Advertisements and notices from Che Gazette page
Co. M. Fry offers sales on a gale with farm items. J. Ed Deaver advertises new fall clothing. R. R. Witt issues an order of publication. W. T. Shields markets a valuable farm for sale. Weinbergs promotes millinery and school shoes. J. W. McClung, insurance agent and accountant. Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co introduces new goods at old prices. W. Harry Aguor offers full lines of general merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. M
Weinbergs
J. W. McClung
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co
W. Harry Aguor
Dr King’s New Discovery For Cough And Lung Remedy
Mrs R Pierson of Auburn Centre Pa praises Dr King’s New Discovery as a lasting healer of throat and lung troubles. The remedy is sold at B N Gorrell’s drug store 500 priced at $1.00 with a free trial bottle offered.
Dandy Dixie Minstrels Gather Big Night at Henry Street
The Dandy Dixie Minstrels directed by Voelckel and Nolan come to Henry Street Opera House Friday night September 11. It is billed as one of the most successful colored minstrel shows and boasts high public approval. The company claims historic prestige as the first colored troupe to perform in the two million dollar New York Theatre built by Oscar Hammerstein and owned by Klaw and Erlanger, and to play at Manhattan Beach Theatre in New York attracting elite audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voelckel & Nolan
Henry St. Opera House
New York
Oscar Hammmerstein
Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger
Best of all medicines says Sliver City man
C M Harden of Sliver City North Carolina praises Electric Bitters for stomach liver and kidney troubles aches weakness and chills malaria and says it is the best medicine. Sold under guarantee at B H Gorrells drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Harden
Sliver City
North Carolina
Mr. Harden
B. H. Gorrell
Unclaimed Letters at Lexington Office Week Ending Sept 1908
The weekly list shows Nash Elliott and Sally Potatoes along with Persons calling for these letters. Advertisers are asked to mention the notice and the Lexington post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Nash
Elliott
Potatoes
Sally
McAune
P. li
Passed Examination Successfully After Foley Kidney Remedy
James Donahue of New Briton Connecticut reports success with Foley's Kidney Remedy after standard treatments failed. He states after two bottles improvement appeared and five bottles cured him, enabling a life insurance exam to pass. The advertisement asserts Foley's remedy cures backache and all kidney troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Donahue
New Briton
Conn
Foley
B. H. Gorrell
Randolph St. M. E. Church Fall Jubilee
The Randolph Street Methodist Church will host a fall jubilee on September 22 23 24 and 25 with a opening lecture by Dr D W Shaw. Lectures by Dr Charles Manly Rev William S Hammord and Dr J D Carrothers follow. The Searchlight Club will sponsor a banquet on the opening evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph St. M. E. Church
D. W. Shaw
Charles Manly
William S. Hammord
J. D. Carrothers
Searchlight Club
Household remedy cited for colds and catarrh
The piece touts a trusted home medicine used in thousands of homes to relieve head cold symptoms promptly and prevent progression to chronic catarrh. It also notes local civic formalities with Rev. J J Coiner gaining rights to preside at marriages. W B Poindexter becomes justice of the peace for Natural Bridge district, replacing J M Peery. J W Burger named notary public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Coiner
Luttheran Church
W. B. Poindexter
Natural Bridge
J. M. Peery
J.W. Burger
What Shall We Have for Dessert Jell O
A vintage advertisement extols Jell O as a tasty economical dessert. It claims instant preparation by adding boiling water and cooling, notes seven flavors and broad grocer availability, and asserts compliance with Pure Food Laws.
