13 Jul 1904
Page 8
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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1904
Page
8
A testimonial extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women’s ailments, claiming improved health after seven bottles. The ad urges cures for heavy pains, weakness, and fatigue and offers the Common Sense Medical Adviser free with a small stamp donation.
The article urges enhanced drainage to unlock soil potential, explaining that removing surface water alone is insufficient. It promotes breaking hardpan, deep plowing, and tile or open ditches on uplands and bottoms, stressing air circulation, capillary action, and nutrient availability for richer yields.
John Hardy saves Milly Morris from a venomous bracelet trapped by a snake. Milly’s fortune looms as a possible match with Billy Graham, while Hardy weighs confessing his love or stepping aside. Betty quietly navigates the courtship as Milly and Billy reconcile at the Morris party.
A domestic dispute erupts with heated talk over money and dinners. She storms that she will never forgive, he responds with a calm retort, and the scene ends with his lighthearted laughter despite her resolve.
An exposure to a St Louis Globe Democrat quote promotes rinsing with antiseptic solutions to prevent sours and fevers. The note claims frequent mouth washing cleanses mucous membranes and reduces throat and language troubles by killing germs.
Excerpt discusses the elusive nature of the salmon and the debate among seasoned fishermen about its life history. It cites varying questions about migration, maturation, and river return patterns, referencing Frederic Irland's The Trout of the NePialenii and noting regional differences such as Miramulehi and Tobique rivers.
The Loudon Telegraph reports a book auction featuring works with Alexander von Humboldt signs and marginal notes. One autograph remark claims the book is not worth the paper it is printed on, highlighting the sale’s odd juxtaposition of prestige and critique.
In a St Louis sermon on drink, Pather Jamey T Coffey says women wield vast influence in home and society and can curb liquor use. He urges women to veto serving intoxicants at gatherings to protect families and communities.
A Church of England Temperance Society plan proposes a testing home in an East Anglian village for female drinkers just released from treatment. Only 20 percent as many women resist temptation as men, and they will face temptations such as access to money and nearby pubs in the village.
Fragmentary report mentions a 15 year old boy unconscious from Ian effects and a saloon owner trading liquor with minors. It notes license loss and possible prosecution in courts about alcoholic sales to minors. Details are incomplete and names absent.
The Amalgamated Association of Tron Steel and Tin Workers met in Milwaukee, Wis, to adopt a resolution opposing admission of any saloon or liquor house. The tale includes stray references to Drunkards Cont and Salvation Army reformers, and a muddled scene with a farmer on the sidewalk and a wary nephew asking about rent.
Mrs. La Selle of Lakeside faces a four year delay in securing a divorce after hurried marriage to Mra. Lakeside and subsequent repentance. The case reflects a lengthy legal process and personal reconsideration amid marital disputes.
A fragment lists garter superstitions with colors and meanings. Gold garter buckles are linked to wealth, silver to misfortune, and wearing garters on the knee supposedly affects beauty and fortune. White garters on a wedding day are said to bring unhappiness. Yellow garters allegedly signal affection for a friend, while other colors carry various fates.
A mosaic of clipped quips and anecdotes, featuring travelers debating bathing habits, a preacher stressing virtue over vanity, a tense surrender scene, and humorous exchanges about debts and misperceived ailments. Patter shifts among towns and papers, reflecting social mores and wit.
Melbourne paper details Professor Baldwin Spencer's studies on totemism in Australia. It describes dreamtime beings, ancestral sticks, spirits tied to places, and each person’s totem. It notes strict taboos on observing ceremonies, initiations with ocher and blood, and beliefs in reincarnation and control over animals and plants.
A London office boy, three halfpence owed to a clerk, and a clerk owed a penn y to a cashier settle their accounts through a sequence of halfpenny payments. The boy pays a halfpenny, the clerk pays a halfpenny, the cashier pays a halfpenny, and successive small payments square all debts. The tale reflects reciprocal settling and mutual settlement among three parties.
A girl refuses to remove a ring claimed to be wished on causing her brother Johnny to mimic a vow of possession. He later hides in a chair and misdirects attention to his cap as his sister urges him to remove the ring. The tale ends with a childlike explanation of the ring being wished on spelled by a newspaper quote.
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