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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1906
Page
4
A promotional notice touts Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers as a cure for stomach trouble, gas, and bad breath. It claims rapid relief from indigestion and fermented foods, with assertions of drug-free, natural healing and immediate soothing sensations. The ad warns the offer may not reappear.
The weekly review reports large business with wholesale merchants and manufacturers, with favorable monetary conditions and rates 4 1 2 to 5 percent on time. Clothing orders rise, dry goods market active, millinery sales strong, boot and shoe prices up 10 to 25 percent, retail trade soft but summer buying remains. Lumber demand remains high, tobacco trades steady, and collections generally prompt and robust.
Baltimore markets show flour dull with steady wheat and corn. Butter eggs and sugar steady. New York reports firmer beef and veals with steady cheese and stable dairy prices. Chicago and general cattle and sheep markets mix steady to slow with varied weights and prices.
A financial survey reports soft coal strike risks dampening sentiment while security markets drift. Lehigh Valley trades show insider activity, Fideli ty Trust reflects dividend prospects, and Tennessee Coal gains influence from director election. January commercial failures total 1112 with liabilities near $11.95 million, vs 1222 and $10.42 million a year earlier. Norfolk and Western half-year earnings rise $187k December, six-month gain $812k, with 66 percent operating cost. Shareholders of Tennessee Coal & Tron to receive 1 percent stock at $100 a share, aiding Tennessee’s advance. Northern Pacific and Great Northern strength noted amid syndicate chatter.
In Erie Pennsylvania Dr Melvin Page owner of Page Optical Co recounts a dramatic 1890s illness proven by Donn’s Kidney Pills. He reports shedding 72 pounds after a kidney abscess and severe congestion and headaches. Since 1896 he says he has remained well at 180 pounds. Sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, 50 cents a box.
A Billville marshal cites a local cigarette ban on the depot platform while a citizen protests liberty. The exchange ends with the marshal promising to enforce the rule, noting smoking may occur elsewhere but not in the depots. A second item warns against mercury in remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo makers with testimonials and an accompanying constipation pill.
In Old Home week a native town welcomed back Edward Jameson who left twenty years ago with one dollar. He rode freight to Boston later, and arrived with a flat purse showing four cents besides a trunk check. He offered to take small jobs like sawing and splitting wood to stay in town.
A dialectal exchange questions evolution as Brother Dickey admits ignorance. The speaker asks about Eva and evolution, then in a humorous twist Dickey proclaims only certainty is heaven is high and hell is Tiot, reflecting local color in the Atlanta Constitution.
A Western State woman, of German descent, explains coffee harmed her health. After switching to Postum Food Coffee, she notes disappearance of nervousness, heart trouble, and asthma. She credits Postum with restoring health and energy, praising its flavor and benefits. Battle Creek, Mich. endorsement and testimonial.
A humorous exchange recalls a boy’s dream of climbing a chalked ladder to heaven and meeting St Peter, ending with his father’s chalk theft. The second item notes a new French infantry bullet, the Dp, bronze cigar shape, nickel casing, 3600 rpm, claimed to penetrate six stacked men at 800 yards.
A series of reader letters from Ontario to Indiana Ohio and North Carolina praise Peruna as effective after La Grippe and systemic catarrh. Testimonials cite pneumonia recovery two months on Peruna and Mana lin and long term health gains.
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