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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1908
Page
1
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for lame back kidney trouble and bladder issues. It claims wide hospital and poor-patient use, offers a sample bottle by mail, and lists Binghamton New York as the company location.
A large farm sale at Wheatland Farm offers many items including corn, hay, cattle, mules, a wagon, buggy harness, saddles, harness supplies, tools, sewing machines, firearms, furniture, kitchenware, and household goods. Terms require cash up to ten dollars and credit up to six months with a note and endorser at six percent interest.
A fragmented verse piece titled Gems In Verse presents The Unmercenaries with lines praising good fellows and poets. It references mortality, labor, gratitude, and resilience, hinting at a celebration of steadfast helpers who bear burdens while others seek gain. The text is garbled and difficult to parse for a full narrative.
A humorous courtroom exchange unfolds as a landlady testifies about board wages. The lawyer presses for exact figures while the witness is sharp and sarcastic, insisting she would charge in advance and questioning the fairness of her rates. The judge intervenes as the banter grows.
A Dutch artist visiting Paris plays a simple number game with two former students who owed him money. After initial reluctance they agree to a bet, then discuss the principle of odds and evens as the master muses on paying for dinner while the student covers the meal.
A survey notes Disraeli's use of phrases borrowed from Burke Seneca Swift and others. It traces lines like youth is a blunder and the Catiline comparison to contemporaries and earlier authors. The piece also weaves in light anecdotes and quips about language and misused phrases.
A broad set of notes cover political campaigns with Dow Heivey's Congressional bid, petitions to Kentucky's governor, railroad rate probes, and treasury actions. Other items report Admiral changes, a Richmond death, tariff talk, Italian court denial, and constitutional questions in Virginia and West Virginia.
A Chicago Tribune report quotes a woman describing how her husband found the gas leak and exited the building, claiming he went out through the roof as nearly as he could recall.
Itching and bleeding piles treated with PAZO OINTMENT. Druggists authorize refunds if it fails to cure in six to fourteen days. Protruding symptoms addressed by this topical remedy.
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