08 Mar 1905
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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1905
Page
1
Readers are advised on kidney trouble signs using a urine test and notes on symptoms. The ad promotes Swamp-Root by Dr Kilmer Co, claiming to relieve kidney and bladder issues and related pains. It urges purchases of 50c and 1 dollar bottles and offers a free sample bottle and book by mail from Binghamton New York.
Emerson Hough in Outing praises Kit Carson as the supreme dispatch bearer who crossed frontiers from California to Washington in 1847. Carson's bold rides, fights with Indians and Mexicans, and near-court martial rise are recounted along with his repeated missions and a later Chicago fire brigade anecdote showing his restless spirit.
A courtroom exchange shows a lawyer and witness debating credibility. The witness recalls childhood honesty and a doctor’s misdiagnosis, implying a pattern of deceit and unreliable testimony.
A poetic fragment speaks of standing on life’s summit and viewing the sea beyond weary paths. The verses celebrate the sea as majestic motion and a widening horizon, a current of eternity promising deliverance to tired souls.
A report summarizing Simeon Snell’s observations links chronic headaches from theatergoing and other activities to prolonged upward eye movement. He cites theater pit seating, cyclists with lowered heads, and miners’ nystagmus as examples of how sustained elevator muscle strain can cause eye fatigue and discomfort.
A waiter offers speculative reasons for a dead fly found in soup. He suggests the insect may have starved, swallowed too much soup, or choked on food, noting the fly appeared lively on the surface before its death. The exchange reads as a humorous exchange over a minor tragedy.
In a tense domestic moment Mr Haskell adjusts a tie at his dressing table as cries arise from the living room. Children insist Ina missed a turn in their pretend ferryboat game while Lloyd laments the scene, echoing a family quarrel over playful mischief.
A family physician advised a girl with bronchitis to use glycerin during throat dryness. Five drops held in the mouth eased symptoms, and a mixture of glycerin and water was said to relieve feverish distress, as reported in Harper’s Bazaar.
The Simmons baby endures a siege of chicken pox. The minister's wife asks about the child and Annie, eight, replies shyly that he is “some better” but adds with a wry touch that “he couldn't be so very much bet ter,” since he is “too little.”
Jim asks Fred for a ten dollar loan in a light exchange. Fred agrees and responds with gratitude in a breezy moment of friendship.
A girl recounts running away at age eight after being whipped for tearing lace curtains. She finds a German household to stay with but longs for home. After sneaking back at dawn, she is joyfully welcomed by her mother, who had thought her gone for good. The tale ends with her vow never to run away again.
The article describes a Nile crocodile that basks on beaches and lays eggs. It notes a circus escape and a dangerous hunt for prey, then remarks on riding a crocodile and the creature’s temper when roused. Benny reflects on not being a crocodile.
A fragmented Louisville Courier Journal lyric sketch shows Edythe in her studio painting a snow shovel and writing poetry in the library, Clarice in the parlor playing the planner, Gwendoline combing her hair, and a mother in the kitchen preparing dinner.
A fragmentary overheard quarrel shows Sappy and Miss Pepprey debating Mr. Jenks’s intent to snub. Sappy challenges whether the insult reached Mr. Sappy while Miss Pepprey denies it amid unclear phrasing.
Virginia farmers may obtain inoculating cultures for alfalfa vetches cowpeas and soybeans from the Virginia Experiment Station. Dr Meade Ferguson oversees preparation with a 25 cent charge per acre equivalent to packing costs. Packages include directions and a report form to assess effectiveness at season end. The aim is to store atmospheric nitrogen in soil cheaply and improve legume yields while ensuring purity.
At Roosevelt's urging a new battleship will be named the South Carolina. France imported over 2,000,000 U S watches in the past year, mostly dollar variety. The House passed a $188 250 100 pension bill on February 18. Roosevelt signed a joint resolution returning Civil War battle tags. Railroads seek injunctions against Washington ticketscalpers. Philadelphia ministers and laity pray for the city’s redemption from vice. Newport News resident Harry Alexander died of rabies after dog bite. Candidates for state offices to state views on school books. Peter Dancey and Edward Austin, Negro criminals, baptized in jail and claimed salvation. State paid nearly $10,000 for military aid to civil authorities. $9,855 57 to protect a Roanoke assault victim. An eastbound C&O train narrowly escaped an avalanche near Lynchburg. Dickenson County, Va, lost its Negro-free status with a ten-year-old girl imported as help. Gov Montague asked Geneva for aid to Transvaal women home industries. Miss Hobhouse’s scheme to raise funds short of need. A Russian immigrant in Greenville, S C refused to leave prison life after a chain gang sentence. A statewide push to move hangings to the penitentiary to avoid courthouse executions. A regular hangman would oversee executions behind walls with few witnesses.
The ad describes how financial or family troubles produce continual strain harming nerves and organs. It promotes Green's August Flower as a tonic that tones the liver and kidneys, boosts vitality, and dispels mental distress. Trial size and regular bottle prices are listed for sale by a druggist.
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