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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1907
Page
4
The piece traces home made remedies as a nation’s early health practice, from tea, bitters, laxatives, and tonics to the shift toward a commercialized patent medicine industry. It highlights Peruna’s rise from a Mennonite remedy to a national product, tied to Dr. Hartman’s reputation and the broad use of Peruna for coughs colds and respiratory ailments.
A London Chronicle anecdote recalls a nervous man seeking to be quiet. He obeys rules to tread softly, places both boots together, and forgets to extinguish the gas. A growl from a nearby roof questions when he will put down the other boot.
In Buenos Ayres the capital of Argentina the city switches from dumping refuse into La Plata estuary to burning waste. Public works orders rapid construction of Flores parish burn facility using the Backer system with slight modifications. The Flores plant aims to burn about 80 tons daily.
Four newly laid down French submarines vary in type and tonnage with two at 800 tons, one at 650 tons, and a 450 ton model, the last designed by M Maurice. It uses heat accumulating boilers, claimed to match electrical accumulators for speed and range and offer advantages in propulsion.
A Boston Chronicle note describes a jewelry store on Boylston Street where a customer claimed an attempted robbery. The attendant watched the display window and saw a mouse pull a turquoise pendant toward a hole, triggering the startling question about an imminent theft.
A humorous quote from Mrs Subbubs about summer plans. She says they have eaten all their chickens sold their cow and will avoid gardening to weather potential trouble. The remark reflects a wary, lighthearted tone from a Chicago Record Herald source.
A Chicago News line sketches a dialogue where a lawyer asks for grounds for divorce and the client jokes that her husband is a prizefighter who “doles out all the talking” rather than abusing her. The exchange captures a sharp marital dispute with humor.
Argo Red Salmon is ideal for unexpected company. It offers a reliable option to serve straight from the can and is available at all grocers.
A quip from Brother Williams about a man who growls because his sunspot is small, followed by an ad claiming Argo Red Salmon adapts to breakfast through dinner, adding seasonable meal variety.
A fragment recounts a Smoketown ballroom scene described with the flavors of beauty and chivalry. The dialogue notes a mingling period that lasted until about seven o'clock, ending with the phrase then they mixed. The source frame echoes a lively social moment reported by the Houston Chronicle.
A 19th century advertisement urges readers to know what they ingest and promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women. It markets relief from menstrual discomfort, strengthens the system for mothers and pregnant women, and claims broad femin ine health benefits aided by various medical authorities.
A woman and an escort, likely her husband, dress for a social outing during a Bowling Green Station ride. He wears a pink scarf and alpine hat while she changes from a plain dress to a blue silk skirt and white silk waist, adjusting her hair and jewelry as startled fellow passengers observe.
Amelio Demo and Roc to Caruso shared 337 West 39th Street. Demo returned after 1 am, fell, triggering a fight in which Caruso bit off Demo’s left ear. Demo ran to West 37th Street Station, where precinct sleuth John L. Sullivan stopped him and secured Caruso in $1500 bail for trial on mayhem.
Richard Kraft a 15 year old, 5 foot 10, 175 pounds stood before Magistrate Conorton on a complaint by his mother who called him ungov ernable. She said he is hungry and asked for food or work. The magistrate suggested work as a remedy and held the boy for further action under the penal code.
Fifty survivors gathered at the Lambs Club in New York for a six bit table d hote dinner to mark the quake anniversary. Dolphin M. Delmas and Clay M. Greene were among the guests with speeches by Delmas Wilton Larkaye and Will Irwin predicting a strong future for San Francisco.
Albert J. Bogart the Far Rockaway architect sues former NYPD chief “Big Bill” Devery in the Third District Municipal Court of Queens. Bogart claims he drafted plans and charged 250 dollars, paid 50, seeks 200 more. Devery says he lent 50 dollars to Bogart and was not repaid.
In Harlem Police Court Albert F. Ellis 17 yelled I’ll knock your eye out at Harry Walstein who delivered a parcel. Ellis struck and Walstein lost his glass eye when it shattered on the pavement. Walstein lives at 161 East Fourth Street. Ellis works at 1891 First Avenue.
Ellis Island processed nearly 8,000 immigrants on Thursday, a day close to a record. Inspectors noted a large flow of Italian entrants, with no revolvers or knees found among those examined, and remarks about acquiring such items later at lower prices.
The New York Hinckwell Istana Bridge is slated to open soon, with westward access expected to connect to Capecitr and Brooklyn districts. Officials indicate the project nears completion and traffic rerouting may begin ahead of the schedule.
