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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
4
What Causes Headache from October to May
A fragmented note discusses headaches with odd terms like Cols the most parker of Headaches and references Lagativs 2 Caupea, implying seasonal or coded factors between October and May. The text remains unclear but hints at a medical or symptom-focused discussion without concrete data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cols
Mose Selby Run Jail Aide Hires Convicts For Harvest
A Georgia county jail supervisor Mose Selby allegedly allowed convicts to roam and even hire themselves to farmers during harvest, prompting a jailed man to seek habeas corpus after claiming cruel, inhumane treatment. His attempt hinges on a lawyer’s demand for a valid court reason to file. The prisoner cites being locked out at night after helping with hay, arguing the jailer’s cruelty drives his appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Mose Selby
Pri
Ted
Mr. Sawyer
Cleve
Plain Dealer
Boston High Art Delegates Visit Public Library
Two Western delegates to the Convention of Collegiate Alumni toured Boston Public Library galleries. They studied Chavanne's mural, Abbey's Sir Galahad, and Sargent's religious themes, then examined the children's room where art materials lay as floor specimens. The attendant explained the weighted mats were for protection rather than marble samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chavanne
Galahad
Abbey
Sargent
Boston
Grateful Hen Under Guard of Local Gardener
A remarkable egg laying hen roams into Jacob Geier’s yard and enters his kitchen through an open door. Geier feeds the bird milk and bread, and the hen later lays an egg daily except three days, displaying gratitude for the meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Geier
Geier
Callous Crew Refuses to Eat in Arctic Expedition
An Arctic explorer confronts a stubborn crew who declare they will not eat despite ample provisions. The exchange features rough dialogue and terse commands as the leader presses for cooperation on the Geatere expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Grape-Nuts Credited For Brain Power And Health
A writer and mother credits Grape-Nuts with boosting appetite, improving morning energy, and increasing breast milk. She notes her brain felt clearer after starting the cereal, and her 10 month old child grew calm and well-nourished on the new diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fate
Wondera
Commercial Column Drifts Toward Improved Conditions
Dun and Co weekly trade report notes continued weakness yet signs of gradual improvement in demand. Monetary conditions tighten with high interest and conservative renewals. wholesale clothing shows year over year loss, while some manufacturers anticipate better business with fall orders. Cotton goods see price cuts as collections tighten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Dun & Co
Commodity price report from New York Philadelphia markets
The report lists mixed grain prices and receipts for oats rye and corn, with No 2 white and No 2 mixed oats and rye values and bushel receipts. Butter cheese and eggs show firm tones with varying creamed and grade classifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Duluth
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Country Merchants Flock to New York for Prosperity News
Ten thousand business people from the West and Southwest converge on New York for the spring buying period,_estimating spending around 100 million dollars. Buyers register near last spring’s peak, with hotels crowded and mail-order growth up. Merchants report bright crops in Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas, optimism spreading, and firms from Galveston to Detroit hiring more staff to handle demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Texas
Chicago
St. Louis
Merchants’ Association
Hmdle
S. C. Mead
New York
Oklahoma
Southwest
Indianapolis
Detroit
Arkansas
H. B. Claffin Company
Tefft, Weller & Co
C. B. Reuss
Chelsea Trading Company
Alexander Bombard
Galveston
Semmes
Chester L. Walbridge
Baton Rouge
Acre
Abraham Newman
Middle West
Mr. Newman
Columbus
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Irwin Hochstein
Atlanta
Panic Didn't Hurt the South, Wakeman Says After Visit
Wilbur F. Wakeman, treasurer of the American Protective Tariff League, reports from the cotton belt that the panic spared the South, noting only one bank failure. He cites cash-heavy deposits, a December currency sale, and sees vast untapped potential in Georgia and South Carolina including waterways, virgin soil, and fertilizer demand shaping regional growth. He also remarks Georgians stockpile provisions despite prohibition and expects waterways to boost transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
South
Wilbur F. Wakeman
American Protective Tarif League
Cotton Belt
Wakeman
Savannah River
Augusta
Noah
Georgia
South Carolina
Farmers Buy Michigan Prison Twine Output For Year
