The Official Daily Stenographic Reports
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22 Jan 1902
Page 1
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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1902
Page
1
The official daily stenographic reports are accessible only by reading them directly. This item notes restricted access and clarifies that the records are intended for official use and review.
A local classified advert promotes a simple purchase plan offering a stool and a book for a $5.00 down payment and $3.00 per month with no interest. The wording suggests a small layaway or installment deal aimed at budget buyers.
Lexington report recalls Jefferson Davis life doubts and legends as supporters in the South back a plan to erect a Davis monument in Richmond Virginia. Details focus on Davis college days in Lexington Kentucky and scarce early career records amid public fascination.
An extensive advertisement touts Paul and Mine Buffet Observation Parlor Cars on day trains linking Chicago with St. Paul and Minneapolis. It promotes electric lighted sleeping cars buffet libraries smoking cars dining cars and coaches between Chicago and Des Moines Omaha and St Louis. The text lists broad routes to northern Wisconsin the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Iowa Minnesota Missouri South Dakota and North Dakota with 6609 miles of track. It invites ticket purchases via Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offices or Edmond Janeway traveling agent in Philadelphia.
The advertisement extols Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription as a prenatal aid that strengthens mothers, reduces nausea, and enables painless birth with rapid recovery. It claims no alcohol or narcotics and offers free expert advice to sick women by letter.
A vintage advertisement touts the Stromacn Disease remedy South American Nervine Tome as a permanent cure for stomach weakness and indigestion. It claims rapid relief from the first dose and stresses universal applicability and safety, sold by P H Gorrell in Lexington Virginia.
A fragmented notice contrasts two youths starting life with different tools. One carries a copy of Winning His Way while the other holds a fragile hintle, signaling divergent early prospects as the piece hints at future challenges.
A prince pursues Renee in the forest and, after a wary test, wins royal consent to marry the peasant girl. Minstrels sing beneath her window as the prince proclaims his love and persuades the king to approve the union.
An advertisement for Botanic Blood Balm claims to cure rheumatism and related symptoms by cleansing the blood and bone poisoning. It offers free medical advice and a $1 remedy with prepaid mailing from Blood Balm Co in Atlanta, citing over 3,000 cures and skin color improvements.
An advertising blurb promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to treat nervous feet ingrown nails corns bunions and hot aching feet It claims instant relief and easier wearing of tight shoes Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a mail order option from Allen A Olmsted Le Roy New York dated March 27 12
An old druggist ad touts a remedy for child bedding accidents claiming quick arrest of trouble. It emphasizes simplicity as the safest home furnishing and cites Ladies Home Journal praise.
In a lecture on English history a child asks about the phrase the mayor killed Wat Tyler. The mother explains the mayor is a man and the child mishears mare as a horse. A listener recalls the term gundry heard in church and links it to a distant land, Palestine, and a sundry place as she interprets the Bible.
A terse proverb warns that marriage begins with careful preparation and responsibility. It reflects a belief that choosing a spouse requires prudence and foresight before the union.
The article describes how young seals rely on their mothers to learn swimming, with daily water practice until they become capable. As they mature they migrate away with peers while bulls arrive first at camps to establish a mating site, often fighting to secure a territory before females travel farther offshore.
A Kansas postmaster, reading postal cards in his office, was swept by a cyclone through an attic window toward a chestnut grove three miles away. He landed atop chestnut bars, saw the office building returning toward him, and declared the old shanty was looking for him. Moral: Sometimes the office seeks the man.
A fragmentary exchange mentions appetite and dinner time with quirky names and playful dialogue. The text reads as a brief, whimsical aside lacking a clear news event or identifiable figures.
A garbled fragment refers to a planned public works project near parks and notable landmarks, with mentions of a Prom in prominent areas and Blaits. The readable parts suggest a civic improvement scheme tied to specific locations but lack clear dates or responsible agencies.
Fragmentary dialogue recaps a quarrel over a bath sponge and a serade at a shop. A sea captain and a beggar figure appear among disjointed lines as characters discuss honesty and past misfortunes. An ad for Ely's Liquid Cream Balm promises quick relief with a spraying tube and lists prices from a druggist.
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