Fraternal Lodges Meet Weekly Across Local Halls
Observers note several lodges with regular meeting nights at local halls. Tanerty Lodge No 2 Daughters of Rebekah meets Mondays at Fellows Hall. Mountain City Lodge No 67 Ancient York Masons meets first and third Mondays at Masonica Hall Natural Bridge. Royal Arcana No 1920 meets first and second Wednesdays at Odd Fellows Hall Lex Council No 179 Junior Order United American Mechanics meets Fridays at Odd Fellows Hall.
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Tanerty Lodge
Daughters O Rebekah
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Mountain City Lodge
Ancient York Masons
Masonica Hall
Natural Bridge
Vouvell
Royal Arcanum
Lex. Council
United American Mechanics
Odd Fellows Hall
All TIRED OUT Hundreds More in Lexington in the Same Plight
Lexington resident Mies Adam Kramer of Washington St. describes chronic kidney pain, dizziness, and fatigue. After trying Doan's Kidney Pills from Gorrell's drug store, she reports rapid relief and urges others to use the product sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, the U S agent.
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Lexington
Mies
Adam. Kramer
Washington St
Dean
Gorrell
Dea
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Gorrell’s Drug Store
Blood and Cures Claims Botanic Balm For Skin Ailments
An ad style compilation promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for various blood and skin diseases including eczema and sores with a $1 bottle. It also bundles other remedies from Dr Shoop and health coffee and notes admissions from markets and drugstores.
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Express
Atlanta
Gems In Verse My Dog
A poem about a loyal dog, described as frank and faithful. The speaker praises the dog for loving, honest eyes and constant companionship on country walks. The dog is a true friend who licks, wags, and watches the speaker dreamily by the road, enduring through good and ill.
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Atll
Two Rare Coins From the Time of Louis Napoleon
Numismatists examine two coins from the transition between the French republic and the second empire. One coin bears Napoleon III on the obverse and French Republic on the reverse, a symbol of abrupt political change. The other shows a love lock on the prince president’s image, leading to coinage halted after 23 pieces struck, now valued.
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Napoleon III
Napoleon
Mint
Chicago ecord-Herald
Prices in an 1851 memorandum book reveal frugal living
A Brooklyn Eagle excerpt highlights an old notebook showing travel costs from Westfield to Newark and New York to Philadelphia, washing for 28 cents a dozen, board at $10 a month, a 1.50 daguerreotype, a dress made for 37% cents, and various small items priced in quarters and cents, illustrating thrift and primitive comforts of a past era.
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Westfield
Mass
Newark
New York
Philadelphia
Congress
Agnes
Springfield
Hartford
New England
Brooklyn Eagle
Seam Across Her Forehead Becomes A First Wrinkle
A five year old muses on skin being sewn or glued. His mother, amused, admits it is one piece. He notices a seam on her forehead with a mirror revealing her first wrinkle, a moment tinged with pathos.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Flirtatious Miss Robinson Provokes Two Suitors
A humorous exchange recounts two suitors courting Miss Robinson. One threatened to leave this earth but instead ascended in his airship. The other vowed to go beneath the waves yet remained alive, revealed as a submarine lieutenant.
Youths' Behavior 1652 Addressing Tis a Kindly Tone
A fragment from a 1652 text discusses the use of thou and you between different social ranks. It notes that among familiar friends the custom varies by place and rank, with younger and better bred individuals preferring rank-appropriate forms.
Graduating Class Designs Universe Badge
In New Haven a class committee sought a jeweler to craft a badge showing a youthful graduate surveying the universe. The spokesman proposed the graduate occupy three quarters of the badge with the universe filling the remainder.
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New Haven
Sue
Dog slang and loyalty in old racing and life
The passage contrasts human memory of dogs with harsh labels like hound and dog used for insults. It notes that in horse racing the least valued horses are called dogs and laments how dogs still show steadfast love despite such names.
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Stan
Cardiff Giant hoax recounted from 1869 exposure
A farmer near Cardiff New York uncovered a supposed petrified giant that drew crowds from Syracuse and beyond. Barnum funded promotion until Professor Marsh exposed the hoax as carved stone. Hull and a Cardiff farmer orchestrated the scheme and buried the statue after shipments from Fort Dodge to Chicago. Similar Australian hoax followed decades later.
