Multiple Advertisements and Notices in Che Gazette
Mutual Telephone Company calls for settlement of overdue bills. Norfolk and Western Railroad schedule shows trains passing Buena Vista. S R Moore, Treasurer, notices Rockbridge county bond holders. Quaker Remedy Company promotes Quaker Extract and Opticians at Rockbridge Hotel. Irwin and Co announce special inducements in silks parasols and shirt waists. M R Brown announces purchase of stock of Welsh and Deaver in general merchandise. A K Fletcher clerk of U S District Court Harrisonburg petitions for discharges in bankruptcy for W T Jones and Charles Wagner of Clifton Forge.
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Mutual Telephone Company
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Buena Vista
S. R. Moore
Rockbridge County
Irwin&Co
A. K. Fletcher
U. S. District Court
Harrisonburg
W. T. L. Jones
Charles (. Wagner
Clifton Forge
Hay Fever Association Urges Dr King New Discovery
An old advertisement claims Dr King New Discovery cures consumption asthma pneumonia and other lung diseases. It promises relief from grip croup and whooping cough and offers trial bottles at B H Gorre's Drug Store.
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Dr. King
B. H. Gorre
Lexington Fire Delegates Set for State Convention in August
The Lexington Fire Company elected delegates M. L. Hildebrand H. C. Bowyer J. L. Henderson W. B. Mundy J. W. Seal and E. R. Funkhouser to the State convention in Ports mouth in August. An racing team will be appointed with A. B. Beckwith as captain and trainer and W. E. Quixenberry as manager. The article expects the team to win honors as in prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington Fire Company
Portsmouth
M. L. Hildebrand
H. C. Bowyer
J. L. Henderson
W. B. Mundy
J. W. Seal
E. R. Funkhouser
A. B. Beckwith
W. E. Quixenberry
Quaker Extract ads and Masons elect officers in Mountain City
The column notes a health ad praising Electric Bitters for women and lists Mountain City Lodge of Ancient York Masons officers elected for the year J Will Moore W M J McD Adair SW Robert Catlett JW G Cold treasurer A T Shields secretary W A Adair BE S D CL R K Warner JD to be installed June 2 Saint John's Day. It also mentions rheumatism catarrh stomach trouble piles kidney and liver complaints and invites visits to Rockbridge Hotel for cure with Quaker Extract. A medicine man performs in Marquis lot near the hitching yard drawing crowds with demonstrations and sales by Cincinnati Quaker Medicine Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain City Lodge of
Ancient York Masons
J. Will Moore
W. M
J. McD. Adair
Rockbridge Hotel
Lexington
Marquis Lot
Hitching Yard
Quaker Medicine Company of
Cincinnati
Dr Kings New Life Pills Offer Cure Claims
The advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a grand remedy for liver and bone troubles. It claims to cure constipation sick headache biliousness jaundice and indigestion and urges readers to try them at H Gorrells Drug Store.
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Dr. King
H. Gorrell
Drys Win Amherst District In Local Option Vote
In Amherst district on Saturday the Drys carried the Court House precinct by four. A large vote was polled with active campaigning on both sides. Two other precincts Hix and Riverville increased the majority to 36 in Amherst district.
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Amherst
Painkiller touted as universal remedy for cholera era diseases
An advertisement claims Perry Davis' Painkiller combats vomiting purging and sweating in cholera and other bowel troubles like diarrhoea dysentery. It is promoted as effective across climates and essential for prompt treatment.
