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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
4
Readers are invited to request a free sample bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, a kidney liver and bladder remedy. The advertisement touts cures for lame back and Bright's Disease and notes a book on kidney health is available with the sample offer.
The Junior Civics League formed at Foster Street School brings together students under fourteen to beautify Evanston’s Fifth Ward. They clean streets and yards, plant flowers, and plan ornamental lighting, aiming to improve the ward and foster lasting civic interest among children.
Dialogue shows a street railway superintendent dismissing a conductor for insufficient cash register activity and suggesting a long vacation. The conductor cites rheumatism but remains grateful for allowing him to operate the car, while the superintendent expresses thanks for returning the car. A separate dramatic note references a fair maid, a pursuing father, and entomologic confusion.
Fragmentary report notes a tense scene in a vessel's stern as one man urges others to avoid firing a pistol While a companion may threaten action authorities are not named and details are unclear from the damaged text
A Sunday School lesson on John 21 discusses the Resurrection appearances and the call to faithful service. Jesus tests the disciples’ dependence, supplies their needs, and commissions Peter to feed the flock, urging believers to steward God’s grace and live by faith.
Advice from M A Hoyt in Farm Journal outlines spring spraying with copper sulfate, followed by Bordeaux mixtures after petals fall, and ten to fourteen day intervals. It recommends spring and fall hoeing to grub borers, yearly late May or early June trimming, clean cultivation with cover crops, spacing and thinning rules, and selecting a northern slope with high ground. It notes removing trees with incurable diseases like yellows and fifth peach, and lists Michigan peach varieties including Davidson, Triumph, Engel’s Improved Chile, and Elberta among others.
A short garden column notes magnolia varieties flowering in April and May and gives transplant tips. It lists grape varieties Niagara and Delaware among others and outlines soil, manure, and spacing for strawberries. Also advises on watering geraniums with deep soaking and good drainage tips.
Northfield Minnesota rises as boosters unite young merchants and professionals to revive growth. A year of concerts, rest rooms, and street fairs crowds in support for a Heywood Memorial rest room and local factories, with traveling men invited as honorary members.
A London Standard joke centers on a table of women and a male joker who quips that pepper is half pence, provoking the landlady’s rebuke about adulterated goods. The scene shifts to Mrs Biles guiding her impulsive husband with a vow to count to twenty before speaking, revealing a domestic concern over a new bat and a servant in rain.
The passage notes Ruskin’s habit of very long sentences in early works and Frederic Harrison’s count of words per sentence. It highlights Wordsworth’s Character of the Happy Warrior as another example with two long compound sentences rich in adjectival clauses.
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