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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
2
Obituary and tribute notices are charged per line in the Che Gazette of Lexington Virginia dated June 9 1909 Editor William R Kennedy. The notice outlines subscription rates in advance and local business notices pricing with first insertion and subsequent line charges.
Judge William Hodges Mann rejects Henry St. George Tucker's offer of ten joint discussions across Virginia. He recounts accepting prior debates at Boydton Christiansburg and Lebanon, cites terms disputes at Bath, and criticizes Tucker's charges about liquor deals as false. Mann asserts his campaign is proceeding well and defends his temperance record with letters to voters.
The Rockbridge Board of Supervisors approves poles and wire on public roads for electricity with road safety safeguards. Viewers report on several road and bridge matters, with appointments for investigators and meetings set for July and June. Local obituaries note the death of Mrs. Margaret Cummings and community updates cover schools, church events, and promotions in Lexington grammar schools.
Despite threatening weather a large crowd attended Wesley Chapel’s Sunday Children’s Day on June 6. Palms from Florida decorated the church for the Palma and Praises program with songs and recitations by the Sunday school pupils. Rev Turner Ashby Jurdan gave the invocation. Mire, T. A. Jordan and Mrs. W B Rees directed the readings and rehearsals.
Natchez crowds show strong patriotism as Capt. Freemont accepts Mississippi’s gift to the battleship named for the state. The piece notes how political choices might have affected the display of Davis’s image in the silver service.
A meeting in Lexington on Monday adopted plans for the August 5 1909 primary. An assessment fined a House of Delegates candidate from Rockbridge and Buena Vista twenty dollars and a Bath Highland Rockbridge Buena Vista candidate eighty five dollars. Notices of the calls will appear in this paper next week.
An advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Australian Leaf for back pain urinary bladder or kidney troubles with a sample offered for 50 cents. It lists The Mother Gray Co. Le Roy New York and is dated May 26. A separate note asks about Dr Fabrney's Teeth Jug Syrup claiming it cures stomach troubles.
Official program lists events from June 14 and 15. Includes boat race at 6:00 p m and joint celebration at 9:00 p m with presidents and orators from multiple states. Baccalaureate sermon by Rev James I Vance and later band and baul concerts on campus.
Fourteen years ago few knew of a powder that transformed foot care. Allen's Poor Ease, now Allen's Foot-Base, is touted as a clean antiseptic powder shaken into shoes, praised for curing while you walk, reducing friction, saving stocking costs, and credited with over thirty thousand testimonials. Imitations are warned against as inferior and unsafe.
A jumble of old time notices mentions automobiles becoming common in Lexington with two purchases by Messie. CL EB. Woodward and L. K. Miller. The page includes humor ad snippets, medical tonics, a barber quip, and light quotes on Africa and parental prejudice reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper collage.
A playful caption notes Gertie’s two step with Nell answering a joke about her two eatpelsters. The vignette reflects humorous dialogue in a period illustration with flirtatious tone and couplet lines.
Lex Light & Power Co announces a Day Light Service to determine demand for electric lighting and power. If a reasonable return is not assured, the service will be discontinued. The goal is uninterrupted support and customer convenience.
Board of Supervisors of Rockbridge County Virginia issues a public notice dated June 1909 through clerk A T Satelds announcing an upcoming official action or meeting and inviting public participation.
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