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Perry Davis
Paint Marketing Pitch From McCran Drug Co
A dealer urges shoppers to use thin paint and pay double for oil then instructs how to mix Longman and Martinez Paint with oil to achieve durability. The appeal comes from McCran Drug Company, sole agents in Lexington Virginia, inviting customers to request pricing after “experiences.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longman & Martinez
McCran Drug Company
Sole Agents
Lexington
Garland-Rodes Veterans Visit Lexington
Garland-Rodes Camp of Confederate Veterans from Lynchburg visited Lexington with about 350 people on a six-coach special train to honor General Lee and General Jackson. They were welcomed at Washington and Lee University Chapel by Camp officials and VMI leaders. The day included tours of monuments, a cadet parade, and a speech by Colonel Poague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland-Rodes
Lynchburg
Lexington
Lee
Jackson
Union Station
Lee-Jackson Camp
Confederate Veterans of
Virginia Military Institute
Washington and Lee University Chapel
W. T. Poague
General Scott Shipp
G. H. Denny
Washington and Lee
General Lee
General Jackson
Poague
Mercellus N. Moorman
Stuart
Lexington High School Holds Graduation Exercises
An enthusiastic crowd gathered in Lexington for the Lexington High School session close. The event featured diplomas for full graduates and department certificates, with Robt. Eubanks Witt and John Lewis Gibbs among top honorees, as the school showed growth and community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington High School
R. E. Hutton
F. T. Glasgow
T. A. Hall
Lexington Baptist Church
Harrington Waddell
Washington and Lee
Robt
Eubanks Witt
R. R. Witt
John Lewis. Gibbs
BE. A. Gibbs
Lula W. Bare
Gwendolen Howe
Louise 8. Haskins
Janie K. Campbell
Mary Ackerly
Lula Bare
Janie Campbell
Viola Lee
Nettie Smith
Wilfred Irwin
W. D. Gresham
Major Francis H. Smith Elected Staunton School Superintendent
Major Francis H. Smith of Lexington won Saturday election as superintendent of Staunton public schools by the city school board. A son of the late Gen Francia H. Smith founder and former superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, Smith is a longtime educator and deacon in Lexington’s Presbyterian church. The note adds that the National Life Insurance Company of Vermont has the lowest mortality rate among companies of its age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis H. Smith
Lexington
Staunton
Major Smith
Francia H. Smith
Virginia Military Institute
V.M.1
Virginia
National Life Insurance Company of Vermont
Marriage of Mary Graves to Walter Murfee in Virginia
In Lexington at the University of Virginia Hall on Thursday evening June Sth Miss Mary Turner Graves of Charlottesville married Mr. Walter Lee Murfee of Marion Alabama. The Rev G L Petrie officiated. The couple left for a European tour and will reside later in Marion Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
University of Virginia
Mary Turner Graves
Charlottesville
Walter Lee Murfee
Marion
Ala
G. L. Petrie
Presbyterian Church
City
East Lawn
Margaret Graham
Clara Cook
Bremo Bluff
Sadie Dunnington
Juliet Graves
Mletcher Harrison
J. A. Harrison
Robert G. Robb
Port Royal
Charles A. Graves
University of Virginia Law School
J. P. Murfee
Marion Military Institute
Mrv. Murfee
New York
Sumer
Europe
Virginia College Graduates Win Johns Hopkins Scholarships
Among the graduates of Virginia Colleges who received scholarships at Johns Hopkins University this year are L. W. Smith of Lexington and H. V. Canter of Cantersburg, Va both Washington and Lee men. Randolph Macon secured seven scholarships, William and Mary two, University of Virginia Hampden Sydney and Roanoke one each. These awards go to those regarded as most deserving for character and intellectual promise. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day No Cure No Pay Price 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Johns Hopkins University