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Onondaga Valley
New York State
Cardiff
Syracuse
Barnum
Marsh
Ale
Hull
Fort Dodge
Chicago
Binghamton
Australia
Millionaire And Suitor Debate A Daughter’s Hand
In Baltimore a comic dialogue unfolds between an unnamed American millionaire and a rustic duke seeking to marry his daughter. The millionaire insists on introductions and love, while the duke notes an insurmountable obstacle, prompting the suitor to press ahead.
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Duke
Swettson Wins Five Pounds in Bet Shock
Seaver mocks Swettson for his smile while Weaver reveals Swettson won £5 on a bet. Seaver scoffs at the wager saying any child with a whistle would know it would fail. Weaver blurts Swettson won the money from him in a brash exchange.
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Seaver
Swettson
Weaver
Asa
London
Beehive Honey Trick Requires Breathing Hold
A curious claim describes filching honey by suppressing breath to avoid stings. It suggests even a hornet would fail to harm a person who stops breathing briefly, allowing one to handle the insect without injury.
Banzai word traced to Tokyo scholar and 1892 origin
The term Banzai came from the imperial university of Tokyo around 1892. Dr Shigeno, a leading Japanese literature expert, coined it as a Japanese equivalent to Hurrah. It spread worldwide as a brief form of congratulations.
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London Notes and Queries
Imperial University of Tokyo
Shigeno
Bright tobacco growers mobilize against Tobacco Trust
A Danville district surge of tobacco growers unites to fight the Tobacco Trust as farmers plan mobilization efforts to protect earnings and independence. The campaign highlights regional tensions over pricing, supply, and market control.
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Bright Tobacco
Danville
Tobacco Trust
Russell Sage Fund
Nicholas Longworth
Kermit Roosevelt
Big Geome
Africa
Navy
New York
Richmond
Pine Beach
Virginia
Federal
Montgomery
Ala
Berryville
Charlee Carr
Guaranteed Cure for Piles with PAZO OINTMENT
Advertising copy claims PAZO OINTMENT cures piles within six to ten days or money back. It promises relief from itching swelling bleeding and protruding piles with a druggist authorization for refunds.
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Rockbridge Lodge
Lexington Lodge
K. of P
Reenlee D. Letcher
Arrorsey At Law
Lexington, VA
Ye M. Penice
Arronsey At Law
Leamoros, Virginia
Frank Moone
J. Prestos Moone
Cate
Courtspoore & Moore
Arrorneye
At Law
FrRanké T. Glasgow
Glascow & White
Huow A. Wairs
Attorypys-At-Law
W. P. Houston
R. R.witt & CO. General Fire Insurance
Old Line Companies
M. J. Hess
Mr. J. Hess
Aguor's
Main Street
Baltimore & Oho R. R
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harper’s Ferry
Pittsburg
Washingston
Baltimore
Hagerstown & Frederick
Beulah Montgomery Hutton
R. S. Anderson
Foley Shoney
First National Bank
Banking House, &E
I Treasur U
Pr.ct. R. Fund
Bickford & Hoffman
Lexington, Virginia
L. G. Jahnke and Company
Hamilton-Brown
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co
Hopkins
W. Harry Agnor
Presbyterian
James E. Heck
Baptist Church
Japan
Gorrells Drug Store
Bernard
Kan
Josman
Dew
Dr. Shoop
England
le Creusot
St. Etienne
France
Peking
Municipal Board
Great Britain
Europe
Dr. Fahrney
Louis Napoleon
China
Sun
Moon
Duplan
Josephine
Marie Louise
Morriage
God Save the King
THE
Banzai
Frederick County
Cross Roads
Lakeview
Clarke County
Ike
Swamp
N. J
Mercer County
Norfolk
Burt Shoe Company
New York Clothing Company
L. H. Whitebures
D. W. Parry
Indianapolis
Association of Manufacturers
Taft
Fowler
Vermont
Mack
Democratic National Committee
John Walter Smith
Maryland
Bryan
Richard Croker
David B. Hill
Kern
W. J. Connere
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