R G Dan and Co reports spring trade develops slowly due to unseasonable cold across a large area retarding farming and lightweight spring goods. Damaged winter wheat in the Southwest from insects and drought noted. Wholesale business for later seasons active. building and manufacturing strong. few labor disputes. May shows few strikes. Rail and lake traffic expected to improve with resumed Northern border navigation.
Baltimore reports firmer wheat and corn with varied receipts and grade breakdowns. Butter and eggs hold steady with cheese firm. New York shows steady to firmer corn and oats with mixed Steam orders. Philadelphia notes W estern creamery butter at 40 4c and eggs firms with higher No 2 white oats.
Chicago cattle receipts 1,500 head with strong tone. hogs around 18,000 head, mostly lower. sheep about 8,000 head steady. New York Reeves Market shows steers firm to higher, hogs mostly for slaughter, Kansas City strong to slight gains, Pittsburgh light supply with steady to firm hogs and strong veal calves.
Department of Public Printing in Washington employs nearly 3000. Daily paper money printing totals over 3 million dollars. An English firm prints Bible text on railway cars. US has 65 600 post offices with 205 288 employees. Russian hospitals use silver leaf ear drums. In 1906 US produced 90 million railroad tiles and 110 600 000 neckties. Denver Post notes wedding ties returns pending. International Motorboat Exhibition to be held June 15 to 30 in Kiel under Prince Henry of Prussia patronage.
Residents report the Argo Red Salmon as the tastiest salmon they have tasted this season. Neighbors are urged to try it and share impressions.
A Los Angeles Times item describes native quail hunting without seasons or laws. An Indian hunter sits in a bough house with a slender front opening and uses an amber rod to pick off birds at water in the early morning. Each morning yields enough game for the settlement.
Instruction requests six cans of Argo Red Salmon for the next grocery list and notes it will keep for twenty years.
A page at the cloakroom asks for Senator Clay and is told by an usher a one eyed man is Cyclops. The page reports to Tillman with a misread myth on Cy clops, capturing a humorous miscommunication from Lippincott's Magazine.
A Columbia Missouri resident recounts two years of dropsy and heart pain after kidney issues. After using Dean's Kidney Pills for two boxes she reports no recurrence. Ad claims the product works and is sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The Kansas City Star reports widespread alarm among African American communities in Indian Territory as a destructive comet nears. Negroes quit work and hold nightly church services while Indians also grow anxious. Professor P J Lee from Mare Island contradicts danger, calling the comet a harmless ghost of the air.
Women during the change of life face nervous symptoms and health risks. The text urges Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a sovereign aid, citing letters from Mrs. Fred Certia and Mrs. Henry Lee praising its effects on sleep, relief from tremors, and overall support for midlife health. It invites readers to write for free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
The text notes 1906 corn production in Portugal and possessions reached about 20 million bushels reducing foreign corn demand. It discusses catarrh as a widespread, previously incurable local disease now claimed curable by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo. The ad promises cures with blood and mucous surface action and offers a hundred dollar reward for non cure, plus a constipation remedy.
The long feathers of a bird’s wing are attached to the bone, forming the structure that provides strength and surface for beating the air.
An advertisement touts Dr H P B Kline’s nerve restorer for fits and St Vitus dance and nervous diseases, offering two trial bottles and free treatments. It asserts cures and quotes a woman about loneliness if her husband died, noting the Philadelphia address for the doctor.
A Parisian says to the challenger that the man he faces is an expert swordsman. The other replies with confidence, noting the expert’s skill reduces the chance of clumsy moves causing serious injury. Washington Star report.
Fritz Hirschlaff of New York reports eight years of skin sores under arms and between toes, with many doctors and $300 spent before Cuulture Remedies cured him in a week. He returned to work after treatment begun March 29 and April 6, 2006.
An N H girl recovered from appendicitis by milk then Grape-Nuts, praising its starch content and digestibility. She suffered constipation and indigestion before leaving school, lost weight to 98 pounds, then rose to 115 pounds after starting Grape-Nuts, noting relief from distress after meals.
W R Hayes a Portsmouth blacksmith tours England dragging two carriage wheels on a wager. Garfield Tea is touted as a pure natural laxative made from herbs and guaranteed under Pure Food laws. The piece also notes a 1470 Hungarian almanac, Woolford's Sanitary Lotion claims quick cures, and various quips about proposals and poetry.
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