Rockbridge Lodge Thursday Meetings at Odd Fellows Hall
Rockbridge Lodge No 68 holds Thursday night gatherings at Odd Fellows Hall. Members invite attendance and note regular schedule for fellowship and lodge business sessions.
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Rockbridge Lodge
Odd Felows” Hall
Lexington Lodge
Anons
Tobekub
York Masons
Masonry Hall
Heidge Connell
Odd Fellows’ Wah
Dex. Connell
Joulor Oncor United Americat Mechanics
Od Follows Hall
Swamp Root Promoted for Kidney Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims the product cleanses the kidneys, improves urination, and relieves pain while offering a free sample and booklet by mail from Binghamton New York.
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Iso
Sulal
Kilmer
Rae
Dr. Killer & Co
Binghamton
N.Y
Dr. Killer
Binghamton, N.Y
Blood Balm and Political Fire in Mississippi and Nation
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm with bold claims of curing blood poison and skin sores. Concurrently, Mississippi politics feature speeches by Willian J. Bryan and a summary of legislative votes, while various drug ads promote remedies like Laxative Cough Syrup and Blood Bitters.
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Keszema
Gorrell’s Drug Store
Gems In Verse POWARD Reflects Primitive Nature Imagery
The fragmentary verse depicts nature as powerful and untamed, praising wild beauty while critiquing civilized greed. It contrasts acorn huts and woodlands with human fear and desire, noting birds and animals in a lush, untamed setting.
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Poward
Korate Nize
Forbes
Shrewd Girl Trial in Witchcraft Case
In a court scene a ten year old girl nicknamed the old child bewitched people to death according to her own tale. She admitted to harming two men, while her father the judge faced questions about her claims. The girl was acquitted after claiming she was pressured to confess under threat of torture.
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Flivaberl Dhinfield
Falkland
Erat
John Symoniles
John Symondes
Cad
Eli
Broad Way Car Revenge by Four Inches of Seat
A schoolgirl small in stature sits on a narrow four inch space as two portly men refuse to yield their seats. A scrub woman enters, clears the seat and reveals the men buried under 250 pounds of cleaning effort. The girl laughs, claiming humorous revenge on a crowded Broadway car in New York Sun style.
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New York Sun
Reaper Kings and Lincoln Candidacy Ties
A historical look at the rise of the reaper kings in the farming industry, their patent conflicts, and how Abraham Lincoln benefited financially from a key lawsuit with McCormick. The piece links these lawsuits to Lincoln's later rise as a Republican candidate amid the era’s patent wars.
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Rand
McCormick
Osborne
Whiteley
Reaper King
Deering
Glessner
Warder
Adrianco
Huntley
Syria
William Deering
Supreme Court
Congress
John H. Manny
Rockford
William H. Seward
EF. M. Dickerson
Reverdy Johnson
Manny
Abraham Lincoln
Edwin M. Stanton
Stephen A. Douglas
Peter MH. Watson
George Harding
IL. Winter Davis
Stanton
Lincoln
Douglas
Republican Party
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Blushing Pair Ask Minister to Marry Us
A young man and a hesitant young woman seek to marry as a minister tries to calm their awkward moment. He asks if a ring is needed, and she jokes that one could come from the two dollars in hand, reflecting their playful, informal engagement.
Virginia Society in Kentucky recalls Scotch-Irish founders
The Virginia Society in Kentucky held a February 22 gathering in Louisville with about 140 attendees including Kentucky guests. Rev. Dr. F W MacCorkle praised Scotch-Irish Virginia founders, citing Hampden-Sydney and Washington and Lee, their devotion to the Bible, temperance, and public service, while acknowledging flaws and enduring legacy in American rights and law.
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Virginia Society
Kentucky
Louisville
Shakespeare
Milton
Scott
Hampden-Sidney
Washington
House of God
John Scotus Enigent
Charles the Baldus
Charleo
Thermopylee
Horatius
Runnymede
Switzerland
Valley Forge
Gettysburg
Central Presbyterian
Virginia papers back constitutional amendment on county courts
The Clifton Forge Review and other Virginia papers favor restoring monthly sessions of the County Court via a constitutional amendment. They argue the people would overwhelmingly vote to revive the system. Separately a vast Greenland ice sheet is described as a century old mass covering about 600000 square miles and averaging a mile and a half thick, larger than the Mediterranean Sea.
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Clifton Forge
Virginia
Greenland
Mediterranean Sea
Long Patchwork of News From Across Regions
The jumble notes Virginia college fundraising and Carnegie grants for Lycebburg, numbers on suicides in Prussia, soldier home stats in Richmond, and local anecdotes from Round Hill and Middleburg. It mentions a Mexico bank robbery, a 100 year old dealer, New Jersey Confederate recovery proposals, and varied oddities from a Florida fire to ghost bequests and a dentist tale.
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Richmond
J. E. Carter
Buchanan
Circuit Court of
Chicago
Mexico
Samuel Burger
Middleburg
Hagerstown
Robing
New Jersey
Franklin Fort
Indiana College
United States
Grover Cleveland
Osler
Dr. Osler
Howe
Clark University
Florida
Dun
Philadelphia
Itching Blind Bleeding Piles Aid with Pazo Ointment Claim
Druggists offer refunds if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure within four days. The advertisement warns of persistent symptoms and asserts rapid relief for hemorrhoidal issues including itching bleeding and protraction.
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Reenlee D. Letcher
Lexington, VA
Sotary Public
Ry Il
Penicer
Leaixaros
Sotary Publig
Prevron Moore
Frank Moore
Court Notary Public Epogre & Moore
Attorneys At Law
Lexisatos
Fane T. Guataow
Aed
At-Law
Lexington Vas
P. Houston
Lexington, Virginia
R. R. Witt & CO. General Fire Insurance
Old Line Companies
M. J. Hess
Main Street
Lfxington VA
Baltire & Oni
EPR
Lexington AD
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harpsis Ferry
Pittsburg
Washingion
Baltimore
Hagerstown & Frederick
Warner, Polo & Company
Lexington
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Undertakers
Crockery
Gog Call
R. S. Anderson
J. Gassmian & Son Hardware Company
Owen Hardware CO
Syracuse
W. Harry Agner
Presbyterian
Fimons Hamilton -Brown
March
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co
Oliver
James E. Heck
OPP
Baptist Church
Willan J. Bryan
Century Theater
Jackson
Mr. Bradley
Einsbergler
Amverger
B.C. Wilkans
Powderly
Texas
A. H. Gorrell
Pavelings
Thoreas Jefferson
Monticello
Charlotteaville
House
Sherwood
Ohio
Wan. BH. Anderson
Soda Springs
Ida
LO. Gorrell
Lurglers
Baltimore and Ohio and Southern Railroads
Strasburg
Germany
B. H. Gorrel
Godschalk
Monleo
Magdelena
Burdock
J. L. Walker
Sinbury
Parsee Merchanta
Foothow
China
Todi
Dean
Miguel of
Montsouris
Dr. Thomas
Grizzly
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Reaper Kings
Dr. MacCorkle
Charlottesville
Thomas Jeferren
Prussia
Virginia Christian College
Lycebburg
Andrew Carnegie
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