Local Advertising Rates and Obituary Notice Policy
Advertising rates are moderate and available on request. Obituaries exceeding ten lines, tributes of respect, cards of banks, and similar notices must be paid at ten cents per line. Business local notices cost ten cents per line for the first insertion and five cents per line for each subsequent insertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
eBusiness Local
First National Bank of
Lexington
Firs National Bank
Virginia
B. E. Vaughan
Wall Street Gambler's Tragic End Prompts Moral Debate
A Washington Post December report details the shooting of broker J. H. Oliphant by Dr. Chas. A. Geiger of Beaufort, SC after financial strains. The piece argues Wall Street gambling harms and calls for Congressional action and sermons to curb the gambling plague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
J. H. Oliphant
Wall Street
Chas. A. Geiger
Beaufort
8. C
Geiger
Oliphant
Greiger
Monte Carlo
Congress
Witi
Apuapore
Ewin A. Fontaine
New York
Philadelphia
Enye
Levi¢ Laore
Gaw- Ling Chen
There Is a Santa Claus Virginia and the Sun
An editorial defense of belief in Santa Claus addresses Virginia’s question about Santa with a famous reply that faith and imagination outlive skepticism. The piece argues that love generosity and devotion are real beyond what is seen and warns that a world without childhood faith would lack poetry and joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Clara
New York Sun
Friends of the Sun
Santa Claus
Vinemia O'Hanton
Virginia
Santa ‘Claus
Santa Cleve
Gov
Wehildhood
Virginia Military Institute Hazing Debate Prompts Board Action
The VMI board weighs culling hazing from campus as editors praise decisive action. Richmond Times-Dispatch argues hazing is brutal, cowardly, and corrosive to cadets and the institute, urging permanent dismissal of offenders and end of the tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reanoke World
Virginia
Board of Visitors
Virginia Military Institute
Andrson
Mallurry
Annapolis
West Point
Army
Navy
Richmond Timee
Foley's Honey and Tar Cold Remedy Guarded Claim
An ad promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure to avoid pneumonia and other results of a cold. It claims the product stops the cough and "hefts the range" while mentioning a yellow package and Gorrell in unclear wording.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Rockbridge County Deed Transfers and Local Notices
Deed transfers recorded week ending December 31 1907 in Rockbridge county include Belle Sterrett to Miss Hope Ervine for 81 acres on Walker's Creek and other parcels to W T Pulwider and J B Hull for various nearby properties. School notes report reopening January 6 with top students listed. Local society items cover missives from Clifton Forge Abingdon and Roaring Run with visitor updates and ill health notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockbridge County
Belle D. Sterrett
Hope Ervine
Walker's Creek
P. L. Carson
W. T. Pulwider
Davis
Adj
Jas. Houser
Mise
Margaret Stark
Stonewall Jackson Institute
Abingdon
W. EB. L. Stark
Elizabeth Snead
Clifton Forge
Percy Decon
Roderfeld
West Virginia
Roaring Run
Mary Seay
Red Mills
Willie Leech
Dungmore’s Business College
Staunton
Key. E. Carlyle Lynch
Arkansas
Fannie Davidson
8. W. Arnold
Baltimore
Olover Bossom
Seld
Eatate
Preston Clark
Wilmer
Preston
T Mater
Two Unwelcome Visitors Lethal Cold Season
In a period ad style the copy warns that La Grippe and Pneumonia kill more than consumption this season. It promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a quick cure for lagrippe coughs supposedly preventing pneumonia, attributed to B. H. Gorrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
B. H. Gorrell
Polvy's Honey Promises Warm Cure Hype
A fragmented notice touts Polvy's Honey as a cure for a hot cold condition. The text warns against risk and urges caution with a yellow package offering the remedy.
The Good News According to John gospel study
A 1907 religious lesson outlines John’s portrayal of Jesus as God incarnate not king or servant, and clarifies belief as receiving Christ to become God’s children. It links creation, light, life, and salvation to faith, with references to scripture and a critique of human righteousness.
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American Prem Association
John
Weymouth
Jesus Christ
Mackay
Jesus
Christ
God
Thomas
Martha
Nathangel
Israel
John the Baptist
Tabernacle
Temple
Christ Jesus
Garden of Eden
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W.M McElwee
J. A. Troetle
Alfred T,rrabas
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Severy Low
B. H. Goryell
Charles Manly
Trinity Methodist Church
William R. Kennedy
William S. Hammond
Nene
Collierstown
Ganette
American Woodmen
Clifton Forge Review
Buffalo
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Teo
The
V. M. I. Board and
Virginia Chivalry
W. T. Fulwider
John 8. Hull
Virgina A. Hileman
Kerr's Creek
Howard Fuller
W. L. Wilson
Blacksburg
South River District
A.T. Shielde
J. J. Hall
Glasgow
A. T. Shields
Z. S. Goodbar
Goshen
A. T. Rhiedda
G. D. Letoher
Paluer High and Graded School
Messier Reid Lottie Wilson
Virginia Black
Edna Saville
Elizabeth Leech
Luelle Saville
Mary Zollman
Nellie Montgomery
Pearl Reid
Wallace Reid
Frank Leech
Clarance Montgomery
Leonard Brown
Elsie Hogue
Martha Johnston
Nica Aionthomery
Iva Shafer
Josephine Saville
Elizabeth Saville
Coray Brown
Paul Kirkpatrick
Robert Montgomery
Courtney Puraley
Harry Saville
Springfield
Polvy
D. M. Stearna
Shoop
Rechie
Wis
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Graham's
Shedwater School
Graham and Company
Myers
Baen
Jefereon and
Washington Ste
Furnkhet
Alex
Harman
United States
National Telegraph Institute
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bruce
Lexington, Va
Rorkbndge Couny
Leathgtou
Buona Vieta
William White
Ft. E. Williams
BE. Marshall St
Richmond
Val Lacas
Battenburg
Montgomery & Black
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M. J. Hess
Agnor’s
Preston Craun
Parstow Crann
Frank Moore
R. S. Anderson
Ose Stara
First National Bank
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