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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
4
Dwin Letters and Temperament in Courtship
Fragmentary reflection warns that skill in writing love letters does not ensure good marriage. It questions whether a man’s temper appears only after he has achieved something and notes expectations of behavior in relationships.
End Backache Women Warned of Kidney Pain Relief
A vintage health notice claims many women suffer backache and urinary symptoms from kidney trouble. Mrs. John H. Wright describes ten years of pain and dizziness, noting Dean's Kidney Pills gave lasting relief. Sold by dealers, Oc. a box, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Wright
East First St
Mitchel
S&s. D
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
WISE Wolk Says Pleasure Comes Before Bills and Social Tricks
A fragment catalog of wry lines on money love and manners. It mocks male vanity and female expectations, noting women pretending girlishness, men bragging about wealth, and the odd logic of desire and consumption. The voice blends satirical aphorisms about romance, money, and social behavior.
Grape-Nuts Cited As Help For Ill Family
A woman recounts how Grape-Nuts aided her wife from poor health. She says after twelve months of stomach issues and ineffective milk and water mixtures, milk and cream from the product helped restore strength and rosiness.
Shenandoah Valley Mayors Seek Rail Freight Improvements
Winchester Mayor H J Baker calls a Shenandoah Valley summit on January 1 in Harrisonburg to press Baltimore and Ohio Southern and Southern Railroads for better freight and mail service. Local business leaders back the move and promise to urge the two railways to improve Valley service. Richard Byrd, Virginia House speaker, supports regional efforts. Separately voters approved a $500000 sewerage bond issue by a margin of 205 votes in a 600 turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Byrd
Virginia House of Agates
Pers
Amney
Gas Tank Explodes at Bottling Works Killing One
Richmond special reports Lee Crowham a 20 year old factory worker killed instantly when a gas making machine at Beaufont Lithin Water Company bottling works exploded tearing the tank apart and shattering walls. J Knight was blinded by carbolic acid and Robert Russell colored employee burned in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Lee Crowham
Beaufont Lithin Water Company
J. Knight
Robert Russell
Young Cheatham
Manchester
Knight
Explosion Kills Three in Lignite Ore Mine Accident
A carload of blasting powder exploded at Lignite on the Craig Valley line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Three men died instantly and four were injured, one expected to die. The powder, en route to the mine magazine, ignited by a spark from the engine reaching a defective keg. The blast wrecked the train, caused nearby excitement, and drew nurses and doctors, later countermanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Forge
Craig Valley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Oriskany Ore and Iron Corporation
Virginia Beauty Elopes in Charlottesville
Samuel Watts Zimmer a young lawyer from Petersburg and Polly Walker a UVA belle were married in Charlottesville by Dr Snyder of Washington The groom finished the UVA law program last June He was active in Arcadian and Dramatic Clubs The bride daughter of the late Frank Walker a Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad official and granddaughter of Gen Roger A Pryor She has moved in New York social circles and has appeared in Richmond White Sulphur Springs and Washington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Samuel Watts Zimmer
Peterburg
Polly Walker
University of Virginia
Snyder
Washington
Law School
Arcadian and Dramatic Clubs
Frank Walker
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Roger A. Pryor
New York
Richmond
Shaft at Fort Mahone to honor Ninth Army Corps dead
A 60 foot Barre granite shaft is being erected on Fort Mahone in Prince George County to honor Third Division Ninth Army Corps members killed at Petersburg. It will be unveiled in May with a address by the U S president.