Death of William Parrington Waddell in Lexington
William Parrington Waddell died in September 1908 at his parents home in Lexington from typhoid fever. His funeral was held Saturday afternoon conducted by Rev. Dr. Alfred T. Graham and he was buried in Lexington Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadpvell
Lexington
William Parrington Waddell
Sirmonths
Hartington Waddell
Alfred T Graham
L. & M. Pure Paint Self Mix Offer
McCrum Drug Co and L. & M. Paint Agents promote a quick mix method. Buy 4 gallons L. & M. PURE PAINT at $1.75 per gallon and linseed oil at 00 cents per gallon, mix 4 gallons paint with 3 gallons oil to yield 7 gallons at $1.20 per gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCrum Drug Co
Lexington
H. L. Gilkerson
Buena Vista
When Trifles Become Troubles
If any person suspects their kidneys are deranged they should take Foley's Kidney Remedy at once and not risk Bright's disease or diabetes. Delay gives the disease a stronger foothold and you should not by taking Foley's Kidney Remedy. B. H. Gorrel. Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Bright
B. H. Gorrel
Foley's Honey and Tar touted for asthma relief
Foley's Honey and Tar offers immediate relief to asthma sufferers in severe stages and may cure if taken early. Druggist B. H. Gorrell promotes Foley's Urino Laxative as a mild, non-gripe, pleasant remedy improved over past laxatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
B. H. Gorrell
H. Gorrell
Local social notes from Staunton and Lexington region
Mr G D Letcher attends court in Staunton while Mrs G W Bare visits friends in Raphine with her son Eugene. Charlottesville guests include Mrs G W Savin and children staying with Mrs Jesse M Arthur. Mrs Thomas S Reynolds and child return from Augusta county. Irwin & Co staff shop in northern cities for fall stock. Isaac Weinberg and spouse return from Braddock Heights Maryland. J M Adair travels to New York to buy fall goods. Miss Margaret M Withrow to open private school September 15 on Main Street. Clergy schedule notes Rev J E Booker at Falling Spring and Glasgow churches. Rev J R Andrew to preach at Trinity next Sunday with quarterly conference. Postmaster Patton and others attend Virginia Rural Letter Carriers convention in Lynchburg. Town laments J F Myers retirement as chief of police. W L Siler visits Lexington from Sedgwick Kansas. Misses Sterbenk postpone millinery parlor opening to September 14–16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Letcher
Staunton
G. W. Bare
Eugene
Raphine
G. W. Savin
Charlottesville
Jesse M. Arthur
Thomass. Reynolds
Little Con
Augusta County
Isaac Weinberg
Braddock Heights
Maryland
J. McD
Adair
New York
Margaret M. Withrow
Main Street
J. E. Booker
Falling Spring Presbyterian Church
Glasgow Presbyterian Church
J. R. Andrew
Roanoke
Trinity Methodist Church
McClung Patton
J. M. Withrow
B. Conner
Associaton
Lynchburg
Virginia
J. F. Myers
Myers
W. L. Siler
Sedgwick
Kansas
Rockbridge
Lexington
E. L. Conner
Bryan and Kern Club Holds Notable Opera House Meeting
An attentive audience at the Bryan and Kern Club gathered at the opera house last night. The program featured phonographic renditions of William Jennings Bryan speeches and a keynote address by Hon. H. St. George Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Bryan and Kern Club
William Jennings Bryan
H. St. George Tucker
Bryan
Greenlee D. Letcher
Bryan-Kern Flood Club
Lexington
Flood
T. 8. Burwell
Baltimore Sur
M.j.heys
Virginia State Christian Endeavor Union Convention
The annual convention will be held with the Presbyterian church in Buena Vista for three days from 4 to night and closing Friday night. Speakers include William Shaw of Boston James Howe of Washington and Lee University L V Schermerborn of Chicago B E Wellford of Newport News Lula Philips of Richmond and several pastors from Staunton Shenandoah Roanoke Alexandria Petersburg and New Monmouth. Buena Vieja is expected to prove a hospitable convention city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia State Christian Endeavor Union
Buena Vista
William Shaw
Boston
Mass
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Jas. Lewis Howe
