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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1905
Page
3
The Che Gazette lists new advertisements featuring B. Moore as treasurer in a delinquent tax sale. J. Heas Christmas presents, J. McD Adair stock Christmas goods, Weinbergs offer clothing bargains, and ajatiaenok oS Co. promotes an auction of stock and store fixtures.
A fragment advertises L and M Paints for church and house painting. It notes three gallons of linseed oil mixed with L and M paint, references Frankenburg block, and mentions prices around 60 cents for linseed oil and about 1.20 dollars per gallon for a ready mix. The note lists McCrum Dr C and H L Gilkeson in Buena as sellers.
A Tuesday evening event at the Sun School chapel features entertainment with special recitations and a visit from Santa Claus. The Sunday school invites all to attend. the church will hold services next Sunday morning led by Rev. Frank F. Neel and welcomes new members.
A tale from Bar C. areaeat Baptist Church in ville New York recalls a preacher who endured agonies and coughs until using J King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. The testimonial asserts full recovery and prevention of consumption, with a $1.00 price at B H Gorrell's drug store and a trial offer.
On Monday evening the 18th instant the annual election of Masonic officers for Mountain City Lodge of Lexington was held. William A. Adair was chosen worshipful master with C. W. Watts senior warden and M. Dunlap junior warden. T. E. Jarrett is treasurer and A. T. Shields secretary, N. Price senior deacon, James E. Bonworth junior deacon. The offices of tiler and stewards will be filled by the incoming master.
George W Hoffman of Harper Wash credits Electric Bitters with curing a prolonged liver and chronic stealth illness after seven years of struggle He endorses the remedy and notes the product is sold by H Gorrell druggist at 50 cents a bottle with a guarantee to work.
A continuous Christmas gift extends through the year offering 52 presents in one. A subscription to Tas Gazerisk costs $1.00 annually. It suits a boy or girl away from home who would value weekly visits as letters from home.
The ad urges millions to cure health issues by eating well and keeping bowels regular with Dr. King’s New Life Pills. It promotes quick relief for liver and stomach trouble and offers a 250 guarantee at H. K. Gorrell’s drug store.
Examinations at Washington and Lee University end this week and holidays begin. Duties resume Wednesday January 3 1900. Many students will leave Lexington for home or visits. Lexington public schools close tomorrow for Christmas and reopen Tuesday January 2 1906.
A patent medicine notice promises refunds if treatment fails to cure any case after six days. It claims first application provides ease and rest. Consumers are urged to send 50 cents in stamps to Paris Medicine Co. in St. Louis, Missouri for further details and mailing.
The Lexington post office publishes a notice that letters for Bell Mra Fannie Persons and McCluye Parroy P M are awaiting the recipients. addressee names advised to claim as advertised.
Advertisement notes that money refund requests fail to cure and that E. W. Grove's signature appears on each box. The description mentions a price of 2c and emphasizes consumer return policy.
Two coops of handsome Bronze turkeys were sent by express to Mr Tate Sterrett of Hot Springs. The birds totaled 16 and weighed about 35 pounds. They were raised by Mrs Bell Sterrett near Rockbridge Baths.
Mr A W Wilbourne visits Salem on business this week. Misses McCrum and Shields plan a trip to Columbia to visit Gov Heyward’s family. Several Lexington residents travel to Baltimore and Florida for family illness and winter stays. Shipments and weddings are noted, including plans for marriages of Pearl Elvira Zollman and Lula Wheeler to their respective grooms.
Preparations are under way for Christmas entertainments in Sunday schools. Recitations and songs will be performed and children will receive candies and nuts. Dates vary across churches from December 26 to December 28 with events at R E Lee Memorial Episcopal, Presbyterian, Trinity Methodist, Baptist, Beechenbrook, and Randolph Street Methodist churches.
A Rockbridge Board of Supervisors committee has hired Dr. A. D. Estill as the town physician to handle smallpox cases for the year at a salary of 500 dollars. Estill previously led care during last year’s epidemic and brings extensive experience to the post.
Mrse Delelia Foster daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Foster of near Alphin wed Mr George Alexander Baker of Lexington this morning at 11 o'clock in a quiet home ceremony. Rev P H Cowherd officiated with Mrs W A Baker and Mr Herles Baker present, along with Robert Baker and Edward Fuller in attendance.
