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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1910
Page
5
In Fayettesville North Carolina R E D 8 A. D. McDonald recalls a family brush with consumption cured by Dr King s New Discovery. The account highlights the remedy for coughs colds lagrippe asthma croup and bronchial troubles with a 50 cent to 1.00 price and trial bottle offered by B B Gorrells.
Monograms were awarded last Friday night to members of the Washington and Lee baseball teams: Moran J Kurd W Efird Waddell Brown Smith Stras Rechenwald Webster Turbytill Gwathmey and Manager McDonald. Richard A. Smith of Waynesboro was elected captain.
J F Boyer of Fertile Missouri says he found relief after using Heieric Bitters for backache nervousness loss of appetite lassitude and kidney disorders. He reports five bottles cured him and he endorses the remedy as guaranteed for liver trouble dyspepsia blood disorders and malaria. Available at HL Gorrell's for 50 cents.
Lexington observes National Decoration Day with bank and post office closings. Memorial services are held in the colored cemetery led by Rev. W. J. Lucas of Manchester, Va., formerly pastor of First Baptist Church Lexington. Ely's Cream Balm marketed for cold prevention and relief at 50 cents by druggists and Kig Bros. in New York.
The Rockbridge Sunday School Convention begins at New Monmouth Presbyterian Church with poor representation. It will run for two days. The ad notes winter troubles like frostbite and chapped skin and promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a remedy, 25 cents at B. H. Gorrell's.
At Sunday’s Confederate Memorial exercises, Crosses of Honor will be presented to a number of Veterans and descendants. The event notes that more than a hundred honors have been conferred in the past. A testimonial from A. Schingeck of New York praises Dr King's New Life Pills for chronic constipation. The ad touts the pills as curing biliousness indigestion headaches and malaria at 25 cents a bottle.
Winter grips the region with frosty nights and chilly days. Residents say the thermometer dips low, prompting fires and warm gatherings as some speculate the air signals comet weather.
Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes eases tight footwear and prevents irritation. Ideal for breaking in new shoes. Sold everywhere for 25 cents. Do not accept substitutes.
Nighttime observers report repeated sighting of Halley’s comet across the western heavens for several nights. The head shines brightly while the tail remains evident, providing stunning celestial views.
Mr F T A Junkin of Chicago is visiting his mother Mrs William F Junkin at Mulberry Hill. Mr R T Cox and Miss Eva Cox of Portland Oregon visit Mrs John H Latane at Mulberry. Miss Nannie W Jordan leaves for Asbury Park N J for the summer. Miss Catherine Casey of Winson Salem N J visits Ruth Deaver. Rev W Cosby Bell and Geo F E Nichols attend the Council of the Diocese in Lynchburg. Charles S Glasgow, former instructor at Bingham School Asheville NC, home for summer. Colonel W T Pongus returns from Charlottesville after an operation. Mrs William K E Davis and children of Jerico Tenn and Mr and Mrs B F Harlow of Roswell NM visit Major Fr W Houston at Clifton. Miss March Wilson returns from Maryland College at Lutherville MD with two friends Agnes Lippett and Virginia Lynd. Young ladies return from school include Sallie Quisenberry Blackstone Female Institute Margaret Garing Hollins Institute Ruth Deaver Southern Seminary. Communion services next Sunday at Lexington Presbyterian church with preparatory session Saturday at 5. Dr Alfred T Graham to preach at Augusta Military Academy Fort Defiance. Rev Dr J R Howerton preaches at Lexington Presbyterian, morning and evening. Prof Warlen K Paxton, Fincastle High School principal, leaves for home in Rockbridge to vacation then returns next fall to lead the High School. His tenure in town gains high regard.
The Mary Custis Lee Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy will decorate soldiers graves on Confederate Memorial Day. Committees named for General Lee's tomb, the Jackson circle, the soldiers square, the Daughters of Rebekah entrance gate, and the cemetery at large. Citizens and school children urged to donate and help distribute flowers. Also notes New York-Atlanta road tour leaves Atlanta June 6, passing Lexington next Wednesday, with sixty cars entered.
News notes recount lectures by Commissioner of Agriculture G W Koiner and others in the Courthouse. Speakers from West Virginia Ohio and the state farm addressed soil fertility seed selection and crop cultivation. A Norfolk-B&O special train aided attendance with farmers visiting nearby towns. Memorial Day bank and post office closures announced with school graduation events and Fourth of July plans summarized.
The Lexington School Board voted to retain most of this year’s staff for the next session. Miss Bessie B Krebs in the normal training department resigned. White Schools list Harrington Waddell as principal. High School names Jessie F Young Brownie E Neil M Myrtle Moore. Grammar School grade teachers include Henrietta C Dunlap Bertie M Beard M Kate Warner Jessie Groseclose Mary Stuart Preston. Colored School principal W N P Harris. teachers Amands J James Sarah H Banks Rosalia Edmondson and Elaine V Evans.
Central District School Board met in the superintendent's office and elected next year's teachers. Lavesia: Miss Sue Tolley principal and Miss Kate Wills assistant. Moore's: Miss Lillian Gilbert principal and Miss Lula Pixx assistant. West Lexington: Miss Katie P. Hamilton. Ruffner: Miss M. Ella Moore. Borden's Run: Miss Ethel Tolley. Calred: Liverpool: Mrs Kissie Banks. Ethel Tolley replaces Katie P. Hamilton at Borden's Run and Hamilton moves to West Lexington to replace Blanche Matheny, who was not applying for reappointment.
Howe's Great London Shows drew large county crowds for a gala day in Lexington with afternoon and night performances. A spectacular street parade lined the streets with appreciative onlookers. Postmaster McClung Patton was in Lynchburg Monday.
The Washington and Lee student body elected officers for the coming year with W. T. Dulaplaine of Frederick Md as president J M Parker of Bristol Va as vice president R W Pipes of New Orleans La as secretary N W Smithson of Lewisburg Tenn as editor Ring Tom Phi and C B Bark s of Ackerman Miss as business manager The Calyx editor J St Noell of Lynchburg Va with D B Barwood as business manager The Greenbrier Independent notes an Athletic Committee with Edward Grown of Chattanooga Tenn as chairman G T Knore of Wheeling W Va as vice chairman and GM Anderson of New York as secretary plus final ball president Robert Gilhatch of Birmingham Ala
Mr. Charles F Didawick was summoned to Strasburg Monday for the death of his brother W A Didawick. Born near Woodstock he was about 40. The Harrisonburg Times lauds him as a splendid citizen.Thomas F E Dulany and his relatives were summoned to Elizabeth N J for Theodore J Dulany’s death from paralysis May 12. They returned to Lexington Wednesday night. VMI final exercises run June 22 with daily programs. the Sunday sermon June 19 is by Rev Dr J T Plunkett of Birmingham Alabama.
Fragments show market items with per pound prices and product names in a garbled OCR line. Entries include chickens, bacon ham, beds, and country brand items with scattered figures such as .20 and 12. May and other stray tokens appear, but details are largely unreadable.
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