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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
4
A frontier medical ad touts Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for lame back and kidney, bladder, and uric acid troubles. It claims hospital and private success and offers a free sample bottle by mail with a request to mention reading the notice. The ad notes sizes and the maker's address in Binghamton New York.
The Civic Improvement club of Huntington established August 2000 with thirty members now fifty works with the Huntington Commercial club to enhance the town. They planted trees, created two flower parks, distributed garbage cans, and helped repair sidewalks and plant flowers while planning a public library for local youth.
A Seattle editor used photography of refuse dumps near upscale homes to spark a municipal cleanup. Daily images shown in the paper spurred residents to act, despite protests, producing a quicker, broader sanitation effort and inspiring similar work in Northern California towns lacking systematic garbage collection.
A Yonkers Statesman excerpt defines a pantomime as a piece in which Boone speaks. It notes a piece with no women would be interesting.
A Sunday School commentary links David’s care for Mephibosheth with God’s mercy toward sinners. It portrays Christ as king who restores the fallen, invites them to the royal table, and transforms penitence into devotion, contrasting Lodebar with Jerusalem.
Olive Harper discusses sheath dresses and empire styles, critiquing restrictive corsets and grave hats while describing Turkish veil aesthetics. She notes the health concerns of waist reduction garments and offers a method to recreate a Turkish veil look using silk squares, flowers, jewelry, and a simple pin arrangement.
A Western town citizen praises a compact card advertisement as a tool to showcase local attractions. He suggests using a two sided card with a half tone image of the business center and brief town highlights on every letter to generate external inquiries.
Dot remarks on a canary’s whistling skill, noting the bird whistles clearly without puckering its bill. The playful exchange highlights curiosity about avian speech and bird anatomy.
Eyed by residents for the Northern Pacific line in Rathdrum Idaho, a stained right of way mars town beauty with ash piles and derelict depots. The Idaho and Washington Northern line, by contrast, is praised for a clean, even roadbed and landscaped surroundings that enhance the landscape.
The Blackwells pride their railroad for public duty and beauty. They say the road and its depot stay and serve as a park like centerpiece, improving homes and village pride while reducing hostility to rail wealth.
A judge asks the prisoner why he is in court, and the prisoner replies that he was dragged there. The Birmingham Age Herald records the terse exchange as a stark moment in the courtroom.
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