Lex Council 179 Junior Order Meets Friday Night
Lex Council No 179 of the Junior Order United American Mechanics holds a meeting Friday night at the Odd Fellows hall for members and officers.
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Rockbridge Lodge
O. P
Lexington Lodge
P. Weets
Liberty Lodge
Anl Fellows
Mountain City Lodge
Ancient York Masons
Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge Council
Royal Reanum
Odd Fellows
United American Mechanics
Odd Fellows All
Public Finance Ledger Itemizing Bonds and Real Estate
A historical ledger entry lists U S 2 percent bonds and related items including banking house and lot, bank and post office furniture, premiums on U S bonds, redemption fund, other real estate, cash on hand, and amounts due from banks as of May 2, 1909.
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U.S
U. S
Positive Proof Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement in Lexington
W S Hileman of Main St Lexington Virginia testifies he used Doan's Kidney Pills after uric acid causing back weakness and general fatigue. He reports great relief and notes others with good results. Doan's sold at Gorrell's drug store for 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY are sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Lexington
Neagl
W.S. Hileman
Main St
Dean
Doan
Gorrell's Drug Store
Foster-Milburn Go
Buffalo
New York
United States
Botanic Blood Balm Promises Cure For Blood and skin Diseases
Advertisement claims Botanic Blood Balm cures a wide range of conditions from eczema to blood poisoning. It asserts rapid healing of sores and skin lesions, purification of the blood, and relief from aches. Available by mail from Blood Balm Co. Atlanta Georgia. Sample offered. Nov 2047 yt.
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Atlanta
Dean
Look Aloft Poem Reflects Faith Amid Life’s Tempest
A poem by Jonathan Lawrence urges resilience through hardship with the refrain look aloft. It counsels steadfast friendships, hopeful visions, and trust in the sun that never sets when facing grief, loss, and death.
Dipping nursery stock for pest control debated
Column notes that Time sulfur washes were promoted to replace fumigation but must be used carefully to avoid tree injury. It warns against overexposure of roots and excessive heat, citing Geneva New York agricultural research.
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Geneva N. Y
Farm Journal
Unassailable Lease Ends in $10,000 Loss
An attorney praised a lease as flawless after internal review yet the firm lost a $10,000 suit when a higher court declared the document null and void. The president's aide Mr Johns was singled out for his mastery of the complex terms, while the firm admitted no flaws. A social tale follows about poet Joseph Mery testing a creditor with empty drawers.
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Lange
Johns
Circle Magazine
Paris
Joseph Mery
Mery
Moving Big Trees An Expensive Undertaking
Large trees move only when time and money allow. A deep trench around the base frees roots, then a second trench under the first, and careful lifting to minimize root damage. Bound earth balls or hay bundles aid transport, with a drag or derrick, winter digging, and frozen soil preparation for sled relocation.
Blind Residents Demand Bright Gas at Night
An inspector notes that many blind people prefer intense lighting in homes and institutions. He cites two couples where both spouses are blind and reports gas jets kept on full until midnight. He says light is a strong preference among the unfllicted.
Maryland father recalls fourth daughter's wedding
A Maryland man who recently married off his fourth daughter drew much notice from society editors in regional papers. A friend returning from the North joked about the wedding, remarking that it “well nigh beggared description.” The father quips that the event “well nigh beggared me.”
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Maryland
Society
Mary
Lippin
Nutmeg tree and mace described with colonial history
The article explains nutmeg as the kernel of a fruit from tropical trees and notes the cultivated tree reaches fifty to seventy five feet and bears fruit for sixty years. It details the fruit’s appearance, the hard fleshy part, and the mace surrounding the nut. It also mentions Dutch control of nutmeg islands until 1796 and the effort to restrict seed transport.
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Asia
Africa
America
Dining Oysters Caper On A Foggy Train Ride
A young honeymooning couple on a locomotive trip becomes the center of attention as they forget to dine and plan an oyster stew while others laugh. A station incident ends when a passenger is struck and misidentifies the crowd as a misheard name causes confusion aboard the train.
