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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1900
Page
2
Legal advertisement notice appears in The Gazette from Lexington Virginia referencing Warclay and Company. It lists post office filing and glass matter with costs of 100 dollars for first insertion and 60 cents for each continuance thereafter.
A Richmond Times editorial argues against segregating public schools by race. It urges equal educational benefits for black children as a duty of the state, warning conscience and social upheaval if funding is withheld. It cites Virginia's generous stance and appeals to kindness as guiding conduct.
The text lists 24 leap years in the century the greatest number possible February will have five Sundays three times 1920 1948 and 1976 Easter earliest possible date March 22 last occurred 1818 latest date April 25 will occur once in coming century January 1 1951 middle day of the century There will be 380 eclipses during the coming century.
William J. Bryan declares plan to enter journalism by starting a weekly paper in Lincoln Nebraska. The move positions him as a press publisher in the capital city.
Representative Peter J. Oley introduces a resolution to print fifteen thousand copies of Richardson’s Messages of the President. Copies would be offered to libraries at cost, about seven dollars for ten volumes, challenging private publishers who overcharged the public and exploited government plates.
State will pay out 350000 in rent on bonds January 1. Augusta counties corner stone lay December 27 in Saunton. Dr J M Wesly, pastor, has received a call to Wilmington NC at 3000 salary and manse. William Woolson, a convict, was hanged in the penitentiary shoe shop. Lawless seeks Democratic State Chairmanship. his name to be submitted at the state convention. Nellie the dog declared not vicious after trial over a bite on a 10 year old girl. Four lawyers, including the city attorney, attended the case.
The article names several legislators accustomed to persuading peers through solid reasoning rather than rhetoric. It praises their personal appeal and quiet influence, describing them as leaders who value close, brotherly connection over grand oratory while advancing their positions.
Senator Daniel introduced a bill to allow the President to select two officers from volunteers to be appointed Brigadier Generals, disregarding rank or age, aiming to honor Fitzhugh Tee. The measure runs separately from the regular army bill.
Advertisement explains lung consumption as germ destruction like mouldy cheese. Take Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a gentle food to satisfy hunger, build strength, and kill germs. Free sample offered. price 50c and 1.00 at druggists. Scott & Bowne, New York.
Cambridge dairy workers roll butter into yard long, one pound pieces sold by measure. Market stalls feature white apron attendants slicing exact halves or quarters. University buyers favor the pure sweet yard butter served with bread to undergraduates at daily meals.
The Richmond News reports Col J W Richardson in charge of the Capitol grounds laments a grim rise in rodent deaths with 12 squirrel deaths since the month began. Capitol police chief Dillard struggles to find a cure as 150 to 200 squirrels remain, risking near extinction if the trend continues. A Persian appropriation bill moves in the House sub committee totaling about 145.25 million dollars, mostly for pensions and a smaller share for administration.
In the closing paragraph of his recent message President McKinley solemnly warned Congress against extravagance. He had urged enlarging the navy and army subsidizing merchant ships and building an isthmian canal. It was odd to end by cautioning lawmakers against large expenditure.
Official Ohio figures show William J. Bryan receiving 474,882 votes this year, exactly the same total he won four years earlier. The note calls the result unparalleled in Ohio and possibly national history, while a Mc Clure's Magazine profile of the Emperor William is teased for January.
Laura Spencer Porter, noted Southern writer, completes a serial about girl life in antebellum Virginia. The narrative blends social and domestic life of gentry, fetes, courtships, and marriages, drawn from James River descendants. The Ladies' Home Journal secured publication with early release.
The passage pushes Drummond Lightning Remedy for rheumatic heart pain with a call to send five dollars for two large bottles by express. It also promotes Rocky Mountain Tea for widows seeking romance, five and thirty five cents, plus a note about a Christmas poem Ave Jesu by Dean Stubbs printed in The Outlook with York Cathedral music.
Stockholders owning more than one tenth of capital stock call meetings. Virginia Tin Mining and Manufacturing Company to meet December 22 1900 at 11 a.m. in Lexington Virginia. Also Waverly Company stockholders call meeting December 27 1900 at 1 p.m. in Lexington.
W T Shields commissioner in chancery schedules a decree execution in Lexington Virginia on December 20 1900 for accounts of Adam M Brown estate personal property real estate liens and other claims. Also appointment of T A Sterrett as administrator noted.
A notice to K. Moore that Lot 10 in Block 24 of the Waverly Company subdivision in Natural Ridge District Rockbridge County Virginia was sold on November 7 1894 for delinquent taxes and costs. The purchase applicant has been filed and the recipient must appear within four months to protect interests. Clerk A T Stittles signs the notice.
Ledford B. Anderson publishes notice in Rockbridge County Court seeking appointment of a substitute trustee to replace Edward Smith as trustee under a deed of trust dated October 44, 1808 to secure debt to V. A. Carter and recorded in deed book 80.
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