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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1906
Page
3
A Tennessee reader from Sylvia D Eighteen reports skin trouble for a year improved by Cuticura Soap after trying several doctors. The testimonial claims the soap created a perfect complexion and soft velvety skin and led to widespread use among friends.
G W King of Cadiz Kentucky praises Cuticura Soap as superior for skin diseases in a dated 1905 testimonial. He states it purifies and soothes skin issues and claims noted effectiveness.
Maxwell's Talisman argues an acre plot near cities helps families reduce costs and improve education and citizenship. With careful cultivation and a small chicken yard, workers gain fruits and vegetables, healthier surroundings, and intellectual growth while balancing multiple jobs.
The piece surveys brook trout growth, noting age food and temperature often fail to predict size. It cites Agassiz, reports 6 7 and even 11 12 pound specimens, and discusses Canadian waters where large trout arise despite scarce crustaceans. It contrasts short words as powerful in speech with long terms.
A chemist helps a dance girl recover her lover with violets and a love antidote. The plan backfires when the antidote causes jealousy and a second visit, ending with a wedding gift and a check from the scientist. Alice Cheiver.
The War Department and the Department of Agriculture will test oil and tar on a Washington road section under road office supervision. About 4 miles of Seventeenth Street or Potomac Boulevard will be treated with hot tar and oil, reflecting growing interest from California practice. Early results in Jackson Tennessee and other states are favorable, with roads becoming waterproof and dust-free.
Italian physicians in Milan report Behring vaccination trials on cattle showing immune responses to tuberculosis after inoculation. Human tests at the Os Pedale Maggiore led by Dr. Giuseppe Carcano aim to cure consumption with a serum already showing promise in Belgium and France. The serum will be circulated for broader testing while hospital trials continue. towns are urged to professionalize road tax collection to reduce costs.
The photograph shows a tunneling shield used to bore subterranean passes for electric roads. A steel cylinder with a sharp cutting edge advances by hydraulic rams, supported by six arms from a central shaft with fixed dhivels driven by an electric motor at the rear.
The article describes damming the Rhone near Bellegarde to divert the river into two parallel tunnels two miles long, yielding 150000 horsepower for 800 days at an estimated cost of 5 million dollars. It also notes the Ratelif Rotherhithe Thames tunnel project and Berlin University’s new alcoholism course.
Mr and Mrs Blank moved from the city to the suburbs with their five year old son. On the first night in the new home the boy climbed into bed undressed and asked his mother about saying prayers. He wondered if God was still present in their new surroundings.
The New York Sun notes clubs across the city include many lower income members, showing a “real democracy” where a poor man’s credit at the club matches that of the rich. Members save on rent, meals, tips, and luxuries. a modest bachelor may still gain long term financial advantage from membership. A Boston clergyman shares a sisterly love tale, and a capsicum note explains capsicine as the pungent active pepper principle.
The article describes the goorals as hospitable and brave yet obstinate and quarrelsome, noting their love of nature and pride in Tatra weather, religious mix of Catholic rites with old pagan customs, and distinctive alpine costume with a heavy serdak and teuha. It highlights their dialect, music, festivals like Sobotka, and customs such as swiocone during Easter.
The history ties Schuyler and Livingston to Fort Saratoga built circa 1600 by Major Peter Philip Schuyler. A northern Hudson valley settlement grew amid vicissitudes through French and Indian War era and the Revolution. The Saratoga battle sites lie miles away, marked by stones honoring American soldiers, including the house where Arnold was imprisoned and escaped to aid victory.
The article recommends substantial slices of whole meal wheaten bread with crust and butter as the best staple for life and strength. It notes that this food contains most constituents for tissue building and health, and that adding fresh milk or buttermilk yields an almost complete diet for sustaining physical health.
A brief note recalls Bristol in three centuries past when only dog-drawn carts moved streets. The city stored wealth in underground cellars beneath streets for rum tobacco Bristol milk and a mysterious cherry tied to Jastill.
A man at the Pack cinema captivates audiences and attracts wide newspaper attention. Editors consistently spell his name as the centerpiece of coverage, signaling a lasting impact on local culture.
The piece traces cockfighting from ancient Greece where Themistocles witnessed a bloody clash between two cocks and used it to spur his troops. It notes England’s earliest recorded cockfight in 1191, linking sport to military and cultural history.
A Cleveland Pine ta dealer recalls a misattributed European location: Berne, Switzerland. He clarifies the intended reference is the International sausage exhibition, not a German city, as the mystery show prompt suggests.
A Philadelphia boy washing his face was accidentally sprayed in the eyes and fell from a stop, breaking his elbow. The incident, reported by the Beattle Post Intelligencer, warns of hazards for young children near water.
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