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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
4
A Philadelphia Press cartoon caption shows an artist complimenting a farmer on his cow and asking to paint it, prompting the gruff farmer Korniop to order him off the land and curse the “Perkins Purple Pills” men.
An ad touts Hicks Capuchine as a tonic to refresh the brain and nerves. It is sold in liquid form at drug stores for 25 and 50 cents.
A humorous exchange from the Louisville Courier-Journal recalls a plea for two kisses met with a brisk response to get up and be practical. The quip highlights a pragmatic comeback amid romantic banter.
An Anabel Wilson of North Branch Michigan recalls a severe eczema case on her face and head. After poor results with a physician she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and was completely cured. She notes the exact amounts used are unknown and mentions a historical fact about gold.
A poultry man from New Market Tennessee reports using 20-Mule Team Borax Soap to wash ten white chicks for a show. He says the soap cleans white birds exceptionally well with easy results and notes much comment on the birds' whiteness. Pacific Coast Borax Co. advertises cartons and a sample booklet for 5 cents.
Seitz, a rural mail carrier near Springvale in the county, hears distressed catbirds and spots a five foot blacksnake near a nest. He clambers up, grabs the snake by the neck, its thrashing almost makes him fall, but he drags it to the ground and brings it home alive. If not kept as a pet, a snakeskin belt awaits.
From Cassell's Saturday Journal an excerpt notes that life expectancy declines with age from a base of 100000 at age ten. It states only 95614 reach 21, 382284 reach 40, 49 reach 96, and 9 reach 97, with remaining years predicted at each decade. An unrelated closing line remarks apologies satisfy only the speaker.
Long article condemns meat price hikes by the Beef Trust, detailing forced business closures for small butchers, higher freight costs, and the absence of a genuine shortage. Notes expanded retail margins, higher prices for brisket and soup meat, and contrasts with Chicago livestock receipts.
In Cleveland Dr. Frank Kraft asserts control of infant sex as a practical application of evolution theory. He bases his claim on the survival of the fittest, noting that ample times favor more females and harder times favor males, as discussed in his newly released book. In Omaha, testimony alleges Missouri River water adulteration affecting city payments and water quality.
A Byron Maine report notes Miss Agnes Thomas catching a thirty pound turtle. The item appears among short local notices alongside mentions of weddings and social events including Paris fashion circles and Lynn Massachusetts affairs.
Four Columbus men offered to donate a finger each for 200 dollars to A. A. Balloux of Wheeling West Virginia who lost fingers in an ice cream freezer. Balloux is hospitalized in East Liverpool Ohio. His brother Joseph Balloux suggested 300 dollars per finger. The volunteers named are Robert E. Robbins W E Thompson O E Mansperger and a man signing as D.
The Cater World notes painters in Manchester form a union and Oakland unions move to form a union label league. The National Brotherhood of Operative Potters will meet next month in Atlantic City. In England metal and shipbuilding trades normally employ 1 500 000 workers as Walla Walla unions show public spirited activity in several purposes.
Thomas Fitzgerald, former Baltimore and Ohio official, becomes head of the Norfolk and Southern under receivership appointed by the Trust Company of North America. Receivers Kerr Kerr and FitzGerald announce a rapid reorganization plan while stockholders and bondholders agree on restructuring. King retires after 27 years as Norfolk Southern VP and first GM of the old line. Cannon to lead amid ownership shifts.
At a special term of the Circuit Court in Independence Grayson County Judge Massie presiding the trial of Lewis Wingate for the murder of his 10 year old son Ray Wingate began. Evidence from Commonwealth's Attorney J H Carico described severe abuse including confinement in a chest chaining to stairs and teeth pulled to starve the boy. Coroner Dr M C Field testified exhumed body showed bruises and blood in stomach and intestines. Wingate, a man of means from a prominent Southwest Virginia family, pleaded not guilty.
