Doan's Kidney Pills praised by Lexington resident
Lexington citizen Joby P. Rhodes testifies to relief from back pain and kidney secretion issues after using Doan's Kidney Pills sold by Gorrell's drug store. He reiterates satisfaction with the remedy in 1907 and notes the price and distributor Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Joby P. Rhodes
W. Main St
Doan
Gorrell
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Blood Balm and health elixirs crowd early ads
A wall of early 20th century ads tout Botanic Blood Balm for skin and blood diseases with claims of purifying blood and curing eczema. Other items promote Dr Shoop's Restorative and Headache Tablets, Foley's Kidney Remedy, Dr Fahrney's Teething Syrup, and dental electricity use. Also mentions anthracite coal storage and a quirky dog marriage anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biond Balm Co
Atlanta
Gems In Verse The Knockers' Club
A fragmented verse piece presents residents of a town railing against it. Speakers including 81 Brown Hi Jones Sid Bmilth lament the town's dullness and wish for change, with vented lines about leaving or shaking off stagnation. The dated dialect and rhythm echo a local humor item.
The Mississippi Valley as Paradise of Modern Life
A speech by Robert Lamar of Missouri extols the Mississippi valley as the garden spot of the twentieth century. He contrasts ancient wonders with local scenery describing Ozark autumn sunsets and the joy of rural life.
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Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
Land of Delight
Tennyson
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Raphael
Rembrandt
Angelo
Reynolds
van Dyck
Ozark Hills
Beethoven
Mozart
Mendelssohn
Handel
Wagner
Robert Lamar
House of Representatives
Uncle Mose Appeals Double Jeopardy Claim in Henhouse Incident
An old negro named Uncle Mose faced a Dover justice after an incident with a bulldog at a henhouse. He argues against double jeopardy, claiming he was already penalized for the same act last month. The judge questions whether the current filing repeats the prior charge for theft of chickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Uncle Mose
Mose
Marie Willyam
Berlin Restaurants Split By Beer And Wine Classes
A travel sketch notes Berlin's hotel dining scene where wine dominated venues label as wine restaurants and others as beer spots. It cites a Bristol hotel maitre d hotel fetching beer and a Jaroslav Riche Paris caper, plus a German beverage culture split under a wine trust.
Memoir sketch casts Matthew Arnold as comic inspector
A brother inspector recounts Arnold's Westminster Edgworth district as a mockery with a home address at The Athenaeum and Edmonton duties forcing overnight stays. He mocks Arnold with the blue pen nickname and the quip about John Gilpin, noting the account was approved.
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Matthew Arnold
Arnold
Westminster
Edwonton
Athaeneum
Esher
Treasury
Edmonton
Mir. M. Arnold
John Gilpin
Sun Silhouettes on Mount Washington Specter of Brocken
W J Scandlin describes a rare sun silhouette phenomenon on Mount Washington New Hampshire as mist and sunset create distinct rainbow framed shadows of the five climbers. The prismlike halo surrounds each figure then merges into one as the sun falls.
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Germany
Blocksberg
Mount Washington
New Hampshire
Mount Monroe
W. J. Scandlin
Boston Post
May Day rituals rooted in tree spirit and fertility beliefs
The article notes May day ceremonies originated as religious observances linked to tree spirits. It describes the Maypole's sacred frame, the May queen and Jack in the Green as human forms of the tree spirit, and European practice of placing May trees at barns to ensure livestock fertility and milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ernest Pythian
Europe
Germany
Cottabus the Ancient Drinking Game and Hermes Mark
The article notes cottabus as a classical drinking game across ancient times. Players lie on a couch and try to toss wine without spillage toward a Hermes image on a bronze saucer, floated on water, sinking only when enough wine fills it. Prell was a mark of good breeding in Athens.
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Hermes
Athens
Harper’s
Corpse Evictions Story Echoes from Porto Rico Cemeteries
A New Orleans Democrat quotation discusses landlords evicting corpses in Porto Rico, noting that cemeteries rent plots rather than sell them. It portrays landlords removing unburied remains for unpaid rent and the grief of families facing eviction from graves.
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Porto Rico
Porto ‘Rico
New Orleans
Cotton origins traced to India and pre-Columbian Americas
The passage notes cotton likely originated in India with early records from 600 B C mentioning cotton cloth. Herodotus referenced trees in India bearing a white fleece like wool. It also claims cotton was cultivated in Peru and Mexico before Columbus, per New York American.
