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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1902
Page
4
Guidance for planting sweet potatoes including site choice with southern exposure, soil preparation eight to ten inches deep, use of dry manure for heat, spacing to prevent touching, covering and watering as needed, timing for slips, manure types, and fertility notes. Emphasizes producing a robust main crop for winter and increasing crop value for southern farms.
A correspondent describes a fence stretching setup using a round rod, gas pipe, and chain with a capstan action to exert tension. Then guidance covers seed bed prep, sowing with color-mandated mixtures, and weekly manure tea with poultry droppings to stimulate growth. It also reports on early potato planting, spraying benefits, and tomato manuring research from New York and New Jersey stations. It closes with Dr Medhurst comparing Tiddhist ceremonies to Catholic rites and noting missionary observations.
Suffering women are urged to use Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription to regulate periods and heal inflammation. Confidential letters claim cures for female weakness and chronic disease, with testimonials praising the remedies and privacy.
A Liverpool Post item notes Edward Cocker, famed for his arithmetic, and recounts a claimed early edition titled Cocker’s Arithmetick Perused and Published by the Author’s Correct Copy. It mentions a dubious engraved portrait and questions its authenticity, dating Cocker to 1675.
The text blends a southern revival scene with a skeptical courtroom deposition and then shifts to contrasts in medical practice in China. It recalls a nun seeking spiritual guidance from Isaac Jones and a harsh critique of surgical methods, followed by a New York Herald reference to a prisoner deposition.
Conversation notes a Philadelphia Bulletin quip about women in legislatures. Witty exchange suggests wives taking active roles in politics, with a humorous aside about the speaker’s wife already influencing house matters. The item reads as a social humor fragment.
A long list of real estate offerings includes 186 acre Moore farm on Whistle Creek with timber, water, barns, a frame mansion and outbuildings. 76 acre Alum Springs road tract with spring and fruit. a 180 acre Kaees Creek area parcel with house, stable and mill. 400 acre Mount U histale land with timber and a saw mill. smaller timber and dwelling lots near Ebenezer church and Timber Ridge Depot. multiple county locations near Lexington Bath and Green Valley with houses, outbuildings, orchards, and potential for farming, milling or boarding uses.
The elector of Saxony sent Luther a piece of black cloth and a fashionable sult. Luther wore it in the prevailing cut, and his pupils followed, making black the distinguishing hue of clerical garb. For years the clerical coat retained the laity’s cut, with little difference early on.
A palm region tribe fashions infant cradles from palm leaves with edges turned up to form a cradle. They also use a leaf as a bath. Strong palm fiber cords suspend the cradle under a tree so the wind rocks the baby to sleep.
Miss Mhimi Brown declares nature makes nothing in yan while Mr. Erastus Pinkley counters that much of the animal world is fit for ground use, comparing it to possums as a pointed aside in a Washington Stir exchange.
The article explains broiling bacon in a hot oven yields better appearance and digestion than frying. Slice thinly, skip the rind, place close in a wire broiler over a dripping pan, turn once, and use the rendered fat for frying potatoes. Serve liver with crispy bacon atop.
A Chicago Tribune snippet notes a congregation reframing its place of worship from church to a temple of progressive thought. The quote reflects a shift in identity and community focus within the religious space.
Commissioners will sell at public auction on June 26 1902 at 12 M the real estate on Cedar Creek near Natural Bridge Virginia known as the Hotel Appledore and The Pavilion with related properties. Excluded are specified tracts and residential lots. personal property on the premises may be sold. One fourth cash and the balance in three yearly installments with notes and deed of trust security.
Public auction in Lexington Virginia on June 20 1902 at noon. The David Orbison estate lands near North River Kerrs Creek with widow dower reversion of 86 acres, red limestone land, dwelling and barn. Terms include one fourth cash, balance in three annual installments with interest. or one third cash with bonds. Bond of Special Commissioners duly given per decree. RE WITT, Clerk.
Pursuant to a deed of trust from J W Davidson and Hannah A Davidson the undersigned will sell on May 31 1902 at noon in front of Lexington Virginia courthouse the two parcels known as lots 14 and 15 of the Winn estate subdivision including lot 16 with a two story house and a stable lot boundaries described by street and compass lines to satisfy sale costs taxes and debts to J W Kelley with any surplus to be directed by the grantors in the deed of trust.
scattered timetable snippets indicate train connections among Lexington Staunton Harrisonburg and Strasburg Junction with times around 1 4 2 7 and 8 pm plus morning and afternoon segments. incomplete data lists routes Southury Souranovo and Ly ride with several ambiguous times and station references.
Train schedule shows departures and arrivals linked to Lynchburg and Richmond with connections at Balcony Falls and Clifton Forge. No. 80 runs daily to Lexington and connects with Southern Trailway lines. No. 82 to Clifton Forge via Balcony Falls. Additional routes include New Castle, Virginia Hot Springs, White Sulphur Springs, Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago, and St Louis. Sleeping cars run Clifton Forge to Cincinnati Louisville and St Louis. City Ticket Agent S. O. Campbell handles tickets and information.
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