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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1907
Page
4
An Irish workman silences a foreman with a sly display of logic while leaning on his hod. Patrick quips that constant speech would keep him going and prevents the foreman from hearing any new remarks, noting if the foreman is always talking then nothing would be heard at all. The exchange, framed as a witty moment from Youth’s Companion.
A telegraph operator claims wires work best after a Sunday rest and slide more slowly on Mondays. He likens rested lines to a well-tuned piano, noting both animate and inanimate things benefit from vacation and that rest improves transmission quality.
Mrs Mary Wagner of 1367 Kae guth Ave Bridgeport Conn reports five weeks in bed due to severely painful kidney trouble seeking relief through home remedies and medical advice without stated outcome or diagnosis.
A pail in a third floor bathroom at 205 W Eleventh Street contained dynamite and explosive bullets wrapped in dusty paper. George Witham found them and alerted the landlady who notified police. Authorities linked the find to threatening letters sent to wine merchant Machini demanding $2000 or his shop would be blown up.
A series of robberies yields silks valued at about 34000 from Samuel Berry's skirt factory on West Eighteenth Street. Thieves cut through a heavy wall with burglar alarms, crawled through a 14 inch gap, and escaped with 800 pounds of silk. Similar raids hit James B. Goggin on East Nineteenth Street and other nearby shops, totaling thousands in goods. A wagon waited at the door, near Fifth Avenue, to move the loot.
Mrs. David Gruntz tests her husband’s conduct in Jefferson Market Court after he allegedly beat her and killed her canaries. The janitor charged him with breaking furniture. the magistrate set Gruntz’s bond at $500 to keep the peace for six months.
The Essex Market Court dismissed the case against Emma Goldman Alexander Berkman and John R Coryell for incendiary speeches at a public meeting. Goldman left court announcing a love feast to celebrate her release. The district attorney said the grand jury had refused to indict Goldman and that prosecuting the trio would be useless.
Importers of Swiss watches announced price increases from 5 to 15 percent on all but the highest grade, following American clock makers. The public will see higher costs on nearly every timekeeping device, with dealers likely adding a larger margin. Cheaper watches in plated, oxidized silver, gunmetal and nickel cases are most affected.
Aboard the Indus from Calcutta to Trinidad, 23 of 800 coolies died from measles and pneumonia. After landing survivors at Trinidad the ship went to Cuba for sugar bound for New York. It was detained at quarantine and will undergo thorough disinfection before release.
New York.R G Dun weekly Review notes improved winter fabrics trade as weather moderates but irregular week due to temperatures. Rail expansion needs cited, stock prices decline after securities plans. Clearance sales advance, spring deliveries rise to jobbers, collections improve yet slow. Commodity prices uneven with wheat and corn movements and moisture affecting quality. Northwestern flour mills lift output but exports remain unsatisfactory.
The market shows firmer wheat with spot and contract ranges, corn steady with multiple contract points, oats firmer across grades, rye dull, and butter steady. Receipts and regional prices in Baltimore and New York reflect variances by grade, with soy and eggs largely unchanged and poultry and dairy prices exhibiting modest movement.
New York Reeves dressed beef quoted 7 to 9 cents per pound for native sides and fancy beef 9 to 11 cents. Calves show little activity with prime veals at 10.00, country dressed 7 to 13 cents. Sheep steady with lambs down 10 cents. Hogs steady around 7.00 to 7.15. Chicago cattle steady for best and weaker elsewhere with steers 4.00 to 7.30, cows 2.75 to 4.75, calves 2.75 to 8.75, stockers 2.60 to 4.60. hogs steady to 10 cents lower, shipping hogs 6.35 to 6.50.
A digest of early directories and global facts including London’s 1677 directory, a 200 pound beef pork and fish barrels, Samuel Evans dying at Plymouth in 1509 after a 16 day heart wound, Belgian railroads largely government run with 44 percent double track, England and Russia potato yields, and oil trade competition in Manchuria among Standard Nobel and Borneo.
Dennis H. Stovall describes a colossal five‑step centrifugal high‑pressure pump built by Byron Jackson Works, installed at Dry Diggings on Rogue River. Weighing 70,000 pounds, it delivers 13 million gallons daily at 250 psi, via a half‑mile 22 inch steel line to create powerful water jets that excavate gold-bearing gravels.
A New York view describes a stylish woman who works as a customer relations adjuster for a dry goods firm. She mediates returns and credits, using tact and humor to placate valued customers. Her skill prevents conflicts and earns a good salary with generous summers off.
Richmond Home Telephone Company has produced the first concrete telephone poles in Indiana. Designed under Superintendent Bailey the 30 foot octagonal poles fuse four corrugated iron rods with concrete in a box mold. They promise durability beyond wooden poles and could replace pine poles if tests prove successful, enabling on site manufacture along lines to be installed.
The Philadelphia Press reports a conversation about a widow allegedly receiving 3,000,000 from her late husband after a two year marriage. The exchange questions whether she earned the money herself or via inheritance and marriage, highlighting public curiosity.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures deafness caused by catarrh in nine of ten cases, offering $100 if not cured. It notes Eustachian tube inflammation as the deafness cause and urges readers to send for circulars from F.J. Cower & Co., Toledo, Ohio, and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation. It also remarks on heights in the French army and cites medical claims from a period advertisement.
A Ful ton Oswego County couple recounts a lengthy misdiagnosis of their one and a half year old daughter's eczema as teething then ulcer. After trying multiple doctors and treatments with no success, they bought Cuticura Remedies for one dollar. Within a week all sores disappeared though eyesight could not be restored, which they attribute to late use.
Thorough, long standing remedy praised for safety and effectiveness. The porous plaster Allcock's is promoted as sixty years trusted, widely available, made with pure simple ingredients suitable for all ages, and sold by druggists worldwide. The ad urges universal use across social classes.
A jumble of old remedies and wry quips fills the page. Patent medicines promise quick fixes with dubious claims while social humor pokes fun at marriages and honesty. E W Groves box signatures appear beside refunds offers and drugstore lines.
Advertises Paro Ointment promising to cure any piles case in six to fourteen days with a money back guarantee. Note about a cold day causing a girl to cover her neck is unrelated glamour line.
A Wisconsin woman credits a physician for diagnosing that avoiding white bread and eating Grape-Nuts twice daily restored her health after years of invalid status. She cites cerebro spinal congestion and digestive troubles, stating relief came from the food and a glycerine aid, enabling her to work again and urging others to try Grape-Nuts.
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, developed with glycerine and heat, claims alcohol-free extraction from native medicinal roots. The pamphlet advertises a free mail order booklet by Dr R V Pierce of Buffalo NY, asserting cures for indigestion biliousness and catarrhal throat conditions, and warns it won’t cure advanced consumption.
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