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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1910
Page
5
The document describes line insertion rules for eBusiness local notices. It outlines a two line system with a line of first insertion and a line for each subsequent insertion. It mentions office telephone numbers and long distance lines. Obituaries and tributes beyond ten lines are charged per line.
The Board of Visitors met over several sessions with a near full attendance including Hon. R. A. James, Col. Francis L. Smith, and other officials. They appointed cadetships advancing from 50 to 75 total and rejected Christmas furloughs. General Nichols will select from current applicants. administration officers were re elected.
At a June 16 meeting of the South River District School Trustees in Fairfield, appointments for 1910 11 were listed for Fairfield Raphine and Riverside. Final decisions on remaining posts were postponed to a future session due to pending building needs and applicant review. Reverend Dr. Wm Orr conducted a two week revival at Old Providence church starting June 5 drawing large crowds and leading 150 to 160 to commit to service with 80 90 uniting locally.
At New Monmouth the Rockbridge Sunday School Convention chose its year leaders. J Frank Stratton of Buena Vista was named president with several vice presidents from Lexington District Natur al Bridge Kerrs Creek and other towns. Venable W. Davis of Fairfield was secretary and treasurer and F T Snider of Rockbridge Baths was musical director. The group accepted an invitation to meet next year with Natural Bridge Baptist Church.
A long list of property conveyances records deeds to and from Lexington and surrounding areas with multiple parcels and amounts, including J W McCluer to T J Mathews and Amanda J McCormick to R N Patterson. Also notes a June meeting of Liberty Hall Volunteers at Washington and Lee University with officers named and a push to include a history footnote and notes on a student company formed in March.
The election last Wednesday approved 380 000 in bonds for street and road improvements by a decisive vote. There were 287 votes cast, with 65 against and 28 more than the two thirds required by the town charter confirming the bond issue.
On Wednesday the Sth at the home of Mr. Charles McCown in Collierstown Wade Hampton Enick and Maggie Wade of Marmion were married. They will visit Washington a two week Eastern trip before returning to Collierstown. Mr Enick, son of the late Samuel Enick, works as a rural carrier for the government. The Wade family hosts a life of peace and prosperity.
When rubbers pinch Allen's lout-Mase a powder to shake into shoes relieves pressure in new footwear. Also promoting Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a regulator for urinary and kidney issues with a free sample offer from the Mother Gray Co LeRoy NY.
An advertisement offers Mother Gray's Australian Herbal Regulator as a safe cure for back pain urinary and bladder kidney troubles and women's ills. Claims stable regulator with samples and mail order from LeRoy New York dated June 8 4t.
Fragmentary OCR item lists Lexington Produce Market and flour pricing with unclear markings and stray phrases. The readable lines mention chicken and a price near 1.20, with scattered numbers and words, but the exact story context remains obscured.
A local notice announces a free prize contest offering $100 in prizes to the three most popular white boys under 14 in Rockbridge County. Purchasers of Needle Causes for 25 cents get ten votes each. voting runs June 15 to August 17, 1910, at 4:30 pm. First prize is a $60 buggy, second a Winchester shotgun, third a Stevens shotgun.
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