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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1908
Page
1
An essay by Joseph Medill Patterson argues that wealth drives status and social rewards in universities. He claims expensive dining and elite associations shape students toward money and power, devaluing merit and character in favor of influence and family connections.
Testimonies from Lexington Va residents claim lasting relief from backache kidney and urinary disorders after using Dean's Kidney Pills. Harry Deaver and Mrs Denver recount permanent cures following a 1909 testimonial, with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY listed as U S sale agents and a 50 cent price. For sale by all dealers. Remember the tawe-Doan's and take no other.
An old advertisement promotes Botanic Blood Balm for blood and skin diseases listing eczema scrofula ulcers and bone pains. It claims cures after other treatments fail with sample offers and references various tonics and a gas engine note appears amid the prose.
An old fashioned woman works hard while her husband who grew wealthy grows idle. He hires servants to wait on the cook and maid, yet she keeps working, a parable of equal rights and rest. A second note discusses two theories on why Egyptian pyramids were built.
The material Meduloid is a plastic made from gun cotton and cam bor. Gun cotton is produced by treating tissue with nitric and sulphuric acids. The mix is combined with camphor and pigments, then pressed and shaped with heated rolls and dies to form a hard, elastic substance with a high finish.
Harry Quimby in Leslie's Weekly says Italian social life mirrors others though with national quirks. Neapolitans value the afternoon drive for status, nobles share carriages, and grapes serve as a daily tonic with beef as a strengthener, as Italian physicians claim.
A muddled joke story recounts a Dublin man Little whose daughter eloped, prompting his chase and a pun on time. It also includes a railroad man remark about the Grand Canyon and a breakfast pancake question from hotel guests. The piece imitates humor columns with misheard lines and wordplay.
A wife asks her husband for $500 as pin money while heading downtown. He balks at the sum, noting he could buy cheap pins for much less, then she retorts that diamonds justify the expense.
The article traces motion picture origins to ancient experiments on the eye by Ptolemy around 130 BC and notes later advances by Muybridge in 1877 with a chain of 24 cameras. It explains improvements with dry plates in 1888 and mentions the gulf stream’s path, width, velocity, and temperatures across the Atlantic.
As high priest the emperor must perform forty six sacrifices to different gods yearly and observe solitary holidays for each rite. He also must annually offer hundreds of silk balloons before ancestral tablets, with imperial manufactories dedicated to producing the finest silks for this purpose.
The Scottish Review extols a grand route from Beauly through Glen Affric to Loch Duich via Glen Lidd. It notes 3,000 foot peaks such as Mam Soul and Carn Kige looming over Glen Affric and Mid dle Ross, with sparse valley inhabitants and abundant wildlife on the hills.
The passage asserts that a singer’s life is not a constant parade of wealth and joy. rather toil, worry, and disappointment prevail, challenging the view of perpetual applause and riches as typical rewards. It cites ideas from The Art of Singing by an unnamed author.
A scattered news brief reports playful mischief by jack rabbits in Antelope Valley California. It notes Taft's election bringing general satisfaction abroad. Virginia and Maryland discuss independent movements and rail plans. Virginia’s rectory project and large rail ventures linked to Henry H. Rogers are highlighted. Forecasts cover turkeys geese and a potential sugar plant in Luray Virginia.
An advertisement promises a guaranteed cure for piles itching and bleeding with PAZO OINTMENT. Druggists authorize money refunds and claim relief in six to eight days, stating the product cures internal and external piles.
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