Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed in Lexington Ad
A Lexington resident praises Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble and backache. The testimonial from Mrs. Adams details relief after using the Buffalo made remedy sold by Gorrell's drug store. Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo, sole US agents, advertises 50 cent boxes. Remember the name Doan's.
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Lexington
Adam
Kramers
Washington St
Bays
Tle
Dean
Gorrell’s
Foster-Milburne
Buffalo
New York
Gorrell's Drug Store
Blood Balm Cure Promises Relief for Skin Diseases
An advertised remedy Botanic Blood Balm claims to purge impurities and heal blood and skin ailments including eczema and sores. The piece lists conditions it supposedly treats, price, and mailing details from Atlanta Georgia. It also references other medical ads and notices from the era.
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Express
Atlanta
Gems In Verse THE DESERT
A poem extols the desert as a sanctified land untouched by human wooing where silence, peace, and divine presence dwell. It contrasts barren hills and sea with cities of grime, inviting readers to seek quiet purity and spiritual renewal in the desert.
The Ghost Drum of Fort George at Castine
A 1779 British fort at Castine known as Fort George housed a dungeon and a drummer left to die when the fort was evacuated. Years later the drummer’s ghostly drumbeats were said to echo each April 15, though woodpeckers explained the mysterious sound.
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Bay of
Castine
Pentagoet
Fort George
Ball
Elliott
Gosselin
Halifax
New York Press
Teacher Offers Three Pennies For Smart Subtraction
A teacher, struggling with subtraction, promises three pennies to the student with the best answer. She insists items must be of the same name, giving examples like eight marbles from sixteen years as invalid. A child asks if three pence can be taken from one puree, prompting a puzzled moment.
Class In Manners In Old Time Southern Schools
A colonial era teaching method used by Alexander H Stephens father blends social rituals with greetings and introductions to curb shyness. Students practiced parlor visits, commonplace chat, and formal introductions to ease awkwardness and build confidence in young Country pupils. Meanwhile Calcutta endures a plague of green flies at autumn dusk that obscure street lamps as residents dine by candlelight in gloom.
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Alexander H. Stephens
Confederate States
Little Alexander
Louis Pendleton
the Statesman
Miss Mary
Calcutta
Curetting an Elephant and Diplomacy Anecdotes
Curretting an elephant is described as a tedious but healthful practice done every four months in captivity to remove calloused skin and dirt. The text contrasts circus elephants with wild, river-bathing elephants and notes the process is costly, time consuming, and not done in winter to avoid cold. It then presents a humorous dialogue about diplomacy from Pearson's Weekly, followed by Dr Nageli’s claim that yawning is a strong breathing exercise beneficial for throat and chest health.
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Dr. Shoop
Nageli
Tromso
Norway
Conversation of a Talkative Lady and a Deaf Guest
Lord Seaforth, born deaf and dumb, was to dine with Lord Melville. A talkative acquaintance in a drawing room pretended to converse with him through Ayers who could talk. Lord Guilforth, mistaking the situation, mimicked the chat, leading to an amusing revelation about the guest being thought dumb.
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Lord Seaforth
Lord Melville
Cost of marriage joked over by a clergyman cousin
In a Liver pool Mercury tone piece Evangeline fears the solemn step of marriage while George laughs off the worry. He boasts a clergyman cousin will marry them gratis, easing the cost of the union amid a quiet eventide setting.
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George
Evangeline
Liverpool Mercury
Dog Color Confusion Turns On Grandmother
Little Anita describes a street dog to her grandmother and, after a pause, declares the dog was “dog col os.” The exchange shows a playful misunderstanding about color. Anita affirms grandmothers’ sight, highlighting a child’s humorous take on what counts as color.
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Anita
Colos
Hyde The Youth Won't Be Asked Twice
A middle aged farmer in London accosted a serious faced youth and urged him to visit Hyde. The youth, after a moment of consideration, allowed the outing but warned he would not be asked again.
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London
Hyde
Do ste fall over here very often
A young easterner aboard a stagecoach from Silverton to Ouray grows nervous near a steep hillside. The driver, grinning and rolling tobacco, replies with a dry joke that accidents here occur “only once.”
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Silverton
Ouray
Tenderfoot
New Spanish Baby Name Sparks Theorized Answers
Wikworth asks about the baby name with a long list of possible names cited by Dawson-Harper's Weekly. The mock options include Alphonse Jean Maria Bobadi and many other Spanish sounding or European styled names, with a quip about the child having a hard time living up to it.
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Wikworth
Alphonse Jean Maria Bobadi
Herrera Castillio Farina
Pollio del Grillo
Miguel Jose Alcantara
Manuelo Paragua
Christoforo Sancho Panga
Or Gonzales Gonsalvo Hernando Diego Vilipe Huevos
Bernardo Guglielmo Paredes
San Salvador “Los Paracios
Bembo di Santiago Y
Saint Jago Fernando la Punta
Batahano
Pinar del Rio
Dawson
Harper’s Weekly
Boy corrects cow tale with bold shout
Edwin aged four studies a picture book where a fierce cow chases a boy. He erases the page and reexamines it, then rapes the oak again and proclaims triumph as he hits the cow with his fist, declaring she ain't daught him yet.
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Edwin
Noted figures spar over New York governorship and elections
Judge Alton B Parker declines New York governor bid while figures across politics react. Studies note New York City population, Virginia executions shift, and Populist aims of Jacob Coxey. Walnut harvest, Osler Oxford rector candidacy, and local Roanoke grand jury case headline a day of political and social notes.
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New York City
Jacob S. Coxey
Mt. Vernon
Washington
Thomas Watson
Norfolk
Ranji Smile
Kelat
Beluchiatan
Atlante City
William Osler
Baltimore
Oxford University
England
University of Edingburg
Oaler
Oxford
United Kingdom
Hampton
Republican National Committee
Veterans of the National Soldiers’ Home
Elizabeth City
Alexandria
Roanoke
Gregory
Mies Theodore A. Irvine
People of
Virginia
Mann
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Lexieton
Frank T. Glascoweo & White
First National Bank
Banking House, &E
Hucy A. Whites
Auttorneys-At-Law
W M. P. Houston
Louis K. Walz
North Main Street
LPM
Dr. H. MM
Main Street
Jahnke
Office Hall
N.w
Treas’ U.8
Pr.ct. R
Eeeerneeree
Pr. Ct
R. R. Witt & CO. Fire Insurance
Old Line Companies
M. J. Hess
Agner
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harper's Ferry
Chicago
Pittsburg
Hagerstown & Frederick
Beulah Montgomery Hutton
R. S. Anderson
Bickford & Huffman
Syracuse
Robinson
Hutton
Lexington, Virginia
LG. Jahnke and Company
Hamilton Oye
Rthing
Aes of
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co
Larger Nations
TMENT
Harry Agnor
James E. Heck
OPP
Baptist Church
Great West
Minneapolis
Joseph W. Hancock
Goodhue County
Minnesota
Red Wing
Gorrella Drag Store
Ambleve
Belgium
United States
Austria
St. Joachimutal
Carlsbad
Dorset
Mogland
Swarcon
Bryan
Kero
Desert
Pearson’s Weekly
Alton B. Parker
Mia
Ruesel Sage
Mise Anna Warner
Hudson
West Point
Bishop Hood
Fayetteville
N. C
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Lee Strother
Madison County
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