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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1908
Page
4
Advertisement touts Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure for lame back kidney liver and bladder troubles. It offers a free sample by mail and a book to readers of the newspaper with the company address in Binghamton New York and notes regular bottle prices.
A Philadelphia Ledger item advises a practical joke for picnics. It suggests mixing oil and vinegar in one bottle, then pouring oil by tilting and vinegar by inverting the bottle to produce a mixed, unsteady pour and cause humorous confusion among friends.
A Chicago News item explains a Mexican plant with fleshy cactuslike leaves that yield a ready to use needle. By pushing the leaf, loosening the cover, and pulling, a thread is twisted from the fibers. The air hardens the fiber and a thread may bear five pounds.
Folklore from Essex notes a left twin may heal a thrush by three mouth blows to a patient of opposite sex. Other notions claim a boy girl twin will never have a mother, and twins’ intelligence is often doubted though proof is lacking. Physical strength may be reduced.
Dr Bigwig accuses Bates of thrashing a pupil after a letter from the boy’s father claims Bates attacked Johnson. The class holds as the master probes the truth and seeks justification before students. Johnson admits Billy Beauchamp acted, father relayed the claim.
The lesson summarizes David's flight to Achish king of Gath, his year and four months there, the attack on Ziklag by the Amalekites, David's distress and his encouragement in the Lord, and the broader theme of divine forgiveness and trust amid defeat. It reflects on Saul, Jonathan, and the need to love the sinner while hating sin.
The article portrays Japanese grain farming as flat or terraced, with rectangular fields in broad valleys and mosaic color from barley and rice. It notes windiness, early barley and wheat harvests, and careful individual yield tending, plus traditional knife-cut harvesting methods.
Up to Date Farming argues against mail order houses highlighting harms to local retailers, jobs, land value, and community growth. It warns low quality, seconds, and delayed delivery from distant sellers and urges buying locally to sustain farmers, merchants, and local enterprises.
The text explains planting a secondary set of trees for rapid shade, recommending eucalyptus. With proper watering in year one, shade appears by year two, forming a young forest by year three. By year five removals begin, and by year ten no trees should remain, yielding permanent landscape effects.
A giant elm rooted in a primeval forest near Kansas City remains in place as streets and grading altered the land. An areaway brick surround and grate were built to preserve the tree at its original level amid new surrounding structures.
Jemima, a substitute hired by Mrs Millsap with little kitchen experience, learns quickly and gives a week's notice. She explains she has found a job offering five dollars a week from the start. She mentions a younger sister willing to work for three dollars weekly until trained.
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