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
L. V. Schermerborn
Chicago, Il
BE. L
Augusta Baptist Association
Baptist Church
Augusta Association
Rockbridge
Augusta
Shenandoah
Rockingham
Botetourt
Charles Manly
C. F. Gregory
Staunton
W. E. Hutcher
Fork Union Academy
J. M. Pilcher
Petersburg
W. T. Handley
Covington
George E. Davis
Clifton Forge
State Christian Endeavor
Presbyterian Church
Meesré
Jacob
Roy Jones
Royal
Beptial Church
Jacob Jones
Burns
Labor Dey
Banka
Pose
W. H. D. Harper
W. N. Seay
Monroe
T. KE. Lacy
Southern Seminary
H.R. M
Bethel Methodist Church to Be Dedicated Next Sunday
Bethel Methodist Episcopal South on the Lexington and Covington turnpike will be dedicated next Sunday afternoon September 18 with services at 8 30 led by Rev J R Andrew presiding elder of the Roanoke district. Rev G W Staples is pastor of the new church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Lexington and Covington
J. R. Andrew
Roanoke
G. W. Staples
Labor Day Observed in Lexington Banks and Post Office Closed
Labor Day was observed in Lexington on Monday with banks closed and post office hours limited. Some residents traveled to Staunton for the city’s exercises while Trinity Methodist Church held a Glasgow picnic last Friday with a fine day overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexlington
Lexington
Staunton
Trinity Methodist Church
Glasgow
Night Police Chief Walker Elected Amid Mayor’s Opposition
Lexington town council elected night police officer J W Walker as chief of police for three months at 50 per month after Mayor Kennedy urged postponement and opposed Walker. Succeeding Myers who asked not to be named, other town officers were reappointed or set with new salaries. Fines from August totaled 127.34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Walker
Lexington
Kennedy
Myera
Campbell
Deaver
Hutton
Pole
Rhodes
Irwin
Myers
Wade
Plesaa
Walker
S. M. Lindsay
Mesere
E. M. Pendleton
J. W. Moore
A. P. Wade
A. W.warner
T. P. Wille
Robert Gissgow
C. K. Deaver
J. Hesse
James Kenny
Finance Committee
Moore
Colored Couple Marries in Lexington Yard Ceremony
The wedding of Dr. Alfred William Pleas ante and Miss Sarah Hoffman drew notable local interest. The ceremony for the Lexington couple occurred yesterday afternoon at the bride's home at five o'clock with ministers Rev. W. T. Johnson and Rev. J. L. Brown officiating. Attendants included Miss Rosalia Edmondson and W. L. Price. Addison Hoffman gave the bride away. The bride had long been a teacher in the Lexington colored schools and the groom is a Lexington physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred William Pleasante
Sarah Hoffman
W. T. Johnson
D. D
Richmond
J. L. Brown
Rosalia Edmondson
W. L. Price
Addison Hoffman
Lexington
Colored Schools
Virginia Military Institute Opens to Old Cadets Today
The Virginia Military Institute will formally open today to old cadets with many in town. As of yesterday afternoon 186 new cadets had reported, the largest to date in years and eight more than last year's total for new men. Several liquor appeal cases from the Mayor's court are being tried in the Circuit Court this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Military Institute
Mayor's Court
Tragic Burns Claim Child Margaret Humphries
Margaret Humphries aged 12 of Washington DC died from burns suffered while toasting bread at a Taylor home in Northwest Washington. Her funeral was held in Lexington with interment in Lexington cemetery. family members and friends from Lynchburg Roanoke and Charlotte attended. Also noted: Mr Benjamin Smith Preston of Atlanta died of typhoid fever. his funeral was in Lexington with burial there. He was 22 and formerly with the Atlanta Georgian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Virginia Humphries
Edwin C. R. Humphries
Washington, D. C
Lexington
Daniel M. Reilly
Washington and
Randolph Streets
W. Cosby Bell
K. K. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church
Lexington Cemetery
Misser Imogene
Kathryn Humphries
Latham Humphries
Peyton R.taylor
George B. Gallagher
Washington
John A. Humphries
Lynchburg
Humphries
Margaret
Margaret Taylor
George Washington University Hospital
