Dean's Kidney Pills Advertises Relief for Back Aches
A Lexington Virginia testimonial claims kidney pills ease morning back pain and restore sleep. The ad cites A B Beckwith of Main Street reporting two years of back spells improved after using Dean's Kidney Pills from Gorrell's drug store. Wooster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY is listed as sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
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Dean
Lexington
A.B. Beckwith
Main St
Gorrell’s
Wooster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Blood Balm and Restoratives Promote Health Claims
A mix of advertising copy touts Botanic Blood Balm for blood and skin diseases, plus Dr Shoop remedies for stomach, heart, kidneys, coughs, and coffee substitutes. It references military and railway notes, Moscow professors, and various patent medicines.
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Aviama
B. B
Gems In Verse PUT UP THE SWORD
A poem condemns slaughter and exploited glory. It laments bloodshed in war and sport, denounces cruelty at Moloch's court, and questions divine mercy amid famine and death. The speaker urges reflection on brotherhood and the cost of fame.
Spurious Coin Lure Warns of Counterfeit Risks
A secret service official warns that temptation toward spurious money lures honest men. The piece explains why counterfeit schemes appeal, how makers operate, risks of counterfeit and banknote fraud, and the eventual capture and punishment by government authorities. It closes with a commingled joke about a veterinary mishap and a horse owner.
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Secret Service
Uncle Sam
First Guard Duty Ensign Frees His General
A boy ensign on guard rounds outwits a superior by holding the countersign he has not learned. The general demands the password and is teased into accepting the craftily whispered counterpass, then rode away. The next day the general is reproved but the officer-in-charge jokes that the envoy is the first ensign to imprison a general.
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Robert Blakeley
Letters to Self Mail Memoirs and Wind Shifts at Church
A hotel clerk recalls guests writing notes to themselves to seem important, explaining a memory aid habit by a man with poor recall. A Mount Zion chapel sermon ends with the pastor requesting the east windows be closed as wind shifts, stressing debt and family concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mount Zion Chapel
Brudder Wilding
Tommy Questions Aunts and Future Kin in Humorous Exchange
A short quip from a Woman's Home Companion comic humor features Tommy asking his father if little sister Gladys will be an aunt to his future children. The father affirms and Tommy explains he does not want aunts causing trouble at his home.
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University of Moscow
Russia
Dootchakova
Zarieh
Tommy
Gladys
Commons
John W. Kern
Hote Court
Fineagtle
Kern
Roanoke
Engle
Daleville
Louisiana Purchase Price and Rationale in Napoleonic Era
The price for the Louisiana territory was 60,000,000 francs or 80,000,000 dollars, including spoliation claims. Napoleon sold to raise money, prevent English control, and because Americans seemed bound to dominate the region eventually.
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Louisiana
England
Tailor and Lawyer Swap Shrewd Bill Jab
A young lawyer, hard pressed by unpaid debts, agrees with a tailor to settle a bill by charging six dollars fifty cents as the difference to reach seventy four ninety. The tailor pays up and the lawyer threatens legal action if noon passes without payment. He leaves the tailor astonished at the clever gambit.
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Huarper’s Weekly
Cornerstone laid for new Fredericksburg public school
The cornerstone for a new Fredericksburg public school building was laid last Wednesday, with the project estimated near forty thousand dollars. Other items note Roanoke Circuit Court divorces, New York gubernatorial nomination, Judge Taft’s western itinerary, and Prohibition outcomes in Pulaski and Abingdon.
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Fredericksburg
Circuit Court of
Roanoke
New York
L. S. Chanler
Hughes
Taft
North
Denver
Pulaski
Abingdon
Virginia
Journal of the American Medical Association
Philip Krats
Evaneville
Ind
Augustus Walker
Woodstock
Valley
Admiral Speery
United States
Rappahannock
Bible Riddle Reshapes Preacher's Lesson
A university preacher faced a prank by undergraduates who pasted Bible pages to know his reading plan. He unexpectedly read a verse about Noah’s wife and a bizarre measurement, remarking that people are fearfully and wonderfully made.
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Noah
Penny in the crack leads to bold plan
A man drops a penny in a board walk crack and searches with a wire. Frustrated, he goes home. The next morning he returns with a quarter, explaining he will drop it in to make the effort worthwhile, sparking a surprised greeting from a friend.
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Joe
Lawyer Earns Illusive Fee From Debt Collection Trick
A man reports paying £5 to a lawyer for collection. The lawyer claims £10 in fees, having credited the £5, and says the extra £5 settles not a debt but the gain of justice, while the claimant gains moral satisfaction from pursuing a dishonest debtor.
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London Express
Little Mary Curses at Kitten and Learns a Lesson
A young girl, Mary, adores a kitten and is scratched. She blurts a rude phrase and is punished by washing her mouth with soap. The next day she repeats the insult, proving she did not forget the lesson.
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Mary
Peacemaker Calms Quarrel Over Difference of Opinion
A peacemaker intervenes as two men duel verbally over insults. One accuses the other of theft while the second calls him lazy. The mediator remains calm and suggests both may be right, choosing peace over further conflict.
PAZO OINTMENT Aids Piles Claim Refund Offer
Druggists are authorized to refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure within twelve days. The notice promises no risk to buyers and outlines the refund policy with specific terms and conditions.
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Reenleef D. Letcher
Arrorney At Law
Lexington, VA
Paael M. Penice
Laarseton, Vinginia
Notary Public
Frask Moone Notary Public
J. Preston Moons
Cate
Court Core & Moore
Arrorneys At Law
Lexixeron
Attorneys-At- Law
P. Houston
Louis K. Walz
North Main
Lym
Pew
Post Office
H. N. Quisenberry
North Main Street
Jahnke
Lexington Hotel
Bam
R. R. Witt & CO. General Fire Insurance
Old Line Companies
M. J. Hess
Sey
Agnor’e Store
Main Street
Baltimore & Ohio
R.R
WNT Lexington
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Charlestown
Harper's Ferry
Chicago
Pittsburg
Washington
Baltimore
Hagerstg Vx & Frederick
A. B. Beckwith & CO
R. S. Anderson
Foley
Reiving
J. ED
Deaver
N. Main Street
Mr. 8
Hutchinson
Court House
Bickford & Huffman
Syracuse
Lexington, Virginia
Misses C. & R. Sterbenk
West Nelson Street
Main
Ake
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co
W. Harry Agnor
James E. Heck
OPP
Baptist Church
Fujiyama
Shopp
Gorrells Drug Store
Sinpu Railway
Tientsin
Yangtze
Dr. Shoop
Slade
Gorrell’s Drug Store
Europe
Dr. Shoep
Gorrell
Adelabarg
Trieste
Burdock Bioon
Dr. Fahrrey
Fame
Moloch
Astrakhan
Hell
Cain
Pat
Thomas Radford
Adams Express Company
Covington
Alleghany
Richmond
United States Court of Appeal
J. C. Pritchard
Fee of Fleischmann Company
South Carolina
Secretary of the Treasury
Wee
Custom House
Treasury
New England
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Brunswick
Shevandoal Tribe
W. Va
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