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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1907
Page
4
Mayor G Brooks of Su Et iceberg endorses Peruna as a great medicine. He says many people have benefited from its use and urges confidence in the remedy amid seasonal heat and cold. The article notes Peruna's long-standing status for minor ailments and its role as a standby.
A gray-herded man notes a shift in New York chatter where blushing now comes from men rather than women. He urges novelists to update phrases about blush to reflect male embarrassment, suggesting lines like Scam blushed like a man.
A seamstress laments color effects while sewing describing whites greens and pale tints, fears red flames and eye strain from black and black and white shepherds plaid, noting how plaid and polka dots seem to dance after hours of work.
A little Indian boy from the government school at Keshena regularly went to class at eight with his dog Nigger and returned at four. When the boy sickened, the dog went alone to school each morning for a week, then back home at four each evening, continuing the pattern.
On a crowded downtown corner pedestrians sprint away from street cars and wagons while policemen on horseback and delivery teams swarm the area. A window washer atop a ten story ledge exclaims amid the panic, noting relief at the crowd’s escape as reported by the Chicago Tribune.
Thomas N. McCullough of Colorado Springs describes a long siege of back and kidney pain with recurring three week episodes. He credits a kidney remedy sold locally at thirty cents a box, claiming dramatic relief after using it for years.
Rev. William Randolph of West Nyack Reformed Church nearly died from pneumonia during a Sunday sermon. Dr. Louis Bradford Couch, aided by three nurses, performed nine hours of artificial respiration and injections to revive him. Randolph’s pulse returned and he began breathing normally as recovery continues.
Adam Ruppert the night watchman for New York Construction Company at Seven teenth Street and Ninth Avenue and his predecessor Michael Phelan, both 75, fought after Phelan visited Tuesday night. Phelan was arrested, held on $300 bail, and locked up.
Max Zink, longtime chef at Fordham University, ignored warnings to trust banks. After dreaming of a robbery Tuesday night, he deposited $15,000 in a bank. On Wednesday, in a University lane, a robber felled him and took only his gold watch and $17.
Sing Sing officials suspend Day Hall Keeper John J. Lynch after an oil stove was discovered in a convict’s cell. Authorities say the stove likely entered through a door Lynch supervised while a convict warmed himself, with the incident prompting further investigation into security barriers.
A full grown lemon arrived at the Governor's mall with an address tag and proper stamps. It was mailed within the city. No sender is known, but some think it is among numerous lemons handed to Republicans at the capital since New Year’s.
Directors of the Inter Borough Rapid Transit Company voted to raise pay for nearly all employees. Motormen earning 3.50 a day are exempt. The average increase is about one cent an hour, totaling roughly 400000 dollars annually for the system.
Alvin Shaw aged 37 from Poughkeepsie died while arranging hospital admission after describing his heart as a musical instrument. He joked of a “banjo thumping” before the fatal mitral stenosis attack, the last tune in his life.
Captain Adolf Richter sails the Kronprinz Wilhelm from this port bound for Bremen on his one hundredth voyage. The centennial voyage marks a long career with North German Lloyd. Richter is a popular master mariner in the trans Atlantic service and will be honored upon the ship’s return.
New York R G Dun Co reports steady iron and steel activity with sustained prices as mills secure new business. Rail costs unchanged though railroads order more tonnage and contracts are under negotiation. Shoe jobbers in Boston show weaker demand while spring business remains heavy for New England manufacturers. Wheat prices rise on speculative demand amid mixed foreign crop reports.
Price reports show firmer wheat and corn with varied bid levels across Baltimore and New York. Wheat No 2 red firm with bids around 79 1 2 cents. corn No 2 around 52 1 2 cents, oats mixed and steady. butter firm with creamery grades 25 27 cents per pound. eggs steady with Maryland firsts 24 cents per dozen. poultry and cheese markets also reported unchanged or firm prices.
New York beef prices hold 7 to 9 cents per pound for native sides and fancy beef with veals steady near 10.00. calves scarce, veal dressed 8 to 14 percent, country dressed 7 to 13 cents. Sheep steady, lambs 10 cents lower. Hogs 7.00 to 7.15, pigs 7.15 to 7.26. Chicago cattle steady for best, weak overall. steers 4.00 to 7.30, cows 2.75 to 4.75, heifers 2.0 to 5.00, bulls 2.75 to 4.50, calves 2.75 to 8.75, stockers 2.60 to 4.60. Hogs steady to 10 cents lower, packing 6.50 to 6.55, prime shippers 6.35 to 6.60, light weights 6.52 to 6.57, bulk 6.50 to 6.55.
William L. Mathet, Third Deputy Police Commissioner under Commissioner Bingham, is recuperating at his Jamaica home after a coughing fit caused him to strike a bookcase at his Nassau Street law office. He suffered a broken floating rib, diagnosed by a physician after the incident.
Polar seas cooler than tropical in climate comparison and train speeds place Austria Italy and Spain low. India supports 200 million by agriculture, 50 million by industry, 5 million by commerce, 5 million by professions. rest dependent. Consul J W Ragsdale notes scattered trade info for American manufacturers via Tientsin. American Board of Missions counts 29,386 stations, 6,750 men and 6,039 women missionaries, 70,725 native workers, 13,249,908 communicants, 1,230 under instruction, income $18,605,743.