Avfferer
Benjamin Smith Preston
Atlanta
Presbyterian Church
Alfred T. Graham
J. R. Howerton
Edmund Randolph Preston
Charlotte
N. C
Preston
J. Preston Allan
William Allan
Robert Glaegow
John A. Preston
Washington and Lee University
Atlanta Georgian
Evangelistic services praised by Rockbridge pastor
Leon T. Preserv lauds Rev. Dr. W. W. Orr of Charlotte for two weeks of evangelistic meetings at Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church. He reports over 100 souls regenerated with remarkable discipline and widespread praise from attendees and neighboring churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epston
Rockbridge
Timber Ridge
W. W. Orr
Charlotte
N. C
South
Dr. Orr
United States
Orr
Stone Church
Leon T. Preserv
A. R. P. Church
Fourth annual convention of South River District Sunday School Association
The fourth annual convention will be held at Mt Hope Methodist Church Ra Phine on Wednesday September 10 with morning and afternoon sessions. Devotional services led by J A Parker and A E Fultz. addresses by J M Shreckhise Leon T Pressly and J A Trostle. reports by C A Wiseman. election of officers. discussion on a Home Department. noon social and dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South River District Sunday School Association
Mt. Hope Methodist Church
Raphine
J. A. Parker
J. M. Shreckhise
Leon Ti’. Pressly
A. E. Fultz
J. A. Trostle
C. A. Wiseman
Golf State League meet in Richmond. Lexington participants named
The second Golf State League meet took place in Richmond on Monday. Lexington players listed include Prof. H. D. Campbell Menera W S Hopkine J W McClung W M McElwee 8 G Pettigrew and B E Vaughan. The Mary Custis Lee Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy will hold a called meeting Friday at 5 PM in Jackson Memorial Hospital. Final baby show plans for September discussed. full meeting requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Lexington
H. D. Campbell
Menera
W.S. Hopkine
J. W. McClung
W.M. McElwee
G. Pettigrew
B. E. Vaughan
Mary Custis Lee Chapter
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Jackson Memorial Hospital
The Dandy Dixie Minstrels at Henry Street Opera House
The Dandy Dixie Minstrels will appear at Henry St Opera House next Friday Sept 11. The act bills itself as the premier real colored minstrel show praised by the New York Herald and New Orleans Picayune and described by Dallas Daily Times Herald as packed with applause and vibrant performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon
New York Herald
New
Orleano Picayune
Crescent City
Dallas Daily Times Herald
Sons
Henry St. Opera House
Local Gilmoke Mints Visit and Health Ad Notice
Garett Correspondence notes social visits from Mrs william Hamilton and children at Waugh Virginia and others visiting Gilmore’s Mill and Dinkin West Virginia. An ad promotes Helllater’s Rocky Mountain Ten to cure constipation and indigestion priced 35 cents for tea or tablets by H Gorrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmoke
William Hamilton
James Hamilton
Waugh
Helllater
Rocky Mountain
H. Gorrell
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Che Gazette
Leximoron
Dandy
Dixie Minstrels
Ely
Circuit Court
W. P. Irwin
Irwin & Co
Sterbenk
Bryan-Kern
Christian Endeavor Convention
Lexington School Board
W. R. Beeton
Lower Main Street
Little Margaret Humphries
Ben Smith Preston
Public School of
Washington Street
Gorrell
Dean
South River S. 5
the Dandy Dixie Minstrel
James River
Garett
Bettie F. Burke
Frances
Sherwood
Starke Braford
Gilmore's Mill
J. Stoner
Dinkin
W. Va
John Kennedy
Greenville
M. W. Barger
Marshall Burks
Griffis
Washington, D.C
Hr. A. Ogden
Rucker
Rocky Point
A. F. Kennedy
Gilmore Mills
Ox Byer
R.S. Bruce
Houston Street
M. A
Moses Brothers
Moses Bros
North Main Street
Jahnke
Lexington Hotel
Omle
Hay Presses
Whitman Hay Press
Shenandoah Valley
J. A. Wise
Harrisonburg
Garber & Garber
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
Lexington Produce Market
Lerlocton, Va
Hamas
Strain & Patton
Lexington, Virginia
Oxford Shoes
Opp
the Bank
Bank of Rockbridge
TNOW
Red Cross
Ada
the Style Shop
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