Fraternal Orders Meet on Thursday and Friday Evenings
Hockbridge Lodge No. 58 F meets every Thursday at Odd Fellows Hall Lew Jackson Vounell No. 82 Junior Order American Mechanics meets every week and on 4th Friday nights at Odd Fellows Hall.
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Hockbridge Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Lexington Lodge, No
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Jaiberty Lodge
Daughters O Kebskah
Valley City Lodge
Masonic Fall Natural Bridge Council
Arcanum
Odd Fellows’ Wall
Lew Jackson Vounell
American Mechanics
Odd Fellows All
Arbuckles ARIOLA Coffee fuels country lads rise
A rugged voice touts Arbuckles ARIOLA Coffee as the fuel that shapes country boys into world makers. The speaker urges steadfastness and resists change, framing the product as a tradition and source of grit.
New England News Notes and Advertisements
A digest of assorted items includes Foley's Kidney Cure from Alvin H. Stiepson of Willimantic, a Sayville preacher's near fall from a collapsing desk, and early 1900s medicinal ads. Also notes on New York police enforcement, a Mexico earthquake atmosphere claim, Pineules kidney remedy, Carnegie's hero fund, and various tonics and salves sold by H. H. Gorrell's Drug Store with several exaggerated medical claims.
Gems In Verse The Coa Black Steeds
A playful poem describes “miday steeds for winter's need” that pull the speaker to school and through snow. The verses personify nonmoving objects as faithful horses and end with a lighthearted image of rubber boots and cheerful sleds in a Presbyterian voice.
Left Handed Barbers and their Superstitions
A Chicago Record-Herald interview discusses barber superstitions, claiming left handed barbers bring bad luck. Stories include accidents, shifting chair fortunes, cold hot water, and bets failing when a left handed man works. The piece notes Monday shaving avoidance and a barber’s unique posture revealing trade knowledge.
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Knights of the Razor
New York
Erie
Julius
Saatch
Chicago Record-Herald
Insect Wisdom and a Cosmopolitan Gentleman
The piece notes bees adapt to climates in Australia and California, citing Maeterlinck on bee intelligence and habit shifts. It recalls Kirby Spence debate on bee reasoning, Knight’s cement experiment, and hints at Maeterlinck’s and Arlen Ward’s character as observed by Putnam's Monthly.
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Australia
California
Buchner
Barbados
Kirby
Spence
Andrew Knight
Acarce
Maurice Maeterlinck
Harper's
Arlen Ward
Loring
Putnam’s Monthly
Russell’s Intercepted Interview Angers Bismarck
Bull Ran Russell recounted a long interview with Crown Prince Frederick in 1870. Bismarck, losing temper, accused Russell of reporting confidences. Russell offered a sharp reply citing unreported remarks and signaling he would publish Bismarck’s opinions from St Paul’s.
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Russell
Frederick
Ismarck
Bismarck
Dunderhead
Paul
St. Paul's
The Ugliest Family in England
A gentleman asks Lord North about a woman he sees. Lord North reveals the third sister is his wife, prompting the guest to exclaim. Lord North quips that the family is the ugliest in England, ending the old quip.
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Lord North
England
Comfort and hardship blur in camp life after Gaines Mill
Mrs. Pryor recalls a scene in a soldiers camp where comfort is a relative measure. A negro servant named John asks about his master's welfare and reports a "comfortable" night, noting he slept between two dead horses on the battlefield.
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Gaines Mill
John
Sunday School Teacher Confronts Bathing Urchins Tale
A Sunday school teacher confronts a group of local children bathers on a Sunday afternoon. The tale follows her attempts to guide them while noting one boy’s defiant reply about a place farther along the canal. The narrator uses dialect to convey the scene and social setting.
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She
Claiming credit for first Jamestown Expo idea sparks debate
The Richmond Times Dispatch and Norfolk paper pieces recount claims over who first proposed a Jamestown Exposition to mark Virginia’s colonial history. They discuss W H Rowland of Richmond, Frank V Baldwin, and earlier 1899 trade journal notes, noting Rowland’s continued living presence in Chesterfield.
