Fraternal Lodges Meet Weekly in Local Halls
Local fraternal groups list meeting nights and halls. Lexington Lodge No 66 Knights of Pythias meets Tuesday at Odd Fellows Hall. Liberty Lodge No 2 Daughters of Rebekah meets Monday at Odd Fellows Hall. Mountain City Lodge No 67 Ancient York Masons meets 1st and 8th Monday at Masonic Hall. Natural Bridge Council No 192 Royal order meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday at Odd Fellows Hall Lex. Council No 179 Junior Order United American Mechanics meets Friday at Odd Fellows Hall.
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Lexington Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Liberty Lodge
Daughters O Rebekah
Mountain City Lodge
Ancient York Masons
Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge Council
Royal Canum
Odd Fellows Hall
Lex
United American Mechanics
Bank Issues 3 Percent Certificates of Deposit
A bank issues certificates of deposit payable on demand with interest at 3 percent per year. Funds may earn the rate after sixty days or longer, as stated in the document.
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Oronger
Doan's Kidney Pills Public Endorsement
Lexington Virginia resident William Hileman reports Doan's Kidney Pills relieved uric acid illness and back pain after purchasing at Gorrell's drug store. The ad claims wide local endorsement and urges readers to buy from Foster Milburn Co. in Buffalo New York as sole US agents for the remedy.
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Hale
Lexington
Hileman
Main St
Doan
Gorrell's
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Bufalo
New York
United States
Cures Blood and Skin Ailments With Botanie Balm
An array of health remedies dominates the page. Botanie Blood Balm (B B B) is advertised to cure blood and skin diseases with claims of healing sores and making blood pure. Dr. Shop's Restorative and Dr. Shoop products are promoted for stomach, heart, and kidney ailments. Various drugstores, sample offers, and international notes fill the page.
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Express
Avania
Herves Lre
Bytiorrells Drag Store
Gems In Verse My Heart Leaps Up Poem
An extracted poetry fragment presents Wordsworth’s meditation on youthful awe and the passing of years. The speaker venerates nature and contemplates aging, identity, and the unity of life across time. The poem text emphasizes the line The child is mother of the man and the wish for days bound by natural piety.
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William Wordsworth
The Chinese Lily Folktale Of Hidden Treasure And Bloom
Two Chinese orphans inherit unequal wealth. The younger endures poverty until a fairy promises treasure under his rocky soil. He digs, finds a bulb, grows the Chinese lily, and becomes famed as buyers flock for the unique flower. The bloom yields riches, honor, and a lasting name.
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China
Oldest English golf club the Royal Blackheath
The Royal Blackheath Golf Club, founded in 1608 by James I, claims to be England’s oldest and perhaps the world’s oldest existing golf club. Earlier Scottish bans on golf contrast with later milestones, and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews dates to 1754 with royal patronage and a gold medal.
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Royal Blackheath Golf Club
England
James I
Scotland
Esall
Blackheath Club
Royal and Ancient Golf Club
St. Andrews
William TV
Royal and Ancient Golf Club of
Smell Dispute Between Siblings Over Kitchen Odors
In a Sunday morning scene Mrs Harwood finds Ethel and Tommy near the kitchen doorway arguing over who may catch odors from the crack. Ethel claims Tommy has had five smells while she has had four, and he protests while asserting he is fair though he has a cold.
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Ethel
Mrs. Harwood
Tommy
Apple Trees Singled Out In Virginia Fruit Culture
A Washington man visiting a friend in Virginia shows interest in the owner’s fruit experiments. While touring, the man and a ten year old guide note one apple tree loaded with fruit. The girl explains only the apple trees are heavily laden this year.
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Washington
Virginia
Washingtonian
Harper’s Weekly
Gray Haired Man Recalls Boyhood Runaway Tale
A Washington man recalls his own youth when he ran away from home out of anger at a first punishment. He camped in a cranberry bog with little provisioning, faced cold nights and imagined dangers, then returned home before supper.
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Washington
Quaints and Quips From Demosthenes to Rose Rents
A Greek tale told by Demosthenes prompts a question on attention to important matters. The piece recalls rent quirks of noble houses like the Duke of Atholl, the Munros of Foulis, and royal roses, then shifts to a courtroom cross examination where a youth asserts the date as the 17th amid wary questioning.