A mother of six offers a household hint: sew buttons on gloves shoes and all attire as soon as they come from the store. This tip aims to shrink weekly mendings for households with many members by preventing lost buttons and minor tears from becoming larger repairs.
Dust from streets and shops fills sleeping rooms as families brush dusty clothes daily. The practice scatters fine particles through indoor air, highlighting common domestic routine that disperses city dust into living spaces.
A cup of fresh cream elevates onion or potato soup and other purees becoming an extravagant yet practical addition in the country where households face surplus cream. This indulgence helps use excess dairy without waste.
To clean sponges, use a penny's worth of lemon salts in a quart of boiling water, soak the sponge for an hour, rinse in warm water with a lump of soda, then boil slowly. Rinse in cold water, sun dry completely, rinse away soapy residue, and hang the sponge basket just outside the room door.
The creed argues home-making is a profession and that right living is the fourth R in education. It states health is mainly the individual's responsibility, not the physician, and that good state and individual outcomes rest on the home foundation. Illness stems from carelessness ignorance or intemperance.
A rhinestone dealer recommends cleaning stones with dry chalk either powdered or in the piece, rubbed around and on the stones and settings. After a few minutes brush thoroughly to remove all chalk, then polish with chamois skin for a sparkle indistinguishable from diamonds.
The latest table flower holders feature cup shaped vases in gold and silver and mother of pearl with simple designs. Some designs show slender stems undercut by large cups, a favored style for silver vases. Onyx and enamel cups appear cup shaped, including a white porcelain cup on a gold four foot frame, while others rest on a single standard. The loving cup and baskets from last year are considered passe.
A discussion on alcohol in bread reveals Dr. O Pohl has measured 0.0753 grams of alcohol per 100 grams of bread using a Papin digester. The finding, though small, emphasizes precision in the fermentative byproducts of typical bread.
Recipes detail Oyster Cocktails with chili sauce and Tabasco, Quick Tea Roll batter and bake, Cherry Fritters with lemon and cherry filling, and Apple Float with apples simmered in sugar syrup, lemon, and gelatine until thickened.
A sea level canal from Marseilles to the Rhone River will be completed in seven years at a cost of 13 730 000 dollars. An advertisement promotes Dr Kline’s nervous remedy and lists addresses in Philadelphia. The ad mocks barber pricing and touts medical cures and limited time offers.
An advertisement claims Pazo Ointment cures itching, burning and rashes in six to fourteen days. It touts rapid relief from various skin irritations and promises a clear outcome with daily use.
An American tourist in Glasgow, after leaving a railway station, is approached by a boy offering help. He asks to tour the city, and they remark on Sir Walter Scott’s monument. A later scene shows a large iron bar on a dray, explained as a kitchen poker for a new hotel, in a humorous Tit-Bits style anecdote.
A New York Sun tale shows a book agent padding his fees by steering sick strangers to a local doctor. The agent profits from patients he identifies, claiming the doctor owes his practice to the agent’s tips and earns commissions from the doctor’s increased receipts.
Berliner Tageblatt reports a violent shock to Neapolitans faith after Professor Arnaldo mimicked Saint Januarius blood boiling at Liceo Moderno Naples. Using the cathedral counter flask and the same number of candles, the demonstration occurred before professors and students without clerical prayers, duplicating the so called miracle.
An explorer cites a large fierce South American spider that pursues men when near its lairs. He recalls riding over dry grass as the spider leaps to keep pace, nearly reaching his hand before he flings his whip and the creature retreats.
A fictional exchange from the Milwaukee Sentinel where a publisher dismisses a manuscript and the author responds that readers might be more intelligent, highlighting a clash between writer ambition and audience perception.
A native Indian physician described a death certificate stating the person died for want of feedings or due to starvation, possibly with other comfort items, and most probably by drowning. The phrasing suggests a cultural or documentary record of how deaths were attributed in that context.
Belle asserts Jack’s good heart and intent as she notes he has given something to her, while Mand questions the certainty of that claim. The line, quoted from the Boston Transcript, reflects a moment of trust and motive in a dialogic fragment.
A wry Bon Vivant vignette shows a mother praising a tutor who, despite the son failing his exam, is set to marry the daughter. The scene hints at unconventional solutions within family relations and social expectations.
Ex soldier John J Woods recalls enlisting as a telegraph operator with the Corps of Engineers in the Philippines where a tropical itching condition known as the Dobie Itch afflicted him. He describes persistent eruptions, tropical origins, and relief after using Cuticura Remedies, urging readers to quote his experience. He notes a separate quip about hogs versus men and hogs.
Fragmentary text references medicines and tonics sold in drug stores, mentions government jobs and teething syrup by Mrs Winslow, plus a general musing on heroes and villains in stage versus life. No coherent event or人物 identified.
An advertisement from Datchon Med Co. Crawfordsville Ind claims an itch cure works in 30 minutes with Woolford’s oe Jsation. The copy urges prompt orders and notes sentiment hinges on a cuddling girl in a novel for female recommendations.
A toad fish about a finger long was found alive inside a closed oyster shell purchased by John H. Miller of 331 G Street Southwest. The fish, hatched from an accidental egg entombed in the shell, was taken to the museum and is thriving in an aquarium. The species is noted as an ugly yet hardy member of its tribe and can survive several hours out of water.
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