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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1909
Page
2
The Che Gazette announces publication every Wednesday evening from Lexington Virginia with William R. Kennedy as editor and proprietor and offers subscription rates in advance.
Obituaries tributes and cards of thanks priced per line. Local notices charged at five cents per line for each insertion. Advertising rates described as moderate, available on application. Single copy 5 cents. Rates for business local notices listed per line and per insertion.
The letter argues wheat prices jump from 1.00 to 1.50 a bushel reflect market cornering by James A. Patten of Chicago. The writer cites evidence of manipulation, criticizes speculation, and urges laws to curb cornering of essential goods and protect consumers.
The Philadelphia Record marks its thirty inch milestone, remaining vigorous and balanced with long experience. It asserts unmatched accuracy and public service while maintaining opposition to the Republican city majority and claiming the widest circulation among Mercantile papers in Philadelphia.
Democratic voters show mixed views on nominations. W T Paxton of Buena Vista is the sole announced House candidate for the Bath Highland Rockbridge district seeking to replace Samuel Sterrett. Rockbridge county and Buena Vista already have two contenders Hugh White and Edward Moore of Lexington.
Reported via Severn and Kerr's Creek sections on Menday afternoon, strong winds blew down trees and damaged telephone lines across Rockbridge. A brief electric storm near Rockbridge Baths and Timber Ridge touched multiple locations, with lingering wind and lightning. Harry Lee and Albert Sidney boat crews begin daily practice for the rowing contest during commencement.
The Richmond Times Dispatch urges Judge Mann to accept Tucker’s challenge for ten debates in Virginia’s districts. It proposes topics focused on taxation, agriculture, natural resources, emigration, oyster industry, tariffs, industry, primary reform, and fiscal plans, with ban on discussing past records.
Charles Wheelington a longtime Lexington hotel head waiter and night watchman died last Thursday morning of hemorrhage after helping passengers board the Baltimore and Ohio train. Night Policeman Lindsey found him ill, he died at home on Randolph Street. Funeral held Saturday at the Methodist church with Knights of Pythias escort. Survived by wife and a niece of H. B. Abrahams.
M L grounds Thursday morning at 10 30 for a corps defeaders review before the Lee Jackson Campaign. All veterans must be ready to leave Court House at 10 o clock. The Virginia Society of the Colonial Dames with guests from many States and sections held their annual pilgrimage to Monticello and the University of Virginia. Tag Day in Staunton last week raised 960 dollars for the King’s Daughters Hospital to fund its bonded debt reduction.
Mr Emmett B Wilson recounts leaving Rockbridge eight years ago to settle near Fresno California. He praises the valley climate and prospects and asks Captain McNevl to locate, for him friend George W Cameron a Confederate veteran in California now visiting the South, and to arrange a reunion shake.
The June Woman's Home Companion showcases ten light stories by authors such as Hale Warren Brady Carter Hastings Winchell Pangborn and Scott with illustrations by Yohn Clay plus features on fashion children embroidery and a puzzle page. Scribner's Magazine June issue presents color plates on Days a Melting and profiles of I G Dwight and Rhodes with a review of Edward Gibbon and stories by Wharton and Stevens.
An old advertisement touts Mother Gray Australian Leaf as a pleasant herb cure for back pain bladder or kidney trouble and women’s ills. It claims it fails to fail and offers sample packs free from the Mother Gray Co LeRoy New York, 50 cents at druggists. It also promotes Fahrney’s Teeth-ing Syrup for stomach troubles and baby comfort.
Two week ending June 1 1000 records show transfers in Rockbridge including J Grant Moomw to John T Hosteter 125 8 R Leckey to J I Flint 44 acres near Jas A Wilson Natural Bridge district and multiple parcels around Lexington Buena Vista Glasgow and Collierstown with values from 50 to 11 350. Notable entries include Mrs Mary A Teaford to Roberts Turk 163 acres west of Lexington and Geo W Hatter to Shepard Hite 25 acres on Big Mary Creek.
The heir to the Italian throne appears in ten one step photographs taken by his mother Queen Rena for the June edition of Women’s Home Companion. The page also features short notes on household tips and light social anecdotes including a London Answers fiction snippet about a marriage proposal and a ten scene.
Pursuant to a May 18 1909 decree in the chancery case J A Moore and Wife versus Benjamin Balser es InLim'r and heirs a special commissioner will proceed before the courthouse in Lexington Virginia for a pension hearing in Rockbridge County Circuit Court.
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