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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1910
Page
6
The June 22 issue lists new ads from Irwin & Co ten cent sale and Weinbergs selling ladies sailor bats and wash skirts. The People's National Bank advertises conservative management. Ely Bros. promotes Flys Liquid Cream Balm for nasal catarrh hay fever and colds with spray relief and a 56 Warren Street New York mail option.
Saturday night gymnasium show featured bars tumbling boxing and more. Cadet Moseley won the Williamson Graham Cup as top all round athlete. Monograms went to Moseley Owen Reed Moore Bryan Chapman Bentley Throckmorton Grand Robertson Mahone Johnson. Presentation by Mr G D Letcher.
A historic notice notes that delaying painting leads to higher repair costs and promotes L M Paint as a cost efficient paint mix. It claims 4 gallons L M Paint and 3 gallons Linseed Oil yield seven gallons ready for use at about 1.40 per gallon and urges DIY mixing. The claim is supported by Master Painters Association tests from Atlantic City and Pittsburgh. Product sold by McCrum Drug Co Lexington H L Gilkeson Buena Vista.
Rev W D Kye and family visit relatives in Pendleton county Pocahontas county is noted. Communion services were held at the Presbyterian church last Sunday morning conducted by pastor Rev B S Akers.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised as greatest healer for burns bites piles cuts and sprains. Trial promises relief from frostbite chilblains chapped skin and cold sores with sale at 25 cents from B H Gorrell.
Military drills at the V. M. S. commencement impressed visitors. Butt's manual, the sham battle, reviews before the Board of Visitors and alumni, and other demonstrations were presented to the assembled crowd.
An old advertisement urges readers to use Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to shake into shoes. It promises relief for hot tired aching swollen and sweating feet and claims it eases corns and bunions. Includes testimonials and price of 25 cents. June 4.
Heavy rains last week caused considerable damage as watercourses rose. North River overflowed, reaching record levels, with nearly the entire East Lexington island covered by floodwaters.
A. Schingeck of New York writes that Dr King’s New Life Pills cured chronic constipation when others failed. The tonic is promoted as unequaled for biliousness jaundice digestion headaches chills malaria and debility and sold for 250 at B H Gorrell’s.
Miss Dorothy Parr visits Miss Bessie Adair and many others arrive as guests at local homes. Notable mentions include Dr. J. W. Bosworth at VMI commencement, Miss Viola Quisenberry engaged to Gilbert Pence, and President George H. Denny attending Marion Institute board meeting in Washington. The piece lists numerous visits by residents and relatives from Harrisonburg, Mt. Jackson, Norfolk, Staunton, Clifton Forge, Dallas, Roanoke, New York, and other areas.
The final german at the Virginia Military Institute occurred Monday night in the large gym, a rare beauty show. Cadets wore white with purple sashes, partners dressed in white with American Beauty rose bouquets. Edwin Hodge Jr. led the opening figure with Carolyn Banks. Lexington ladies Mary Champe Elizabeth Cross and Margaret Robinson also appeared.
Rev Dr J T Plunkett of First Presbyterian Birmingham Als preached the commencement sermon before the VMI cadets in Jackson Memorial Hall. Assistants included Rev Dr Alfred T Graham and Rev W Cosby Bell. The address framed service and discipline as a spiritual battle led by Christ Jesus.
A reception at the VMI library hosted by General and Mrs Edward West Nichols honored Governor William Hodges Mann and other dignitaries. Alumni smoker followed in the mess hall with a well attended luncheon and toasts to the United States Virginia the Board of Visitors Washington and Lee University and other groups. Colonel William T. Shields presided as toastmaster.
The first two Ann Smith Academy scholarships were awarded at Lexington High School to Ra chel MecNeel and Primrose Coe. Both are granddaughters of Jacob Warwick, revolutionary soldier buried near Warm Springs Va. One descends from Rachel Primrose Warwick, Major Warwick’s eldest daughter who married Charles Cameron, hero of Point Pleasant and Bath County’s first clerk.
Mrs Susie Williams wife of Mr R F Williams died at her home in Richmond Saturday afternoon after an illness of some weeks. The funeral was held Sunday with interment in Riverview cemetery. She is pleasantly remembered in Lexington where she lived for some years. Her husband and several children survive.
The Virginia Diary Institute held commencement at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hall, 38 graduates received diplomas. Distinguished graduates numbered five with nine earning bachelor of science. Medals were presented by Sir Moses Ezekiel of Rome. Gov. Mann addressed the class, Cadet Crowson delivered the valedictory, and cadet promotions for next year were announced. The session closed with band Auld Lang Syne.
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