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Newspaper

Lexington Gazette

Location

Lexington, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1912

Page

7

Doan's Kidney Pills Testimony From Lexington Woman

Mrs Jeanie Smith of Main St Lexington Virginia recounts years of kidney pain backache and headaches after a fall in February She credits Doans Kidney Pills bought at B H Gorrell's Drug Store with rapid relief She reaffirmed her endorsement in 2012 noting all prior statements true Foster Milburn Buffalo NY sole US agents price is 50 cents.

Lexington Jeanie Smith Main St Doan B. H. Gorrell

Schedule in Effect May 26 1912 Buena Vista Run

Railroad timetable entry detailing departure times from Buena Vista at 2 20 p m for Bristol and intermediate stations with Pullman sleeper and dining car to Roanoke plus parlor car to Bristol. Connections at Roanoke with St Louis Express for West. Sleeper Roanoke to Columbus and Cincinnati Cafe Car. 7 25 a m for Roanoke Bluefield Pocahontas Norton Winston Salem Charlotte Welch and intermediates with Pullman to Gary and Winston Salem. Dining car to Gary. Roanoke connection to Memphis Special for Chattanooga Nashville Memphis. 1 57 p m for Hagerstown Philadelphia New York with sleepers via Hagerstown to Harrisburg Philadelphia and New York. Dialog Car to Hagerstown. 8 90 p m for Hagerstown Philadelphia and New York with sleeper to New York Cafe Car. Rates and tables available from Agent N. & W. Ky B Bevill Gen Pass Agt W O Boundary HosYoke Va Asst Genl Pass Ap Jan 13 00

Buena Vista Bristol Pullman Sleeper Roanoke St. Louis Express Columbus Clactmnat Bluefield Pocahontas Norton Winston-Salem Charlotte Welch Gary Winston Salem Memphis Chattanooga Nashville Hagerstown Philadelphia New York Pullman Harriaturg Philadela

Hat Quest in Spring Shoppe Turns on One Bonnet

A shopper hunts for the perfect spring bonnet among many fancy hats. Hats range from Parisian, with feathers and wings, to plain designs, but none fit until she finally selects the hat she wore on her first visit, prompting the saleslady to tease with a playful remark.

Inadvertent mix up of reader queries and remedies

A Pasadena mother asked for hive remedies for her child and a Indiana reader sought dull finishing instructions for a table. The editorial note jokes about giving incorrect home remedy advice and offers combined explanation and apology for the mix up.

Heloise Partridge Pasadena Cal Lizzie Binks East Wind Ind

Columbus and the Egg Joke Sparks Founders Tale

A playful tale recalls Columbus promising to stand an egg on end. He fails at a frat trial, then balances it by turning the egg over after a quip about the chicken unable to stand on its head. The anecdote jokingly links the idea of American discovery to the egg trick.

Columbus Chris King Ferdinand America

Hannibal’s Oratory and Rome’s Time Lesson

A playful fragment recounts Hannibal urging his troops to push beyond the Alps toward Italy. A Carthaginian staff colonel retorts with a humorous quip. The tale ends with a note that Rome was not built in a day.

Hannibal Alps Italy Rome

In the Museum Two-Headed Girl Exchange

A strange scene unfolds with a sword and dagger in a museum keeping company with a legless man who jokes about securing an inheritance as a warning about hidden motives. The two headed girl questions the humor while the weaponry characters interact in a surreal dialogue space.

Columbus Poor Advertiser A Lesson In Advertising

Lawrence G. Sherman argues the print invention spurred advertising growth and that successful ads must be truthful and current. He notes Columbus could have funded exploration by selling space on his ships and stresses advertising must reach busy people with immediate, truthful information.

Lawrence G. Sherman Repub Europe

4 Guaranteed Cure For Piles Ends In 14 Days

An advertisement claims ASU OINTMENT can cure piles in six to fourteen days. It mentions relief from itching bleeding and prolapsed symptoms and targets readers seeking rapid home treatment with money back if not cured.

Teething Syrup Ad Promotes Dr Fahrney Product

An early 20th century advertisement fragment touts Dr Fahrney or Palteney teething syrup as a remedy for teething babies. It features claims of conformity to the Pure Food and Drug law and offers free samples while promoting the product’s supposed effectiveness and availability.

Col Dr. Palteney

Significance of South Pole discovery hoped to aid science

The piece argues that the South Pole conquest will benefit meteorology geography and seismography. It cites improved weather forecasting from Antarctic atmospheric studies and potential to predict Indian monsoons to prevent damage. Work will take years, but notes outlines of a vast largely unexplored globe from Amundsen and Scott.

South Pole Antarctic Scott Amundsen India London Times

City of Tokyo Loan Advertised for Tramways

American papers feature a City of Tokyo loan advertisement offering about 45 million dollars for electric tramways and lighting systems. The loan is to be apportioned between New York and Paris, reflecting global finance boundaries.

Tokyo Japan New York Paris

CANNOT HIDE THEIR IDENTITY

Wireless operators in Chicago warn amateur operators who break into regular company calls and sign with fictitious names risk exposure. The unique sending “hand” of each operator lets receivers identify senders even if wires are obscured, potentially exposing pranksters and intruders who use familiar styles or fake names.

Chicago

Unbelief in Mark Three and the Light That condemns

The lesson contrasts two kinds of unbelief the Pharisees malignant disbelief and the family s incredulity. It traces three divisions unbelief of Jesus friends the rulers in Jerusalem and Jesus kin. It explains Jesus miracles and the Beelzebub charge then reinforces the warning that rejecting the light is the unpardonable sin.

Jesus Jerusalem Beelzebub Jesusa Satan

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