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King’s Cross
Smith
London Tatler
Sabbath bound Scots face a stubborn holiday spirit
Dean Ramsay recalls Sabbatarian countrymen stricter than those who harmed a man for whistling on Sunday. A local English artist seeks a ruined castle name and is met with reluctance. A cook’s roasting jack malfunctions on Sunday, blamed on not clacking in the blessed Sabbath. Even strict Sabbatarians yield to certain daily tasks as a hen wife selling fowls notes they lay daily on the Sabbath.
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Dean Ramsay
Freckled man declines oyster stew as stage fright roils tavern
A morning-paper–glazed scene unfolds with a freckled man, landlady’s soft plea for board, and the freckled man’s distant gaze. A sneezing man with yellow whiskers topples the salt cellar, leaving conjecture about motive.
Finicky Mr Scads Upgrades His Home
Mrs Buncheau Scads notes her husband has become overly particular since wealth rose. He owns a modern cigar cabinet door and a clock with a bold hour proclaiming device, and his den walls were redone in dunlap hues with new administer rugs on the floor.
Legislature backs Oregon plan for Senate seats
The Nebraska Legislature moves to elect U S Senators by the Oregon plan and the Governor will sign. Balto more citizens back Catholic clergy against race suicide as a national blow. Rockingham county plans better roads with a steam rock crusher for district use. Buckingham county funds road building, and court orders seek bonds for road work and a mule team. A State epilepsy colony site near Lynchburg is planned with Amherst county lands and Markland property to be sold. Tate speaks on Hampton Institute’s role in education. Boston club ads promote civic improvement. New eye disease electric ophthalmia prompts protective spectacles as a preventive. Taft Roosevelt tensions noted in inaugural sketch. John W Churchman, Virginia lawmaker and advocate of the two-cent rate, dies.
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Nebraska
United
Oregon
United States
Wilson
Baltimore
Corrigan
Rockingham County
Board of Supervisors
Cabell
Richmond
Slemp
A. P. Gillespie
Tazewell
Buckingham County
Buckingham
Iisuing
Rumeuilelent
Morriswood
Amherst County
Lynchbury
Markland
Tate
Hampton Institute
Hampter
Ariairong Association
Carnegie Hall
New York
South
Moston
Olbera Dewigred
Dresden
Taft
Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
John W. Churchman
Virginia
Staynton
Churchman
Virginia House of Deieyette
Unclear Medical Claim Fragment Appears in OCR Text
Fragment lists itching bleeding and a medicinal claim for PAZO VINTMENT though text is garbled. References a cure claim and a patient condition with no coherent patient or dates. Source lacks verifiable details or context for proper summary.
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Nleed, Letcher
Arrorney At Law
Lexington, VA
Paul M. Penick
Lnaington
Frank Moon
J. Paeston Moore
Court EppooRs & Moore
Arrogarys At Law
Lexineros
Frank T. Glasgow
Je Ies
White
A. Ware
Attorneys-At-Law
W. P. Houston
Srros
Louis K. Walz
North Main Street
H. M1
Jahnke
Lexington Hotel
Fire Insurance Agency
Fidelity Bonds
Eam
J. W. McClung
First National Bank
Capital Stock
M. J. Hess
M J. Hess
Agnor’s
Main Street
Dee
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
Rferot
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harper's Ferry
Rey
Washington & Baltimore
Hagerstown & Frederick
N& W
Norfolk & Western
Buena Vista
Pau
Bristol
Pullman and Buffet
Knoxville
Roanoke
St. Louis Express
Pullman
Columbus
Biluefield
Cincinnati
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Norton
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Welch
Gary
Hagerstown
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Philadelhia
Paullman
W. B, Bevill
Pittsburg
J. Gassman & Son
Hardware Company
W. Harry Agnor
L.G. Jahnke & Company
James E. Heck
OPP
Baptist Church
Nis
Jonathan Lawrence
Peley
Gorrell
Draggist
Foley
Hollister
B. H. Gorrell
Holliater
Rocky Mountain
H. Gorrell
Qet
J. 1. Walker
Sunbury
Ohio
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