Virginia to aid consumptives at state sanitarium
Roanoke Roanoke Red Sulphur Springs, long a famed summer resort, has been purchased by the State for a tuberculosis sanitarium and is now under state management with doors open to patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Roanoke County Farmer Fined Then Sent To Salem Jail
Green Manning of Roanoke County was jailed in Salem for defaulting on a fine. He had beaten his wife, a member of a prominent Floyd family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Manning
Roanoke
Roanoke County
Salem Jal
Manning
Floyd
Woman Is Knocked Unconscious In Richmond Home
Mrs G F Schmidt of Byrd Street was struck in the face by a negro burglar who stole $20 from a desk in the room. Her husband, returning shortly after, found her unconscious on the floor as their dog barked in alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
F. Schmidt
Byrd Street
Bury Star
Winchester Girl Stricken With Severe Fish Scale Disease
Geney Reynolds a 10 year old near Middletown suffers a rare skin ailment described as fish skin disease. Over six weeks the skin has peeled repeatedly and scales shed in large amounts. The child has lost her hair and shows marked venous appetite. physicians say the illness resembles leprosy but worse and offer little hope of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Geney
Reynolds
Middletown
Ana
Sony
Northern Virginia Diocese Defers Coadjutor Election
Bishop R A Gibson of the Northern Diocese of Virginia said no special meeting will be held to elect a bishop coadjutor after Dr Berryman Green declined. The election remains open until the council's regular May meeting in Leesburg due to winter, Lent, and cost considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
R A. Gibson
Virginia
Berryman Green
Psiecopall Council
Leesburg
Gibson
Sale Of The Rockbridge Alum Springs
The Rockbridge Alum Springs and Jordan Alum Springs were sold at public auction to Paul M. Penick for a syndicate to be incorporated as Rockbridge Alum Springs Incorporated. The price was $18,000. the properties had previously sold in October to a local syndicate for the same amount but the court had not confirmed that sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Rockbridge
Jordan
William A. Anderson
Paul M. Penick
Mrs. Sue Duke Palmer Rites Held in Charlottesville
The remains of Mrs. Sue Duke Palmer who died of pulmonary tuberculosis at Saranac Lake New York arrived in Charlottesville via the Southern Railway and were interred in Maplewood Cemetery after a brief service at the family lot conducted by Rev. Harry B. Lee rector of Christ Episcopal Church Charlottesville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Duke Palmer
Charlottesville
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Southern Railway
Maplewood Cemetery
Harry B. Lee
Christ Epiacoge
Montgomery County To Remodel Courthouse At $20,000
The Montgomery County Commissioners met in Christiansburg and voted to remodel the courthouse at a cost of $20,000. Plans were prepared by Roanoke architect H. H. Huggins. The county reports a large treasury surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Montgomery County
Christiansburg
H. H. Huggins
Manassas Supervisor Carroll Latham Found Dead
Carroll Latham, a Prince William County Board of Supervisors member, was found dead in his room with a gunshot to the heart. Officials were unsure if the death was accidental or self-inflicted, with the self-inflicted theory appearing more likely.
Odds and Ends from a Bizarre Dispatches Page
A jumble of headlines notes Russia plans spending on emigrant cars and vast gas measurements in New York, while Palestine farmers produce hardy soldiers. A Hutchinson builds a 28 room house in Mattapan Mississippi, cacti fences in the Southwest, and fortifications photographed by a pigeon camera. In 37 years the German empire lists 2,707,676 natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
New York
Palestine
A. Hutchinson
Mattapan
Miss
Market quotes show mixed grain prices and farm goods
Spot grains hold firm with No. 2 red and winter varieties around 67 to 68 cents f. o. b. afloat. May and July oats and corn futures show small gains while oats receipts rise. Poultry prices edge up for Western birds and eggs firm at 32 to 33 cents per dozen. butter and cheese steady amid steady consumer demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Afloat
Duluth
F. c
Newt
York
Staady
Baltimore
Bush
Suett.& Orpern
South 35
Western
Tom
Timothy
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Farm and city market hog and cattle prices across several cities
New York receipts show live cattle at steady to steady offerings with hogs weaker while dressed hogs stay firm. Pittsburg cattle steady with mixed hog futures, Chicago sees gains across cattle and hogs with higher receipts. Kansas City reports steady cattle with strong hogs and variable prices across classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Chicago
Eereays
Kansas City
Various 1903 Facts and Miscellany Across Countries
A compilation of disparate notes from 1903 covering social statistics, industry, technology, and daily life. Topics include Prussia women servants, New York gas meters, pen production from steel, Vienna telephones, Japanese locomotive development, hollow copper lightning rods, Anaconda silver output, self made men and employment, metals known since Columbus, electric socket security, bridesmaids’ emotions, and incomplete notes on Sweden and Denmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prussia
