fraternal lodge notices list meetings and officers
Fraternal orders including Mason Lodge Beave Moore W M A Shields 5 Rockbridge Lodge Odd Fellows Hall Lexington Lodge K of P Natural Bridge Royal Arcanum Lee Jackson Camp Junior Order of America etc meet on various Fridays and Mondays at Odd Fellows Hall or Masonie Hall with listed officers and secretaries Mrs Anna Kean N G Mrs M F Grigier present.
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Masonie Hall
Beave Moore
T. Shields
Rockbridge Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Natural Bridge Council
Royal Arcanum
W. RK. Beeton
James Withrow
Lee Jackson
Junior Order America
Mechanics
Odd Fellows' Hall
F.S Johnston
D. B. Radford
Liberty Lodge
Daughters of Rebekah
Odd Fellows’ Mall
Misa Anna Kean N. G
M. F. Grigier
Euy
Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a universal kidney and urinary remedy. It claims sediment in water tests kidney health, promises relief from back pain, frequent urination, and post alcohol effects, and offers samples and a book by mail.
Counterfeit 1877 Quarter Sparks Eerie Exchange
A gaunt man buys beef at a Park Row shop using a dented silver quarter claiming it saved his life at Vicksburg. The proprietor questions the coin dated 1877 and counterfeit, but gives 5 cents in change as the man departs, leaving readers with a grim tale of deception.
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Park Row
Vicksburg
New York Tribune
Debate in the South Between Harrison Supporters Alec Stephens
During a presidential campaign meeting William Henry Harrison era, Alexander H Stephens and Julius Alford, a Georgia lawyer and congressional aspirant, clashed. Alford mocked Stephens with a scathing coat-tail taunt, and Stephens retorted that Alford would lack brains if he swallowed him, revealing sharp exchanges between the rivals.
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William Henry Harrison
Alexander H. Stephens
Julius Alford
South
Mr. Alford
Georgia
Congress
Stephens
Alford
Mr. Stephens
Alec Stephens
Jackson
Booths Carefulness in Crafting Stage Jewels
A Boston jeweler who makes jewels for Edwin Booth’s various roles insists on historical accuracy and best materials. He even consulted London designers for Richard the Third and Richelieu costuming, buying costly faces and components to distinguish reality from the stage.
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Boston
Eewin Booth
Richard VT
London
Richelieu
Bookish Talk and Banana Facts From Longman's Magazine
A critique of pedantic prose and bookish dialogue contrasts with a note on speech. The piece also traces banana nomenclature to Antoninus Musa, praising the fruit as the “wise man’s food” and citing its remarkable productivity versus wheat and potatoes in tropical regions.
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Antoninus Musa
Augustus
Lintaeus
Sapientum
Tropics
West Asia
Europe
India
China
Longman’s Magazine
Arabs and Kurds lore and Virginia lineage in one note
A collage of folkloric Arab tales about Kurds in Asia Minor contrasts with a long Virginia family chronicle. It recounts Jessie Benton Fremont's death and Colonel McDowell's landholdings, then shifts to local Virginia life and public notices, including a temperance petition, a new Farmville station, sermons, and education board elections.
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Asia Minor
Jessie Benton Fremont
California
Thomas H. Benton
Missouri
United States Senate
Virginia
James McDowell
Rockbridge
Greenbrier
Kentucky
Ohio
Cincinnati
McDowell
Preston
Washington and Lee University
Washington
Robert E. Lee
College Hill
Military Institute
Stonewall Jackson
Ann Smith Academy
Colonel McDowell
Richmond
Haven
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Pasenger
Farmville
Lyon G. Tyler
William and Mary Wiege
W. A. Bowles
Virginia Institute For the Deaf and Blind
Staunton
C. W. Kent
University of Virginia
Senate
State Board of Education
Kent
Jarman
J. M. McBryde
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Bowles
Deaf and Blird Institute
President Tyler
William and Mary College
Bats and Vampires In Guiana Forest described
Sunset in the Guiana forest reveals bats flitting from hiding places while vampires roam seeking sleeping animals or people for a meal. Domestic livestock risk attacks unless kept secure in pens. travelers may suffer wounds. Vampires are uncommon and can be excluded with proper care.
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Bate
Guiana
Typhoid outbreak linked to milk in Springfield 1892
In July and August 1892 Springfield Massachusetts faced 150 typhoid cases clustered in a wealthy suburb. Professor W T Sedgwick traced the epidemic to a milk route from a farm with prior typhoid cases. Contaminated manure and discharges were found near a well where milk was stored, cooled, and distributed.
