Fraternal Lodge Meetings Advised For Mountain City and Nearby Halls
Local lodge notices list Mountain City Lodge No 67 Ancient York Masons meeting 2nd and 4th Mondays at Masonic Hall with W M J Will Moore and Secretary A Shields. Also Rockbridge Lodge No 58 meets Thursdays at Odd Fellows Hall with N G D S Layne and Secretary V Grinstead. Natural Bridge Connell No 1920 Royal Arcanum meets 1st and 3rd Fridays with Regent W R Beeton and James Withrow. Junior Order American Mechanics meets 4th Friday at Odd Fellows Hall with F S Johnston and D L Radford. Liberty Lodge No 2 Daughters of Rebekah meets Mondays at Odd Fellows Hall with N G Miss Roberta Pennington and Lecturer Mrs M F Crigier.
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Mountain City Lodge
Ancient York Masons
Masonic Hall
J. Will Moore
W. M.A. T. Shields
Sec
Lexington Lodge
Oudgelows’ Hall
M.J. Hess
M.lildebrand
K. B.S
Natural Bridge
Connell
Royal Arcanum
W. RR. Beeton
Regent
James Withrow
Joe'y
Leo Jackson
American Mechanics
Ovd Pellows
Rockbridge House in Leximaron Virginia Listed
Lexington area item notes The Rockbridge House at Corner Nelson Street and Jackson Avenue in Leximaron Virginia appears in a local registry under Templeton of the R. Gd. TEMPLETON listing.
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Nelson Street
Jackson Ave
Georgian Boy and Peachblow Porcelain Curiosities Across Time
A fragmentary excerpt notes a boy rescued from forced labor after his mother’s death, hinting at harsh peach industry rules. It then describes peachblow porcelain’s 300 year old Chinese glaze, its rare penetrative finish, and the spread from China to Europe via Holland and France, via Dutch traders.
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J. Tale
China
Holland
Europe
Tolland
France
Toast and cough remedy ad reflect old city lore
A venerable squire humbly addresses the presbytery of St Andrews amid thunderous applause. An advertisement urges Boschee's German Syrup for severe throat and lung troubles, claiming global use, easy relief, and a cure, available at B. H. Gorrell's in Lexington, Virginia.
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Presbytery
St Andrews
St. Andrews
Boschee
GG. Green
B. H. Gorrell
Lexington
Position in Sleep Habits and Comfort
A family doctor notes the nightly instinctive body positions and the any attempt to alter them triggers restlessness. The ad ends with a testimonial about Bucklen’s Arnica Salve curing a four year ulcer and lists other uses and the Lexington Virginia drugstore.
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Land of Nod
Ove Laughs 4 At Locksmiths And Church Wedding Chaos
A fragmented prose piece pivots from a sad hymn in the Atlanta Constitution to a rural wedding comedy in which Carola defies her guardian Aunt Sarah. Jack Harrison breaks a wedding, Peggy McManus is persuaded, and Carola remarries Johnson Blake by surprise with legal license and minister.
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Carola
Aunt Sarah
Sara
Sarah
Carol
Johnson
Carolan
Johnson Blakely
Mrs. Wilson
St. Peter
Tie
Jack Harrison
Jack
Peggy McMann
Cayola
Peggy
Rev Stuart Taylor remembered as Rockbridge figure in Civil War era
A compact reminiscence from Lexington Virginia recounts Rev Stuart Taylor of Rockbridge Baths, neutral in the conflict and father of William Taylor the famed international evangelist. It notes Taylor’s humble log church preaching and his kinship with General Robert E Lee in Rockbridge County.
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Stuart Taylor
Rockbridge Baths
Baltimore and
San Francisco
United States
South America
Africa
Asia
Equatorial
Virginia
Rockbridge County
Lon Preat Ave
Trim
Lexington
Confederacy
Republic
Methodist Episcopal Church
North
Robert EK
Lee
Rockbridge
Taylor
Valley of
William Taylor
Lane
the Gazette
Tar Gazette
Stonewall Jackson
Chancelloraville
Marcellus Moorman
Lynchburg
Jackson
Moorman
Orange Court House
Stuart
Crutchfield
Rodgers
Lincoln County
N. C
Hall Morrison
Mary Anna Jackson
Old North
John Webb
Hortshkins
Sid Hall
Hotchkiss
Col. Cratchfield
Artilery
General Jackson
General Lane
Major Moorman
Electric Bitters Cited To Fight Malaria In Virginia
A vintage advertisement claims Electric Bitters destroy malaria germs in wet marshy grounds and prevent typhoid. It quotes John Charleston of Byesville Ohio praising their effectiveness for malaria stomach and liver troubles and notes a price of 50 cents at B U Gorrell's Drug Store in Lexington Virginia with satisfaction guaranteed.
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Virginia
John Charleston
Byesville
B. U
Morton predicts record national corn crop and rail load
Santa Fe vice president Paul Morton foresees a national corn yield of 9.5 billion bushels and says Western railroads will handle the surge in traffic. He cites surveys and agent reports across corn states to back his outlook.
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Paul Morton
Union
Morton
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Weinberc’s
NEW Coods
Weirbere Cash Clothing Co
Main Street
New Park and Postoffice
Iirmington, Virginia
Stertons
Old Stand
Corner Main
Henry Streets
W. F. Pierson
Rockbridge Lodge
O. F
Odd Fellows’ Hall
D.S. Layne
N. Gd
V. Grinstead
Sec'y
Reenlee BD
Letcher
Lexington, VA
B. Guyer
Arrorsey At Law
Lexinarox
Court House
Apa
Arronsey Av Law, Lexixatos, Vinarsta, Neary Public
M. Penick
J. Preston Moore
Frank Moore
Oore & Moore
Arronxeys At Law
Lesixoven
R. Louis K. Walz
New Bank
John U. Istartman
Tt. W Palmer
J. W. Hille Ve
Staunton
Fing
Pasha
Hora Price Co
the Sunday Sun
the Sun
New York
New Mantotasiana
Denver
Washington and
Jefferson Streets
M. R
Rockbridge House
Leximaron
R. Gd. Templeton
Arn bin Til
Virginia College
Por Young Ladies
Roanoke
Valley of Virginia
Morentalogus Midress
Mattie Vllatiris
Nhi Parker
Peachblow
Pranklin Grove
Bucklen
B. WH
Zion
Earth
Canaan
Atlanta Constitution
Ove
Gripper Sorghum
Washington Star
W. Grove
A. P. Hill
Palmer
Hill
Michigan
Ayer
Buckingham
Finny, & Co
Raniits
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