Masonic and Odd Fellows Meetings List
Local fraternal groups announce weekly meetings at various halls. Liberty Lodge No 2 Daughters of Rebekah meets Mondays. Mountain City Lodge No 67 Ancient York Masons meets 1st and 3rd mornings. Natural Bridge Council No 1920 Royal Arcanum meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Lex Council No 179 Junior Order United American Mechanics meets Fridays.
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Hockbidge Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Lexington Lodge
K. of P
Liberty Lodge
Daughters O Rebekah
Odd Fellows
Mountain City Lodge
Ancient York Masons
Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge
Royal Arcanum
Odd Fellows Hall
Lex. Council
United American Mechanics
Bank Statement Showing Resources and Deposits
The document lists assets including Banking House, cash on hand, due from banks, real estate, and investments totaling 540,583.66 with capital stock 50,000 and surplus 50,000. It notes deposits of 388,777.07 and notes payable 20,000 and other items. It states certificates of deposit issued on demand at 3 percent interest after 60 days.
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Banking House, &O
Treas'r U
R. Fond
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Effective in Lexington Case
Lexington resident T. E. Dulaney testifies to dramatic kidney relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Gorrell's drug store. He describes severe back and loins pain, limited movement, and scanty secretions before a box brought marked improvement and restored health. Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo markets the remedy nationwide.
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T. E. Dulaney
Jefferson St
Lexington
Dean
Gorrell
Lam
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Broad range of patent remedies and health tips in 1907 ads
An assortment of medical elixirs and tonics hawk cures for blood and skin diseases including eczema and blood purifiers. It praises Botanic Blood Balm and Dr Shoop remedies for nerves digestion and pain, plus teasers for kidney and teething products. Also notes a morgue burial cost, a railroad mole, Alabama pistol law, and teasers for teething syrups.
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Aulania
B. B.D
Gems In Verse The Open
Edith M. Thomas offers a reflective lyric about seeking rest in natural scenes. The poem imagines drifting clouds, mountains, and open spaces as a place of peace away from royal pomp and breathless shades.
Folding napkin into a ring trick
A short verse instructs how to fold a napkin in half then roll it tightly to fit into its ring, promising a surprising snug slip. St Nicholas is invoked in the closing lines.
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St. Nicholas
Shoe Buckles Dominate Fashion in the Eighteenth Century
The St James Gazette recounts how buckles defined the era from diamonds to brass and iron, with royalty and merchants flaunting ornate designs while common folk wore simpler materials. As ribbons rose post French Revolution, buckle makers lobbied Parliament to revive sumptuary controls.
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Sury
Roland the Ust
Doctor Nansen and the Irishman at the ice wall
The Arctic explorer Nansen meets an Irishman bragging of northern reach. Nansen claims he reached a wall of ice no one can pass. The Irishman counters he was on the other side, having heard of the wall while chatting with his staff.
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Nansen
Acros
Begorra
Pat
Iowa
New York Sun
Bryan
Mr. Taft
Roanoke Evening World
Johneon
Kern
Jefeson
Clinton
Madison
Jackson
Calhoun
van Buren
Lincoln
Hamlin
Johnson
Harrison
Morton
New York
Bristol
C. Baseard Slemp
Virginia
Hot Springs
William H. Taft
Slewo
Roanoke
Taft
Cumbria
Christiansburg
R. V. Altizer
Pew
Bank of Cambria
Averill, Mitchell & Co
Lengthy Parr Line Aged Records From 17th Century London
Thomas Parr who died in London in 1635 aged 152 is noted for his extreme longevity and that of his descendants. Parr is buried at Westminster Abbey. He farmed at 130 and remarried at 122. Robert Parr, a great grandson, died in Shropshire in 1747 aged 124. His father lived to 109 and his grandfather 113. John Newell died in 1761 aged 127 and John Michaelson died in 1763 aged 127. Both were grandsons of Thomas Parr.
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Thomas Parr
London
Parr
Westminster Abbey
Robert Parr
Shropshire
John Newell
John Michaelson
The Sign of Wedlock Wedding Quotation
A Baltimore American quotation on wedding announcements contrasts a formal line with a bride and groom exchange. An Atchison Globe remark about talkativeness appears as a separate aside. The item highlights historical newspaper commentary on marriage phrasing.
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Baltimore
Waltz of the Ostrich Reveals Flight From Predators
The ostrich waltz is described as a rapid circling dance by small bands and large flocks. Chicks as young as a month sprint and whirl, while adults sometimes stumble. South Africans theorize the motion trains quick turning to evade lions and leopards.
