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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
4
The article compares vision across cultures noting Eskimos and Arabs detect distant objects on snow and desert plains. It claims Norwegians among civilized peoples have particularly keen eyesight, linking vast barren lands with sharper sight due to fewer obstacles.
Howard laments risky learning as Harold points to the visible bumps on his head after attempting roller skating. The exchange humorously frames a novice’s misadventure and cautions about inexperience.
A quippy exchange has a father asking his son what he thinks a loafing youth is preparing for in life. The boy replies with a humorous answer that he would become a policeman.
Discouraged golfer vents that he is the worst player, while Daddie retorts that worse players exist but they do not play. The exchange captures a light banter about skill and confidence.
Fragmentary report mentions Richard Savage in Bristol debtor’s prison, Chatterton’s death at eighteen, a 1906 gold production shortfall of two million dollars, labor strife, suffragettes in London, and battleship work amid burned hillsides.
Miss Adah Pratt, 1437 Irving St Washington, wed B Franklin Hoover of Philadelphia, the first man she met after living in a community that taught marriage was a sin. Hoover, a hotel clerk, wooed her after a long period of isolation from men. The ceremony was by Rev J B G Pidge at the Fourth Baptist Church parsonage.
Norfolk Va Indications are that men will be aboard the monitor Florida when it is used as a target for a twelve inch gun fire test in two or three weeks. An observation tower is being built from the stern to observe effects of the fire. A twelve inch gun from the turret has a stub installed to be fired at. A heavy armor plate and a bullet head are added to prevent sinking if struck.
Los Angeles General Superintendent C B Weaver says all Christians on the construction crew for the new Y M C A building have been discharged. He claims non Christians perform 25 percent more work and that initial Christians failed to deliver.
A fragment notes the Spinners Association forming a committee to control cotton plans amid hurdles in Mississippi Delta real estate. It mentions a visit by a U S agent and references a previous postal telegraph rule.
London officials approve the County Hall project on the Thames at Westminster with a seven year construction timeline. Architect Ralph Knott, 29, rose from obscurity to win the commission. his fees are about 200000 dollars of the seven million dollar project cost.
Bradstreet reports easier retail trade overall yet sections suffer from unfavorable weather. Collections improve slightly at some centers. jobber orders fill in a bit. Industry signals remain weak with iron and steel down and early 1908 trade disappointing. Building expenditures fall 40 percent in Q1, curtailing materials demand. U S weekly business failures total 261, up from prior periods. Wheat exports from U S and Canada reach 2,470,177 bushels, down from last year’s level.
New York reports firm spot and futures for wheat corn and oats with varied bids and afloat levels, including No 2 red at 1.00 to 1.08 for f o b. Notes on butter eggs and poultry prices. Philadelphia shows steady wheat and corn spreads, steady oats and butter ranges. Baltimore lists steady flour and wheat with mixed grain futures and by grade prices.
New York receipts show firm live cattle at 134 1/4 to 134 1/2 cents per pound with calves weak and Virginia veals sold 7.00 to 7.285 per 100 pounds. Sheep and lambs dull with unshorn lambs 7.50 per 100 pounds, spring lambs 3.50 to 4.00 per head. Chicago markets show steady to strong cattle with steers 5.00 to 7.10, hogs 5.75 to 5.95, and sheep 4.60 to 6.00 with lambs 6.50 to 7.65.
The article notes Norway has a new government led by Prime Minister Gunnar Knudsen. It lists global topics including Berlin suffrage arrears, England’s elite Jockey Club, and shifts in New York debt interest payments. It mentions Algeria and North Africa exports for paper making and a Nottingham consul’s remarks on a veiling machine development after years of trials.
Adam Ryan, the Chicago lightweight, seeks path through Philadelphia rivals as he aims for 130 pounds. Hartford hosts 55 entries on Labor Day for the $10,000 Charter Oak Purse for 2.09 class horses. An English critic praises cricket for clarity of purpose, while a baseball fan weighs in with a contrasting view.
Wind movement measured at the Federal Building shows 8,336 miles for March, averaging 278 miles daily and about 11% miles per hour, contradicting the saying that wind travels fast. The figures illustrate that even a slow freight steamer would match the wind’s actual pace.
The Druce case notes old fashioned practice where nobles used carriage hacks on railways. Evidence shows the fifth Duke of Portland rode in a carriage attached to a railway truck, preferring it to ordinary compartments. Early railway travelers of wealth paid higher fares for private carriages. On Grand Junction Railway first class between Liverpool or Manchester and Birmingham cost £1, gentleman’s carriage £3, and passengers in or belonging to such carriages paid 15 shillings each.
Lionel M Heath of 158 Eighth Street reports a lifelong kidney ailment with back pains and dropsy improved after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He says the cure lasted five years and repeats a public recommendation. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
An unnamed hypnotist describes insect hypnotism revealing that a queen bee can enthrall its hive with a humming note. He cites the death's head hawk moth as another powerful hypnotist that lulls bees, then plunders the hive.
At a reception Miss Imura guest of honor, studying in the United States, says Japanese women stay young and have fine complexions because they never hurry. She adds in broken English that in Japan she does not rush, but in America she hurries like American women.
A minister’s small son, banished for naughtiness, sits at a side table. When asked to say grace he loudly quotes a Scripture line thanking God for a table prepared in the presence of his enemies. The moment highlights family discipline and religious schooling.
A reader learns to slide a paper strip from under a silver half dollar without moving the coin. The move requires a swift steady jerk parallel to the coin edge and practice to master.
A playful exchange has Jim wagering marbles that Joe will not come down from his chair without a second prompt. Joe counters with a vow to stay put, prompting Jim to turn away and hint at asking again, leaving Joe deciding to stay seated.
In a Brooklyn Life setting a Real Estate man contemplates buying a suburban property despite train noise. A clerk notes the noise would keep him awake at night. The snippet then mentions a patent cure advert and a claim that the government is the largest individual purchaser of electric lamps, buying 850,000 annually.
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion promises cure for itching in half an hour. Advert mentions druggists. Also notes rolling stones of Australia will soon join on a smooth surface and mentions a magnetic ore.
Instructions emphasize testing pigments with a blowpipe to ensure pure White Lead. It advises buying White Lead and Linseed separately, mixing fresh for each job, and testing with a pea sized sample. National Lead Company offers a free blowpipe and a booklet with the Dutch Boy Painter frontispiece.
Health Culture explains nervousness often stems from undigested food poisoning the blood. It notes effects range from long lasting indigestion to immediate fatal disturbances, and cites a gradual general weakening that may lead to premature death linked to heart failure.
A poor but nervy suitor seeks the heiress and teases the irate father with a promise to return tomorrow to paint the door bright red. The reply sparks a chase as a Scotch coachman a French chauffeur and an English bulldog pursue him.
Claiming catarrh is a constitutional disease, the ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. It states the remedy is taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces, and offers $100 for any failing case. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
Through 1907 to October 1 Italy imported 7365 tons of machinery from all sources. The United States supplied 2580 tons, Germany 2534, France 604, Great Britain 1299, and Austria 493.
A young woman treated at a city mission after severe scabies sores and malnutrition shows rapid recovery following application of Cuticura products. Laura Jane Bates of New York cites post treatment strength and employment prospects after seven weeks of care.
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