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India
Mandalay
Condensed News Briefs Highlight Oddities and Deeds
A Noregian inventor patents a floatation suit for sailors. Nova Scotia fishers receive 990519 in bounties. Shenandoah deputy sheriff L Zirkle convicted for illicit whiskey sale. An Indiana man sues a hardware firm for 10000 over a rope used in suicide. Julian Art School in Paris awards Randolph Macon Woman's College a scholarship. Christopher W Booze of Buchanan dies aged sixty eight. Confederate veteran survived by wife and four children. US Supreme Court declares Texas law taxing railroads unconstitutional. Maycorn hits record Chicago price as Armour loses big in a corner. Southern Baptists condemn liquor trade and urge anti elsoon voting. VD Saunders to become State Dairy Commissioner and Food Inspector. Lynchburg woman to serve as missionary deaconess. Buckingham plots lime treated corn farming at 7.50 per acre. Seed corn program noted. Thompson runs as independent Democrat for Lynchburg mayor against G W Smith. C&O Railway expects banner year. gold standard motto to be reinstated on coins. Roosevelt signs law restoring God We Trust motto. coins to bear it in 30 days. New York druggist faces year in prison and 1000 fine for cocaine sales. Six Cim Town women hospitalised by cocaine poisoning. calls for tighter controls on poisons and firearms.
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Nova Scotia
L. Zirkle
Shenandoah County
Woodstock
Indiana
Randolph-Macon Woman's College of
Lynchburg
Julian Art School
Paris
Christopher W. Booze
Buchanan
Anderson’s
Botetourt
Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
Maycorn
Chicago Board of Trade
James A. Patton
J. Ogden Armour
Armour
Patton
Southern Baptist Convention
Hot Springs
Congress
William Dubrey Saunders
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Swanson
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Court Street Methodist Church
Bernice Jenkins
Missionary Training School of
Nashville
Teno
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Ukeenpeake
Ohio
White House
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
New York
Cimnatown
Itching Blind Bleeding Piles Treated by PAZO with Refund
Prolonged itching and bleeding piles prompt Druggists to offer refunds if PAZO CDC fails to cure within 0.6 to 14 days. The claim notes a 500 unit guarantee and outlines consumer remedy.
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Rockbridge Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Lexington Lodge
Odd Fellows
Liberty Lodge
Daughters O Rebekah
Mountain City
Ancient York Masons
Masonic Iai
Natural Bridge
Wounell
Royal Arcanum
Lex
Jawor Order
United American Mechanics
Old Fellows Hall
Atrorney At Law
Lexington, VA
Pan M. Peniceke
Arrorsey At Law
Srainaror
Vinnisia
J. Puestos Moors
Frank Moork
Tate Clerk Co
Court Notary Pabile Oore & Moore
Arrosyzys
At Law, Lexinetor
T. Glasgowanses & White
Hyon A, WaitTr
Arrorngus-At-Law
P. Houston
Lexington, Virginia
Opt
Siros
R. R. Witt & CO. General Fire Insurance
Old Line Companies
M. J. Hess
Agnor’s
Baltimre
R. RE
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harper's Ferry
Chicago
Pittsburg
Washington
Baltimore
Hagerstown & Frederick
A. B. Beckwith
A. B. Beckwith & CO. Opp
Bank Rockbridge
R. S. Anderson
Foleys Honey““Zar Gures Goldsj Prevants Pooumonis
Hancock Bros. & Go's
Svune Gurer
Hancok Bros. & Con
W. Harry Agnor
Landreth
Dankirk
Fea
Presbyterian
Hamilton Brown
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co
James E. Heck
OPP
Baptist Church
Buckeye High Wheel
Atlantic Seaboard
Great Lakes
Shoop
Dr. Shoop
Connecticut
Benedict
Brazil
Para
Bahia
Bradl
Bright
Foley
H. Gorrell
New York City
South Orange
N.J
Old
Hi Jones
Sid
Berlin
The
Bristol
Hiller’s
Unter den Linden
der Reichshoff
Wilhelmstrasse
Cafe Riche
Maitre d
Wine Trust
Aubrey Lanston
Bohemian
Rhode Island
England
France
District of Columbia
Corpass
Buckingham
John P. Thompson
G. W. Smith
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