Fraternal Lodges Meet in Local Halls This Week
Notices list various fraternal organizations meeting in Odd Fellows and Masonic halls. Groups include Rockbridge Lodge No. 58 I O O F weekly Thursday, Lexington Lodge No. 66 K P weekly, Liberty Lodge No. 2 Daughters of Rebekah weekly, Mountain City Lodge No. 67 Ancient York Masons, Natural Bridge Wounell No. 1920 Royal Arcanum meeting monthly, Lew Jackson Wounell No. 82 Junior Order American Mechanics with scheduled Friday night meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocktr Ldge Lodge
Odd Fellowns
Lexington Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Liberty Lodge
Daughters of Nebekah
Mets
Old Fellows’ Hall
Mountain City Lodge
Ancient York Masons
Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge
Wounell
Royal Arcanum
Odd Fellows
Lew Jackson Wounell
American Mechanics
Old Fellows At
The Valentine Origin From Ancient Roman Leagend
A Housekeeper column traces the Valentine custom to Lupercalia at Rome and the later saintly tie to St Valentine. It notes the 270 A.D. death of the bishop and discusses how the calendar date and lottery origins intersect.
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Europe
Valentine
Pan
Rome
Marcus Aurelius
Wheatley
Allen Butler
Great Britain
America
Humor in Law Jusice Maule Court Duck Theft Tale
A prisoner in Justice Maule's court swore he would die if he stole the ducks and received three months' hard labor. A new mayor on his bench vows impartiality in office.
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Justice Maule
Maule
Providence
Albert Rollit
Lon
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Promises Free Sample
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for lame back and kidney, liver, and bladder trouble. It claims hospital and private success and offers a free sample bottle by mail to readers who mention the paper.
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Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Swamp Root
All Good
Ska Kilmer's
Gems In Verse on Majuba Hill and South African Struggle
Poem laments England's hold on South Africa and the Majuba Hill tragedy. It condemns betrayal, oppression, and the return to servitude, urging mercy and national independence despite lingering bonds and failed promises. The speaker appeals for God to aid the oppressed and questions who bears responsibility for suffering.
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South Africa
Majuba
England
Mount Pelatto Pumice Mines Show Harsh Labor Conditions
From Stromboli to Liparia a dazzling white Mount Pelatto rises over the emerald Eolian Sea. Pumice miners work with no galleries or woodwork, paid for usable stone. women and children carry stone to Canueto shops where quality is sorted. Dust from filing causes respiratory irritation. air is dense with silicate of alumina. The painter joke scene ends in a silent finish at the New York Press.
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Stromboli
Liparia
Pelatto
Canueto
Our Big Brown Bears Versus African Lions
Andrew J. Stone argues in Scribner's that large bears of the Alaska peninsula and subarctic America rival or surpass the African lion in size and strength. He contends bears are carnivorous yet rely on other foods, and that the biggest brown bears would outweigh the largest lions by a wide margin.
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America
North
Alaska Peninsula
Beri Sea
Andrew J. Stone
Scribner's
Lovers on the cliff under stars gaze at the sea
A romantic scene unfolds as two lovers sit on a cliffside with the calm ocean below and stars overhead. The man speaks softly about love, while the woman replies, and their exchange echoes with enigmatic, poetic language.
Not noise but love sings in the ears of God inscription
The piece recalls bells with bold inscriptions and their meanings from Rutland and Somerset, noting Bona parts downfall in 1814 and a Rutland bell proclaiming not sound for the dead but for the living. It then questions Osceola and the Seminole War, citing Osceola's leadership cost and a $30,000,000 toll, with three soldier deaths per Indian brave.
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Bonaparte
Benates
Kensington Church
Rutland
St. James
Osceola
United States
Florida
Thompson
Ief
Lynn Tew Sprague
Outing Magazine
Love and Fortune Test in a London Joke
A couple exchanges lines about love and money as the man tries to declare love while the woman reveals a fortune of £60,000. He intended to say I love you not but she reveals the test was a joke about the money.