Jackson Michigan The State Prison Board sold the binder twine plant output valued at about 1 000 000 pounds for the next year to the Order of the Gleaners a farmers group Representatives from International Harvester and other dealers bid The Gleaners will pay eight and one fifth cents per pound and farmers will buy twine at that price plus handling costs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Jackson
Mich
State Prison Board
Gleaners
International Harvester Company
Irish Parliamentary party halted after long schism
A news paragraph notes the Irish Parliamentary party ending seventeen years of internal conflict. A letter received in the Newark post office, mailed in New Orleans in 1854, is mentioned along with a remark on soap and saline cleansing methods in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irish Parliamentary Party
Newark
New Orleans
Joseph Duveen
France
Cuban Sugar Mills Run At Three Quarters Capacity
Havana report says none of Cuba's sugar mills grind more than three quarters of capacity as roadbuilding and public works reduce cane workers. The Agrarian League forms a committee to memorialize Governor Magoon and urge use of the one million dollars approved to promote immigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Havana
The
Agrarian League
Magoon
League
Prominent People Across Nations and Disciplines
Dr Felix Adler praises Governor linghes anti race track betting plan. William J Rolfe Shakespeare critic marks eightieth birthday in Cambridge Mass. Henry Campbell Bannerman breakdown linked to strain I caused. Brand Whitlock Toledo Ohio mayor and novelist fears germs on old paper and reports salary began in crepe new bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Adler
Linghes
William J. Rolfe
Cambridge
Mass
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
England
Brand Whitlock
Toledo
Ohio
Market receipts and prices for cattle hogs sheep in New York and Chicago
New York reports Reeves Receipts 1 092 with dull calf and hog markets and steady sheep and lamb prices. Ordinary to good veals sold 6.50 8.50 per 100 lbs Feb calves 3.50. Chicago notes cattle receipts around 7 000 with steady markets, hogs about 11 000 with steady to higher, and sheep 7 000 with active to higher prices. details include various grade ranges and per hundred pound figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Miscellaneous News Snippets From Various Regions
A compilation of short items notes social, industrial, and public life. Entries include railway applications, North Carolina mills with spindles and looms, Russia’s education gaps for children ages six to fourteen, a cow drowning in Missouri, a Nebraskan man’s loot and arrest, a New York eater’s odd wager, a fatal choking incident in Ohio, a forthcoming fast turbine torpedo test in France, and Caucasus Circassians’ practices tied to plunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Russia
Linn County
France
Caucasus
Woman Walks After Twenty Years of Bed Rest
Miss Lucy Mackey of Win, Pa, long bedridden with complete paralysis in her right arm and leg, suddenly regained strength after twenty years of constant prayer. She walked around the room and attributed the cure to divine intervention, saying she will tell others once dressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Mackey
Win
Miss Mackey
Window Affair Sparks War Over Versailles Palace
A long-ago quarrel between Louis XIV and his minister Louvois over a palace window escalated into a wider dispute with rival powers. The insult and measured rebuke led to a protracted war, concluding years later with the Peace of Ryawick, costing many lives and heavy spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XIV
Louvois
Palace of
Trian
Versailles
Louis
France
Ryawick
Child sticks tongue at doctor after teasing
A vivid anecdote from Lippincott's recalls the moment a doctor finally gained Kitty's cooperation. After that, the child reveals she now taunts him whenever he passes the house, claiming the doctor no longer teases her into obedience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitty
Lippincott
Piles Cure Claim For 1908 Exposition Interest
Consul General Frank Dyer Ches ter highlights the Fourth International Automobile Exposition to be held in Budapest Hungary in May 1908. The event is pitched as of special interest to American automobile and agricultural machinery exporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dyer Chester
Budapest
Hungary
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad In Toledo Notice
Frank J Cheney sworn to differ claims F J Dugney Co Toledo will pay 100 for each Catarrh case cured or not by Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally acts on blood and mucous membranes. Notary A W Gurasox Dec 6 1886. Testimonials sent free. Caenery Co Toledo sold by all Druggists 75c Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
ToLepo
Lucas Yountz
Frank J. Cheney
F.j.dugney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Rank J. Cheney
A. D. Bsg
A. W. Gurasox
F. J. Caeney & Co
Ail Druggista
Drinking Habits Harm Nation's Financial and Social Position
