Masonic and Fraternal Lodge Meetings Noted
Mountain City Lodge No 67 meets 2nd and 4th Monday nights at Masonic Hall J Will Moore W M A T Shields Secry Rockbridge Lodge No 58 meets Thursdays at Odd Fellows Hall W FE Quisenberry NG J V Grinstead Sec Lexington Lodge No 66 meets Tuesdays at Odd Fellows Hall L C Houser C O J Y Grinstead KR Natural Bridge Council No 920 Royal Arcanum meets 1st and 3rd Fridays A W Mauspile Regent James Withrow Secy Lee Jackson Council No 82 Junior Order American Mechanics meets 2nd and 4th Fridays at Odd Fellows Hall J P Birmingham Guardian D B Radford Svey Liberty Lodge No 2 Daughters of Rebekah meets Mondays at Odd Fellows Hall Miss Anna SOaton NG Mr BE N Boogher Secy.
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Mountain City
Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy Ad Promises Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a premier kidney cure reportedly aiding rheumatism back and urinary issues It claims to restore control over urination ease pain and nocturnal trips to the bathroom and offers free samples and a book by mail from Binghamton New York.
The Voice From the Gallery and Comic Vignettes
A gallery disturbance during Faust at Dublin’s Theater Royal leads to the Faust actor’s trapdoor mishap. A London tale follows of a barber’s weather chat and a deaf listener. A clergyman playful exchange ends with a Dinah nickname joke and a Mooney magistrate quip about a wife beating case.
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Carl Rosa Opera Company
Faust
Theater Royal
Dublin
Mephistopheles
Larry
London Journal
Dinah M
Dinah May
Dinah
Mooney
The Cap of H T Lockwood and a Naval Cadet Parade
A long anecdote about Commodore H T Lockwood a renowned but stammering officer and his cadet company at the Naval academy. The tale describes the drill near the sea wall ending with the cadets plunging into three feet of water as the captain struggles to give the order.
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Naval
H. T. Lockwood
Uncle Sam
Army
Navy
West Point
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Lockwood
Naval Service
Sea Wall
Chicago
Water and bread. a mixed tone of science and wit
A long piece argues that water properly used cleanses the digestive canal better than chemicals and that elimination through kidneys skin and membranes is vital. It underscores common sense in therapy and includes mixed anecdotes and a Paris wedding anecdote about a mistaken portrait of an ape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. X
Battle flag of the Confederacy and its origin story
General W L Cabell recounts Beauregard Johnston discussions at Fairfax Courthouse over a battle flag design. The elliptical and rectangular flags were debated, with Beauregard’s red rectangle chosen and flags made from women’s dresses, delivered by Captain Selph and others. The piece also notes the flag’s preservation in Memorial Hall New Orleans.
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W. L. Cabell
General Snys
Beauregard
Manassas
Blackburn Ford
Bull Run
Johnston
Fairfax Courthouse
St. Andrew's Cross
Sothern
South
Collin McRae Selph
Richmond
Selph
New Orleans
Misses Carey
Baltimore
Henningsen
Savannah
Judge Hoykins
Alabama
van Dorn
Washington Artillery
Hero
Arkansas
Elk Horn
Missouri
Nry Little
Demands and incidents steal headlines in varied fields
A 17 percent wage cut affects 30 000 workers in Connellsville coke regions. A pool hall dispute over 6 cents ends in two murders in Philadelphia. Gilbert Walden, Oklahoma cowboy and rifle ace, wed Emma E. Winkle of Mississippi. St Louis World's Fair boards elect Mrs. Manning as president with Helen Gould nominating. Boston Democrats claim a big municipal victory. Isaac Allen loses Street Commissioner bid by 140 000 votes. Scholars fault Perry Heath in Tulloch postal fraud charges. District of Columbia tax exemption for church property debated. would raise 142 214 annually. Mrs. Susan Gideon, wife of Bishop Gibson, dies in Baltimore. Waverly Virginia dispensation bill moves. Mayor Arnold named manager. Butler typhoid total hits 1 254 with 60 deaths. Burroughs predicts hard fights over trusts and tariffs. Bristol preacher hits 1400 marriages in age 71. Page County elder Cullars dies at 81 leaving 17 surviving children and many descendants. Winchester estate sale halted to transfer property to city. Glass proposes extending franking to Agriculture departments. Louisiana Lily Whites seek Democratic return. Roosevelt policy pushes former Republicans back. Baltimore Herald mocks woman shoppers as warlike bargain fighters.
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Philadelphi
Gilbert Walden
Oklahoma
Emma E. Winkle
Mississippi
Daniel Manning
Albany
N. Y
Helen Gould
Boston
Isaac B. Allen
Mesers
Holmes Conrad
J. Bonaparte
Perry
Heath
Fleet
District of Columbia
Susan Stuart Gideon
K. A. Gibson
Episcopal Diocese of
Virginia
A. HW. H. Stuart
Staunton
Howard Kelley
Baltimore
Waverly
R. W. Arnold
Butler
Ah, Burrougha
Bristol
Isaac Cullars
Page County
Rileyville
Luray
Cullare
Winchester
Johin T. Richards
John Maudley
Kenora
Glass
Departmenta of Agriculture
Union
Roosevelt
U. S
Indianola
Charleston
South
Baltimore Herald
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Carus
Arrornry At Law
Lexington, VA
Oenirons D. Letcher
Arrounsy
Laamaros
J. Paeston Moone
Fuaxk Moor
Rocktridge Notary Public
Ooke & Moore
el Arronneys At Law
Laxixaron
Joan
Heutist
Main Street
Lexington
Malin
Hutton Engineering Co., Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineers
Robert £. Hutton
Dencat
San EE VA
C. E. Woodward
Jeweler
R.R. Witt &Co
Life Insurance, Big, Strong Company
New York Life
T. S. Burwell
Py Yuile
Lexington Gazette Office
Weinbergs
Steeds
Just
Owen Hardware Co
W. F. Pierson
The
Valley Tie and Lumber Co
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co
R. S. Bruce
Corner Main and
Washington Sts
Liars’ Club
Maryland Savings Bank
Baltimore, Me
Samuel B. Walker, Jr
Boule de Noize Society
France
Little David
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Pschucks
Daily Bread
Pachucks
Chicago Tribune
Watts
Potts
Cata
Fic Ledger
New York Times
China
Courant
Tommy
Green
Gorrell
Connellsville, Pa
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