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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
3
An 19th century advertorial piece touts American medicinal roots as highly valuable for heart and feminine ailments. It promotes Dr. Pierce of Buffalo New York and his alcohol free extracts, claims successful cures where others failed, and offers free mail order details with a printed ingredients list on each bottle wrapper.
A brief, fragmented note records Churchill era style chatter about whether the Countess Castellane and the Dutchess of Marlborough considered the title King of Annam, reflecting curious fringe discourse of the period.
Deputy Sheriff Jacob Bal of Denver served George J. Gould with legal papers after a lengthy conference with Denver and Rio Grande officials. The suit concerns a carload of apples shipped by William Atwood from Longport to Kansas City over the Missouri Pacific, alleged as late in delivery.
Chicago Mayor Dunne granted a pardon for a mule after State Senator E F J Rainey vouched its future good conduct. The event drew attention at the mayor’s office where a boy named Gerald clogue appeared with the senator’s letter, seeking clemency for the animal amid a lighthearted scene with officials.
New York reports from R. G. Dun Weekly Review of Trade show holiday retail activity dominating attention while winter goods distribution rises as temperatures ease. Labour shortages push up wages, banks show deficits, and Treasury relief measures persist, with freight blockades and slow pig iron movement signaling transport constraints.
Baltimore and New York grain and livestock notes show mixed activity with steady to firm prices. Wheat and corn fluctuate by grade and delivery, butter and eggs hold but vary by region, and cattle, calves, and hogs move slowly amid steady demand in major markets.
Magistrate Crane offers advice to Tillie Rosenbaum and Arthur Samuels in a case where Nathan Davis faced arrest for circulating statements against the girl's name. Davis signed a written retraction after a dance night with his sweetheart while Samuels worked, leading to dismissal of the charge.
Aldermen debated paying William M. Ivins 12500 for counsel to the street cleaning department inquiry. Sullivan praised a strong speech but Peters questioned the work and cost, noting Ivins served 20 days and suggesting reformers like him never work for nothing.
Lawyer Emmanuel L Berstein withdrew the action against Inter Borough Street Railway after discovering the plaintiff, listed as a man, was a woman with cropped hair and a black suit. The lawyer reported surprise at the gender reveal when she refused a physician examination and vanished after settlement talks.
Around 3 AM Mrs. E Frank Galloway woke to a door opening and saw a heavyset man in modest dress. The thief gathered belongings from a table, ignored questions, and escaped via a rear window, prompting an alarm after his exit.
Superintendent Maxwell told the Board of Education that five hundred teaching vacancies exist in Manhattan because the Normal College course was lengthened to seven years. He cited the rule to keep elementary grades free of average pupils as another shortage cause, creating separate classes and a lack of teachers to staff them.
In Brownsville Brooklyn women held a mass meeting to endorse a beef boycott by eating chickens. Israel Reichman led the gathering noting women pickets had closed several moreBrownsville butchers shops. The group approved a resolution to eat chickens 320 to 4.
Gregory Gerschmin, famed head of the Russian fighting committee and a noted terrorist, reportedly reached the city Wednesday after escaping Sliberia in an audacious barrel of sauerkraut.
Fragmentary odds and ends recount Rangoon’s population with European residents and local industries, and an 84 year old Wisbech woman who wrote her own obituary and listed friends for memorial notices before her death.
Chlorine is a greenish yellow gas with a strong odor, soluble in cold water and only sparingly in hot water. It decolorizes wet fabrics and acts as a potent disinfectant by oxidizing hydrogen compounds. The piece advises sunny, airy bedrooms and notes that sleep with a slightly open window reduces colds, citing the proverb that sunless rooms require a doctor.
The piece advises varnishing worn Ancleum surfaces with extended drying time, cleaning skirt linings regularly with warm water a cloth, and preventing kettle soot by greasing its bottom so soot wipes off with newspaper. It notes soot buildup and easy cleanup.
A New York Times idea describes transforming a summer hat into a decorative embroidery basket. Remove badly worn straw, dye the hat in colors like burnt orange or moss green, line with silk, add pockets, and attach ribbon handles with bows to keep shape. The method also fits duster-holders for bedrooms and kitchens with same lining concept.
Recipes describe Vegetarian Mince Pie-Wash Apple filling and bake, Velvet Rolls with milk sugar butter and baking powder, and Cheese Straws with flour cheese butter cream salt and cayenne. Includes notes on flour type and whole wheat variation.
A cabinetmaker extols French walnut as the finest wood, noting Persia origin and France processing, with prices from two to eight dollars per pound. He contrasts mahogany and ebony values, and mentions wood market trends. An advertisement offers Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer trials and Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething.
The ad boasts Paro Ointment cures for itching bleeding or prolapsed piles within fourteen days or refunds money. It notes a British salary fact stating the Earl of Minto as a top paid governor, earning 75,000 dollars per year as viceroy of India.
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure claims F J Cheney Co Toledo and cites endorsements from West Truax and Kinxon Marvin wholesalers in Toledo. Cure taken internally and said to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Also mentions a 1823 portrait sale in London recently fetching 1260 dollars.
A 1905 testimonial from M. Rosaster of East Orange New Jersey reports a decade long eczema infection starting on the scalp spreading to the neck body and hips. After five weeks using Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap he claims complete cure and urges others to try the products.
The fragment notes that constipation is linked to many health issues and is a common cause of serious conditions, urging awareness of its extensive impact and the need for attention to bowel health.
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