New York
Washington
Vienna
Hiego
Japan
Anaconda
Columbus
Sweden
Cured Rheumations and Universal Pain Relief Advert
This reader notice extols San's Liniment as a quick effective remedy for rheumatism toothache headache and neuralgia. It claims immediate warmth and deep penetration to the bone curing pain without rubbing. A testimonial from Charles J. Builong of Anthony R L Box 126 details long term rheumatic suffering and dramatic relief after six to eight bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. J. Builong
Anthony
R. L. Box
Tobacco potential in central Chile noted
Central Chile offers favorable climate and soil for growing a fine tobacco, with extensive good lands, though cultivation remains underdeveloped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised as Cure-all
A 19th century newspaper ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh across all stages. It declares a $100 reward for testimonials and provides an address for Fd. Chaney & Co. Toledo Ohio and mentions Hall's Kay Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Chaney & Co
Toledo
Workmen Plan Exit From Samos Over Cigarette Machines
Island workers consider leaving Samos in the Mediterranean 423 miles southwest of Smyrna due to the introduction of cigarette machines that reduce daily output by 100,000 permits cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samos
Theediterranean
Smyrna
Cuticura Remedies Endorsement from Mrs Darling
A Missionary farm story recalls how Cuticura Soap and Ointment cleaned a severely dandruff encrusted scalp and restored hair. The testimonial also notes success treating milk rust on a baby’s head and praises Cuticura as a blessing. Carthage Ohio January 20 1908 Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston MA selling props of Cuticura Remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary
J. A. Darling
Carthage
Ohio
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Maas
Minnesota man creates road bed from sand and sawdust
State highway engineer George W. Cooley of Minnewta designs a sand soil road in Cambridge Isanti County using a four inch layer of sawdust mixed into the surface. Ground into by passing teams, the sawdust rots into a heavy loam forming a firm roadbed suitable for ordinary traffic. Herper's Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
George W. Cooley
Minnewta
Cambridge
Isanti County
Cooley
Herper's Weekly
Hog Saves Man Twice In Mountain Snow Slides
Gothic Colorado resident Andy Mosher arrived after surviving two separate snow slides while aiding W. F. Stockman. Four horseloads of supplies were lost in a slide, Mosher was buried under six feet of snow twice, and his faithful Newfoundland dog located and dug him out each time before they moved toward the Mountain King mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hog
Andy Mosher
Gothic
Colo
W. F. Stockman
Mosher
Gothie
Mountain King Mine
Stockman
New York World
Patent Medicines Dominate Local Sales Surge
An OCR fragment notes the advert of Sromo Quinine promising a one day cure for colds at 25¢, with signatures by K. W. Grove. It mentions the Chinese method of pain relief fading from vogue and a large sale of patent medicines, while sedatives are valued by speed of effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. W. Grove
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Receives Woman's Praise
Hampstead Maryland letters quote Mrs Joseph Family praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring strength and calm after illness. The ad offers a handsome reward for proof letters are not genuine or paid or published without consent, emphasizing unsolicited origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia BE. Pinkhan
Mrs
Willie Edwards
Hampstead
Maryland
Lydia EF. Pinkham
Maeda
Lydig B. Pinkham
Joseph Bamily
Diamond classified as two new alloys and food flour notes
The article mentions the diamond's status as the hardest substance with references to two allied silicides and bound metals, claims about material science from Henri Moan related elects, and Netherlands reception to a peculiarity in bread making using soft-wheat flours. It also includes a leather boiling tip about placing the half side next to the pulley for better cling and wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henri Moan
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days by Pato Ointment
Piles treated with Pato Ointment claim cure in 6 to 14 days or money back. The ad promises relief for itching bleeding and protruding piles, with other herbal remedies and laxatives touted, including a Paraguay herb and Lioness tea. It also notes a Dropsy specialist in Atlanta with a liberal offer.
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Fic Syrup Co
Dwin
News of Virginia
Shememdsoah Valley
Virginia Beauty
Samuel Watts Ziimer
Fort Mahone
Bamperh
Sindasdp
G. PL
Schmidt
Council of Northern Virginia
Odds and
COLUM
Dreal
Netherlands
Paraguay
H.H. Gerex‘a Sons
Atlanta
British Empire
Job
B. Nw
Ascarativa
Rochester
N.Y
yPongoney
Capola
Goshen
Ind
U.S.A
Putnam Faceless
W.l.douglas
Sacred
Childre
Ely
L. Douglas
Spaeth St. Brockton, Mass
Nashville, Tenn
Aeven
Nancy
Salzer Seed CO
Box A. C
la Crosse
Wis
Louisville
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