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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1905
Page
2
Lexmoron Virginia edition June 28 1905 lists subscription prices and advertising rates for first and subsequent insertions. Obituaries and tributes exceed ten lines priced per line. Local notices billed at current line rates.
Attorney General William A. Anderson letters Virginia Democrats declaring his candidacy for re election. He cites his record in court and state boards, defends school book list changes, notes cost savings, and urges a uniform future list. He contrasts Roosevelt standards with contemporary officials and notes party conventions and peace talks in Hot Springs.
The Virginia State Board of Education created a five district inspector system with annual salaries of 1500 and three year terms. The board, led by E H Russell and others, will supervise exams and issue certificates, with a new policy granting longer validity for first and second grade certificates and priority for higher grade teachers in hiring.
A Rockbridge county weekly notice lists deeds entered for June 27 including C. T. Roger to J. Lee Potter in estate of John Ayres. Paul M. Penick to W. L. Bryan 12 acres. G. D. P. Letcher to Mrs. Izzie L. Bell house and lot in Goshen. Mary A. Gilmore to L. C. Gilbert 10 acres. and multiple other transfers with prices, adjacencies, and districts in Lexington, Natural Bridge, Kerr's Creek, and Goshen. The long notice covers various parcels, lots, and tracts recorded in the clerk’s office.
Gazette Corvertwundence notes Nettie O Smith and Jessie Beatty returning from Lincoln Normal School with their teacher Mrs M B Moffett. They visited Washington City for sight seeing. Mr S G Carter reports a calf bitten weeks ago by a dog believed mad and killed after new symptoms. H M Smith nears roofing a new barn.
Endorsed spring water advertised for kidney liver stomach and blood issues with physician endorsements and University of Virginia analysis. Offers five gallon containers shipped direct by express to customers with no agents, return credit for empties, and payment by money order check or cash. Staunton Virginia single line notice by J J Sharkey.
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