A quotation from the British Journal of Inebrity asserts there is no doubt alcohol consumption, especially among women, harms the nation's finances and social standing more than any economic downturn or trade weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Journal of Inebrity
Macaroni Wheat Seed Offer from Salzer Seed Co
Pure Sulxer strain Macaroni or Kubanka wheat from Department of Agriculture seed. Dakota grown, claims high yields per acre in multiple states, rust and insect free. Send 10 cents and this notice to John A. Salter Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., for a seed book and free samples including Macaroni Wheat and other seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulxer
Department of Agriculture
Dakota
Croatia
Mich
Wis
Ohio
Enn
Neb
Kan
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
William
om dohn_A. Salzer Seed Co
Population Estimate of New York City Negroes
The Negro population of New York City is estimated at 80,000 with about 8,000 West Indians forming one tenth of the total figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Eczema Cure Claim from 1907 Testimonial
A fifty five year old man from Tipton recounts decades of itchy eczema, severe boils, and finally relief after eight months using Cati ura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills. The testimonial is endorsed by Nelson R. Burnett of Tipton Ta stating the truth of the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale Bordwell
Bordwell
Nelson R. Burnett
Tipton
Dairy shifts to Chinese market after 17 years at Tsingtan
A dairy that began operations in Tsingtan 17 years ago now sells more milk to Chinese customers than to foreigners. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children is described as easing teething inflammation soothing gums providing iron and claiming to cure wind colic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsingtan
Under Construction In Pahang Prospects of Mineral Wealth
A note describes the State of Pahang as under construction with an open avenue of vast mineral and agricultural potential. It highlights opportunities in mining and farming, signaling future development and prosperity for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pahang
Unclear text fragment in Brooklyn notices search
Fragmentary OCR item mentions Brooklyn neighbors and personal care items. Readable parts discuss a doctor, a bottle, a treatise, and a public health context. No clear event or identifiable entities beyond generic names.
Old People Suffer From Bronchial Ailments Ad
An old time advertisement extols Bronchial Ailments relief with Brown's Bronchial Traches and Woolford's Sanitary Lotion claiming quick fixes. The copy promotes remedies for coughs itch and general bronchial discomfort with druggist availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Boots Too Big To Walk In
An army officer in a native district in South Africa gives a Kaffir servant his first pair of army boots. The boy wears them for days, then returns them tied around his neck, explaining they are big and slow him down. He keeps the boots for wearing in bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
What He Was Waiting For
A mysterious stranger watched a shoemaker at a department store exhibit as he inserted tacks into soles. The man kept a fixed glare until a store detective intervened. He explained he was waiting to see what would happen if the shoemaker sneezed with a mouthful of tacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Spy report claims US preparing for war in Japan return
A Ledger report quotes a spy asserting America readies for war upon return to Japan. The Elder Statesman demands proof as the spy describes yellow journals stained with red ink signaling a long and desperate campaign. Citizens are left in silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
America
Philladelphia Ledger
Bargain Stock Plot Revealed by Wife and Husband
A husband confronts his wife over pulling savings to buy Z X and Y stock at 14 after a broker’s urging. She defends the move saying she saw the price marked down from 45 to 14 during a brief office visit, describing it as a bargain from Successs Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Successs Magazine
Professional Ethics in a Lawyer Doctor Clash
A physician rebukes a lawyer patient noting prior cross examination as an expert witness. He refuses treatment, saying his conscience will not let him kill the man, and he will be hanged if he cures him. The exchange ends with a curt farewell in the Philadelphia Ledger's voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Reports from Readers
Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine and Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from long standing backaches side pain and fatigue after using multiple bottles. The ad claims the remedy has helped thousands of women with displacements inflammation tumors irregularities and related symptoms across thirty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Will Young
Columbia Ave
Rockland
Lydia B. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
East Earl
Pinkham
Lydia Beham
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