L. W. Smith
Lexington
H. V. Canter
Cantersburg
Washington and Lee
Randolph Macon
William and Mary
University of Virginia, Hampden-Sidney
Roanoke
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Che Gazette
Quaker Remedy Company
Quaker Extract and Opticians
M. R. Brown
Welsh & Deaver
Fire Department Notes
Amherst Dry
Louis M. Gaines
Decatur
D. (. Humphreys
Rosa Quisenberry
Minnie Newman
A. M. Dold
Edith Taylor
Wake Forest
N.C
Lois Gorrell
Joseph Lamar
Georgia
Hunter Pendleton
Howard W. Barclay
Ronceverte
W. Va
H. St. G. Tucker
J. F. Hardigan
William Hardigan
John R. Marston
Baltimore
Messrs
T. H. and
C. E. Deaver
J. Hendren Gorrell
Wake Forest College, North Carolina
B. H. Gorrell
Lucy J. Perkins
Fluvanna County
Lelia Bare
Richmond
E. W.gadsden
Julia Ravenel
Washington, D. C
Pendleton
H. St. Geo. Tucker
Washington
A. W. Pitzer
Lexington Presbyterian Church
Staunton Argus
Moore
Brooklyn
T. 8. Burwell
J. A. Quarles
Normal College
Front Royal
W. G. Rodrick
C. H. Chittum
J. H. Britton
Manchester
J. W. Gillock
Florence A. Holland
Grace Memorial Church
Mantapike
King and Queen County
Clara Sheridan
Notre Dame
Josephine Whatmore
John R. Mackey
Near Murat
J.graham Mackey
Hanford
Cal
B. F. Harlow
West Virginia
New Mexico Military Academy
Roswell
N. M
F. W. Houston
Buena Vista Hodges
Charles County
H. Calvin Ample
Finley W. Houston
Anna Bruce
William Emrys Davis
Knoxville
Tenn
Clifton
Scott Shipp
Pierson
W. S. Vanover
Registration Board For
Rockbridge
Congress
Registration Board of
South River
W. T. Moore
C.J. Bell
J. H. McCormick
S. B. Walker
A. Jones
W. T. Tolley
Kerr's Creek
Daniel Teaford
Charles Lindaay
D. H. Hart
Buffalo
J. W. Saville
A. H. Wilson
J. A. Wilkinson
Natural Bridge
J. W. Burger
J. H. Overton
W. A. Mohler
Walker's Creek
J. B. Wood
Ham Wade
J. F. Dearon
G. W. Leckie
W. P. Lee
W.T. Paxton
Hugh A. White
P. Gibson
T. L. Brown
Mary Etta Foster
Dillie
Groom
Valley Railroad
J. Wilson Miller
Allen Hunter
Natural Bridge Road
Wut
H. R. Coleman
Collier's Creek
Jas. B. Leech
Carrie V. Oglesby
John (. Paxton
Natural Bridge Station
Jos
R. Campbell
Marl Hill Baptist Church
Vesuvius Foundry
Irene P. Searson
George Beets
John W. Swartz
Plank Road
Long Short’s
IL. M. Bell
J. L. Platt
W. M. Forbes
Goshen
Jerry B. Rowan
W. L. Bryan
Fairfield
Jerry Rowan
G. D. Letcher
J. P. Cohalan
Ares
Midvale
John E. Clark
Martin Clark
Black's Creek
Virginia McCorkle
James W.mccormick
Mildred Lee
North River
Albert Sidneys
W. 8. Currell
Rosa Johnston Tucker
Albert Sidney Johnston
Albert Sidney
Canbridgeport
Mass
Gorrell
Louise Haskins
Brice Ridge
Allan Edgar
James T. McCrum
John Campbell
Mary Rodes
Jack Beets
Paxton Bare ‘Lay
Leo Sheridan
Raymond Cooper
Arthur Campbell
Louise Shields
Martha Moore
Janie Spencer
Mathematics
Mercer McCrum
Mary McNeel
French
Erman
Louise Hasins
Lester Hutton
Lewis Gibbs
Herbert McCown
Paul McNeel
Crawford Tardy
Albert Moore
Hart Welsh
Ewing Humphreys
Paxton Barclay
Henry White
Edwin Morris
Blanche McCrum
James Ridgely
Eva Barger
Rosewell Bledsoe
Rebecca Sterrett
tAlbert Moore
T Rosewell Bledsoe
John L. Campbell
Eens White
H Welsh
Paxton Arclay
Jas
T. McCrum
Jack Rogers
English
T Lester Hutton
Eva Karger
Thomas Poague
Rebecca Mterrett
Julion Frrreenech
Harry Selby
Junior German
Maury McNeel
Bessie Sterrett
Will Irwin
tKkra Barger
Irwing Humphreys
LaRue McCown
Elizabeth Sterrett
Lula Bate
Harry Bate
Louise Hasking
John L.campbell
JmRue McCown
John L. Cambell
Nettle Smith
Murfee
Johns Hopkins
Old Post Office
Main Street
Strain & Patton
Lexington Hotel
Lexington, VA
Association
Lynchburg and Staunton
Oreelain Crown Saeee Ornees
Erie
Marquis
Main and
Augusta Sts
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