Local Fraternal Lodges Gather for Regular Meetings
A series of lodge notices lists Hockbridge Lodge No. 53 I O O P meeting Thursdays at Odd Fellows Hall and Lexington Lodge No. 66 K of P meeting at Odd. Liberty Lodges No. 5 meet at Rebekah Hall. Mountain City Lodge No. 7 Ancient York Masons convene Mondays at Masonic Hall. Natural Bridge Council No. 1920 Royal Arcanum meets 1st and 3rd Fridays at Odd Fellows Hall. Lew Jackson Council No. 82 Junior Order American Mechanics meets on the cm and 4th Fridays at Odd Fellows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington Lodge
K. of P
E Liberty Lodges
Aes
Rebekah
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Mountain City
Ancient York Masons
Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge Council
al Arcanum
Odd Fellows
Lew Jackson Council
American Mechanics
Kidney Trouble Affects Women and Men Alike
An advertisement warns that kidney and bladder problems harm mind and mood in both women and men. It touts SwampRoot by Dr. Kilmer as a remedy, with claims of mild and immediate effects, offering samples by mail and urging readers to send for pamphlet and testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N
Odd Old Beliefs and Schoolhouse Word Mixups Outlined
A discussion of mortality superstitions explains why clocks are stopped at deaths and mirrors are turned away. It notes royal customs spreading to common families and cites German origins of the turning mirror belief. The piece also includes a burst of child slang and farm jargon about cattle and meat terms from schoolwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Germany
Venice
England
Off Santa Claus Beat and Train Tunnel Phenomena Echoes
A playful piece imagines Santa missing certain towns while a New York Times style note explains how train tunnels create a pressure sensation in the ears. A Smithsonian official discusses a bird called the wheatear and a cigarette tip offers vocal benefits by blowing out cigar dust.
Conservatism and caution in mining stock advice
A successful financier known for restraint is asked by a young friend for investment guidance. The friend cites a mining stock promise of at least 50 percent yearly return, but the financier prefers a modest 5 percent with near certainty.
The Camel’s Endurance on the Silk Road Legend
An Asia anecdote contrasts the camels of ancient travel with modern limits, noting a four leap myth and a modern camel’s top speed of seven miles per hour for two hours. It warns that pushing a camel beyond five to seven miles per hour risks heart failure, collapse, and death, with the beast kneeling and dying under stress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohammed
Jerusalem
Mecca
Asia
Washington social setback ends in a macabre note
A Washington woman hosting a reception inviting a legation attache finds the guest unable to attend after receiving a note from the diarist's valet: Senor Blank regrets he will not attend as he is dead. The odd missive, dated for the evening of the 22d inst., appears in Harper's Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Capital
Senor Blank
Mia
Fio-And-So
Harper
Boyhood memories and comic vignettes across eras
A nostalgic collage recounts rough winters on a farm with frozen beds and chores, school days in harsh weather, milking, plowing, and the salt of childhood joy. Interleaved are brief humor bits about a cabby’s race, Marseillais cheese boasts, and a note on the word impertinent’s shifting meaning.
Letter explains Mrs. Davis's controversial defense to General Lee
Mrs. Margaret Howell Jefferson Davis Hayes, the late President's daughter, explains why her mother wrote a defense letter decades ago and discusses its publication. She says the letter aimed to justify Mrs. Davis to Southern readers, notes health and malaria pressures, and recalls family moves and finances while urging reverence for the Confederacy's memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Jefferson Davis
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Margaret Howell
Jefferson Davis Hayes
Stephen D. Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Mra
Julia Kimbrough
Can Company Canning Output in Botetourt County Noted
The Virginia Can Company delivered to packers in Botetourt 4,164,000 No. 8 cans and 858,000 No. 2 cans this year. Estimated total tomato pack about 40,000 cases of 2s, with a value near 400000 dollars. Costs include about 180000 for canning supplies, leaving roughly 270000 in packers hands to pay farmers and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fincastle Herald
Botetourt
Lexington
Virginia Can Company
Packere
Baltimore
Troutville
Banks gain record profits in prosperous year
A roundup of brief items notes Chicago banks earned over 11 million dollars in the year, a record. Other items include a Montana man living in Ohio said to have married six sisters, five dying soon after, an alleged sensational trial on marriage books, and varied political, social, and railway notes from across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Montana
Ohio
Virginia Corporation Commission
Richmond
Southern Railway
C. D. Mattox
Norfolk
Jamestown
Edward A. Carper
Roanoke
Henry A. Smith
Baltimore
Andrew Carnegie
National Civile Federation of
New York
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Hockbridge Lodge
Beenlee D. Letcher
Arrorney At Law
Lexington, VA
Pack M. Penice
Arromsey
Lawfiaron, Virussia
Notary Public
Fuask Maoour Notary Public
Perston Moons
Court Moore & Moore
Arromeys At Law
Lexmatox
Arronmwrs-at-Law
Ww. P. Houston
Virginia
John H. Hartman
Nelson Street
Main
Gorrell's Drug Store
Camuel B. Walker, Jr
R.R. Witt & Co
Victor and
Columbia
Talking Machines
M. J. Hess
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harper's Ferry
Pittsburg
Hagerstown & Frederick
Wanl Ces
JA. B. Beckwith & Co
H. H. Myers
Syracuse
Studebaker and Brown
Robinson Hutton
James E. Heck
Opp. Baptist Church
A. Lacy & Son
B. A. Patterson Tobacco Co
Richmond, Va
DR. Fahrney
Dra
Fahrney & Son
Santa Claus
Smithsonian Institution
Scotland
Dis
Xen
Man
Telos
Sam
Dad
Chicago News
The
Cab Horsemen
London Express
Dudges
Marseillais
Wyclife
Mes
Davis
Ely
Bly Bros
Wearen
Husy
Raynor
Maryland
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Balboa
Pacific
Honolulu
Congress
Henry Watterson
Democrate
United States
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Seventy-first
Nashville Exposition
Cox
Tennessee
Hampton Roade
Tuttle
Protestant Episcopal Church In
Southern
McCran Drug Co
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