Doan's Kidney Pills Promote Child Health in Lexington
A Lexington mother reports that Doan's Kidney Pills eased her child’s kidney weakness after birth. She writes the pills stopped frequent kidney action, allowing quiet nights and steady improvement. Sold by Gorrell's drug store with Foxtar Milburn Co. as U.S. agents at 60 cents. Remember the name and take no other.
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Dean
W. A. Trojan
Irving
Randolph Bt
Lexington
Gorrell
Doan
Foxtar-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Nwne
Health elixirs and remedies fill early 20th century ads
A collage of medical patent cures and tonics touts Botanic Blood Balm for skin diseases, Dr Shoop remedies for nerves and pain, and Dr Shoop’s Magic Ointment for piles. Also promotes kidney health, teething syrup, and a Manila electrical laboratory, with various drugstore mentions and offers.
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Atlanta
Gems In Verse A Living Man To Lead
A reflective verse by Stephen Phillipa laments failed leadership during crisis. The speaker calls for a decisive living man who acts with resolve and avoids mere idle talk while the nation bleeds. Reproach is directed at those slow to act, urging bold action over blame.
Curious Problems on Counting and Arrangements
A historical snippet presents puzzles about counting trillions and dinner guest rotations. It notes counting limits, seating permutations of eight guests totaling 40 320 arrangements, and horse race order probabilities, illustrating combinatorial ideas with practical odds. The excerpt cites Frederick B. Emery from the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Itze
Saratia
Frederick B. Emery
Chicago Record- Herald
Lightning strikes and tree safety debunked
Dr. A W Borthwick argues in Notes of the Royal Botanical Garden of Edinburgh that no tree is immune to lightning. He notes lightning selects species at random and taller trees attract shocks, with cells collapsing rather than tearing, and that the root system remains unaffected.
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A. W. Borthwick
Royal Botanical Garden of
Edinburgh
The Freakish Wind and Its Global Dust Pranks
A meteorological oddity piece notes wind carried Saharan dust to the Mediterranean and beyond. It recalls a wheat shower in southern Spain traced to Moroccan thrashers, blown across the sea by a tornado, altering harvests and linking far regions in a single windborne event.
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Hawaiian Islands
North African
Asia
England
Galita
Tunis
Europe
Sahara Desert
Mediterranean
Hungary
Nile
Egypt
Spain
Morocco
Pittaburg
Headache Relief By Cold Water Wash Cited
A man claims washing the face with cold water cures headaches. He says cold water stimulates circulation, cools a throbbing head, and bracing effect helps him feel refreshed and relieved.
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Philadelphia
Gothland Island Echoes of Early Gothic in Wisby Churches
In the Baltic forty miles from the mainland lies Gothland, a center for Gothic study. Wisby, the island’s chief town with about 8,000 residents, preserves remnants of ten churches dating to the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the oldest being the Church of the Holy Ghost completed around 1046.
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Baltic Sea
Gothland
Wisby
Poison labeled preserves and the pocketless wife
A New York Globe quotation notes a housekeeper on Cathedral Heights praising a west side woman who labels preserves as Poison. A humor exchange follows with Mr. Winkles warning about pickpockets and his wife countering that she has no pockets to steal.
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Cathedral Heights
West Side
New York Globe
Mr. Winkles
Mrs. Winkles
The Tarantula And General Grant In Insightful Sketches
A temperate treatise on the tarantula of the southwestern United States describes its nocturnal habits, feeding, mating, and rarity of aggression, noting it hides in burrows and rarely travels for prey. The piece also cites Dr. Shrady’s Century reflections on General Grant, detailing his mood studies, candid discussions, and the weight of his awareness of impending mortality.
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Grant
To Ica
Dr. Shrady
Dandruff Germs Said to Spread in Barber Tools
A Harper's Bazar note warns dandruff is infectious and can pass among family members via shared brushes and combs in barber shops, hairdressers, and at home. It emphasizes that many shops rinse and soak tools in antiseptic solution, but such hygiene is rare.
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Tharper
Race Track Conversations Spur Outrageous Bets
In a public scene a race track tout wagers five hundred dollars for tips while another tout promises an eight thousand value tip. A judge interjects about impossible fashion plates as Mrs Wickwire notes they are largely photographed reproductions. Two women in opposite directions wear new dresses, neither glancing at the other.
Prohibition Push in Virginia and Local Sickness in Waynesboro
A Virginia pro prohibition movement seeks a statewide vote. Waynesboro reports a smallpox scare with quarantines and pesthouse patients. The piece notes Taft Foraker alignment chatter, rail fare fines, and a double headed calf in Pennsylvania. It also mentions 1908 apple crop forecasts and diplomatic shifts with Venezuela.
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Virginia
Waynesboro
Florida
Richmond
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Ulyeses Grant
Grover Cleveland Johnson
Wyoming
Corporation Commission
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Washington and Southern Railways
Paevengera
Henry W. Grady
Georgkota
Jourie Aa Stalosmen
Fulton County
Grady
James Burkholder
Newville
Rockingham
C. B. Irvine
Harrisonburg
Cure for Piles Claim and Refund Denied
An advertisement offers an ointment said to cure piles including itching and prolapsed piles. It claims Drie authorized refunds for failed treatment within ten days and a refund of 00.
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Rockbridge Lodge
Odd Fellows
Lexington Lodge
K. of P
Liberty Lodge
Lex. Council
United American Mechanics
Odd Fellows Hall
Abenlee D. Letcher
Arrorsey At Law
Lexington, VA
Dave M. Penice
Arroaney At Law
Laurnatos
Notary Public
Frank Moore
J. Preston Moore
Ate Clerk Co
Court Core & Moore
Arrongeys At Taw
Luxtsatow, Va
Frank T. Glasgow Houcu A
Waitepane & White
Arrorserys-at-Law
P. Houston
R. R. Witt & CO
General E
Old Line Companies
M. J. Hess
Agner’s
Baltimoe & Ohio A. RE
Winchester
Charlestown
Harper's Ferry
Chicago
Pittsburg
Washington
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Hagerstown & Frederick
A. B. Beckwith
A. B. Beckwith & CO. Opp
Bank Rockbridge
Inmense
R. S. Anderson
Arstar Ures Ocldey
Provente Preumonia
Hancock Bros. & Co
Gow
Hancock Bros & Co
Lynchburg, Va
Ranabout
Lexington, Virginia
Family
L. G. Jahnke and Company
Hamilton Brown
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co
James E. Heck
OPP
Baptist Church
White Mountain
Dr. Shoops
Panama Canal
Wenatchee Valley
State of
Dr. Shoop
Granite
Okla
John Wesley
John Street Methodist Church
New York City
Foley
Gorreil
Madeira
Manila
Jesuit Pathers
Fabrnoy
Stephen Phillipa
Hia Defense
Tommy Jones
London Mail
Scientific American
General Grant
Switserlana
D. R. Francie
Missouri
Democratic National Committee
Taft
Foraker
Ohio
Pegro
Presidezt Roosevelt
Albemarle County
Jame
John Newberry
Newberry
Chicago Tribune
Taftone
Taftvales
Staunton
Mount Crawford
W, WF
Landes
Stephenson
Venezuela
State Department
Cleveland
Republic
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