Fraternal Orders Meet at Odd Fellows Halls
Fraternal orders listed include Attockbridge Lodge No 58 Odd Fellows Lexington Lodge No 66 K of P Liberty Lodge No 2 Daughters of Rebekah Mountain City Lodge No 67 Ancient York Masons Natural Bridge Venue No 1920 Arcanum meets first and third Wednesdays Lexington Council No 179 Junior Order United American Mechanics meets Friday at Odd Fellows Hall.
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Attockbridge Lodge
Odd Felows’ Hall
Lexington Lodge
K. of P. Neeta
Odd Fellows
Liberty Lodge
Daughters Oflabekah
Mountain City Lodge
Ancient York Masons
Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge
Irs Arcanum
Lex. Council
United American Mechanics
Odd Fellows Hall
Dangerous mistake neglecting children’s kidney weakness
Lexington mother warns of early signs bed wetting backache and languor from weak kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills praised by E H Figgat of Lexington VA for a child's bladder issues and sustained improvement since treatment. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sells Doan's 50 cents nationwide. Remember the name Doan's.
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Doan
Lexington
E. H. Figgat
Main St
Figgat
Eaylog
Down
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Quack Remedies and Oddities in a Comic Column
A mix of patent medicines promises cures for blood and skin diseases with Botanic Blood Balm and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, while other passages tout snake stories, a tornado near Faribault, and quirky notes on cholera-like symptoms, lice itching cures, and a York PA man boasting about killing a large snake.
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Auldova
B. B, LL
Navy
Thanksgiving Verse Moral Prompted by Family Duty
A family recalls blessings since the last Thanksgiving and Pa urges a concrete show of gratitude beyond words. He insists childern must do something substantial and worthwhile to earn the day’s joy.
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Childern
Sacrifices At Home Prompt A Stomach Ache Challenge
A family discussion prompts each member to endure a personal hardship for gratitude. Sue quits gum, Tom splits wood, the narrator considers enduring indigestion after choosing to eat more ice cream and cake and lie on the floor to bear the stomach ache.
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Sue
Tom
Bimeby
Gautier and a Desdemona Despair in Theater Tale
Theophile Gautier helped secure an engagement for a blond young woman with an innocent face. As Othello rehearsals proceeded, she burst into his library complaining that she would be given a contemptible role Desdemona.
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Theophile Gautier
Theatre Historique
Gautier
Desdemona
Double clergy quip on sermon openings and endings
Two clergymen joke about sermon writing noting the hardest parts are the introduction and conclusion. One recalls an install sermon for Brother Morley with praise for the exordium and peroration, while the other adds they were awfully far apart.
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Morley
Philadelphia Ledger
Dead flies in currants joke sparks grocer and boy
A grocer teases a new worker James about long work in the back room. James explains he has been picking dead flies from dried currants, prompting the grocer to remark that his father thought him suited for the ministry.
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James
New York Times
Faded Oysters in Trade News
London Tit-Bits recounts methods to refresh oysters by dipping them in a salty tank, placing on shells, and exposing to running water to enlarge and improve flavor. It notes a sandy cellar with a blanket and sea water daily sprinkles can keep oysters alive and fatten them for longer in cool weather.
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London
Comic Opera Project Has Noted Stage Talent
The affable manager announces a future comic opera production with Drillem Daily handling evolutions and chorus groupings, Cutton Fittem designing costumes, and Redden Yaller crafting stage settings. The writer and librettist have not yet been chosen.
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Drillem Daily
Cutton Fittem
Redden Yaller
When Men Wore Laces and Expenditure Then and Now
A study from La Revue on spending in former centuries shows men spent as much as women on attire in the 17th and 18th centuries. The article notes changes in wealthier classes and cites that a queen of fashion said £400 yearly for a man vs £400 monthly for a stylish woman. It contrasts middle and upper classes with detailed garment and grooming costs.
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M. Henry de Gallier
la Revue
London
Willie’s Caterpillar mischief at home in Denver
A Gaylord girl tells her mother her brother Willie frightened her. Willie defends his act by showing a caterpillar labeled with its scientific name Hemoracampa leucostigma. The scene ends with the curious mom learning the term from her son.
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Willie
Denver Post
Class General Knowledge Test Ends With Landlord Joke
An inspector quizzes students on mottoes for the months and the saying thus If February gives much snow a fine summer it death foreshow and In January if sin appear March and April pay full dear A boy quips that the landlord acts like a lion and goes out like a lamb when arrears are paid.
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Jaanuary
Two Congressmen Meet a Witty Woman’s Daughters
Two lawmakers visit a comely matron and her talkative daughters. Years later they recall old times and ask about Jenny the skinny cackling old maid. One reveals Jenny is now his wife.
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Congress
Jenny
Congress Roll Call and Hearst News Spark GOP Tally
A quick briefing notes the House will be 219 Republicans and 172 Democrats. It cites John D. Rockefeller as a key witness in the Standard Oil probe and reports Hearst Independence League gains in Virginia.
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Dry Goods and Nations
House of Representatives
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Standard Oil
Georgia
Roosevelt
Hudson
Hearst
Independence League
Virginia
Hearet
William Jennings Bryan
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Main Street
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Manley
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