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Demosthenes
Megera
Duke of Atholl
Queen Victoria
Munros of
Foulis
Ben Wyvis
Dundee Advertiser
Local Stratford Anecdote About Long-Lived John Cooper
Haydon the painter visited Stratford and spoke with rustics in a wayside inn about Shakespeare. They praised John Cooper, claiming he had lived ninety years in the town without ever suffering a toothache.
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Haydon
Stratford
Shakespeare
John Cooper
A Bachelor Dinner in India Sparks Nervous Charm
A youthful bachelor hosts an Indian dinner and endures tense moments. Castor oil soup mishap, lamp-pressed cloth use, and greengage olives misidentification become the evening’s running jokes as guests endure with good humor.
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Gerald Gordon
India
Curious stones found in fruits and plants during East Indian trade
A round stone known as tabasheer forms in bamboo joints from siliceous juices. Coconuts in Java and East Indian islands yield carbonate of lime stones, sometimes pearly and ear shaped, as hard as feldspar. Some stones reach cherry size and are valued as charms against illness and evil spirits.
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Java
East Indian
Chicago News
Grandpa's Reading Gap Turns to Humble Lesson
In a vignette from a Woman's Home Companion piece, Jared Wilkins admits illiteracy from lack of schooling. His seven year old grandson Harold asks to read a story from a new book and learns the truth through a candid exchange.
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Jared Wilkins
Harold
Rise
Sonny
Quotation From Harper’s Cites Quarrel In Court
A judge probes a prosecuting witness in a tense case asking about a quarrel with the witness. The response in dialect describes the quarrel growing worse, with a humorous aside comparing it to the ongoing legal clash.
Jean Hours In Spare Moments Quip Sparks Debate
An editor and author spar over the phrase Jean hours implying spare moments. The editor questions the term while the author defends its whimsical meaning in a manuscript. The Chicago Tribune records the exchange as a light linguistic curbler.
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Jean’ Hour
Chicago Tribune
Taft praised as next President at Virginia Republican event
The Virginia excursion featured Col. S Brown Allen praising William Howard Taft with a long tribute to his character and leadership. Also noted are various global and domestic items from pensions to naval plans and political moves.
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Baltimore
Virginia Christian College
Lynchburg
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
California
Idaho
Alaska
Judge Taft
Hot Springs
Virginia Republican
Brown Allen
Robert E. Lee
United States
William Howard Taft
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Claims
An advertisement touts PAZO OINTMENT as a remedy for piles itching bleeding protruding and blind piles asserting a cure though the text is fragmented and unclear about endorsement or efficacy.
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Rockbridge Lodge
O. FB
Odd Fellows Halls
Letcher
Paul M. Penick
Laarsaton, Vindinia
Frask Moore Notary Public
J. Preston Moone
Ate Clark Co
Court Vase & Moore
le Attorseys At Law
Lexington, Va
Franxk T. Glasac On
Yaad & White
Hue A. Wire
Attorneys-At-Law
W. P. Houston
R. R. Witt & CO. General Insurance
Old Line
M. J. Hess
Hess
Agner
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Chicago
Pittsburg
Washington T
Hagerstown & Frederick
Beulah Montgomery Hutton
Prof
Combs, Etc. Main Street
Opp
R. S. Anderson
First National Bank
Leaves and Investments
Treas
U.S
Pr.ct. R
Capital Stock Surplus Fund
Sualy T
Alcash
Bickford & Hoffman
Syracuse
Lexington, Virginia
L. G. Jahnke and Company
Iamonds
Wash Orvan
Torchon
Hamilton-Brown
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co
Hopkins
Harry Agnor
Main Street
Presbyterian
ARKH
James E. Heck
Baptist Church
Aspen
Col
Chile
Dr. Shoop
Delors
JD. Hill
Barcelona
Spain
University of Liverpool
Gorrell’s
Druy
Samuel H. Shank
Mannheim
Shoop
Gorrell
The
University of Chile
Pavie
Mualo Hall
Champs Elysees
Becme
Harper's Weekly
Aguinaldo
Manila
Negro National Political League
Taft
Mr. Bryan
Myer
Great Britain
George Fitzhugh
St. Barnabas’ Church
Curtie Bay
Lulu Virginia Frazier
Spring Grove
Venezuela
Panama
Commissioner of Pensions
Charles Critfield
Dowaglac
Mich
Senate
Burrows
Michigan
Congress
Burrowe
Alberta
Canada
Lemont
Montana
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