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Springfield
Mass
W.T. Sedgwick
C. E. A. Winslow
Atlantic
Journalist’s Quiz Ends With Sioux Falls Answer
A Chicago paper recalls a western senator who answers reporters with yes or no. When asked which is the largest city in South Dakota he replied Sioux Falls, sparking a joke from a waiting reporter who claimed to have added those two words to the senator’s vocabulary.
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Chicago
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Local Trustee Dismisses Applicant Over Ladybug Miscue
The principal trustee of school district No 16 hosted a college graduate aiming for a teaching post. A porch conversation reveals the applicant misidentifies a ladybug, prompting the trustee to declare such ignorance would bar his vote for the position.
A Disintegrating Bachelor At Club
A stylish bachelor teased by club girls for remaining single offered to marry the elected girl to prove he favored matrimony. Nine members voted, each writing a masked choice, resulting in one vote per member. The club dissolved as members turned on each other. the bachelor remains single.
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Kansas City Star
Merits of Honey for Health and Digestion
The piece argues for using honey instead of butter on bread to improve health especially in children and those with weak digestion. It notes honey is partly digested sugar easing stomach work and suggests honey as a preventive remedy for coughs and sore throats, not just a treatment.
Odd Salutes Across Cultures During Greetings
The article catalogs unconventional handshakes and salutes from various regions. It notes black kings in Africa press three middle finger taps, Japanese greet with a slipper gesture, Laplanders press the nose, Hindustan men are beard-touched, and Philippine Islanders rub faces with a hand as a salutation.
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Hindustan
Philippine Islands
Ternate
Dinner boasting clashes with recollected supper tale
Spratts tells Bloobumper he regrets lacking dinner while recalling a stunning meal from the previous evening. Sammy Spratts corrects his father noting that this was the dinner he told Tuddells about yesterday at dinner.
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Spratts
Bloobumper
Citt
Sammy Spratts
R. Tuddells
Passports Strictly Regulate Travel in Russia
In Russia a child ten years of age cannot leave home for school without a passport, and common servants and peasants also require one to depart from their residence. A gentleman in Moscow or St. Petersburg cannot host a long visit without police notification. Porters must record arrivals and departures of strangers for every passport issued.
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Russia
Moscow
St. Petersburg
England's new licensing act bans drinkers and enforces separations
The act, deemed a drastic temperance measure, allows either spouse to seek separation for habitual drunkenness. police may arrest a drunkard anywhere except a private home. Convicted drinkers lose access to liquor for three years. Asking for a drink becomes an offense and selling liquor to a named drunkard incurs fines of 50 dollars first offense and 100 dollars for later offenses.
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England
Green's August Flower Inquiry for Indigestion and Liver Ailments
A newspaper column invites readers to report on Green's August Flower and its effectiveness for indigestion stomach and liver troubles. It notes long-standing sales worldwide and offers free books and a 25 cent bottle option while also promoting 75 cent regular sizes available at druggists.
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Paton
Green
Woodbury
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Sutlefac Oe
John TH
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Samael B. Walker, Ju
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Oho
Kerr’s Creek
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John T. McKee
Hyena Vista, Vaa
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R.R. Witt &Co
Jan
J.ciinros Vanwer
Cnannis Poe
J. ©. Varner
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Lexterox
Weinberg
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James E. Heck
Nelson Street
Opposite Baptist Church
Lexingaton, Va
Lynchburg
C. S. Hutter
Lynchburg, VA
Booth
Thia
Mercutio
William Temple
Spenser
Shakespeare
Browning
Swinburne
Freare
Scribner's
Oriental Bulls
Lee
Halifax County
Parker
Mone
Arcadia
Bedford County
Jameu
Temperance People
H. W. Holt
Corporation Court
D. 8. McQurry
Gainesville
Baptist Church
West Virginia
Potomac
Shepherdstown
James Rumsey
Joseph Powell
New Albany
Ind
J. H. Sparks
Wade Meenin Springs
N. C
Hoxy Star
Fast Brady
Senate of
Graham Claytor
James Hays
Baltimore and Ohio and Southern
Circuit Court
Shenandoah County
Strasburg Junction
Winchester
John D. Rockefeller
Rush Medical College
University of Chicago
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
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