Fraternal Lodges Meet Monthly in Mountain City Area
Local fraternal groups including Mountain City Lodge No. 67 Ancient York Masons and Rockbridge Lodge No. 58 I O F meet on specified weeknights at Masonic and Odd Fellows halls. Lexington Lodge No. 66 K of A and Natural Bridge Council Royal Arcanum hold regular meetings. Daughters of Rebekah Liberty Lodge No. 2 and Junior Order American Mechanics also list schedules with officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain City Lodge
Ancient York Masons
Masonic Hall
J. Will Moore
W. M
A. T. Shields
Sec'y
Rockbridge Lodge
I. U
A. W. Manspile
N.G
Hileman
C.C. J. V. Grinstead
Natural Bridge Council
Royal Arcanum
W R, Beeton
James Withrow
Lee Jackson
Junior Order American Mechanics
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Johnston
Radford
Liberty Lodge
Daughters of Rebekah
Anna K. Kise
N. G
M. F. Crigler
Tracing Anecdotes to Their Source in a Joking World
A Philadelphia Record item notes a writer who argues seven original anecdotes exist and explains how many stories are built by blending twists. He recalls tracing a Lamb anecdote to its origin, describing a rainy day traveler and a guard calling for a black Mackintosh with two red MacGregors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lamb
Lamb
Mary
No Sleep for a Mortgage and Other Readings
A collection of prosaic vignettes on debt and farming burdens, including a memo about the mortgage as a relentless, ever-present weight on farmers and families. The piece contrasts grim finances with rural life and ends with a Scottish anecdote about a weather vane and cardinal directions.
Lying for a Cause and a Levee Tale of 1893
A Mississippi man recalls how a fake newspaper story about dynamiting a levee sparked a panic and prompted thousands to rally for flood defense. The tale, sourced from the New Orleans Times-Democrat, argues that deliberate false reporting can mobilize public action amid danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Sunflower County
Trojana
New Orleans Times-Democrat
How Mountains Were Formed and Notable Local Events
Geologists note ancient icefields shaped U S and Europe with glacial boulders visible on the White Mountains and in New York Pennsylvania and New England. The rest of the item recalls a murder verdict in Monticello New York the death sentence for Kate Taylor and related confessions and a large land dispute in St Francis Kansas. It ends with engagement invitations for Eleanor Strath and Dr. William Yeakley to be married at Emmanuel Episcopal church.
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United States
Europe
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
St. Francis
Kansas
de- War Cattle Company
Berry
Thomas Davis Rawson
Staunton
Eleanor Strath
William Holmes Yeakley
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Can Typhoid Be Wholly Exterminated
The Medical Record notes typhoid is not solely waterborne and cites New York City’s pure supply yet high typhoid mortality, Chicago’s rich areas and ghettoes with raw vegetables, urging thorough boiling of water, hand and fruit hygiene, fly control, and complete disinfection to eradicate typhoid through proper measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
Chicago
Resord
Pasteurs
Multiple events and notices sweep through June era
Judge Thomas W. Harrison and Miss Nellie Cover wed in Winchester last week. Belfield in North Emporia burned on June 8. Norfolk and Western freight wrecked near Buchanan Thursday night. The $1,000,000 Capitol in Jackson Mississippi was dedicated June 3. Justice Harlan at 70 dissents from retirement. Mrs. J. K. E. B. Stuart awarded crosses of honor to 120 veterans in Norfolk. Shenandoah judge Frank S. Tavener seeks State Senate seat. Amherst urged to back Judge Campbell for Legislature. Cloudburst with hail battered Lawyer’s Canon Idaho. Secretary Root to aid Gainesville storm victims. Governor Montague asked to speak at Tam many Hall July 4 in New York. Ex-Sheriff Crockett’s cattle killed by lightning in Thompson’s Valley. Rural pests cause vast crop damage estimate. Benjamin Foltz’s estate chest yields cash and antique coins in Slanesville. Swanson governor bid draws Richmond interest. Willard, Ayers, Anderson, Ellyson as possible candidates. Green’s August Flower touted for indigestion and liver issues. offer for free book with 25 cent bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Harrison
Nellie Cover
Winchester
North Emporia
Belfield
Norfolk and Western
Buchanan
Jackson
Miss
Justice Harlan
Supreme Court
J. KE. B. Stuart
Pickett-Buchanan
Norfolk
Frank 8. Tavenur
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
State Senate
Amherst
Campbell
Lawyer's Canon
Idaho
Root
Fort McPherson
Gainesville
War Department
Montague Hs
Benjamin Foltz
Slanesville
Hampshire County
W. Va
Claude A. Swanson
Richmond
Joseph E. Willard
Rufus A. Ayers
William A. Anderson
J. Taylor Ellyson
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Arrorney At Law
Alace
Letcher
Lexington
Aul M Penick
Arrorney
Leainator, Viraunia
Frank Moore
Rockbridge County
Ooke & Moore
Arrorneys At Law
Lexinetox
R Louise
Walz
New Bank
John HO Hartman
Dutist
Main Street
Ofice
Weinbergs
Sellers
Schloss Bros. & Co
New
Weinberg’s
Hutton Engineering
Robert E. Hutton
Eno. VA
Amuel B. Walker, Jr
Lexington, VA
Rockbridge House
Nelson Street
Joveson Ave
Lexinerox
R.G. Templeton
Maney
R Meals
Ann Smith Academy
Brown
Moore & Moore
Insurance
R.R. Witt &Co
Lexing
Jan
J.crixtos
the Valley Tie and Lumber Co
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Olds Wagon Works
Fort Wayne
Ind
W. F. Pierson
Progressive Cash Store
Lyons
Re. C.A. Lacy & Son
Baltimore Dental Association
Marquis
Main
Augusta Streets
Lynchburg
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
M. J. Hess
Presbyterian Church
Mountain Lake Park, Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio
Alleghanies
Union de Chautauqua
W. L. Davidson
Mountain Lake Park
L. A. Kudisill
Bernard
J. Henry LE
Murat
Rockbridge Co. Va
Hen Reid
Eldridge Reid
Fran. Reid
James Reid
G.J. Reld
Timber Ridge
Sity
Maryland Savings and Baltimore
Board of Trade
Ringwood
Okla
Freddie
Ezekiel
Mary Ann
Willam
Tom
Atlanta News
Scotland
Edward the Confessor
Westminster Abbey
Jones
Kate Taylor
Monticello
N. Y
Hesis
Dyeke
Dean
John W. Crocket
Thompson's Valley
Tazewell
Green
Woodbury
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