17 Feb 1909
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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1909
Page
1
Lex. Council No. 179 Junior Order Tnted American Mechanics holds a Friday night meeting at the Odd Fellows hall.
Fragmentary OCR lists bond categories and financial items such as U S bonds capital stock surplus fund undivided profits net dividend payable January 4 1909 circulating notes bills payable deposits. The garbled text indicates a bank balance or financial statement outline with partial headings.
A testimonial from Mrs. Emma Leech of Lexington Virginia endorses Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney pain and related symptoms. She states years of bearing down pain dizziness and weakness improved after using the remedy bought at Gorrell's drug store. Sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 50 cents per box.
An long ad style item touts Botanic Blood Balm for blood and skin diseases including eczema and scrofula, with testimonials and prices. It intersperses Farm Journal notes and quotes from B H Gorrell about kidney, cough, and digestion remedies, plus livestock tips and insect control methods.
A Baltimore Sun poem fragment urges a lover to give tangible tokens of affection not wealth or art. It contrasts kisses roses songs and a guiding presence with pride conquest or grandeur, ending with a hopeful smile that endures.
A fragment describes running the rhea a swift Patagonian game with bolas and horses. Hunters chase a rhea using bolas to impede it, the bird flattens when danger nears, and the pursuit ends with dispatch and a larder reward. It also notes Fanny Kemble visiting Massachusetts and a farmer’s bill joke about Sass.
A humorous anecdote from an English country house recounts a nervous butler at a duke's luncheon who blurts the phrase cold grace your grouse. A corny country joke parallels a royal dancing scene where the butler defends his master’s dignity with a slip of the tongue with royal greyness and ice.
A compact view notes Chinese contributions in printing gunpowder navigation and agriculture and contrasts the ancient penal code civil service exam with Western adoption While referencing George Washington ancestors in Britain the passage highlights luxury and cultural refinement of China with silk teakwood porcelain and tea scenes.
A South American bird called the oil bird yields a butterlike fat. It breeds in rocky Trinidad caves, lays eggs in mud nests, and the melted fat is used as a culinary fat by native peoples. The sea-access caves offer exhilarating hunting for adventurous locals.
Wilkinson feels content after buying a watchdog for his wife but returns home to a shock. The dog escaped and followed a rough-looking tramp, whom Wilkinson later realizes was the man who sold him the dog.
In a New England frontier vignette, Old Abe Crozer, a proclaimed fatalist, fears Indian danger without his blunderbuss. A friend mocks his logic, and a wise remark on disillusionment follows. A Chicago Record-Herald light exchange about two very different roommates ends with a quip about John and Jim.
The Norfolk and Western railway enforces strict rules to prevent hoboes from riding freight trains. Bristol hosts annual lodges conventions May 10 18. A 75 year old woman files for divorce in Frederick County Circuit Court naming James T. Martin as defendant.
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