Fraternal Lodge Meeting Schedules Across Halls
Fraternal orders list meeting nights at various halls. Stockbridge Lodge No 58 meets Thursdays at Odd Fellows' Hall. Lexington Lodge No 6 meets Tuesdays at Odd Fellows' Hall. Liberty Lodge Daughters of Rebekah meet Mondays at Odd Fellows’ Hall. Mountain City Lodge No 7 and Ancient York Masons meet first and third Monday and Friday nights respectively at Masonic Hall.
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Stockbridge Lodge
Odd Pelows’ Hall
Lexington Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Liberty Lodge
Daughters O Rebekah
Odd Fellows’ Jar
Mountain City Lodge
Ancient York Masons
Masonic Tall Natural Beidge Counell
Move Arcanum
Lew Jackson Connell
America Mechanics
Mueta
The Cause of Sudden Deaths and Kidney Remedy
An advertisement asserts sudden deaths stem from heart and kidney disease and promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a treatment for kidney, liver and bladder issues. It claims the product corrects urinary problems and frequent nighttime urination and offers free literature. The copy urges readers to mention the paper when sending for samples and address in Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Abrupt Justice and Frontier Alcalde Tales
A Pike County Missourian recalls the origin of the saying If this court knows her self and she think she do. It tells of Blackburn, a six foot four frontier figure who became alcalde in the Rocky Mountains and fined a gambler $500 for injuring a Mexican woman. The piece weaves frontier justice with reflections on energy and labor, alongside anecdotes from the Kansas City Journal and Exchange.
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Pike County
California
Blackburn
Rocky Mountains
Wackburn
Justice of the Peace
Alcalde Blackburn
Kansas City Journal
Gems in Verse The Soversign Poet
A fragmentary verse piece by William Watson translated here as a homage to a distant poet. It muses on time memory and immortality, linking undelivered tidings and a timeless rhythm that binds ages with a song. The speaker credits the poet's enduring presence beyond death through his utterance.
Life of a Deer on a Northern Maine Forest
A young deer is born in Maine's spruce woods and learns from his mother to hide from danger. He grows strong, wins battles with older bucks, and becomes monarch of his forest before a hunter's rifle ends his life by a lake.
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Maine
Ife
Tio
Noor
A Little Duke and an Art Show Reflections in a personal piece
The article traces the fate of the last Duke of Dorset and recalls George John Frederick Sackville who died young after a storied lineage. It also offers wry thoughts on art shows, elegance, and social conduct echoed in Life magazine style.
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George John Frederick Sackville
Dorset
Duke of
Earl of
Middlesex
Baron Buckhurst
Buckhurst
Baron Cranfield
Cranfield
Kent
Hncwl
Garden
England
Mary
Elizabeth
Knale Park
Harrow
Oxford
D.C. L. Oxon
Sevenoaks
Knole
Treland
George John Frederick
St. Nicholas
America
Pursuit Ends With Narrow Escape In Glasgow Street
A man chased another at speed in a Glasgow street. The smaller man leaped onto a passing car and the pursuer grabbed him by the collar, sending them both to the ground. A crowd gathered as the caper unfolded with taunting words and a threatened watch.
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Glasgow
London Street Tablet Relics Endangered by Modern Wrecking
The article notes 17th and 18th century street names and dates carved on wall tablets and rain pipes in London houses. Many relics survive but face constant danger from demolition and street renaming as old houses are leveled and streets merged or erased.
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London
Theatre Tickets Dilemma Amid Hospital Crisis
A Baltimore American report describes a husband gravely injured and fading, while his wife pleads by phone for clues about theater tickets for tonight. The scene blends grief with a comic aside about social manners and wage questions from a Chicago Herald-Herald anecdote.
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Hubby
Baltimore American
The Comradeship of Men and True Friendship
A reflective piece on male friendship and its value beyond wealth, describing how everyday acquaintances become a source of strength and comfort. It notes a funeral with no mourners,quotes anecdotes of friendly signals between strangers, and highlights Edwin A. Alderman's academic leadership and career progression.
Wheat Prices Seen Powered by Demand
The winter wheat crop across the East Coast and the Illinois zone is harvested and will reach market. Chicago, the wheat hub, signals July delivery prices around ninety cents a bushel for merchantable grain. Prices may vary but demand, not speculation, has driven strength for six months.
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Illinois
Chicago
1908 Trivia and Trials Across the Nation
March 4 1908 reports 85000 red men in Indian Territory to become citizens. Guatemala ants released to combat boll weevil. Salvation Army reception for General Booth in London draws around 100000. Virginia political bids surface amid court actions and public works plans. Fireworks avoidance marked Fourth of July observances in the South.
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Indian Territory
Guatemala
United States
Salvation Army
General Booth
Crystal Palace
London
Samuel Kelly
Richmond
Hourke Cochran
Virginia
Virginia House of Delegates
Germany
Jackson, Mich
Inez
John Hay
Fairbanke
Northampton County
Cape Charles
Department of Agriculture
Department of Justice
Texas
Viginia
Green's August Flower Sold To Combat Continual Strain
Advertises Green's August Flower as a cure for continual strain from financial or family troubles. Claims it tones the liver and kidneys, restores vitality, and relieves mental and physical distress. Trial size 24c and regular bottle 75c, sold by 8 H. Gorrell, druggist.
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Green
H. Gorrell
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Reenlee D. Letcher
Arrorney At Law
Lexington, VA
Pyron M
Penick
Arrormxey
Pursros
Frank Moorn
Clark
Ugh A. White
Attorney AT Law
Orricks
Buena Vista
Lexington
John Hartman
Omena
Main Street
R. Louis K. Walz
Deeist
LexixaTox
B. Walker
NEW York Life
S. Bruwein
Var
R.r.witt & Co
Fire Insurance
Owr Undertaking Department
J. 0. Verner
Tony
Olhles
Varner, Pole & CO
Bucqgesgrate Aguar & Sheridan
Vxanscron. VA
Lodo PD
M. J. Hess
Opposite Presbyterian Church
Buena Viera
Fels
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co
Rockbridge Lime
G. F. Pagh Stone Co
Osborne Machinery
W. F. Pierson
Henry
Bank OF Rockbridge
W.S. Hopkins
W.C. Stuart, Calumar
A. PE Wadf, Boorkterrn
Neconmioda
Moses
Avery
Moses Bros
St. Louis
Fidelity and Garay Congany
National Life Insurance Company
Verarout
Sands B. Walker, JR
C. A. Lacy & Son
New York
Metropolis
Offa Aestates
William Watson
Maine Woods
Duke
Aly
Standard and Times
Chicago Herard-Herald
Brotherhood of Man
Ellow
Montague
Yerre
Dr. Alderman
Edwin A. Alderman
Tulane University
New Orleans
University of Virginia
Edwin Anderson Alderman
Louisiana
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Tuline
Akterman
Wilmington
N. C
James
Susan J. Alderman
Bethel Academy
Ips
Goldeboro
N. UC
North Carolina
North Carolina State Normal College
Virginia Passenger and Power Company
Petersburg
Frank
Helen Gould
George KE. Fisher
Roanoke
Court of Appeals
Lamb
Norge
Rockall Reef
United States Steamship Company
Harrisonburg
Roskingham Milling Company
Lancaster County
Philadelphia
Beef Trust
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