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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
4
Paris authorities introduce a two dollar annual tax on two legged dogs and require owners to declare them. Concierges deny their existence to evade the tax while officers hire men who bark at night to locate addresses for tax collection. The scheme provides earnings for artists seeking work.
A dozen hens were jailed in Lyne county for safekeeping until their owner could be located. An egg left in the jail yolk contained a quarter of a dollar. A negro with hens in a sack was arrested and the hens kept until the owner surfaced. The jailer later found the egg broken with the quarter inside.
A Nedmond housekeeper recalls Aunt Cecilia Cromwell a longtime local character. The old woman had vanished from the area for months then reappeared while the mistress notes Aunt Cecilia is washing and quips about losing her taste for work after a long absence.
A Scots tailor and an Irishman once debated four acree and agreed on a fistfight to a finish with the loser shouting sufficiency. The Scotsman struggles to recall the word while the bout ends in triumph. Separately, an expedition led by George M. Boynton will survey the southern Amogan River watershed between the fourth and tenth parallels. Boynton’s prior work earns him honorary membership in the Royal Geographical Society.
German researchers after extensive study conclude that bacteria are the chief enemies in preserving valuable books and manuscripts. Their findings highlight microbial effects on paper fibers and suggest measures to prevent deterioration.
A Washington woman credits stopping coffee and adopting Postum with lifting her near fatal nervous condition. She reports calmer nerves, restored energy, and renewed ability to perform housework and care for family after years of illness.
Franklin K. Lane of the Interstate Commerce Commission responds to James J. Hill’s New York interview. Lane cautions against painting railroads as failing and cites modest gains in freight and passenger receipts and net revenues per mile, arguing that credit should be upheld and optimism tempered. Lane notes monthly receipts per mile in seven months exceed the 1904-05 year and that 1906-07 marked a high water point.
Chicago reports railroad leaders urge immediate recruitment of 300000 workers within sixty days to repair tracks bridges and shops. Wages range from 1 50 to 2 50 daily with board and transport. Railroads aim to employ Americans replacing diverse immigrant labor now spread across regions.
President directs Justice to bring a test case after May 1 as Supreme Court weighs the commodity clause. Railroads avoiding prosecution pending the decision aim to comply if the court rules against them, following Western Maryland’s receivership prompted by the clause.
Coroner's jury finds Police Chief George M. Shippy and driver J. F. Foley justified in killing Lazarus Averbuch after he attacked the chief at his home. More than twenty witnesses testified including Averbuch's sister and the chief's son Harry who is wounded.
Social brief items note Paderewski's wife paying 37500 for four live chickens. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish touted as New York's top woman bridge player. King Victor Emmanuel wishes Miss Elkins receive no dowry. Mrs. Sage granted an appeal by little girls and returned a boy to his father in an apparent domestic vignette.
A mass movement of Polish workers faces a ten percent wage cut in Chicopee and Holyoke mills in Springfield Massachusetts. Four days of work weekly at reduced pay will not cover living costs, with steamship agents reporting full outflow bookings for six weeks ahead.
Coach Courtney of the Cornell Varsity crew reports a new rowing standout BW. A. Stevens, a junior from the College of Law, as the team eyes renewed public interest in sport afloat. An error fragment notes an abolition announcement but lacks detail.
The weekly review notes pig iron sales at lower figures since the decline began though nominal quotations hold. Furnaces stockpiling make concessions. finishing mills seek raw material, boosting pig iron tonnage to over half steel capacity. Demand strongest for tin plate with railways subdued. rails show small orders. Fall buying soft in woolen goods while toowear demand wanes. Boston leather market active in unions but lower prices for light weights. Exports rise with shipments three to four times recent levels. hides improve in activity and price with some gains.
Grain and livestock quotes show New York spot firm for No 2 red wheat at 1.00 f o b afloat and other cereals steady to dull with varied bids. Butter and eggs hold firm, poultry values mixed. Baltimore and Philadelphia report broader price activity across wheat corn oats rye butter and poultry with multiple contracts and delivery months noted.
