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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
4
A painter argues for ample curing time between coats to ensure lasting results. He warns against cheapeners and adulterated mixtures like white lead brands blended with fish oil or benzine, urging owners to supply pure materials for best protection and longevity.
The Chicago Woman's Club is credited with aided juvenile justice reform by advancing the first juvenile court and pushing for protective care, while also contributing to the city’s park development. The article recalls its historical role in child welfare and urban improvement.
The article advises monthly shampooing for children and warns against borax or ammonia in hair care. It then discusses women's sleep, noting eight hours as standard but urging adjustment based on work type, temperament, and tension. Nervous individuals may need two to three extra hours, with too much sleep causing indolence and digestion issues.
A sudden awakening in the night often leaves the sufferer unable to sleep. An old remedy suggests drinking 100 sips of cold water very slowly to ease returning sleep.
At a Toledo concert a plump singer performed the number I'm Wearin' Away in a daring decollette outfit. An invited old lady quipped that if she's wearing away, that's about all she is wearing, drawing a ripple of laughter.
A noted revival features hat buckles plain or fancy, some glowing with colored stones. A straw hat in ecru with a yellow cast uses blue and green Scotch ribbons popular in Paris this spring, showcasing an oddly shaped buckle encrusted with stonework like a peacocks tail.
The Bookman reports statistics from its best selling list in 1905 showing thirteen works by men, eleven by women, three collaborations by a husband and wife duo, and one trio collaboration by three women. The note avoids any interpretive conclusions.
The New York Witness notes two neighboring women working in partnership in poultry, each earning around $1000 a year. They are business savvy and serve as examples that women can profit from poultry and gain independence through farming.
A girl accepts the third suitor who candidly described her faults before marriage. He called her freckles and puggy nose yet she valued his honesty. She chose him, explaining she preferred truth over later reproach.
The article notes that deep facial wrinkles, sunken eyes, and emaciation at age twenty one signal ill health and require internal treatment. It discusses indigestion and poor circulation as causes, emphasizes good health, and advises a nightly hair lotion with quinine, cantharides, glycerin, rosemary spirit, and rosewater.
A girl with artistic sense and small funds transformed a six by ten foot plain porch into a charming bower. She painted the floor dark, varnished and waxed it, laid a small rug, and covered walls with Turkey red calico using scraps, attracting many visitors and causing her to run a bit short on ice cream soda due to popularity.
An old person’s body runs cooler and heat loss signals reduced vitality. If a thermometer shows under 97 degrees in the armpit, raise body heat by one and a half degrees and maintain it. Use hot water bottles, warm blankets, avoid heavy clothing in bed, serve hot foods, warm milk, and sun exposure while sheltered. Gentle massage toward the trunk helps circulation.
The article describes Mohair fabrics in plaid colors, dark green plush square sofa pillows, black kid gloves with a button fastening, silver clocks, dress suitcases with bellows sides, dyed laces and batistes, straw colored hats with pink roses, a gold chain necklace with rose pendants and pearls, white petticoats, and a new semi fitted cape with stitched bands to accompany the corset skirt.
The Philadelphia Record argues that commercial forces shape city survival. It notes Galveston’s seawall, Chicago’s rebuild, and San Francisco’s future growth with steel frames, height limits, and stronger enclosures, promising a larger, more resilient city within a few years.
A compilation of maxims and aphorisms from various authors and proverbs. It includes thoughts on virtue, work, happiness, religion, and social conduct attributed to figures like Eliot Houghton Taylor Fichte and Bruyère among others. The piece weaves moral guidance with everyday wisdom.
The article notes tea rooms as an early recruitment method for repairing a ruined fortune. It emphasizes that while success is not guaranteed, a comfortable income can be derived with experienced hands and prudent management.
The Dun and Bradstreet summaries note heat boosting summer trade and seaside leisure, with jobbing and wholesale sectors gearing for autumn and winter needs. Harvest results exceed expectations while manufacturing shows strong iron and steel progress amid labor tensions and high footwear and textile prices. EXPORTS show wheat and corn volumes, with year over year comparisons.
Baltimore market notes weak spot wheat and corn with steady butter eggs and cheese. New York prices show firm butter and steady flour while oats and rye remain dull and shipments reach new barrel and bushel totals across commodities.
Beef prices show common to prime steers at 4.20 to 5.85 per 100 pounds and dressed beef steady. Cattle futures and weights quoted with live cattle firm at 114 to 12 percent per pound and veals at 9 to 12 percent. calves and lambs also report varied gains. Sheep and lambs witness higher prices on some grades while others move slowly. hogs in good state at 7.30 per 100 pounds.
Brief items note Samuel Bradbeer dying at 82 after 76 years in a parish choir at Pitminster England. Thomas Edison buys his Milan farm in Erie County Ohio to make a country home. Consul Mason reports a strong walnut crop in a French district. Native Indians widely own umbrellas for rain and sun. Japan proper comprises five large and nearly 4000 small islands with area about 147,646 square miles and population near 47 million.
Capt John L Bly of Co EB 17th Ohio, now in Newton Kansas, recalls kidney trouble from Civil War. He required a crutch at times and suffered back pain and leakage before using Deans Kidney Pills in 1901. He says the remedy cured him and he has stayed well since. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A Brooklyn Eagle note reports etherizing plants to accelerate growth and flowering. Ether treatment makes buds open earlier, rhubarb enlarge, lilacs bloom sooner, and decorations ready for Christmas and Easter, suggesting greenhouse owners could outpace seasons and even apply the idea to other crops.
A Louisville Courier Journal caption notes Miss Summergirl and Miss Flirthy in a social scene. A young man asks about a beach stroll while Miss Flirthy accompanies, claiming the engagement was with him, but she won him last evening at bridge.
A physician from Big Pool Maryland says eczema appeared in 1897 and was cured wholly using Cuticura Remedies including Cuticura Resolvent and Cuticura Soap. He reports sixteen years of practice and endorses publishing the testimonial dated May 24 1905.
Lawyer and client banter about a rug bought at an office auction as Detroit Free Press notes the tale. The ad copy teases patent medicines including Kline nerve restorer and Winslow soothing syrup with claims of cure and relief from teething pain.
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