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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
3
A fragmented essay discusses how success is not guaranteed by virtue alone, presenting a tale of a widow offered land for farming and a public sale's profiteering. It critiques luck and merit in wealth, noting a public-spirited but misused venture and a gambler’s view of talent versus circumstance.
The Mexican Central Rally describes using concrete blocks weighing about 108 pounds each to form tunnel roofs, a cheaper alternative to cut stone. Details touch on regulating apparatus, dynamo operation, water pumps, and battery surpluses, with notes on ore buckets and automatic loaders.
The piece remarks on wealth as a vast resource from mines to factories. It cites Krupp and Rockefeller scale, noting Germany’s large estate and global cement and iron industries, with rhetoric that wealth is a grand, enduring house.
Fragmentary OCR describes a proposed railway corporation with authorized capital, names and joining of entities, and a plan to link Siberia with Amur region via a line to a station and several branches. Details are incomplete and uncertain due to damaged text.
In New York City physicians from major hospitals examine a man reported as speechless after a prior event. He cannot clearly understand questions or respond, though his lips move and he mumbles. Paper and pencil were offered to elicit his name but produced only aglyphics. Brain specialists were summoned to assess the condition.
Isaac Dietschman, 64, accused in Special Sessions of pouring two ounces of muriatic acid on Wallman’s horse in the street after a dispute over a job. Witnesses describe the animal’s agony. Judge Nee McKeign sentenced Dietschman to 30 days in the Tombs.
A chaotic mix of a domestic dispute and political chatter fills this fragment. Rebecca Mogilewsky sues for separation from Benjamin after a pancake dispute turns violent. meanwhile William Hearst faces calls to file complete campaign finances with the state. Separate items report Manhattan rail ridership surpassing 3.5 million daily and a hotly contested court trial involving Alma Texter.
R G Dun weekly review reports expectations for a record breaking demand for Christmas specialties being realized. Jobbing and wholesale houses prosper while mercantile collections show irregularity. Improved payments expected as crops market and money rates rise. Industrial activity high with few idle mills except where labor or materials lag. November commercial failures liabilities reach 11,980,782 versus 8,866,789 last year.
Baltimore and New York markets show mixed receipts and prices for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs cheese and meat. New York spot and futures reflect higher December shorts and Western wheat strength. Philadelphia and Chicago report steady or mixed cattle hogs lambs and poultry demand with varying prices.
Worth remembering that 188000 recruits join the regular army yearly as of 1905. German emigration to foreign countries totals 28075 with 26006 moving to the United States. The Chinese Emperor’s household reportedly includes 30 physicians, 75 astrologers, 76 cooks and priests. American laws and tools are noted amid various inscriptions. Royal railroad cars and olive fuel tanks are discussed as already in service on German lines and years of use in the United States are mentioned. The colonial secretary’s Ba ha estates report for 1906 notes no costal delay in the telegraph department.
James R. Keeler of Fenner Street Cazenovia recalls years of back and kidney trouble. He reports relief from the first box of Dean's Kidney Pills and full restoration after two boxes. He praises the product to friends and wife, noting it helped many others. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Kansas City Times report describes a Burling ton train at the umidn depot where owls rose from the track as the engine arrived. The engineer and fireman saw nothing until the birds flew up at the last moment. The incident caused no injuries or accidents.
French horticulturists have been successful in growing dwarf trees and now seek to improve fruiting on the trees. The article notes notable progress in this area and hints at broader applications for dinner-parties or social events, reflecting growing interest in small-scale tree varieties.
An old advertisement extols Hall Catarrh Cure as a blood and constitutional treatment, claiming it cures catarrh by affecting the blood rather than local applications. The ad touts testimonials, notes its Ohio origin, and includes a note on Hall’s Pills for constipation and hat-wearing in New York City schools.
A German sergeant major at Lizmann Bremen committed suicide during an execution drill. He had 15 men fire with loaded ball cartridges at his heart, stood at 10 paces, and cried Hoch der Kaiser before dying from 15 bullet wounds. Previously court-martialed for an accidental civilian shooting, he left a letter refusing undeserved imprisonment.
Mrs Tom Johnson recalls a school of household science in Cleveland where a student mistook a mince pie dessert for sponge cake. The witty exchange features a bride, a disappointed busboy, and a quip about a wrong kind of sponges.
A Washwoman recalls years of stomach dyspepsia and pain from starchy and greasy foods. She credits Grape-Nuts and Postum for relief, noting improved digestion and steadier nerves after using the products.
In the dark, pirates seized a Chinese cargo vessel and then a larger launch. After colliding with another boat, pirates boarded, overpowered guards, and seized a valuable cargo before making off at dawn.
A fragment notes a man named Dane facing inner trouble beyond fear of capture. The text hints at personal conflict and the danger of being found out, set against a tense emotional backdrop.
A woman cured after a year of breakouts and failed physician visits credits Cuticura Soap with a perfect complexion. She says the soap leaves skin soft white and velvety after months of use and highly recommends it. MaudLoggins of Sylvia Tennessee sends the testimonial in August 1905.
Instructions describe sweeping the carpet thoroughly then sprinkling cornmeal or coarse material and sweeping again. Use Ivory Soap dissolved in water with salt and a broom to treat the carpet, rinse with warm water, and allow air to dry the floors.
An advertisement extols Allcock's plasters as superior medical remedies for rheumatism chest strains and related ailments with claims of speed and efficacy. It also promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with soothing effects and pain relief, emphasizing safety and comfort for children.
An old advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription as potent tonics for overworked women, claiming they build strength regulate functions and relieve pain. It touts non alcoholic non secret formulas with testimonials from medical authors and notes pills like Pellets as easy to take for stomach liver and bowels.
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