Fraternal Orders Meet Across Lexington and Nearby Lodges
Rockbridge Lodge No. 58 meets Thursday nights at Odd Fellows Hall in Lexington. Lexington Lodge No. 66 meets Tuesday nights at Odd Fellows Hall. Liberty Lodge No. 2 meets Monday nights at Fellows Hall. Daughters of Rebekah hold nets on Monday nights at Fellows Hall. Mountain City Lodge No. 67 Ancient York Masons meets first and third Mondays at Masonic Hall. Natural Bridge Counell No. 1920 Royal Arcanum meets first and third Fridays at Odd Fellows Hall.
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Lexington Lodge
K. of Pries Sel
Odd Fellows
Liberty Lodge
Daughters O Rebekah
Fellows’ Hall
Mountain City Lodge
Ancient York Masons
Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge
Counell
Royal Arcanum
Odd Fellows' Hall
MaKES the Grinding Easy If you went See it in your own kitchen
Roasted coffee loses strength and aroma when exposed to air after grinding and dust from handling can spoil loose coffee sold in bags bins or tins. The note claims compliance with the National Pure Food Law and references a guarantee with a Washington filing.
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Hancock Broz, & Co
United States
Washington
Fragmented Verse Reflections on Sleep and Youth
Fragmented lines evoke memory and fate with archaic phrasing. A speaker named Eugene contemplates eternal sleep, youth’s awakening to truth, and a forewarning directed to a listener who is currently young. The tone is elegiac and reflective.
Cured Hemorrhages of the Lung and Pineules for Health
Several years ago Mrs. A M Ake of Wood Indiana suffered severe lung hemorrhages and failed treatment from several physicians. After taking Foley's Honey and Tar her lungs improved greatly and she recommends it. The ad touts Pineules for kidneys and blood cleansing, and Man Zan Pi Remedy as a pain relief aid. Vendor: B H Gorrell's Drug Store.
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A, M, Ake
Wood
Ind
Foley
Folay
B. H. Gorrell
BH Borrell
Fireless Cooking by Northwest Forest Guides
The Seattle Post Intelligencer reports on fireless cookers used by northwest guides and huntsmen. Half frozen stones heat a covered box oven where venison, partridge or bear meat cooks slowly. Stones are heated, moss sealed, meat rests inside until done, with flavor aided by rock-derived aromatics.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Musical bond of daughter and mother in a bedtime tale
A short, playful tale contrasts a three year old daughter Eth el with a musical mother. The girl loves tunes while the mother shows little musical skill and persuades bedtime with singing by the nurse as the daughter resists going to bed.
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Tory
Ethel
Unclear text with scattered notes on pest deterrents
The fragment references cayenne pepper for mice and camphor lamps as deterrents, noting trials or observations about effectiveness. Lacks coherent details, dates, or identifiable people or organizations to confirm a clear event.
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Will
Southern code of honor and fatal duels in history
The article discusses a long standing southern code based on insults provoking a duel with a warned on sight shootout. It contrasts this with German Austrian military practices and recounts the Archduke Otto incident where royal rank blocked a challenge, leading to a decisive royal intervention.
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Oak Grove
Marx
Taylor
Coventry
Otto
Hofburg
Chicago Record- Herald
French Undergrads Compared With American Life
A Scribner's Magazine essay contrasts French students with American undergrads. It notes French pupils are intelligent and serious, highly professional in approach, pursuing rigorous study and a planned career, while American undergraduates lean toward culture and leisure amid education.
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France
America
Faculty of Letters
Paris
England
Scribner’s Magazine
Pun about gravity and levity by Keller
A London Standard tale recalls Irish lawyer Jeffrey Keller famed for wit. In court under Judge Mayne, Keller quips that Mayne is risen by gravity while Keller is sunk by levity, wondering what Newton would say.
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Jeffrey Keller
Mayne
Keller
Sir Isaac Newton
London Standard
Jenkins Faces Fearful Toothache Panic in Dentist Chair
Jenkins, paralyzed by a gnarly toothache, stares into a mirror at a monstrous mouth. In the dentist chair the bold patient twists and shudders as the dentist steadies with forceps and hammer, then the clinician steps back to avoid his flaring fright.
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Jenkins
Byron's Christmas Plum Pudding and Michaelmas Goose
An observer notes Byron kept English customs abroad eating plum pudding at Christmas and roast goose on Michaelmas. A droll tale follows his goose purchase in Pisa to fatten it for a feast. He grows fond of the fowl and plans to spare it, sparking the bird’s travel in a cage under his carriage.
