01 Feb 1905
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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1905
Page
1
Fragmentary verse notes ponder a poet’s unseen labor and the power to glean wonder from daily life. The lines evoke a nameless author, the sunlit astonishment of ordinary things, and a sense that music and meaning emerge when listeners attend. Zona Gale referenced in a dreamlike image.
A returning Englishman visits his friend Wetherby in London and learns of a fixation on an ideal woman. Wetherby presents a collection of photographs claiming to embody the perfect type, revealing a dangerous obsession that leaves him disengaged from real life and society.
A family kitchen scene shows a daughter questioning a cake outcome after telling the cook an exact method, revealing a disagreement about following instructions and a possible failed result.
In a Dublin Phoenix Park conspiracy case the prosecution used a ruse to obtain crucial evidence. Lawyer Murphy sought a remand and hinted at forthcoming proof of participants in a more serious crime. Carey, pressed by the solicitor, agreed to testify under conditions, leading to dramatic revelations that stunned the kingdom.
A Richmond News Leader sourced editorial urges a vigorous statewide effort to improve rural schools in Virginia. It cites low white public school enrollment, underused capacity, and calls for centralized, well-equipped schools with multiple teachers to serve every family within two and a half miles, backed by May county meetings and speaker tours.
Mrs. Ferguson described a young elocutionist in a dark purple velvet gown with lace trim and a diamond necklace. She recited a touching piece about a mother losing her child in a park, though Mrs. Ferguson forgot the title.
An unwashed tourist in frazzled trousers asks for a meal. The householder reads the paper on the back porch and says the girl hasn’t come down after forty minutes. He explains it may not be worth waiting to find out and ends with a polite farewell.
A Chicago Record Herald item notes an Evanston born boy reciting prayers with a playful twist on thy will be done. The child, who has lived only in Evanston, blends local identity into the ecclesiastical line.
A London suburb resident conducts a singular hobby by ordering boot cleaning for every household member including servants. For each boot polished he receives a penny, which is saved and to be returned at Christmas with interest.
A shopper asks what happened as a sale area shows a chaotic heap of goods. The merchant replies they were not moving or burning but waiting on a lone woman who dropped in for a paper of pins.
The Religious Herald reports that 1905 will see Baptist gatherings in Kansas City and St. Louis with plans to avoid a continental American Baptist convention. A World Baptist conference is set for London at Exeter Hall in July, attracting many Virginia ministers and laypeople including elect women, with hopes for a large regional delegation.
Washington reports seek to defeat the pure food bill in the Senate while William J. Bryan and Judge Alton B. Parker discuss Democratic prospects in New York. An 1860s Civil War veteran dies. other notes include oil in Fulton from a leaking grocer tank and military pay changes tied to the Dick law.
An advertisement urges mothers to maintain health and cites Dr Boachee s German Syrup as a quick cure for coughs and bronchial trouble in children. It claims the remedy relieves hoarseness, congestion, and promotes expectoration, with a new trial bottle offered through druggists.
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