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Bethlehem
Arbuckles
London Mail
Mischief Suspected as Boy Jack Comes Home Quiet
Mrs Goodson fears trouble as she recalls Jack’s calm afternoon after school. Her husband asks what changed, noting Jack studied for two hours and behaved like an angel before this. A brief joke about a motorist and a donkey ends with the punchline about seating and turnout.
Fortunes in Trees Forest Planting as Investment
An Urbana Indiana plantation of European larch valued at 610 per acre and a Minnesota stand at 417 per acre illustrate the profitable potential of tree farms. Catalpa Speciosa is praised for rapid growth, durability, and broad utility from fence posts to telegraph poles, with widespread adoption by railroads and international interest. Arboriculture magazine backs planting Catalpa wherever corn grows as a sound forestry investment.
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Urbana
Inl
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wabash Valley
America
Indiana
Ohio
Colorado
Republic of Mexico
Dominion
New Zealand
Arboriculture
Connersville
Ind
International Society of Arboriculture
Flood praised for eloquence at Winchester five companies event
An editorial lauds Hon. Henry D. Flood for high literary merit in his Winchester speech on the annual five companies celebration. The piece compares Flood to his grandfather Charles James Faulkner and commends his clear vision, vocabulary, and ability to illuminate thought with rhetoric. A misplaced ad line for Dean's Regulars appears amid readable text.
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Winchester
H. D. Flood
Henry D. Flood
Flood
Charles James Faulkner
West Virginia
Three States Weigh 2-Cent Railroad Rate Action
Busy leaders consider a 2-cent railroad rate in three states while policy issues dominate headlines. Peary plans a North Pole balloon expedition funded by Roosevelt as Congress debates prizes and public gifts.
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Peary
North Pole
Roosevelt
Unecat
Reed Smoot
Utah
Soothing Mly Liquid Cream Balm Sells in Atomizer
An advertised remedy for catarrh claims rapid relief as the spray loosens thick discharge and frees the patient. Liquid Dream Balm is touted to contain purifying elements of the solid form and promises cure, sold by druggists for 75 cents with a spraying tube. Ely Bros. of New York offer mailing from 56 Warren Street.
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Mly
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
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Reatasnal MuAnn
Greenlee
Letcher
Arrorner At Law
Lexington, VA
Pacl M. Penice
Lasington
Vircrimia
J .Prstrox Moons
Frank Moors
Court Notary Public Core & Moore
Avrornrys At Law
Lrexivoron
Frank T. Glasgow
Jane & White
Buca
A. Waite
Arrorseys-at-Law
W. P. Houston
Lexington
Diron
Virginia
John H. Hartman
Serg
Lexington, Virginia
Nelson Street
Gorrell's Drug Store
Washington
Ariosa
Arbuckle Bros
New York City
Jamuel B. Walker, Jr
R.r.witt & Co
Victor and Columbia Talking Machines
Mon. Hess
Kington
Baltimore & Ohio R. R
Harrisonburg
Charlestown
Harps's Ferry
Arive
Chicago
Pittsburg
Washinvon & Faltimore
Hagerstown
Fredeick
BO P
P. Md
Bermaee i Paneens
McCall
New Yoo
Dr.king
Gough
Rector
Studebaker, Brown and Kornbi
American Surety Company OF
J. W. McClung
Capital
American Bankers’ Association
Samuel B. Walker
James E. Heck
Baptist Church
Efits
Hancoge Bros. & Co
Hancock Bros. & Co
Lynchburg, Va
Mercy
Mount Pelatto
Missis
Silench
New York Press
Boty Aye
Mr. Flood
Dean
Charles Curtin
Kerens
Fairbanks
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Martin
Annapolig Naval Academy
Reeefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Richmond
Norfolk
Sesson
M. Leon Gaument
Paris
Staunton
Harry Cram
Swanson
United States Circuit Court
Collector of Internal Revenue
Eastern District of
Congress
Baltimore
Fredericksburg
Lowry
Frederick Mercer
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Blue Ridge Mountain
Haywood County
N. C
Messer
Lincoln County
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