Bridge
H. D. Ragland
W.R. Parson
Christmas at the Seminary and church notes in Gazette
Gazette Correspondence from December 16 reports Seminary girls departing for holidays, a Home Mission Society day at the Methodist church with a full audience and an evening program. Local items include illnesses, repairs, and social events, plus minor town notes on residents, schools, and farm improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Home Mission Society
Claim
President Rowe
Effie Compton
Carrie Henkle
Luray
R. J. Brown
Milligan
Moore
Psn
H. H. Slough
Brubecker
Clark County
Texas
Meriwether
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Che Gazette
Lexinerton
Church Notes
Roll of Honor
Mamie Lynn
Fairfield
Lon Seal
W. 8. Crawford
Roanoke
Virginia Thompson
Weinberg’ S
Baltimore
J. E. Deaver
Campbell County
Charles Feagans
Minnie Carter
D. Caldwell McBryde
Warfield School
Maryland
R. J. McBryde
John Paret
Bishop Paret
Pest
Grand Odge
Frank Moore
Millersburg
Lois Wallace Thorn
J. A. Barker
Clifton Forge
Barker
Lexington Baptist Church
Bedford Bulletin
A. E. Beard
Near Blount
A. P. Bonde
David Bush
Rockingham
Staunton
J. C. Granberry
Boude
W. G. Matthews
John & White
W. 8. White
Carrie Wilson
West Salem
Rockbridge County
M. Sehorn
8. E. Donald
Alexander White
Fort Lewis
Ernest L. Rhodes
Hattie Martin Jones
Julia V. Jones
Atlanta
D. H. Kern
Harrisonburg
Frank P. Rhodes
Bessie Allen
Saltpetre Cave
Lindsay W. Ayres
Goshen
Mount Carmel Presbyterian Church
Bessie
H. K.allen
Ayres
Burke
Fayetteville
N. C
T. A. Hall
First Baptist Church
Richmond Dispatch
John C. Shields
Riverside
Richmond Howitzer Association
Shields
Camp Lee
First National Bank
First National Bank For
James A. Wilson
J. P
Leckey
Lindeau
S. H
J. M. McFaddin
Newton M. Richey
G. A. Brown
A. Adj
South River District
H. HH. Lyle
Humphries
Midway
Eugene Mathews
Mary F. Terrell
Mary FE
T Dunawey
Brownsburg
Mary E. Dunaway
W. M. Shaw
Davis Howell
McKean
First National Bank of Lexington
Wilson Twitty
Stewardsbury
North River
Aielia Tyler
H. R. Crist
Adj
Buena Vista
Rockbridge Baths
Gazette Correspondence
Buena. Vista
Springfield
Moore’s School
Edward Dixon
Barclay
L. M. Leibig
Farn
Dorman Smith
Scott Moore
Greenlee Farrow
TL. M. Smith
Gilmore’s Mill
Fiazette
Colonel Tucker
V. M
I. L. Kidd
Gillett Bros
Robert Campbell
Jim Swinger
Ayer
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowall
Mass
Unl & CO
Gents
Mai
Nelson Streets
Strain & Patton
N. B. Vome
Trey Ona
Strauss & Bros
Lexington Hotel
Clothiers
Furnishers
Malaga
Brazil
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