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Byron
Pisa
Theater Dilemma Frayed by Two Tickets and Wife
Ileat in his office musing over two theater tickets and whether to ask Jones to join him. He worries the show may be the only thing his wife wants to see in a year and fears she would be unhappy with any other plan. After an hour he frets, torn between offering company and his own preference, aware he may lose either way.
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Ileat
Jones
Child's witty reply frames mother as a lady
Five year old Alber overhears phrase My mother is a lady and answers with a sharp distinction. He requests the difference and quips a riddle like definition that a woman talks too much while a lady does not.
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Alber
Albert
Harding
Tribune
Chicago
Man probes department store for useful birthday gift
Mr. Hilliker promises his wife a practical present and visits a large department store. When asked what would please a woman, the salesman replies with a range from an ornamental match box to a grand piano. Mr. Hilliker sighs, agreeing that this is what she will want.
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Comepanion
Romans Do as the Romans Do Magistrate Fines Man
An elderly respectable man appeared before a magistrate reported by the London Telegraph for unbecoming and hilarious conduct. On pleading, he muttered about “doing as the Romans do” and was urged to continue. He paid 7 shillings 6 pence as the fine.
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London Telegraph
Mixed 1906 brief items spark varied headlines
A jumble of short notes covers topics from a Virginia Supreme Court ruling on a murder case to West Point height changes, paper clothing, stone ore findings, and political moves. It notes Castro’s U.S. visit, Japan-US steel price claims, and a surge in divorces, with library board shifts and state education debates among the miscellany.
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State Board of Education
Riehwerdes
Edmund Pendleton
Charles V. Meredither
State Library Board
John P. Kennedy
Kennedy
Pendleton
Library Board
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Announcement
An advertisement proclaims a guaranteed cure for piles with PAZO OINTMENT promising refund if not cured in 6 to 14 days. The copy also promotes Fortifying babies for hot weather with Dr Fahrney's Tooth Ing Lump at 25 cents, stating improvements to infant health.
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Rockbridge Lodge
Law Jackson Connell
Junioriver American Mechanica
Odd Fellows Trial
Reenlee D. Letcher
Arrorney At Law
Lexington, VA
Paul M. Penick
Arrorney Art Law
Fuasx Moore Notary Public
Preston
Fate Clark
Oore & Mooreh
Os Arrorngus
Lexuxeron
Feane T. Glasgow
Huo A
WiiTebasco
W. White
ArrouNn Ys At-Law
W. P. Houston
Lexington, Virginia
John H. Hartman
Nelson Street
Main
Gorrell's Drug Store
Jamues B. Walker, Jr
RR. Witt & Co
Victor and Columbia Talking Machines
M. J. Hess
Kington, Va
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R. Soko
Kereo
Lexington
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harper's Ferry
Pittsburg
Hagerstown & Phrederick
Deepart
U. 8
Pumas Co
Fifth Avenue
New York
Rhode Island
W. W. Ruff
Maicole Bos, & GO
Hancock Bros. 2 Co
Lynchburg, Va
BR. A. Patterson Tobacco
Richmond, Va
Nelson St
Syracuse
McCormick
American Surety Company OF
J. W. McClugg
Capital
Tris Company
American Bankers’ Association
Samuel B. Walker
Lexis Gton
Virginia
Wita Rubber and Steel
James E. Heck
OPP
Baptist Church
Warming
Suichtly
Uleyoo
Eugene
Delaware
San Francisco
Kidooys
Bledder
Harrisonburg Times
Treasury
Saya
Gorvell
John Woealay
John Street Methodist Church
New York City
John Street
Athirs
H. Gorreil
Pennsylvania
Mase Phusetts
H. Gorrell
Mrs. Wiggs
London
Ressons
B. H
Tage
Isa Pocabodtas
Northwest Forests
Goara
Musy Woader
Builetin
Garden of Allah
Count Landis
Lahore
Selerru
Virginia Supreme Court
John Hardy
Pottstown
McKinley
Canton
Ohio
Charles Anthony
Montivideo
Rockingham County
Roosevelt
West Point
District of Columbia
Carscus Aeye
Castro
Weekington
Europe
Chicago Tribune
United States Steel Corporation
Daniel
I Jubal A. Early
Marly
Bedford
Sam Early
Jubal A. Furly
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Agricultural Department
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