Remedies and notices in The Derington Gazette
A collage of old ads and notices: Ely Cream Balm claims cure for nasal catarrh with benefits touted and available from Warren Street New York. Local marriages and social items from Rockbridge Virginia dated June 1910. L & M Paint ads praise coating good economy and sale value with Lexington and Buena Vista retailers. Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute students return to Lexington streets. Mother Gray Co offers Mother Goose remedy for female troubles and urinary issues with free sample.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Ely Beos
Warren Street
New York
Washington and Lee University
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Eaders
Unclaimed Letters In Lexington Era Week Ending June 27
Unclaimed letters listed for the Lexington post office for the week ending June 27 include Seay General M Walser Z J Parsons. Recipients are asked to say letters are advertised. Also features an advertisement for Burklen's Arnica Salve praising its healing for frostbite and skin troubles, plus antiseptic foot powder and wheat harvest notes.
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Lexington Eer
Orchard grass seed sale highlights farm money making
Mr J T D Swisher of Walker's Creek arrived in Lexington Tuesday with a four horse wagon load of orchard grass seed, sold here for 300 dollars. The item illustrates one of the many opportunities for earnings on the farm.
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J. TD. Swisher
Walker's Creek
Lexington
Relief advertisement for Mother Gray's Australian Leaf
An 19th century style advert promotes Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a safe regulator for women's pains back urinary bladder and kidney trouble. Sold by The Mother Gray Co LeRoy New York or by mail for 50 cents with a sample package offered.
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Mother Grow
Mother Gray Co
le Ray, N
Mother Gray
LeRoy, N. Y
Remarkable 18 inch radish from Lexington garden
Mr T J Hildebrand brought a very large radish to the office measuring 18 inches in circumference and 14 inches long. It was grown in his Lexington garden. Mr J A Champ is installing a new tile floor for the McCrum Drug Company.
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T. J. Hildebrand
Lexington
J. A. Champ
McCrum Drug Company
Social notes travelers and visitors head to summer homes
A long list of Lexington residents and guests are noted leaving for summer stays or hosting relatives. Edgar Archer travels to Atlantic City. Several families plan stays in Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. The document also mentions engagements and a forthcoming wedding for Miss Nannie Parry and W. Horace Lackey on July 6, 1910.
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Edgar Archer
Atlantic City
Tufts of
Norfolk
John EK. Laird
Joseph Pennington
Mountain Lake
Presbytery Meeting Amid Hail Storm Losses In 1910
An adjourned Lexing ton Presbytery meeting discussed Collierstown elders resigning and appointing a committee to arrange a congregational vote. Calls and transfers were reviewed including Waynesboro pastor Stribling to Peters burg and Timber Ridge seeking Robert Linnard. A hail storm on June 23 caused extensive agricultural damage across districts, smashing glass, fruit, and crops, with thousand-dollar losses noted.
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Lexington
Lexington Presbyterian Church
Alfred T. Graham
D. D
S. C. Akers
Collierstown
A. C. Hopkins
Ir. D. Marbro
J. P. McCluer
Frank T. Glasgow
R. Steibling
Waynesboro
Tabb Street
Petersburg
Stribling
Timber Ridge
Robert L. Kinnard
Jackson. Key
J. A. Trostie
G. B. Hanrahan
A. W. Wood
Oxford
DN. Yarbro
New Monmouth
A. C. Hopkins, Jr
Buena Vista
C. RB
W. P. Houston
T. Morrison
A. Db. Mackey
J. P. McCluor
Presbytery
Staunton
Lexington Motel
Quiet Lexington Valley weddings mark two unions
Miss Tate Thompson married Douglas Elimpsco Brady at home near Lexington in a simple ceremony officiated by Rev. W. T. Williams. The couple, with no attendants, will reside in Buffalo Porge and recently traveled to Hot Springs. In Staunton area, Miss Sadie Mason Cook wed William J. Thomas at his residence with Rev. George W. Stover officiating. the bride is daughter of Abraham Cook and formerly lived in Staunton. The groom has resided in Lexington for the past year and they will reside here.