Governor Swanson named four year terms for boards of visitors at state institutions. Petersburg's Virginia Industrial and Normal Institute gains T. O. Sandy Burkville and James Cannon Jr. Blackstone. Staunton Deaf and Dumb and Blind Institute adds J. H. Lidsay Charlottesville C. W. Butts Suffolk and James B. Rawlings Staunton. State Female Normal School Farmsville adds Robert Turnbull Lawrenceville James Nelson Richmond Co Harding Walker Heathsville J S Ware Berryville J J Owen Prince Edward and J B Watkins Chesterfield. Fairfax S R Donshee fills vacancy from R J Noel. Virginia Polytechnic Institute names L E sees Roanoke Noel East Radford J Charlotte and remaining names.
Mrs C R Shelton of Covington Tennessee says kidney disease rheumatic pain and frequent headaches prevented health but after taking Deans Kidney Pills she improved promptly and gained strength. She confirms the product helped and praises its effects. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A veteran soldier known as Gen Stephen Turr has died in Budapest. His career spanned service in the Austrian army the Hungarian revolutionary government Garibaldi Omar Pacha and the British transport service. He was sentenced to death for desertion in 1855 but commuted to banishment. He later settled in Paris.
A Columbus Dispatch quote discusses railway engineers in England and a philosophy that less theoretical knowledge may yield steadier high speed operation. It suggests English engineers avoid overfamiliarity with engines to prevent nerves from failing under 80 to 90 mile per hour stress.
London Globe reports a silver gilt tabernacle in the West minster Cathedral Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament. A Catholic donor campaign has collected wedding rings to hang inner silk curtains, with about fourteen rings inscribed with each donor’s name supporting the curtains inside the tabernacle.
The New York Times notes experts link constant shower baths to hair deterioration in men. Frequent use of a shower nozzle over the head, even via tub faucets, may cause hair loss and dandruff. Wearing an oilskin cap is suggested to protect the scalp.
Veteran whaleman Capt. Gabe Edwards battled a giant sea turtle for two hours near Long Island. The creature carried 75 pounds of mackerel in its belly and chewed a three foot square hole in the net. Clifton Babcock and Frank Edwards aided, the reptile was wired and shipped to Fulton market. Edwards compares the feat to Sheridan's ride.
It is reported that nearly all of the 8,000 twenty dollar Saint Gaudens eagle gold coins from the first edition have been withdrawn from circulation. Collectors have stored them away, and they are unlikely to again be used as currency.
Capucline promises relief from sour stomach heartburn and indigestion with a liquid preparation sold at drug stores. Doctors reportedly prescribe it and advertise a 10 cent price.
The International Congress on Tuberculosis will meet in Washington next September with a worldwide exhibition showing progress against the disease. The event and exhibition run from September 21 to October 12.
Estimates place English and German speakers in the low hundreds of millions with Chinese and Hindustani far outpacing them Chinese speakers numbered 360 to 400 million and Hindustani 140 million or more The text then shifts to patent medicine claims offering Dr Klines Great Nerve Restorer with a trial bottle and booklet for two dollars and lists remedies for foot ailments from Allen's Foot Ease The mock ad closes with a quip about absence and romance
An 1850s patent medicine ad touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething gums reducing inflammation and easing wind colic in a 25 cent bottle. A humorous aphorism suggests men forgive much in marriage except a wife’s singing to while away nights out.
Letter recounts a wife’s coffee health problems and relief after using Postum. She credits improved nerves and energy to boiled Postum, then convinces her skeptical husband to try it. Family fully switches, ending coffee dependence as referenced by the Postum advertisement.
The colony of Barbary apes on the Rock of Gibraltar remains the only existing group of its kind and is under protection by the British government.
A letter from Mrs E Hanson of Columbus Ohio lauds Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during the Change of Life. The ad claims thirty years of use has helped thousands with displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache nervous prostration and related symptoms and invites women to write for advice in Lynn Mass.
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