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South Africa
New York Sun
Weir Mitchell’s Foreign Consultation Tact
A famed physician travels abroad for a nervous ailment and visits a German specialist. Impressed by the card he uses Mr. Mitchell of Philadelphia. After careful exam the German doctor questions Philadelphia and the claim of consulting Dr Weir Mitchell. He ultimately declares he cannot help.
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Weir Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Philadelphia
Pan
Cat whiskers act as touch organs for keen sensing
Whiskers are organs of touch connected to lip nerves. Light contact is felt, though hairs themselves are insensible. On a lion they warn of obstacles and rustling bushes, aiding stealth and movement through dense growth.
Two Old School Chums Meet in Wealthy Home
A Pall Mall Gazette anecdote recalls a reunion where a host learns his guest’s wife died two years earlier and his daughter is divorced, while his son ran away in debt. The host ends the scene by ordering the guest removed, claiming heartbreak.
Japanese Smile as Silent Language in Adversity
Lafcadio Hearn notes that a Japanese person can smile at will even in death. He describes etiquette shaping a silent language of endurance, where smiling in sorrow signals bearing hardship alone and not wishing others to suffer.
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Lafcadio Hearn
Cuban cigar factory readers keep workers informed
Factory readers entertain Cuban cigarmakers during work with serial stories and newspapers funded by the workers. Two readers per factory, pay from 40 to 60 dollars weekly, reading three or four hours daily, with votes determining daily reading choices and public questions discussed afterward.
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The
Cuba
Reading Committee
Nile electric fish and its nine thousand volts organ
The Nile electric fish carries an organ spanning the body skin that forms about 2,000,000 disks in connected nerve terminals. An eight inch fish can generate up to 200 volts via a giant nerve cell at the head of the spinal column, discharging through the body to stun nearby prey.
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Nile
Sandbag Robber’s Old Fashioned Heist antic
A robber threatens a citizen with a sand bag, but the man recognizes the bag as ballast from an airship. He asks pardon, noting the robber’s out of date style of crime. The robber apologizes, admitting his method is antiquated and unclear to many.
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Puck
Sail set in different ways shapes voyage through life
A Talmage sermon uses wind and sails as a metaphor for how trouble steers people toward heaven or rocks based on their choices. It compares a riddle from Elizabethan times and a Descartes golden rule about giving unqualified assent only to clearly true propositions.
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T. de Witt Talmage
Heaven
Bryan chosen for national chairman as Independence League crumbles
William L. Douglas of Maeaa chnette reports Bryan as the choice for national chairman despite turmoil in the Independence League. Other notes mention Nicaragua and Honduras tensions, Roosevelt touting a capable navy, and Taft and Burke speculation on running mates.
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William L. Douglas
Maeaachnette
Bryan
New York
Independence League
Ti Ie
Nicaragua
Honduras
Roosevelt
Naval War College
Newport
W. J. Bryan
Northampton County
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Stardard Oil Company of
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles Drum Prescription Ad
An ad promises a guaranteed cure for piles itching bleeding and protruding piles with a topical ointment. It claims druggists will refund money if the ointment fails to cure in six to fourteen days and lists a price of 60 cents.
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Profepcional
Caros
Reenlee D. Letcher
Lexington, VA
Pnd M. Penice
Laarmontos
Notary Public
J. Preeton
Frank Moore
Ate Cork Co
Court Notary Public Core
MOORE
Atrorneys At Law
Lexinoros
Frank T. Glascow
Peeeee & White
Huan A. Whitte
Attorneys-At-Law
Lexington Va
Houston
R. R. Witt & CO. General Fire Insurance
Old Line Companies
M. J. Hess
Agnor’s
Lexington Air
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harper's Ferry
Pittsburg
Washington
Hagerstown & Frederick
A. B. Beckwith
A. B. Beckwith & CO. Opp
Bank Rockbridge
R. S. Anderson
First National Bank
Bickford & Huffman
Syracuse
Lexington, Virginia
L. G. Jahnke and Company
Hamilton-Brown
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co
James E. Heck
Opp. Baptist Church
Idk
Myers Hardware Co., Inc
White Mountain
Governor McCord
Arizona
Commodore Kitson
St. Vani
Laborvra
Everett
Wash
Kitson
Dr. Shoops
New York City
Aily
William Spangler
Red Lion
Dr. Shoop
Racine
Wis
Western Pacific Railroad
Oakland
Foley
B. H. Georreil
Canada
Alabama
Dr. Fahroep
Edith M. Thomas
Parrs
Atchison Globe
Dr. Mitchell
Elizabeth
Kanene
Melville E. Ingalls
Meesechusetts
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