New York receipts show cattle steady to weak by sector with hogs steady to nominally weak and sheep and lambs steady to lower. Cattle prices range from 3.40 to 7.40 per hundredweight, hogs from 5.00 to 6.30, and sheep and lambs from 4.50 to 8.00. The Premier diamond mine will cut output by 18 percent, about 30 000 carats monthly, after an agreement with De Beers.
A provision merchant in England claims to feed horses without human presence using a Lees contrivance. A clock in a stable office triggers a weight to release corn into the manger, prompting horses to rise at alarm time and be ready for shafts at 7 or 8. The method also avoids placing horses in shafts before breakfast digestion.
A set of misread and humorous vocabulary and translation errors from exams includes equating The Complete Angler to Euclid, mis-spellings like Wellesleyan chapel, wrong gender forms, and literal interpretations of phrases such as Amatory verses and Income as a tax, reflecting student confusion with language. The list illustrates how foreign phrases and puns create comic misunderstandings.
The passage lists curious marsh dwellers and forest edge creatures in South America north of the pampas. It mentions the ceratophryds, capybara, coypu, tapir, jaguar, puma, anaconda, armadillos, jucanas, and the great jabiru stork observed in lagoons. It notes their varied behaviors and habitats along marsh margins and floating leaves habitats.
Senator Bob Taylor of Tennessee recounts a letter from a Missouri state convict relative asking him to release kin. He notes he forwarded it to Missouri's governor with a sharp reply and says the prisoner later gained freedom, though he does not know how.
A theatergoer praises a revival of a long past Greek playwright's work. They admire the quaint staging, flowing gowns and sandals, and the stately language, noting the author as Erysipelas in a humorous misnomer.
An article advises careful paint application using National Lead Company's white lead and linseed oil for durable work and mentions a testing outfit offered by the National Lead Company. It also reports the Royal Northwest Mounted Police completing an 8 foot trail from Peace River through the Rockies to the Yukon creating a Canada only route from Edmonton to Dawson.
A dated mix of medical ads and museum notes notes Dr Kline's Nerve Restorer and Catarrh Cure claims, with testimonials about F J Caener Co Toledo and references to Washington relics. Includes a line about Austria producing many skaters.
A man from Milan Missouri describes years of itching and a leg outbreak linked to blood poisoning. After three doctors failed, Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent cured the rash and prevented further issues, with a later leg breakout healed after three uses. May 13, 1907.
Holland reports ten thousand one hundred windmills each draining about three hundred ten acres of land.
An assortment of old time patent medicine ads mentions Brown's Bronchial Troches for asthma relief, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, a claim about soap consumption in India, Leotard's Sanitary Lotion for itching, and a generic note that products never fail at druggists. The tone mirrors period advertisements.
John Armstrong of Cloverport Kentucky describes years of kidney illness backache and swollen limbs. After using Deans Kidney Pills he reports strong recovery and credits the medicine, sold by all dealers for 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The Aged Parent laments his limited intellect yet gains reassurance from friends who claim he uniquely earns the family soup and sa'ad. The dialogue highlights family dynamics, wit, and a playful age satire from a Puck piece.
A cryptic note indicates a reduction from eight to seven in a sequence described as eight to busta No. The fragment references a weekly context and implies a tally change or counting adjustment within a short item.
A citizen notes a reduced focus on graft in public affairs and calls it favorable. Senator Wadd remarks that public matters are becoming too exposed, reflecting a shift in tone toward greater secrecy.
A telegraph operator misread a minister’s telegram to a conference altering Acts xxii to Acts xxiii. The conference found the misprint in scripture, while Archibald W Willard painted The Spirit of 76 as a part time carriage painter. A French warning warns walkers off a hazel wood where venomous snakes abound.
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