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Mahlon W. Wilkerson
el Paso
Texas
Lexington
John Randolph Tucker
Winchester
William P. McGuire
William Gleaver
Lenoir City
Tenn
L. C. Hazelwood
Olive Spangler
Strasburg
Clyde ©. Hite
Washington Street
W.G. Brown
Columbia, Mo
Joel Goldsby
Daphone
Ala
de. Raid White
M. Samuel Goldman
Roanoke
Rockbridge Alum Springs
Pearle
Elsie Dixon
Business College
Hoanoke
Ben Salem
Stanley Mabinette
Baltimore
John C. Hutton
Mona Winston
Josie Smith
Dallas
James T. McCown
Jefferson Street
Basil Manly
University of Chicago
Charles Manly
Neptune Buckner
Asheville
N. C
Gwendolen
Robert L. Northern
South Main Street
Eleanor C. White
Lexington High School
Bessie V. Krebbs
Harrisonburg
Mary Jane
Charles Everette Cuthridge
Columbus
Ohio
Annie Breeton
Luther KR. Hildebrand
Prairie Grove
Arik
Ross F. Gillock
A.D. Still
St. Louis
American Medical Association
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Wister Archer
Washington
Rose Archer
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Mary ‘Tate Thompson
Stuart Thompson
Sweet Man
Douglas Elimpsco Brady
W. T. Williams
Falling Spring Church
Brady
C. A. Brady
Dullalo Porge
Hot Springs
William J. Thomas
Sadie Mason Cook
Augusta County
Staupton
Une
George W. Stover
United Bretheren Church
Abraham Cook
Moscow
Staunton
Thomas
Photo of James L. McCown family group at Dread Creek
A recent photograph captures Mr. James L. McCown with the Reynolds family. The couple, Mr. J A Reynolds aged 73 and Mrs. Reynolds aged 62, are seen with thirteen children returning from distant locales. Their line includes 57 grandchildren among the descendants.
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James L. McCown
Dread Creek
J. A. Reynolds
Reynolds
Postoffice Promotions Hit Lexington Clerks Deaver and Alexander
Postmaster Patton received a letter from First Assistant Postmaster General Grandfield notifying the promotion of clerks J P Alexander and Mason C Deaver in the Lexington postoffice effective July 1 with a 2100.00 yearly raise for faithful and efficient service. Inspector Staley of Virginia Pure Food Commission visited Lexington Thursday for food stall inspections and toured mills and stores with Mr G A Rhodes. Real cash bargain sale of shoes straw hats shirts and underwear at Graham's.
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Patton
C.P. Grandfield
Messrs J P. Alexander
Mason C. Deaver
Lexington
Staley
Pure Food Commission of Virginia
G. A. Rhodes
Graham's
Miles Poindexter May Be Senator From Washington
A Norfolk interview quotes Miles Poindexter, congressman from Washington, as confident of winning the U S Senate seat. It notes insurgent support, opponent spending, and predicts success in the August primary. mentions Poindexter family ties and other relatives in different professions.
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Miles Poinnexter
Washington
Lexington
Wiliam A. Anderson
Lard C Alay. ams, as to size. Shoulders.
Fragmentary OCR notes list items like lard and shoulders and vague descriptors. Readable terms reference size and cuts, but no clear event, person, place, or date.
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Thelee
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The
Derington Gazette
Davis Crirros
James Mstill Davis
Fdina Mackey Clifton
Rockbridge
Soan—Miler
D. A. Penick
Ora Lee Shaw
Carrie Myrtle Miler
Gres —T Hannisox
Buena Vieja
David Bush
Hubert Alexander Green
Viola Harrison
L. & M. Coors
MecCorum Drug Co
Gilkeson
Burklen
Arnica
Atrial
Gorrell
Allen
W. R. Wilbourn
Charles K. Newman
Mineral
Sue. J. Withrow
University of Virginia
Lord
Newport News
Jacob Kedrick
Jackson Avenue
Louis Kh. Walz
Richmond
Janes W. McClung
Agusta County
Edward Collins
Robert H. Gillock
William A. Anderson
Mes
B.S. Bruce
M. J. Bruce
Annie Jace
Mazie Gettle
Rustbury
Cornelius W. Senseney
Bloomington
Inl
James M. Sensepey
John Ewing Laird
Nannie Parry
W. Horace Lackey
Magette Corr
House Mountains
South Buffalo
Marmion
T. J. Deacon
Sandford
Currie Montgomery
Brady—Thompson
Thomas—Cook
Poindexter
Trinity Methodist Sunday School
William S. Hammond
Lexington Mutual Telephone Co
L. D. Hamrie
Kansas
Washington and Lee
D. E. Moore
Elizabeth Hammond
Washington City
Leslie L. Weaver
Tot Springs
M. J. Weaver
Lexington Produce Market
Graham
Thess
Regisor
Grahaw, the
Shoe Man
the Peoples National Bank
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