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America
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Norfolk
Thia Trade Journal
Rowland
Richmond
Jamestown
Virginia
Land of the Living
Chesterfield
Roosevelt drawn platform influence shapes 1920 Republican rhetoric
Washington dispatch reports Republicans set to duel over tariff readjustment and policy lines driven by Roosevelt's record. Officials foresee petitions for immediate tariff change and possible Republican convention battles if Congress resists. Also notes a novel St Louis wedding between a centenarian man and a centenarian bride who were youths sweethearts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rende
Panama Canal
Republican Congress
St. Louis
Varied 1900s News Highlights from Across the Nation
A Philadelphia woman pledges one million dollars for black education in the South. In Virginia, students move Jefferson Davis statue by railroad depot. Illinois contemplates liquor ban near military sites. Rhode Island adjourns without senator. A Douglass Bryan boom circles a hoped for GOP surge. Charlottesville votes day after petition support exceeds required threshold. The Carnegie Foundation awards Professor Francie H. Smith at UVA. Earthquakes shake Shenandoah Valley towns with furniture rocking reports. An apparent Indian skeleton is found near New Market in Grim's Bottoms. Southern Railway plans Spencer locomotive works costing half a million or more. Lynchburg religious press shifts to Richmond’s Religious Herald for western state reach. Cincinnati church reports female-majority worshippers at Lincoln Park Baptist. Winchester enforces sanitation inspections under city ordinance. Rockefeller praises Carnegie’s gift in a letter, Carnegie replies, both praising shared wealth distribution.
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W. L. Douglass
Massachusetts
O. K
William J. Bryan
Charlottesville
Morris
Carnegie Foundation
Francie H. Smith
P'Oseceor
University of Virginia
Shenadoal Valley
Middletown
Strasburg
Mount Jackson
Grim’s Bottoms
Smith Creek
Nile
New Market
W.H. Arehart
Southern Railway Company
Spencer
N. C
Lynchburg
Herald of
Richmond
Lincoln Park
Cincinnati
Winchester Papera
Winchester
Ciy Council
Police Department
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburg
Carnegie
Mr. Rockefellow
Wen
Liquid Cream Balm Claims Nasal Cure
An advertisement promotes Ely's Cream Balm as a universal remedy for nasal catarrh. It asserts the product soothes inflamed passages, relieves stubborn gases, and acts quickly without drying or rasping the airways. Available by mail from Bronson Street New York.
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Ely
Arren Street
New York
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Arrorner At Law
Lexington, VA
Votary Public
Pace M. Penick
Laaington, Virgina
Rotary Public
I'neston Moore
Frank Moore
Fate Clerk Co
Court Notary Public Co
Ore & Moore
Arrornrys At Law
Lexiatox
Hous No
T. Glasgow Liven A
Glasnow & White
Attorneys-At-Laan
Lexington
WM. P. Houston
John H. Hartman
Nelson Street
Main
Gorrell's Drug Store
Amuel B. Walker, Jr
R.r.witt & Co
Victor and Columbia Talking Machines
M. J. Hess
Jeweler
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R. Schedile
EFRRC
Harrisonburg
Charlestown
Harper‘s
Ghivagg
Washington & Baltimore
Hagerstown & Frederick
McCall CU
New Yorks
D.king
Gough
Meppee Strat Bell
Hancock Bros. & Co
United States
Hancock Bros. 2 Co
Lynchburg, Va
Nelson Stret
L. W. Moore
Renemper
Syracuse
McCormick
Arbuckles
Ariola
National Pure Food
Gusrentne No
Gledus Wash
Ington
American Surety Company OF
J. W. McClung
Capital
American Bankers’ Association
Samuel B. Walker
James E. Heck
OPP
Baptist Church
R. A. Patterson Tobacco Co
Richmond, Va
Baby
New England States
Foley
Alvin H. Stiepson
Willimantie, Conn
Poley
J. B. Hamill
Hanson Place
Methodist Epiccopal Church
Brooklyn
Sayville
H. H. Gorrell
HR. H. Gorvail
Mexico
Wudwirl
Ihe Disposa
Duburesdo
Brancieco
B. K. Gorrell
B. H. Jorrell
Peter the Great
Russia
B. H. Gorrell
Presbyterian
Artemus Ward
Loteres
Busey
Philadelphia
South
Jefferson Davia
Illinois Senate
Rhode Island
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