Mr John Woods Barclay died at his father's Lexington home on upper Main street last Friday before noon from heart trouble after years of ill health. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 80 o'clock at the Presbyterian church. Interment followed in Lexington cemetery. He was born December 16 1861 in Lexington and would have been 44. Survivors include his father aged 83 a brother Prof Howard W Barclay of Union West Virginia and a sister Mrs Sallie G Bailey wife of Rev F G Bailey of Bartow Florida.
Mayor Samuel B. Walker fined W. E. Granger J. R. Hayslett and H. B. Abrahams for selling extract of malt he deemed a violation of local option law. The case involved analysis by Dr. Jacob Lewis Howe of Washington and Lee University, who reported three to four percent alcohol in the drink. Each dealer was fined $100, with daily sales deemed separate offenses if continued pending appeal.
The Rockbridge Circuit Court remains in session with adjournment likely by Saturday. The grand jury returned indictments against Joel Morrison for assault and battery and Bud Carter for housebreaking. M L Sensabaugh denied license to distill brandy near Denmark. Guardian appointed for H Cochran Fisher. F F Lewis tried for injuring his infant but acquitted. R 58 McNabb of Buena Vista indicted for selling liquor without license. jury could not reach a verdict. Jurors listed include S W McCorkle and others.
Special Christmas services will be held at Trinity Methodist church next Sunday night. Music will be a feature of the exercises. A chorus of thirty voices will lead the singing, and in the choir will be an orchestra of a number of instruments. Dolls, Games, Wagons, Sleds, Picture Frames for Xmas at M. J. Weaver's. Leave your orders with G. A. Rhodes, the up to date meat market, for your Xmas turkey and oysters.
The letter exchange between J. W. McClang of Lexington and T. B. Davant of Roanoke discusses the Thanksgiving golf game between Lexington and Roanoke Golf Clubs in Roanoke. It honors Captain Davant and recounts a humorous, dramatic tale of mislaid leadership and subsequent rally leading to victory.
A Thanksgiving Day golf match was set between Lexington and Roanoke Golf Clubs. Roanoke captain favored victory and avoided watching Lexington foe, ultimately securing a win. Also reported are November figures from Effinger on Rockbridge schools showing enrollments across districts.
Despite snow and bad weather holiday shoppers fill stores with attractive toy displays. Electric railways trolley cars and mechanical devices captivate both children and adults as merchants report steady trade and many patrons struggle to choose.
In the Baptist Lecture room on Friday December 22 there is a sale of Christmas goods including dressed fowls candies fruit cakes evergreen and refreshments. The sale runs from noon to 10 pm with proceeds to the Parsonage fund. Liberty Patronage solicits. For candy nuts oranges Malaga grapes toys fireworks Christmas goods visit M J Weavers.
The Buena Vista Budget notes a grand display of Christmas goods ready to delight children and families. It laments neglectful parents and urges laws to protect buyers from liquor sellers and to prevent shipments of spirits into town. Local updates include Dr. Eppe moving to Greenville, Mrs. Cunningham's Newport News visit, church pulpit exchanges, Dr. Berkley's resignation due to ill health, Mr. Lackey's retirement from revenue work, and Ida Jones's marriage to CO M Miller of Columbus Ohio. The Methodist Sunday school plans a Christmas entertainment on Saturday the 28th as wintry weather sets in.
A Washington dispatch reports Representative H. D. Flood of the Tenth District is nearing selection as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee. Flood’s strong organizational skills position him as the leading choice to lead the party’s fight next year and possibly the Nation’s Chairmanship in 1908. If Flood accepts, Representative Maynard would retire from Virginia’s seat on the committee.
The New Mon mouth church congregation showered their pastor with abundant provisions including hay corn flour meat eggs vegetables and fruit plus lard butter chickens and home freed meat, expressing heartfelt affection and gratitude.
B. A. Beckwith, a Lexington tim er and plumber, reports two years of backache and sharp morning pains. After using Voan's Kidney Pills from B. H. Gorrell's drug store, the pain disappeared in a few days and he has remained free of symptoms. Doan's Kidney Pills are advertised as the best medicine. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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