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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1909
Page
1
Major General Leonard Wood is named to become chief of staff of the Army, succeeding Major General Franklin Bell. The decision follows a period of military leadership transitions at the top ranks.
Rocktudge Lodge 58 meets Thursdays at Odd Fellows Hall Lexington Lodge 66 meets Tuesdays at Odd Fellows Hall Liberty Lodge ? Daughters of Rebekah meet Mondays at Odd Fellows Hall Mountain City Lodge 67 meets first and third Mondays at Masonic Hall Natural Bridge Council 1920 meets first and third Wednesdays at Odd Fellows Hall Lez Council 179 Junior Order United American Mechanics meets Friday at Odd Fellows Hall
A collage of frost sayings and winter health remedies appears with Foley’s cough preparations, Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea, Doan’s Ointment, and Dean’s Reguleta, alongside assorted anecdotes and poems. It recalls 19th century medical jingles, household tips, and traveler notes.
An old advertisement promotes Swamp Root as a kidney remedy. It claims kidney trouble causes heart disease pneumonia and death and promises relief, noting the product is available in fifty cent and one dollar bottles with free sample and book offers from Dr Kilmer & Co.
A discussion of William Taylor Adams known as Oliver Optic and his popular juvenile works. The piece notes his appeal to boys and parents through a moral element placed late in the narratives, and includes a quotation about his writing formula. It also recounts a brief anecdote from Life about theater seating and ownership.
An extract from a London schoolboy essay on clothing. It notes that all people should wear clothes, contrasting naked forms in warm regions with more coverings in cold climates. The piece mentions caps coats trousers hats and frocks and remarks on how dress signals gender.
A fragment shows an exchange about visiting plans and a daughter studying music in Germany causing a family to cancel or delay. The dialogue hints at domestic commitments, travel, and a request to attend despite prior engagements.
A Naval Observatory astronomer predicts Halley's Comet will be visible with the naked eye in early 1910 as it nears Earth. He notes the comet’s 75 year cycle identified by Halley, advances in photography and spectroscopy since 1835, and the dramatic skyshow expected from this historic return.
President Taft proposes a ship subsidy to aid American shipping, political contribution publicity, civil pensions, higher postage for periodicals, a 50000 aid fund to curb white slave traffic, and a commission to cut legal delays. It also covers naval expansion, Alaska self government moves, health bureau creation, New Mexico and Arizona statehood, and DC jail remodeling. A Roanoke man B B Dillard shoots himself. wife says accidental.
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