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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1906
Page
2
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In Rockbridge and Lexington a Good Roads Convention is planned for June 28 under the National Good Roads Association with Col. W. H. Moore as president. Experts will lecture on road building. stereoptican views will illustrate. A law penalizing sidewalk and public place excretion begins on the 17th, with $1 fines per offense. A Confederate soldiers monument at Appomattox Courthouse was unveiled by Governor Swanson and H D Flood, standing twenty five feet high of Richmond granite. Representative Williams of Mississippi may retire to take a University of Virginia chair. The wheat harvest faces interruption from cold saline.
The Harrisonburg Daily Times reports a June banquet in honor of Judge Letcher held Friday night at Kavanaugh Inn. Gen. Roller and other lawyers lauded his honesty and fairness as the bar regrets his departure for a new circuit. Judge Letcher praised his pleasant tenure and urged his successor Judge T N Haug to uphold responsibility.
Former Governor Montague in Raleigh cites Virginia support for William Jennings Bryan. He notes Bryan’s growing conservatism and ethical leadership as he prepares to depart for Rio Janeiro for the Pan American Conference and to be named a delegate at the next Democratic National Convention.
Prof Stillman of Stevens Institute described making vanilla ice cream by artificial means. He used refined cottonseed oil in a centrifugal machine at 8000 rpm to create an emulsion then froze it and added vanillin glycin and nitrobenzol. The article notes such ice cream sells in southern states where cottonseed oil is cheaper than milk.
Edison reports a North Carolina cobalt find that could halve storage battery weight and cut city traffic costs by over fifty percent. He believes North Carolina geology offers rich beds, with potential to make electric vehicles affordable and boost adoption, reducing reliance on horses in crowded cities.
A Bedford Democrat reprint argues that public cards of thanks have outlived their purpose and urges readers to avoid publishing gratitude for condolences. The column condemns the practice and invokes modesty, while also noting a quoted exchange about President Roosevelt and a Virginia mule incident.
Mies Lettia D. Cash married Monday evening June 4 at her uncle Absalom Maphie’s Davis Station home to W Figgatt Hess of Midway. Rev. W H Miller officiated. Bride wore white silk and parlor decorations featured cut flowers and evergreens. They will reside at Midway where the groom is in business.
Possum Riven argues for federal control of railroads, criticizing trusts and urging government operation to reduce costs. He contends current rates enrich New York financiers and questions the political use of postal and rail systems, inviting readers to respond from midnight to sun up.
Rev Dr Mebane was installed Sunday morning as pastor of Collierstown Presbyterian church in a crowded service with Rev Fraser preaching and Rev Smith Jr delivering the pastor’s charge. The day included a mission talk on the Congo Free State and a mite-box collection over 16 dollars.
Senator Geo Eb Keazell of Rockingham urged the State Board of Education in Richmond to push rural high schools to curb boys and girls leaving farms for towns. The Blackstone Institute reported strong enrollment growth, 250 students, 303 boarders, with 45 graduates and notable faculty honors.
Dr Joan Hartmay announces June 16 move from Main Street over Adams Express to a building on Nelson Street near Gorrell's Drug Store. She denies leaving Lexington and thanks patients, promising better equipped offices after June 17 for improved professional service.
Resolutions from Walker's Creek School Board dated 1906 honor John A Shaw longtime trustee who died. Board expresses sorrow, offers heartfelt sympathy to his widow and children, and resolves to place the notice in records and notify the bereaved family. Clerk signs as Gipsom.
A Sunday evening hailstorm swept Apple Pie Ridge in Frederick County Virginia destroying wheat corn hay and fruit crops across several farms. Hailstones up to walnuts ruined orchards peaches and other fruits while many homes windows shattered and livestock casualties reported. The storm was described as the worst in 50 years with estimated losses near ten thousand dollars.
In Hot Springs Weekly Herald a call to enforce vagrancy laws in Bath county urges residents to support officers and report vagrants. The piece asserts few vagrants exist but argues zero tolerance should be maintained and the public must act.
Travel salesman W. L. Moffett testimonials that Doan's Ointment relieves rectal itching and skin eruptions. Ad claims one application stops itching and that a small amount cures eczema and other skin conditions. Doan's marketed by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. price 50 cents.
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